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To become a pianist you need three things: talent, training, and an instrument. A pianist no matter how talented or how trained he is, will still produce unimpressive tunes if he plays on a substandard piano.

Some individuals who would like to learn how to play the piano are immediately dissuaded by the prices, especially on acoustic ones. If you are a beginner, getting a good quality but less expensive digital keyboard would be a much better option.

There are five general types of digital keyboards. First of which are digital pianos, which are good for those who are still starting out, because they are simple and easy to use. Arrangers are loaded with features that allow you to be a one-man band, that is, it can provide you automatic drum, bass and chord accompaniment. Stage pianos, as the term implies are made for those who intend to use it for onstage performances. It typically has fewer functions as an arranger, but offer a more professional keyboard sound. Advanced piano players can tinker around with workstations and synthesizers. These types allow you sequence, record, edit music as well as manipulate waveforms. Because they are the most feature-rich of the bunch they also command the heftiest price tag.

Among the many brands of digital pianos available these days, low-priced but feature-dense Casio pianos remain to be in demand. Their intuitive step-up learning systems make them popular choices among novices. Casio also incorporated a music challenge feature to most of their beginner keyboards to provide a fun learning experience. Tri-sensor scaled hammer-action keyboards which have an ivory feel similar to concert pianos are common features of pianos made by this company.

For those who are just starting out, the CTK-2100 is already a good piano. It is a good buy at $170 because you already get a 61-key unit which already feature-rich. The step-up learning program installed in every CTK-2100, assists tutees with fingering and notes. It also has the AHL audio technology which reproduces the rich buttery tones of a real grand piano.

* Eminem is the fastest selling hip-hop artist as recorded by The Guinness Book of World Records.

* His mother Debbie has roots in Scandinavia.

* Eminem wrote lyrics for the soundtrack of 8 Mile during film breaks. He got so absorbed in the task that film crew members would have to pull the notepad from under him.

* He was bullied a lot as a child because of his size and the fact that he was always the new kid as he travelled around a lot.

* Em is of Scottish and Welsh decent.

* There have been numerous reports of Eminem being dead in care crashes and drug overdoses.

* Of all the members in D12 Eminem is the oldest.

* He is a Spiderman fan.

* Em is a Baptist (just like his mom and the rest of her family). He’s not religious though. Kim’s the one who is Catholic. She’s also not religious.

* Em wears glasses because he’s near-sighted.

* Eminem is interested in all types of gadgets.

* He has a favorite porn star called Janet Jacme.

* Eminem and Kim had a secret name for each other when they were together : “Stinky”.

* Eminem has never attempted suicide despite reports to the contrary. He took an overdose of anti-depressants by accident.

* The platinum bracelet and ring he usually wears both have “DAD” inscribed on them. Both are from Hailie.

* Eminem is actually a very quiet person despite his chosen career.

* Em used to have a problem with people staring at him.

* Eminem’s favourite actor is Robin Williams.

* Em’s all-time favorite movie is The Matrix.

* Eminem was abandoned by his father at just 6 months old.

* Em had a crush on Madonna when he was 11

* The first concert he ever went to is Run DMC, Big Daddy Kane and Queen Latifah in Detroit.

* Em cuts his own hair

* Em’s fave dance song is Busta Rhymes’s “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See”.

* Em and Dr. Dre’s first choice for Stan is Macaulay Culkin. Macaulay was doing a play. Dre picked Devon Sawa because he thought he looked like Em (Em made a video where he’s the one portraying Stan, and Devon made a similar video. Dre almost could not tell them apart.).

* Lose Yourself topped the poll on songs that spurs ball players to victory in matches.

* Rocket Man was dedicated to Eminem by Elton John himself.

* Em’s high-profile movie debut should’ve been ‘Training Day’ with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. He was to play Denzel’s drug dealer friend. 8 Mile came along so we all know how that ended. The other movie that he also considered was ‘Lazarus’ with DMX which is a part of ‘The Crow’ series in which he was also supposed to play the villain.

* Shannon Elizabeth was his primary choice to be the girl in ‘Superman’.

* Neil Tennant has a crush on Eminem.

* He has got a cat named Tigger.

* For his 8 Mile role, Em dropped from 168 lbs to 145 lbs – extreme dedication to be fit for the role.

* Em wears size XXL clothes to look more like a conventional rapper and because he wants to look bigger.

* Eminem’s mother and father were in a band called ‘Daddy Warbucks.’

* Eminem’s friends say that he doesn’t like to drive.

* Surprisingly Eminem doesn’t smoke.

* When he was younger he used to spend every night studying the dictionary to improve his lexicon.

* As a child he wanted to be a comic book artist and is also very talented in this area.

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