I have recently fallen in love with the keytar. I know, I know: love for an eighties instrument combining a keyboard and guitar is fairly criminal. But think of the synth beats, the untapped potential of a dying instrument! Because it is dying. Unlike the ukulele and melodica, which are regularly cropping up on YouTube to great fanfare, the keytar is already dead and nobody's bothering to attend the funeral.
However, there are a few bands out there keeping the keytar love alive. MuteMath is probably my favorite of the lot, with their ridiculous energy that translates into epic live performances and great videos like this, wherein a keytar gets totally dismantled.
Unfortunately for me and the other two dozen keytar lovers out there, the instruments are devilishly hard to get a hold of. eBay is the best bet, but a red Yamaha SHS-10 goes easily for over $200, and the instrument is really only worth around $50.
The moral of this story? If you find a keytar, get it: it'll be worth something one day. And have faith in the odd instruments, because they really do have something unique to offer.
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