The Yamaha Club in association with Yamaha Personal Keyboard Owner (owned by James Woodcock) have released three tutorial DVD offerings so far, providing you with all the essential information you will need if you are going to get the very best from your Yamaha instrument. The tutorials are relevant to a wide range of models because most of the mid to upper range instruments produced since the turn of the century have adopted the same way of working, so the essentials remain unchanged right back to the PSR-1000 keyboard.

There are currently three DVD tutorial disks available including Getting Started: Exploring Music Finder, Understanding Files and Folders and Basic Sequencing – Recording using Song Creator…

The Yamaha UK Product and Promotions Manager James Sargeant has joined me in the latest Yamaha Personal Keyboard Owner audio show to discuss the latest instruments announced including the PSR-S710, PSR-S910 and the Clavinova CVP-500 Series. We discuss the impressive sounds, vast array of styles, the latest technology and of course there are audio demonstrations included as well during the interview.

Not forgetting I also run a successful Yamaha keyboard and digital piano enthusiast website, Yamaha Personal Keyboard Owner and Glyn Madden’s the Yamaha Club feature vast resources for enthusiasts.

In the latest issue of this bi-monthly magazine, I inform members of the new Yamaha Club website that I am building (using WordPress) and how my own Yamaha website has gone from strength to strength.

After three years with over 86,000 posts, 7800 topics and over 7500 members on the forum, the future looks bright…

In the latest YPKO Podcast, Peter Baartmans joins me to talk about his role as a worldwide demonstrator for Yamaha keyboards and digital pianos.

Peter is well known on the Yamaha circuit due to his many events and presentations that have been featured on the Internet through the official Yamaha website and of course the avid fans that follows his talent.

In our latest podcast (audio show), I interview James Sargeant, who is the Product Specialist from Yamaha UK. Discussing primarily the new Regi-Stick Plus, James talks us through the features of this latest software offering from Yamaha.

The new Regi-Stick is designed for the Yamaha Tyros 2 allowing owners to expand their keyboard even further.