WA keytarist is a musician that plays the keytar, a keyboard or synthesizer worn around the neck and shoulders, similar to a guitar. Only notable musicians who are widely noted for their use of the keytar as reported in reliable sources are included.Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz Thomas Anders Daisuke Asakura Japanese composer and musician. Victoria Asher Joe Atlan Matthew Bellamy of Muse Christopher Bowes of Alestorm Bob Casale of DEVO Chick Corea Stephen Devassy Indian Musician and Composer. Thomas Dolby Brett Domino Geoff Downes of Asia and Yes George Duke Donald Fagen of Steely Dan David Garcia Gregg Giuffria Jan Hammer Herbie Hancock Paul Hardcastle Imogen Heap Tonči Huljić Randy Jackson J-Break Jean Michel Jarre Howard Jones English pop singer John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin Elisa Jordana Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots Keytar Bear Henrik Klingenberg of Sonata Arctica Holly Knight Tetsuya Komuro of TM Network. Simon Kvamm of the Dan Nephew Lady Gaga James Lascelles of Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel Robert Lamm of Chicago John Lawry of Petra Pablo Lescano Indra Lesmana Lights Barış Manço Sandy Marton Page McConnell of Phish Paul Meany of Mutemath Bridgit Mendler Prince Vadim Pruzhanov of DragonForce Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater Doctor Ryman of Doctor Ryman Tom Schuman of Spyro Gyra Elisa Schwartz, formerly of Cobra Starship Watch Out For Snakes will.i.am "Weird Al" Yankovic Yenny of Wonder Girls Edgar Winter
WVictoria Jane Asher, also known as Vicky-T, is an American musician. She was the keytarist of Cobra Starship until their split in November 2015, and is currently recording as a solo artist under the name Vicky-T.
WJohn Avila is an American bassist and music producer, best known for being in the new wave band Oingo Boingo from 1984 to 1995.
WJonathan Leonard Friga, known professionally as Jonathan Cain, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the keyboardist for Journey. He has also worked with The Babys and Bad English. Cain was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey on April 7, 2017.
WNeil Stephen Cicierega is an American Internet artist, comedian, actor, filmmaker, musician, singer, puppeteer, and animator. He is the creator of the genre of Flash animation known as "Animutation", created the Harry Potter puppet parody series Potter Puppet Pals, released several albums as a musician under the name Lemon Demon, and released a series of mashup albums under his own name that have since gained a cult following.
WArmando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist/electric keyboardist and composer. His compositions "Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" and "Windows", are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis's band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed the fusion band Return to Forever. With Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, he has been described as one of the major jazz piano voices to emerge in the post-John Coltrane era.
WTom Coster is an American keyboardist, composer, and longtime backing musician for Carlos Santana.
WTheresa Danielle Flaminio, known professionally as DANiiVORY, is an American singer, songwriter. She is currently touring with R&B artist, Rhye, and developing her solo career.
WStephen Devassy is an Indian musician hailing from Palakkad, Kerala. He started his career at a very early age, and has performed on stage around the world. Stephen is the founder of Musik Lounge, an audio technology school and studio in Chennai.
WMichael Colton Dixon is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He placed seventh on the eleventh season of American Idol.
WThomas Morgan Robertson, known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, producer, entrepreneur and teacher. He came to prominence in the 1980s, releasing hit singles including "She Blinded Me with Science" (1982) and "Hyperactive!" (1984). He has also worked in production and as a session musician. In the 1990s he founded Beatnik, a Silicon Valley software company whose technology was used to create the Nokia tune. He was also the music director for the TED Conference. On faculty at the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University since 2014, Dolby leads Peabody's Music for New Media program, which enrolled its first students in the fall of 2018.
WGeoffrey Downes is an English keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer who gained fame as a member of the new wave group The Buggles with Trevor Horn, the progressive rock band Yes, and the supergroup Asia.
WSean T. Drinkwater is a musician living and working in Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known as one of the four members of the synthpop band Freezepop, in which he performs under the name The Other Sean T. Drinkwater, posing as a clone of the original Drinkwater. He is also a member of Lifestyle, Karacter, and Veronica Black Morpheus Nipple, as well as of several currently unsigned bands. He is a founding partner of Archenemy Record Company. His commercial work includes the song "Boy Band" for Milwaukee's Best Light.
WBenjamin Scott Folds is an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer and record producer. Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five from 1993 to 2000, and again in the early 2010s during their reunion. Apart from the band, Folds has recorded several albums and performed live as a solo artist. He has also collaborated with musicians such as William Shatner, Regina Spektor, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and yMusic and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with authors such as Nick Hornby and Neil Gaiman. He has frequently performed arrangements of his music with uncommon instrumentation, including symphony orchestras and a cappella groups. In addition to contributing music to the soundtracks of the animated films Hoodwinked!, and Over the Hedge, Folds has produced several albums, including Amanda Palmer's first solo album.
WPaul Francis Gray was an Australian songwriter, pianist, singer and record producer. He met with early success as the lead vocalist for the 1980s funk/pop band Wa Wa Nee.
WHerbert Jeffrey Hancock is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer, and actor. Hancock started his career with Donald Byrd. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, Hancock experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles.
WTrevor Beresford Romeo OBE, better known as Jazzie B, is a British DJ and music producer. He is the founder of Soul II Soul.
WElisa Ann Schwartz, whose stage name is Elisa Jordana, is an American radio and TV personality, musician, writer, and online talk-show host. She is best known for her appearances on The Howard Stern Show and as a former member of the dance-pop band, Cobra Starship.
WStefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and businesswoman. She is known for her consistent image reinventions and versatility in both music and entertainment. Gaga began performing as a teenager, singing at open mic nights and acting in school plays. She studied at Collaborative Arts Project 21, through New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, before dropping out to pursue a career in music. When Def Jam Recordings canceled her contract, she worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, where she signed a joint deal with Interscope Records and Akon's label, KonLive Distribution, in 2007. Gaga rose to prominence the following year with her debut studio album, The Fame, and its chart-topping singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". The album was later reissued to include the EP, The Fame Monster (2009), which yielded the successful singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone", and "Alejandro".
WRobert William Lamm is an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He wrote many of the band's biggest hits, including "Questions 67 & 68", "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Beginnings", "25 or 6 to 4", "Saturday in the Park", "Dialogue " and "Harry Truman". Lamm is one of four founding members still performing with the group.
WLights Poxleitner-Bokan is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter from Timmins, Ontario. She is known for singles "Drive My Soul", "February Air", "Ice", "Second Go", "Toes", "Lions" and "Up We Go". She was awarded the 2009 Juno Award for New Artist of the Year and two 2009 Astral Media Radio awards during Canadian Music Week. As a recording artist, she stylizes herself mononymously as Lights.
WPatrick Philippe Moraz is a Swiss musician, film composer and songwriter best known for his tenures as keyboardist in the rock bands Yes and The Moody Blues.
WMerrill Nisker, better known by her stage name Peaches, is a Canadian musician, producer, director, visual artist, and performance artist.
WPrince Rogers Nelson was an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation. A multi-instrumentalist who was considered a guitar virtuoso, he was well known for his eclectic work across multiple genres, flamboyant and androgynous persona, and wide vocal range which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams.
WJordan Rudess is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater and the progressive metal supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment.
WWatch Out For Snakes is the pseudonym of Atlanta-based musician and producer Matt Baum. He is often credited as a pioneer of the chipwave genre, fusing elements of chiptune and synthwave.
WEdgar Holland Winter is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for being a multi-instrumentalist—keyboardist, guitarist, saxophonist and percussionist—as well as a singer. His success peaked in the 1970s with his band The Edgar Winter Group and their popular songs "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride".