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Backstage Pass

What does a Musical Director do?

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Some musicians wait their whole careers for one dream gig – Ashton Miranda is holding down two of them. Four years ago, this in-demand British keys man joined the lineup of the mighty Ed Sheeran, before word-of-mouth saw him snapped up as the musical director for electro-pop queen Anne-Marie, responsible for recreating hit singles like Friends and 2002 on stages around the world. Whether he’s triggering samples, using plug-outs, creating new synth sounds from scratch or simply performing chart-topping hooks, Ashton turns to the only live keyboard setup that can keep up with his imagination, drilling deep into the features of the Roland FA-07 workstation, RD-2000 stage piano and SYSTEM-8 synth.


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