u/Past-Experience9539

I am starting to gig as a jazz pianist, playing a combination of jazz fusion and also straightahead jazz. What digital piano do you recommend that I get to gig that’s a good combination of having different sound options, having good weighted action, and not being impossible to haul around town (or fly with)? Appreciate your input on the below!

https://www.studiologic-music.com/products/numa\_x\_piano\_gt/

https://www.korg.com/us/products/synthesizers/grandstage/

https://www.kawai-global.com/product/mp11se/

https://www.korg.com/us/products/synthesizers/nautilus/

https://reverb.com/item/84289003-roland-rd-2000ex-88-key-stage-piano

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Stage4-88--nord-stage-4-88-stage-keyboard?mrkgadid=&mrkgcl=28&mrkgen=&mrkgbflag=&mrkgcat=&acctid=21700000001645388&dskeywordid=1966761398355&lid=43700080508134339&ds\_s\_kwgid=58700008747934541&device=m&network=g&matchtype=e&adpos=largenumber&locationid=1022165&creative=706391554755&targetid=kwd-1966761398355&campaignid=21179913116&awsearchcpc=1&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad\_source=1&gad\_campaignid=21179913116&gbraid=0AAAAAD\_RQYneslvInig64c0TAbU78pdSR&gclid=CjwKCAjwt7XQBhBkEiwAtStpp\_tnTAyqPwLFfmzwrAWjXr1ELSTN5-qsFc9yx7H23d--ita\_Ig8ejRoCbYUQAvD\_BwE

Hi there! I am a big fan of jazz fusion, and I am wondering what type of keyboard would enable me to play/perform jazz fusion alone. I currently have a pretty simple, digital piano set up, but on YouTube I see these sessions who are utilizing different synths, bass lines, drum samples, and so on when they play jazz fusion.

Would appreciate a recommendation for a high-quality keyboard that would enable me to play and perform jazz fusion alone! Thank you for any pointers that you might have.

Hi there! I am a big fan of jazz fusion, and I am wondering what type of keyboard would enable me to play/perform jazz fusion alone. I currently have a pretty simple, digital piano set up, but on YouTube I see these sessions who are utilizing different synths, bass lines, drum samples, and so on when they play jazz fusion.

Would appreciate a recommendation for a high-quality keyboard that would enable me to play and perform jazz fusion alone! Thank you for any pointers that you might have.

On social media, I often see expressions of anxiety about recent technological developments such as AI and smartphones, including sentiments that technological progress should be halted or even “rolled back” to an earlier period.

I’m curious how historically grounded this kind of thinking is. In earlier periods of major technological change, such as the Industrial Revolution, the introduction of the printing press, or the spread of electricity, were there comparable movements or widely expressed views that technological progress should be stopped, limited, or reversed due to perceived threats to social order, morality, or human well-being? Also open of course to non-western history and also other periods of technological change outside of the above examples.

If so, how were these concerns articulated, and did they lead to any organized efforts, policies, or intellectual traditions aimed at resisting or reversing technological change? I would also be interested in how such views were received in their own time and whether they had any lasting impact.