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A WHOLE LOT OF SOUL.Ideas and inspiration for your next few modern, heart-wrenching slow soul songs. Although soul music has taken many shapes, forms, twists and turns since the ’50s and on, it’s never been out of style. However, one can’t deny its massive peak and resurgence of late. Artists like Adele, John Legend, Jacob Banks, Sam Smith, Rag’n’Bone Man and many more have placed modern soul music at the top of the food chain and all had hits that have dominated the airwaves and charts. Most of these worldwide hits are ballads. And admittedly, there is something about soul and ballads that goes together – like a common thread in the fabric of both that makes the heartache, the traces of rhythm and blues and the subtle gospel references come full circle in slow, soulful glory.

The West Coast, late 1970s. The scene is buzzing with newcomers like Toto, Christopher Cross, Journey and Foreigner. A new breed of rock is on the rise. It’s slick, immaculately performed and has an easy-going, safe and carefree vibe – void of all the common, rowdy traits of rock. In this new sound, elaborate vocal arrangements, percussion and even horns jostle their way to the front of the mix in super-polished productions. But if there’s one instrument that’s really making a resurgence in rock during this era, it’s the piano. The number of anthem-like songs where the piano has the undisputed leading role is huge.

THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.Tonal scenes from all corners of the world. Just like every country and part of the world has its own language, art and expression, it also has its own musical identity. However, while we may struggle to understand words and diction, music knows no boundaries. It has the power to bridge any cultural heritage, age or gender and literally travel any distance. That’s the true beauty of music. It’s in the human fabric of us all and one of the few forms of unbridled expression we collectively can relate to.

Yacht rock, soft rock, the West Coast Sound, adult-oriented rock or simply AOR – the labels casually attached to this chartbuster of a genre are as many as they are confusing. But whatever you choose to call it, one thing is certain: the smooth soul and jazz, R&B, rock, funk and disco fusion that legends like Toto, Steely Dan, Christopher Cross and many more introduced in the late ’70s became the soundtrack of an era.

DRAG. DROP. POP!Piano and keyboard MIDI for modern, anthemic pop songs. Although it sometimes may be amid layers of other instrumentation, tweaked or distorted almost beyond recognition, there is no denying that the piano still has a prominent role in contemporary pop. Listen to anthemic songs by the likes of Ariana Grande, Kygo, Coldplay or P!nk and you can easily pick it out as the dominant melodic vehicle. And given the flexibility and endless sonic application of MIDI, switch the piano for another instrument and the feel changes in an instant.

THE POP CHOP SHOP.Drum grooves for all walks of modern pop, ideal for any songwriter. Pop as a cultural music phenomenon is broader than ever before. In its vast landscape, the already blurred lines between the styles it encompasses are constantly thrusted to the side to make room for new iterations. As a foundational component in any genre, drums in particular are often in the forefront of this experimental and ever-changing panorama. Sometimes all-digital or all-acoustic, other times hybrids of both or somewhere floating in between. Production values, one may argue. But fact remains, the groove is the heartbeat of any song.

A SMOOTH FUSION.A broad collection of grooves for a backbeat-driven blend of jazz, fusion, rock and funk. Urban jazz is probably best described as a less busy, more pocket-oriented and backbeat-driven derivate of fusion. Basically, it’s a seamless blend that merges the subtleties of jazz, the technicality of fusion, the groove of funk and the power of rock.

FROM THE HEART OF THE CITY.EZkeys MIDI for modern, slick and progressive songs that hint of jazz, fusion, rock and funk. Add a little soul to a mix of jazz, fusion, rock and funk and you have the essence of the Urban Jazz EZkeys MIDI pack. Expect big chords, percussive patterns, intricate runs and harmonically challenging progressions for use in anything from ballads to uptempo songs.

Picking apart and learning a new song is a time-consuming and sometimes difficult process for any musician. Now zplane has combined numerous audio technologies within deCoda to make it easier and quicker to learn and practice new material. deCoda is software designed to help both new and established musicians with learning and practising passages of music.

PACKED WITH PUNK.Drum grooves and fills, tailored for your yet unwritten pop punk songs. Since classic acts like Blink-182, Sum 41 and Goldfinger paved the way and literally kicked the doors wide open to main stages and stadiums around the world, the pop punk genre has found itself in a constant evolution. To this day, it continues to produce countless acts setting new standards by the numbers, merging the don’t-give-a-damn attitude of punk with the power of timeless hooks, melody and modern pop production values. In terms of drums, we’re talking both ends of the extremes – from pummeling d-beats and untamed aggression down to laid-back and subtle.

AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF IDEAS.A creative toolbox of ideas for any writer of pop, rock, scores or commercial soundtracks. Musically and creatively, the Hooks & Chords EZkeys MIDI pack was made with the EZkeys Dream Machine and String Machine instruments in mind. However, seeing as the content was organized in two separate but related sections in each song – one for hooks and one for chords – it works just as well with any of the available sounds in the EZkeys Line. It was inspired by a wide range of material covering anything from pop and rock to movie scores and commercial soundtracks. Essentially, this content is suited for any songwriter looking to get instant inspiration for riffs, leading parts or quick ideas for compositions.

FROM THE HEARTLAND.Straight from the heartland of American songwriting tradition. Americana is the genre that is impossible to label but effortless to identify. With a breadth of branches that unapologetically cross over blues, folk, country and gospel, it’s a raw and fearless blend with roots that arguably run deeper in the rich soil of American songwriting tradition than any genre.

SOME SEVENTIES IDEAS.Inspired by the artists that wrote the soundtrack to the seventies. Even though disco may have been the prevalent genre on the airwaves and in the clubs of the ’70s, artists like Elton John, the Eagles, ABBA, John Lennon, the Bee Gees and countless others started a pop revolution that has yet to go away. This is where the Seventies Pop EZkeys MIDI pack takes off.

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A SONGWRITING GEM. From soothing ballads to funky pop and uptempo rock – ready for you to build and customize your own tracks with.