

To promote the album, Keys embarked on her first headlining concert tour, entitled Songs in A Minor Tour. The album earned Keys several accolades, including five Grammy Awards at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards. It was also an immediate critical success and has since been regarded as a classic. The album has since sold over 6.2 million copies in the United States and 12 million copies worldwide. Songs in A Minor debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 236,000 copies in its first week. Despite the album's title, "Jane Doe" is the only song on the album actually in the key of A minor. Lyrically, the songs explore the complexities and various stages of personal relationships. It is a neo soul album with elements of R&B, soul, jazz, hip hop, blues, classical, and gospel music. An accomplished, classically trained pianist, Keys wrote, arranged and produced the majority of the album herself. Keys began writing songs for the album in 1995 at age 14 and recording the album in 1998 for Columbia Records, but after they rejected it, she signed a recording contract with Clive Davis's Arista Records and eventually J Records. Great for upbeat songs where the piano is playing melodic block chords.Songs in A Minor is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Alicia Keys. Useful for songs where the piano has a single note or octave lead line.Ī bright, compressed, and slightly overdriven piano with a dotted 1/8th delay and a healthy amount of reverb. Useful for songs where the piano has a single note or octave lead line.Ī bright and compressed piano with a short 1/16th note delay and plenty of reverb. A clone of the piano sound from a remixed version of a very well-known worship song.Ī bright, compressed, and slightly overdriven piano with a long 1/4 note delay and plenty of reverb. Great for songs where the piano isn’t too busy.Ī bright, compressed, and slightly overdriven piano with a big stereo delay and a healthy amount of reverb.
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The same as the “Smashed Piano” but with the addition of a shimmer reverb.Ī natural sounding piano with a full dynamic range and enough reverb to make it sit well in a mix.Ī natural sounding piano but with a much more noticeable shimmer reverb.Ī piano with a healthy amount of overdrive, compression, and reverb.

The same as the “Smashed Piano” but with about half as much compression and an addition of a darker shimmer reverb. Cloned to replicate the sound of a well-known church in California. Great for most songs in today’s worship genre.Ī super-compressed piano with a longer reverb. It contains a good amount of reverb.Ī compressed piano with enough reverb to make it sit well in a mix. Useful for songs where the piano has a single note or octave lead line.Ī brighter piano that was made for a popular Top 40 song. Great to add some dimension to simple chords.Ī compressed piano with a healthy amount of verb and an 1/8th note delay. It contains a good amount of reverb, a bit of compression, and a low-pass filter (that is set to off by default).Ī thinner, compressed piano with a bit of saturation, reverb, and a stereo delay. Great for anything where you don’t need a lot of compression or reverb.Ī piano that was made for a popular Top 40 song. Great for upbeat songs.Ī natural sounding piano with a subtle medium length reverb. Great for songs where the piano needs to sit back in the mix and not muddy up the low end.Ī neutral sounding piano with just a hint of reverb. Great for slower songs.Ī compressed piano that is thinner on the low and has plenty of reverb.

Great for medium tempo or slower songs.Ī darker piano with lots of reverb and a 1/4 note delay. Great for a song that is carried by piano with slow chord changes.Ī darker piano with enough reverb to make it sit well in a mix. One of my favorite patches.Ī darker, compressed piano with a hint of reverb and plenty of low end. Great for piano driven ballads.Ī darker, compressed piano with lots of gorgeous shimmer reverb. Great for piano driven ballads.Ī darker, natural piano with a splash of shimmer reverb. Beautiful when played high.Ī darker, slightly compressed piano with a shorter reverb time. Valhalla Shimmer 1.0.3 or higher is requiredĪ soft & compressed piano with plenty of reverb.
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Latest Kontakt player or full version 5.8.1 or higher is requiredĪlicia’s Keys 1.5.0 or higher is required Sanctuary Pianos – Alicia’s Keys requires an authorized and working copy of Native Instruments Alicia’s Keys. Sanctuary Pianos – Alicia’s Keys is a customized piano collection for NI Alicia’s Keys & Valhalla Shimmer users running Ableton Live 9 Standard or Suite.
