Signal Active — Traverse City, MI
KBD Trio

KBD

Three Guys. Too Much Gear. Unreasonable Amounts of Funk.

Traverse City, MI // Est. 2025 // No Business Plan

Keys. Bass. Drums.

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The Unit

KBD is not a jam band.
It is an unlicensed groove dispensary.

Formed in a basement with too many keyboards and not enough outlets. The trio operates on a single principle: tight execution, loose inhibition, and a gear-to-gig ratio that concerns our families.

CH.01 ///
Ted Kocher
Keys / Trumpet
Organ (the expensive kind)Rhodes (the heavy kind)Clavinet (the funky kind)More Synths Than Outlets
CH.02 ///
Denny Richards
Bass / FX
Low End TheoryPedalboard Larger Than Some VenuesSignal Chain: Classified
CH.03 ///
Matthew Hayes
Drums
Timekeeping (most of the time)Polyrhythmic TendenciesThe Reason There's a Groove
MOD ///
Guest Roster_

KBD is a modular system. We patch in the region's best musicians, provided they can tolerate our volume and our opinions about cable management.

Guitar — TBA Vox — TBA Sax — TBA

The Vault

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Live Signal

Upcoming

Summer 2026

Traverse City, MI · Venue TBD

Debut performance. We've been rehearsing long enough that our neighbors have opinions about our setlist. Date incoming — get on the list before we sell out (or more likely, before we set up too many keyboards and run out of stage).

Signal Tests

Studio Broadcasts

Live Transmission · Erratic Schedule

Raw, unfiltered studio broadcasts. No polish. No safety net. No idea what key we're in until the second chorus. Subscribe for coordinates.

Initiate Contact

info@kbdtrio.com