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Posted by owien on Apr-07-2009 18:27:

can learn a lot from this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoFurLevE28

Posted by owien on Apr-07-2009 18:38:

god damn youtube anyway i pullled this from the chillout room and me thinks is worthy of a chat cool as fuck

Posted by Numb on Apr-07-2009 19:01:

Been watching this guy for a while. He is pretty dam good.

Posted by owien on Apr-07-2009 19:29:

yeah i have been enjoying watching his shit. a real good example off how going with the flow can make way for some good tunes.

i cannot speak for everybody else but,i often enjoy banging out some solo stuff. be it on software thoe not on hardware but never the less its all fun.

Posted by DJ RANN on Apr-07-2009 19:44:

That's great!!!

Owien - I'm sure you "enjoy banging out solo stuff"

Posted by Zak McKracken on Apr-07-2009 20:11:

theres really some geniuses around on youtube man. ive been listening to some of his tracks now, cool stuff.

Posted by kadomony on Apr-07-2009 20:40:

been watching this guy's videos for a while

great style and music

Posted by kadomony on Apr-07-2009 20:41:

also check out "mootbooxle" on youtube

Posted by owien on Apr-07-2009 20:46:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ RANN
That's great!!!

Owien - I'm sure you "enjoy banging out solo stuff"
haha very funny i should learn to think before i type.

Posted by owien on Apr-07-2009 20:51:

quote:
Originally posted by kadomony
also check out "mootbooxle" on youtube
he he yeah not bad also

Posted by Numb on Apr-07-2009 21:12:

http://www.youtube.com/user/gattobus

add "&fmt=18" to the url of the vids.

Posted by owien on Apr-07-2009 21:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Numb
http://www.youtube.com/user/gattobus

add "&fmt=18" to the url of the vids.
cool beans me likes

Posted by Numb on Apr-07-2009 21:53:

Did you check out that chill song using the TENORI-ON? lol pretty interesting thing.

Posted by owien on Apr-07-2009 22:53:

quote:
Originally posted by Numb
Did you check out that chill song using the TENORI-ON? lol pretty interesting thing.
no my friend but i will

Posted by Zild on Apr-08-2009 00:09:

I wish I had half of his chops.

Posted by Nemesis44 on Apr-09-2009 17:55:

Learn your scales kids, that's what he is playing. Bit like a guitar solo, if you know the key and the scales that fit you can do this. Sounds more impressive than it actually is, but he has skills no doubt.

Also helps loads in learning to play other peoples stuff too.

Cheers
Nem

Posted by EddieZilker on Apr-09-2009 20:15:

...Yep. I can do that.

Posted by cronodevir on Apr-09-2009 20:51:

What is the amazing thing? Its a guy that can play piano.

Can he do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHn-L6odDP4 ?

Also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TddtqFh08AY

Another notable video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b98BJ36K1wo

Posted by cryophonik on Apr-09-2009 21:07:

quote:
Originally posted by Nemesis44
Learn your scales kids, that's what he is playing. Bit like a guitar solo, if you know the key and the scales that fit you can do this. Sounds more impressive than it actually is, but he has skills no doubt.

Also helps loads in learning to play other peoples stuff too.

Cheers
Nem

+1. On top of that, you'll notice that he's got that lead patch set to an arp pattern (0 octaves), so when he holds a note down longer than a quarter-note, it triggers several more notes, making it sound like he's playing more than he actually is. That's not to say that the guy doesn't have decent chops, but anybody with a decent knowledge of scales/modes and some piano training can do this. You'll also notice that he hit a few clunkers during some of those runs, but then repeated some of them to make it sound like he meant to do that - that's Jazz Improv 101, kids.

The guy's got good timing and plays with good expression, though - there's a lot to be said for that. And, it's a cool tune.

Posted by Beatflux on Apr-09-2009 21:41:

quote:
Originally posted by cronodevir
What is the amazing thing? Its a guy that can play piano.

Can he do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHn-L6odDP4 ?

Also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TddtqFh08AY

Another notable video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b98BJ36K1wo

He made something that was good and original!

Let's hear your improv, Mr. Basshunter.

That last video of the D&B drummer is really sick. The guy must be part robot.

Posted by Nemesis44 on Apr-09-2009 22:27:

Agreed, some very talented people there.

Something I have noticed in my life though is that very often, you get people who excel at a particular instrument and can play anything you put in front of them, but couldn't write a half arsed song to save their livees. Take Yngwe J Malmsteen for example, amazing technical skills as a guitarist but don't half write some crap music with the odd moment of magic just enough to justify a music career.

Then on the opposite end of the scale you have people who don't play so well but have musical genious i.e. Bob Dylan, love him or hate him you can't deny that he has written some of the most famous tunes of all time, often made better by a proper musician who could really play, Jimmy Hendrix for example with All Along the Watchtower. Or Knockin' on Heavens Door by just about anyone you care to name. Not a big fan of Dylan myself but I have to recognise that he has done a lot for music.

Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics is another one of those, great ideas but not much skill.

Don't have a clue what point I am trying to make here... it just came out... brain is going.
Just food for thought and a small Hijack.

Cheers
Nem

Posted by cryophonik on Apr-09-2009 22:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Nemesis44
...Yngwe J Malmsteen...

[OT]

Funny you should mention him. One of my bands opened for him at one of our regular clubs in East Lansing, MI back in '94 (IIRC). Weirdest gig ever. We were a female-fronted alt-rock dance band opening for a shredder/guitar god. For the first half of the show, the floor was packed with frat boys and sorority girls, while the metalheads all stood around like wallflowers (booing us, of course). When we ended our set, the metalheads swarmed around the stage and the college kids emptied the building - it was like night and day. I think that was the last time we worked with that agent.

The funniest part of the night was when our guitarist came out of the bathroom and had this big proud grin on his face. We were like, "what the hell are so happy about?" He was like "dude, I just peed next to Yngwie!"

[/OT]

Posted by owien on Apr-09-2009 23:44:

the reason i made this post was because i find making tunes can be so stale sometimes or at least end up going to forced.
i love making tunes of the cuff and can lead to being some of my best work. only to find i have to make it all work in to a edm formate hmmm tricky.

Posted by cronodevir on Apr-10-2009 00:26:

Coming up with melodies as you go is not hard either lol. Really this guy isn't doing anything amazing. He is playing live. I do that all the time on my keyboard. You just play a scale and do what ever comes to mind. Its pretty basic musicianship.

Posted by Subtle on Apr-10-2009 00:40:

This is how you make cool music, this guy simply just has music inside of him and is able to express it on the keyboard.

So you need two things to do this:

1. Music inside your head.

2. Skills to physically play it.

Also notice how he plays with the mod wheel to alter the sound, hugely important too, cause you are able to express yourself further and get more out of it.

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