Quick Guide

Volume 2 Issue 1
t Newsletter
January 2007
Inside This Issue
1 Welcome
1 Quick Guide
2 Chuck Wright
3 O’Lyn Callahan
3 Quick Guide Cont’d
4 Choy Lozada
4 Chuck Wright Con’t
Welcome!
Welcome, and Happy New Year! We hope you had a happy Holiday season filled with family and music! We’re getting this year off
to a great start with a lot of interesting reading for you. We have
insight into one of the most useful features on the Atelier American
Classic - the Quick Guide. Atelier Artist Chuck Wright takes a moment to remember his career (so far), and O’Lyn Callahan and
Choy Lozada talk about their new CDs. We wish you a very happy,
healthy, and music-filled 2007, which is shaping up to be a great
year to play the Organ. So make sure you visit the Roland Atelier
Website where you can read up on the Atelier artists, shop for their
newest CDs and disks, and sign up for this Newsletter. Make sure
you and your friends are signed up for the Atelier Newsletter while
you’re there, and enjoy the gift of making music on your Roland
Atelier!
Feature Spotlight: Quick Guide
Have you ever been playing the organ and you want to change
the function of the footswitch but you can’t remember how? Then
you go looking for your owner’s manual and you can’t find it (or
understand it if you do?). If this has happened to you, you’re not
alone. Learning to operate the features of any organ is one of the
more challenging aspects of learning to play. This is the purpose of
the “QUICK GUIDE”
The “QUICK GUIDE” provides an easy way for us to access all of
our favorite features. You can find the “QUICK GUIDE” icon on
the lower right hand side of the main screen when you first turn
the organ on. (The QUICK GUIDE feature is found on all American
Classic Models) In the QUICK GUIDE screen you can touch “index”
to access the Index Menu. This takes you to an alphabet keypad
where you simply touch the first letter of the keyword you are trying
to locate. The organ then will provide the menu page for you to
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ATELIER NEWSLETTER
Artist Profile: Chuck Wright
Atelier Artist Chuck Wright has had a long and varied career in
music. We recently got in touch with him about his past, and his
experiences playing Rolands.
Chuck recalls his first exposure to the organ coming at the age of 11
when his parents took him to the local organ dealer for a concert.
“That was my inspiration to start playing the organ,” Chuck said.
From there, Chuck moved to Nashville at the ripe age of 17 and
began traveling the country performing gospel music – Southern
Gospel Quartet music being one of his loves.
Not long after that, Chuck joined The Imperials as a keyboard
player. “The Imperials had a very contemporary sound and blend
- really, nobody could touch it. In fact, Elvis took their impeccable
gospel arrangements and cut several gospel albums for which he
won Grammys.”
Chuck’s time in the Imperials led him right into his next project,
Andrus Blackwood and Company. The group was formed by Terry
Blackwood and Sherman Andrus, two former Imperials singers. It was
at this time that Chuck got wind of a new keyboard manufacturer
that, in his words, was “the talk of every keyboard player in the
country.” This company was Roland, and they had just introduced
their second-generation keyboard, the SH-2000 synthesizer. “I had
to have one!” Chuck fondly recalls.
History, of course, is bound to repeat itself. Chuck travels with a
“Tribute To Johnny Cash” show when not performing for Roland.
And when he got wind of the Roland G-70, he “had to have one!”
The organ, though, has been a source of excitement for Chuck
since that concert when he was 11. “I’ve always had a passion for
the organ, and the Roland Atelier is my instrument of choice. There
are people that have heard me for a lot of years that will come
up to me after a concert and say, ‘I’ve never heard you sound so
good.’ Well, I give the credit to the product. It’s true, I do things on
the organ I never use to do because the Atelier allows me to do
things I could never do on other products. The Atelier has opened
up a whole new world of creativity for me and is truly an inspiration
for me.”
“It never ceases to amaze
me the enjoyment he gets
from playing the organ.”
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ATELIER NEWSLETTER
O’Lyn Callahan: Colors In Music... Too!
As well as music, oil painting has become a passion of mine. There
is quite a similarity between art and music. If I were to use only one
color in my paintings, it would be very boring, and the same would
be true of music with using just one sound.
The infinite range of combinations of the color spectrum allows
me to capture any shade or mood on canvas, and likewise, the
90SL American Classic’s realistic reproduction of instrument voices
allows me an infinite range of sound combinations to capture
any musical mood. For example, on my latest CD, “Colors in
Music...too!,” I have extensively explored sound combination
possibilities utilizing 72 presets to create the arrangement of the
wonderful music of Disney.
It gives me much pleasure to share my musical offerings with you
as well as a sample of my artwork on the CD cover. I enjoyed
creating this album and trust it will give you many hours of listening
pleasure.
- O’Lyn Callahan
Feature Spotlight: Quick Guide
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select the function you are looking for. You simply touch the desired
keyword and the setting screen for this function will appear. For
example, if you are searching for the footswitch functions, press “F”
on the alphabet keypad and the QUICK GUIDE takes you right to
the appropriate page. It’s that easy!
You simply touch the
desired keyword and
the setting screen for this
function will appear.
But it can be even easier if you know the special shortcut! You
can eliminate the need for the Index Menu by operating the
controllers.
Let’s use our footswitch example. If you want to change the
function of the footswitches start by pressing QUICK GUIDE, then
simply kick the footswitch. In the window will be displayed the
setting screen you need. This method is very useful if you can’t
remember what the function is called that you are looking to do.
There are many more shortcuts available in the QUICK GUIDE. To
learn more, make an appointment with you local dealer and they
would be happy to help you.
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ATELIER NEWSLETTER
Choy Lozada Roland Atelier Collections Vol. 13&14
In celebration of my first year performing for Roland, I’m pleased to
launch my latest recordings on the Atelier Organ. A listener during
a Washington performance once said that the Roland and I met in
the mansion of music. To carry the metaphor further, Roland has
now guided me through several magical “Ateliers” (artist studios)
and, with the keys it has provided, I look forward to our unlocking
many new doors together.
These two Volumes are some of my favorite selections conveying
a lifetime of my passion for music. Opening with a Stan Koyama
inspired theme from Peter Pan’s Never Never Land reflects the
delicate instrumental passages to a sweet organ sound, building
to a crescendo of a full orchestra. There are selections from
my fondest memories of the Great Smokey Mountains to the
Pacific Islands, from Broadway to Hollywood. From an exuberant
Magnificent Seven Theme depicting the Wild West, to a medley
from the brilliant artists that I grew up with - and some just a bit
before my time or B.C. (before Choy): the music of Glenn Miller,
Tchaikovsky and others.
Making these albums has given me indescribable pleasure...and I
offer them to you...
Musically yours,
Choy Lozada
Artist Profile: Chuck Wright
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Chuck’s professional career has been quite diverse and satisfying,
but he also speaks lovingly of his family. “I have a twin brother that
just retired from the police department, and my son Austin is 22
years old and lives in Las Vegas. This past spring he was in a serious
motorcycle accident and stopped breathing for 2 minutes before
the paramedics were able to revive him. He also had 2 broken
vertebras. I’m happy to say he’s had a 100% recovery! I call him
the ‘walking miracle’.”
Yet, even when talking about his family, Chuck can’t help but bring
music into the conversation: “My dad will be 90 years old in June.
After my mom passed away, Dad decided to get back playing
the organ and is a proud owner of a Music Atelier. It never ceases
to amaze me the enjoyment he gets from playing the organ. In
my travels, I get a real kick out of observing people enjoying the
hobby of playing music. I know how much enjoyment it brings to
my Dad.”
“I call him the ‘walking
miracle’”