For those of you who read Keyboard Magazine.....March 2017 is the last edition.....in print. I don't remember if it will be online. She DID say a small "section" of Electronic Musician (magazine) will be dedicated to Keyboard Magazine readers starting in June.

It's a personal loss for me as I've read every issue to date since it began publishing back in the 60's or 70's.

The world of printed material is slowly evaporating. Books, newspapers, magazines, and last month my bank sent out notices stating they will no longer be providing free account statements, but......fortunately (?).......you can print it out from online sources. Also, our state attempted to pass a decree allowing all towns to post public notices, you guessed it...online (instead of printed in the newspaper so the common people can read them).

Goody, goody.....I now have a method to ruin my eyes...reading newspapers and magazines on line. And I can now open the front door to hackers by accessing my bank account online.

I can see the day coming when all music will be online purchases that one will have to print out. That's good news for printer and ink manufacturers. Time to buy some stock.

I'm wondering if there's a way to entertain live audiences.......ONLINE? Maybe videotape one hour of your music, put it ONLINE, hawk your wares, and when someone decides they want YOU......well.....you process their credit card and give them the password for the whole 60 minutes. They can only use it once......however they want to present it at their party or senior residence.

Heck.......Microsoft did it.......why shouldn't we?

I had a 20+ year collection starting with the Premire issue with Chick Corea on the cover. I hope they put him on the final print issue.
I quit subscribing when there was more on Elctronic music production rather than live,preformamce.
I too prefer to hold a book or newspaper but times have changed.

KB mag had too many advertisements and biased stories by manufacturers vs substance & true user reviews ...

That's why I stopped my subscription long ago. Too many ads

Most people are playing with knobs on their keyboard vs actually playing keyboard.

Keyboard Magazine, like most print media, has long since outlived it's ability to compete with online media, which is among the many reasons I no longer write for a living. More than 80 percent of the magazines I wrote for during the 70s, 80s and early 90s have all gone out of business, and those that are still in business are a mere shell of what they one time were. The newspapers I wrote for, The Washington Post, Baltimore Sunpapers, York Dispatch, no longer have an outdoor column, at least not one written by an outdoor write that spent years in the field. Most of their outdoor columns are nothing more than news releases. Same held true with Keyboard Magazine, as pointed out by DNJ.

Gary

Ditto

Or playing knobs virtually on computer times have changed...

a little off but related subject....way to many adds or commercials also on tv. They to will start to loose consumers

Advertisements, in most cases, are what keeps publishers afloat these days. One of the biggest newspapers in our state overnight doubled the number of ads they were carrying. When I called to comment on it, they told me....it was either take on extra advertising, or (1) increase the cost of the paper, or (2) go out of business.

As for Keyboard Magazine, no, it's not geared for "players" like it was in its infancy, but, at its worst, it's still better than not reading anything at all. And the instrument reviews alone were worth the cost (a whole $15 a year subscription).

I had subscribed to Keyboard Magazine for many years but I could see this coming. Currently the print version of the magazine is little more than than a thin pamphlet. It certainly isn't a magazine anymore. Despite joining with Electronic Musician I think that magazine will eventually fade away as well.

You know......you're right, Nigel. I still have the magazine on my desk. I just looked at it again from a different perspective. It IS nothing more than a 40 page pamphlet. But....to be fair......almost every one of those pages is an interesting read. I can't say there's a lot of fluff. The review of the Roland FP-90 (and the many Casio piano reviews in the past) stood out for me because I'm looking to buy a digital piano. Even the ads are appreciated as manufacturers are always posting their latest products.

At $15 a year subscription prices, that's the bargain of the century for musicians. I'm really sorry to see it go (along with the many computer magazines I used to read that are now online only.

I have been subscribed to it for 27 years