A Reel Person
It's Too Funky in Here!!!
I remember Rainbow from about a year ago. Missed the other one.
Both very excellent, as usual. Love it!
Both very excellent, as usual. Love it!
I now have a piano...
HA! I wish. Nah, I sometimes just get too caught up in posting and spending too much time here and on the internet in general, that I just need to get away from it. I spent the first about 35 years of my life without a computer. Since then, it seems to have taken over all of our lives. I sometimes just tell myself that if I was able to enjoy life without spending 80% of my waking hours on the internet before, I can do it again now.Where you been? Cuba? The moon?
Thanx a lot, Reel. You have a good memory. My other version of Rainbow has guitar doing all the piano parts. As much as it was a cool challenge, I like it way better with the piano. Thanx dude.Both very excellent, as usual. Love it!
Groan......What's better than roses on your piano.....
...tulips on your organ.
Thanx a lot buddy.Nicely done tunes, as usual.
Nice! Rainbow came out great. I like that you reproduced the two longish breaks and did a pretty convincing job. Still has that RAMI buzz-cut cleanliness to it.. I don't listen to Black & Blue that much, definitely not my fave Stones minute but Memory Motel sounds really good too. What kind of piano/synth did you get?
Thanx a lot Ido. I really appreciate that.Was it you who said I'll never use keyboards (years ago) or was it synths that you were referring to? I think it was on your CD but that was like 7 years ago. If it wasn't you then just ignore.
Both tunes are new to me - so I have no comparison in mind. All I can say is both have an appealing sound - clear but not harsh which can happen in this digital world. The playing is as always great - you seem to get better over time on your base instruments then wham out comes slide/whammy/piano. Jeez I'm still stuck in low gear....
Your time away has been fruitful as these two tunes show.
But many tunes that I like have piano or organ. Those are real instruments in my mind.
Cool. I think I remember having to wiggle it a bit once in a while. but since it never moved, it was never a problem that I noticed.That's my philosophy, too. I put piano and organ right up there with acoustic and electric guitars. I'll use synths to replicate actual instruments I don't have access to, like a marimba or strings, but save for a few occasions, I try not to use a synth as a synthesizer.
And the 800 is doing fine. I still need to fix the power port, but no biggie.
Thanx a lot Ido. I really appreciate that.
True, I've said I'd never put a synth in any of my tunes. With very few exceptions, like maybe "Deep Purple", I don't think I can think of any keyboard bands that I like. But many tunes that I like have piano or organ. Those are real instruments in my mind.
On my site, I have "No synthesizers, loops, sequencers, or samples were used in the creation of any of these songs". I guess that technically, I should now take out the word "synthesizers", but not really, because I look at piano and organ as "real" instruments, even if I'm using a plug-in to get their sounds. I think it's comparable to using amp sims for guitar. You wouldn't say you're using a guitar synth.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Thanx Ido. I knew you were kidding.Yes I agree - a piano or organ is not a synthesizer in my mind. I associate synths more with strings and stuff. I guess if you wanted to get real technical, you could argue that a piano has to be an acoustic model and an organ has to be a B3 but these days even the pros use DX7 type pianos hidden in their grand pianos because they sound great and are way easier to line out to FOH.
In any case I was just kidding around and the main thing was that I was impressed with your ability to learn an incorporate (well) your latest additions (piano/slide/whammy oh yeah re-amping).
I sometimes just tell myself that if I was able to enjoy life without spending 80% of my waking hours on the internet before, I can do it again now.
It actually makes me more productive music-wise
Cool. I'm glad you know the original. These people telling me shit doesn't work when it worked for the most successful rock and roll band in the history of anything. Just goes to show........something. I'm not sure what, but it definitely goes to show.I listened to She's Like a Rainbow. Fantastic cover. Really good. I like the song to begin with.
Probably.Am I hearing some crackling in the mid 1:50's?
Thanx man. Don't be in awe. I can't handle that kind of pressure.I like your attitude & I'm always in awe of your stuff. Great!
Thanx a lot, R.I liked them both, and offer no critique. I just liked them.
It's MIDI as in I'm using a MIDI plug-in for the sound. But it is 100% played in real time, not sequenced. Like I said, for "Rainbow", I had to over-dub the left and right parts because I needed both hands to play the right hand part. But I played it, no sequencing or quantizing or anything like that. For "Motel", I was able to play it in real time with both hands, no over-dubbing.Rainbow is really well done. I take it the piano is midi? It sounds too perfect.
Doesn't matter. I was happy to get almost the exact same sound. No way I was going to change it. I'm glad you recognize that it's almost exactly like the original. You might want to have a talk with a couple of other guys in this thread.You could have redone that piano sound just a bit. Never liked it even on the original
Thanx man. It's almost too much a of a sappy love song, but for some reason I've always loved that tune. Lots going on in it.Liked Memory a lot more. Great mix, great job!
Cool. I'll take that.You have that voice that sounds good on so many different artists...(is there a jealous emoticon on here?). You really don't sound so much like Mick Jagger as Alice Cooper singing Mick Jagger, but it's still awesome.
Disco.Just don't put Hot Stuff on your list....really, what were they thinking?