PSR Performers
Who Are The Performers?
There are nearly 60 PSR Performers providing PSR Tutorial visitors with a incredible library of songs (5,200 MIDI files and 900 MP3 files) recorded on the various Yamaha arranger keyboards. You may be surprised at the wide spectrum of people who play and enjoy the Yamaha arranger keyboards. Some play by ear, some sight read, some use the full-fingered chord technique, some use only single-finger chords, some perform in public, others just play at home, but in all cases, they produce some wonderful music. Each performer's page has a short biography and photograph of the player. You may now have a chance to put a face to a name you are familiar with from the various Yamaha discussion forums.
All of the PSR Performers are shown in the sidebar here (as well as on every PSR Performer page). Click on the any of the PSR Performer names and you will jump directly to that Performer's page where you have access not only to the current volume of songs (see below), and all earlier volumes (and songs) as well.
You will find a "next" and "previous" button on each performer page that will allow you to step through all the performers one-by-one (in alphabetical order) if you prefer to browse the archive that way.
Are There Songs For My Keyboard?
Initially,
performers were recording primarily on the PSR-2000, but over time, new keyboards
were acquired and new Performers were added. Today, you will find songs recorded
on almost all of Yamaha's arranger keyboard lineup including the top-of the
line models (Tyros3, Tyros2, Tyros1, and 9000Pro) as well as the intermediate
models (PSR-S910, PSR-S900, PSR-3000, PSR-2100, PSR-2000, and PSR-740). We
even have songs recorded on Clavionva models. Download the
midi files created on your keyboard model and they will sound exactly like
the performer was sitting in your room playing the song. Of course, midi
files are usually very general and any Yamaha instrument can play any of
the midi files in the library. If the midi file uses some preset instruments
that are not in your particular keyboard model, you can always use Michael
Bedesem's MidiPlayer program
to convert the midi file for use on your keyboard.
The table below shows the PSR Performers listed by their current keyboard and also shows previous keyboards they have used to record their songs. If you are interested in songs from a particular keyboard, say the PSR-S910, look in the table under this heading and select any of the artists listed there. If a performer also has songs (midi or mp3) recorded on earlier keyboards, they are listed by his name. For example, Alex Green is currently playing the PSR-S910, but he has songs form the Tyros3, PSR-3000, and PSR-2000 on his performer page.
The midi files are meant to be played on a Yamaha keyboard -- they will not sound good played on your computer. Even if you don't have any Yamaha keyboard, however, you can still enjoy songs here that have been recorded and saved as MP3 files. The MP3 files can be played in your computer or MP3 player and will sound very much like the original sound coming from the Yamaha keyboard. Many performers have an MP3 "Jukebox" on their page where you can listen directly to their latest MP3 recordings. Earlier MP3 songs are available in an MP3 index on the performer's page that includes all their MP3 songs.
How Can I Hear the Songs?
As mentioned above, if a player happens to have a Jukebox on the page, you can hear any of the songs in the Jukebox by clicking on that song name in the Jukebox window and it will play directly on your computer. This direct play works fine for high-speed connections, but if you have a slow dial-up line, you may prefer to download the song to hear it on your own computer.
You can hear MP3 versions of many arranger artist perfomers on the PSR tutorial MP3 CDs. Look in the CD-ROM section for more information on PSR Tutorial CD-ROMs.
MIDI
songs are provided in "volumes" of 10 songs each. The most recent
volume for each performer is shown directly and any song in that volume can
be auditioned by clicking on the song name. You will hear the song played
on your computer, but this often does not do the song justice since computers
simply can not replicate the sound of a Yamaha keyboard. You can download
the midi file and then move it to your keyboard and listen to it on your
own keyboard. If you click on the Volume Number, you can download all 10
songs in a single zip file. In this case, you must unzip the file to get
to the original midi files it contains. They then can be moved to your keyboard
and played there. All earlier songs by each performer are available only
in the particular volumes. In cases where a performer has more than 10 volumes,
all 10 volumes are combined into a single zip file with 100 songs. MIDI files
are generally very small, so even the 100-song zip files are not very big.
You will find a midi song index for each performer below the brief biography on their page. The song index lists songs by title as well as the tempo and, where known, the style used. The table includes the volume number and the keyboard as well. You can sort these tables on any of the various columns.
There are over 5,100 songs in the archive of midi files created by the PSR Performers. You'll find an index to all the songs in the "Midi Files" section in the second navigation bar at the top of this page. Of course, finding and downloading all of these songs can be a huge chore. If you are interested in midi files, note that ALL of the PSR Performer midi files are available on the PSR Tutorial CD-ROM (along with quite a bit of other material). Check out the link to see what else is on that CD.
Performers who have contributed MP3 files also have an MP3 Song Index on their page where you can audition and/or download any of their MP3 files. A "Jukebox" on the page holds the most recent 10 songs and you can listen to them online while you read the page or visit other web pages. An alphabetical index of all the Performer MP3 files is available in the "MP3 Files" section in the second navigation bar at the top of this page.
If you are interested in becoming a PSR Performer, please send email to Joe Waters (jpwaters@gmail.com) with some sample midi files.
