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Sep 10

Review the Yamaha YPG – Grand Keyboards from Yamaha!

Looking for a digital keyboard with more than 61 keys? Have a look at the Yamaha YPG series of keyboards. These are the grand size keyboards with 88 keys, and can be used for playing all the piano pieces.

Are you an intermediate level keyboard player who wants to graduate from his 61 key electronic keyboard to an 88 key musical keyboard? Are you interested in playing classical music, or want to learn a lot of advanced pieces?

An 88 key keyboard is what you will need, and the Yamaha YPG series produces one of the best 88 key keyboards, also known as grand size keyboards. The YPG series keyboard is primarily meant for the North American market, and contains the usual hundreds of musical styles and voices.

But a lot of people prefer these keyboards because of the availability of weighted keys in this series of keyboards, which resembles more like a piano. This way they can use it for piano practice and it also gives them the flexibility to carry them around, since they are comparatively light weight.

As you go higher in the series, the more expensive ones contain graded hammer action which exactly simulates the keys on a grand piano. The keys are harder to play in the lower octaves and lighter in the higher octaves. But because of the graded hammer action, the weight also comparatively increases.

Some of the models in this series include – the ypg 635, ypg 535, and the ypg 235. So if you are looking for a keyboard with more than 61 keys, if you love playing songs on top of a backing rhythm, then you need to consider a Yamaha YPG keyboard. This series contains both 76 keys keyboards as well as 88 keys keyboards.

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9
Sep 10

Carrie Underwood Announced As Olay Brand Ambassador For North America

Anne Lu – AHN Entertainment Contributor

Cincinnati, OH, United States (AHN) – Country music star Carrie Underwood has been named as the first-ever North American celebrity ambassador for the facial skin care brand Olay. The Grammy winner will be fronting campaigns and will represent a line of products for the brand.

Underwood will work with the brand to launch their “Challenge What’s Possible” campaign, which is scheduled to debut later this year.

The brand is also a sponsor of the singer’s “Play On Tour” shows this fall.

She said, “I am so excited to be associated with a beauty brand that has been trusted by women for more than 50 years. As a little girl I remember my mom always using the original Olay Beauty Fluid and encouraging my sisters and I to take care of our skin.”

“I love that Olay has managed to change with the times, yet stay in touch with women of all ages who want affordable skin care products that do what they promise. My music career has been a dream come true and proven to me that the seemingly impossible can be achieved.”

“Olay’s inspiring campaign echoes my beliefs.”

Underwood joins well-known Olay brand ambassadors around the world, which include Maggie Cheung in Greater China, singer/actress Lucero in Latin America, and Thandie Newton in the U.K.

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