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(Message started by: Shannon on Jan 3^rd, 2011, 11:03am)

Title: Korel Tunador, Gigging with the GGDs
Post by Shannon on Jan 3^rd, 2011, 11:03am

Korel Tunador, Gigging with the Goo Goo Dolls

Multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Korel Tunador is burning the keyboard candle at both ends these days, with a steady stream of high-profile sideman and leader gigs in constant tow. Katy Perry and the Goo Goo Dolls are just two of the headlining acts that have recently tapped the Pittsburgh native�s wellspring of keyboard creativity. �I�ll be on the road with the Goo Goo Dolls for the next year and a half,� he tells me via phone from Annapolis, Maryland. �I�m having a blast.�

Tunador got his musical start in Pittsburgh, leaving at the age of 17 to attend the famed Berklee College of Music in Boston for saxophone studies. �Pittsburgh is an amazingly creative place,� Tunador tells me, �but I knew I had to get to a big city with a lot of musicians in it. At that point I was playing piano, bass guitar, and saxophone, and it was the saxophone that really resonated with me at the time. It ended up being a great thing, because it gave me the opportunity to play with hundreds of guitar and keyboard players before I started playing those instruments professionally myself. I played tons of jazz and rock gigs. It turned out to be a great vehicle for learning, as well as an asset in the long run.�

Tunador would eventually relocate to Los Angeles where his career would take off. �When I moved to L.A. eight years ago,� he says, �I did it with the intention of starting or joining a band�of doing something. My first year there was a total disaster! I swear, I couldn�t get hired at Guitar Center, but eventually, I started being offered tours. Things started to evolve from there. I think one of my assets is that I approach every musical situation like I�m a band member, even if it�s not my band. Psychologically, I try to care about every gig like that.�

Tunador would become known for his nimble, multi-instrument mastery, shuttling between enviable gigs with ease. �Things have been incredibly fortuitous,� he continues. �I toured with the Goo Goo Dolls for nearly two and a half years really heavily. When the band decided to take time off, I found myself looking at an entire calendar year where I�d be free. And it was then that Katy Perry�s band was looking for someone, right when I had all this time off. So the timing was perfect.�

In addition to his work as a sideman, Tunador released his leader debut No Tomorrows independently in 2010. �I�m singing and playing most of the instruments on the record,� he says, �but I was smart enough to get my good buddies to play bass and drums when they were needed. But I did everything else!�

When asked how to get to where he has gotten to in the musical world, Tunador waxes more practical than poetic. �Of course, learn your instrument,� he says. �But work on your singing and your Pro Tools! Those are two weapons you need to have handy these days.�

Click the link to see pictures a learn about Korel's keyboard equipment.
http://keyboardmag.com/article/korel-tunador-gigging/December-2010/125325