NICK RHODES - KORG DW6000 - DURAN DURAN

DOWN IN THE STUDIO WITH NICK RHODES AND THE NEW KORG DW6000

THEY'VE SOLD MILLIONS OF RECORDS IN HUNDREDS OF COUNTRIES.

THEY'VE SOLD OUT ON WORLD TOUR AFTER WORLD TOUR.

THEY'RE PROVERBIAL SUPER STARS.

SO WHAT KEEPS DURAN DURAN ON TOP OF THE GAME, HUNGRY FOR GREATER SUCCESS?

NICK RHODES GAVE US A FEW CLUES WHEN WE MET FOR A BRIEF WORD.

"SUCCESS DEPENDS ON HARD WORK", HE TOLD US. "IT DEPENDS ON DRIVE AND ORIGINALITY.

THINK THE MINUTE WE START PRODUCING THE SAME SOUND, WE'D SPLIT UP. ORIGINALITY'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. AFTER ALL. WE SPEND 99% OF OUR TIME WRITING, RECORDING, PERFORMING AND MAKING VIDEOS.

WE HAVE TO BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. WHAT ELSE? WELL, WE RECORD THE NEXT DURAN ALBUM IN MARCH.

THEN WE'RE OFF ON ANOTHER WORLD TOUR. RIGHT NOW THOUGH. ANDY AND JOHN ARE WORKING TOGETHER. AND SIMON AND I ARE HERE IN PARIS RECORDING AN ALBUM.

IT'LL BE VERY DIFFERENT TO DURAN DURAN. WE'RE USING LOTS OF INTERESTING MUSICIANS AND I PERSONALLY AM EXPERIMENTING WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT SOUNDS.

THAT'S WHY I REALLY LIKE THIS NEW KORG DW6000.

IT'S A FULL SIZE KEY-BOARD WITH BOTH DIGITAL AND CONVENTIONAL SOUNDS. AND APART FROM THE QUALITY OF SOUND WHAT I THINK'S GREAT IS THE FACT THAT YOU CAN SO EASILY CHANGE THE FACTORY DIGITAL PROGRAMMES.

YOU CAN MAKE THEM SOUND HOW YOU WANT THEM TO. ALL 64 OF THEM. AND IT'S VERY USEFUL HOW IT CAN BE LINKED THROUGH MIDI TO THE POLY 800 TOO

From Korg Adverts 1985