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I can imagine. I was a big fan of Harrison Ford, but my parents wouldn't let me see it because of the R rating. When I did see it, I think it went over my head. I also was never able to see it on the big screen, where it was meant to be experienced.

Indeed it does. A lot of the music of Vangelis is transportive: sometimes space, sometimes other countries, times, and worlds.

...One of the most powerful scenes in the film.

Thanks for your beautiful words.

Many thanks for your comments! It is a Hammond 1957 C3. As you may know, the C3 and B3 have the same guts and console; the only difference is the style of the wooden cabinet. In my case, my heros (e.g., Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Steve Walsh, Jon Lord, etc.) played the C3, and so I prefer the look of it. You can hear mine the best in the video of Hoedown: th-cam.com/video/isLxcjVlLyQ/w-d-xo.html

@@TaurusTarkus Thank you so much! Do you have any idea what instrument(s) this is? Specifically the unison lead lines @ 1:42 th-cam.com/video/5w9cqcF-2bI/w-d-xo.html It sounds like there might be some organ or something layered in there super quiet in the high end but I can't figure out what that mallet-like sound is.

@@jonathanbobo722 That's a good question! I've enjoyed this track many times over the years. Ennio Morricone used such unusual instrumentation. I think he did a lot with mallet percussion (e.g., vibraphone, etc.). The high part that comes in at 1:42 sounds like it could be bells/glockenspiel. I read somewhere that he used a Hammond X-66 organ, which was in production when this was recorded. It's hard to know. Some of my first covers were by Ennio Morricone, and I would have been happy to do more... But they don't seem to get much attention. I like doing big orchestral film scores on my keyboards, but I think fans of that music want to hear it done with orchestral instruments.

@@TaurusTarkus oh my gosh I think that might be it! The x66 organ. I watched a couple videos and it seems to have a that type of sound. Could be a Glock layered in there too. Thank you so much! I’ve been trying to chase down some of these sounds so that I can do my own covers as well.

Many thanks! I hope you enjoy my others by Vangelis as well. th-cam.com/play/PLKEwScAT610GHgpJL-4B2oRz4dLp3idjK.html

Thank you very much! I really wish he had seen some of my videos. The impression I have is that he did not really go online. I appreciate your comments.

Thank you very much! I really wish he had seen some of my videos. The impression I have is that he did not really go online.

Thanks for your comments! My most recent video is a travel video of our trip to Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, which may be of interest and which has mostly Vangelis music. Many of my ancestors came from Germany many years ago.

​@@TaurusTarkusThanks great ! is that video online? funny: some of my ancestors made it to america back in 1870 or something. The first one to go planned to reach San Francisco they told me but he took the wrong train (i believe in Chicago) and endet up in Waco/TX :-) I visited some of them ...pretty long ago already...1984 to be precise :-) where did your ancestors come from? My best greetings from near heidelberg germany to you 🙂🍀

@@otherland4551 I believe I have more ancestors from Germany than anywhere else (also England and Switzerland), but I never learned what parts they all came from. After being there over the summer, I started asking, but no one seemed to know. It would have been over 170 years ago. Next time we will have to get up to Berlin and some of the areas more North. Like many parts, Heidelberg looks like it has a great castle! Here a playlist of my travel videos: th-cam.com/play/PLKEwScAT610FxleE9evlw7o6TedrofRB9.html

@@TaurusTarkus i understand. great you are comming to europe to visit. Yes sure, Heidelberg has a castle, like many cities here do...and it has the oldest university in germany etc ;-) have a great day and thanks for the link ! really great video and a fantastic soundtrack ! isn`t that made by a guy called Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ? 🤔😁regards Tom

@@otherland4551 We're trying to travel to Europe as much as we can while we're healthy enough to do so. It's much easier to travel closer to home when we are older. You are in a great spot in the middle of so much. .... I try use my own recordings for videos in order to avoid copyright issues, even though the travel videos don't get as many views. I used a lot of Vangelis' China album on our video to Asia. Best Regards. -Jason

Thanks so much!

Many thanks for your comments! You can listen to my versions of half of the album with my Vangelis playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLKEwScAT610GHgpJL-4B2oRz4dLp3idjK.html

You are very kind! This was a very enjoyable video to make. I hope you enjoy my others by Vangelis as well.

I love Rick Wakeman and have seen him four times in different situations. I did his Six Wives solo from YesSongs back in high school when I had a MiniMoog, Hammond, etc. One of my first videos was doing part of his solo from the ABWH period: th-cam.com/video/IlVZ0gvKxbc/w-d-xo.html

You are very kind! The video represents a lot a work figuring out the details. I hope you enjoy my others by Vangelis as well.

@TaurusTarkus yes, "Tears in the rain" is something beyond perfect...thank you so much!

@@slamasirpartneriai Thanks so much for your comments!

Thanks for the comments! Yes- It needed something at the end, and that seemed to fit. I used to play a good bit of the Toccata in Dm back around high school, which was great fun.

@@TaurusTarkus Of course! Yeah, Bach was the king and what you did at the end was a nice touch to Don's already very Bach-like intro. So good!

@@SteveOuimette Many thanks! I've been enjoying several of your videos over the last couple days. You are an incredible guitarist! I especially enjoyed Owner of a Lonely Heart. I was just getting into Yes when that tour was kicking off and was very lucky to have been able to help tear down their stage in Lititz, PA (my home town) the night before the big 90125 tour kicked off in Millersville. I've seen Trevor Rabin with them five times and never understood how he was able to get such sounds out of a Strat. Most of my videos are about keyboards, but I play some guitar in a few including Kashmir: th-cam.com/video/_oQwr20WVd8/w-d-xo.html

@@TaurusTarkus Thank you for the kind words, I LOVE this song and solo! Trevor is a brilliant player and clearly knew what he was doing. Totally redefined Yes's sound back then. How cool that you were able to be a part of that during the beginning of that particular tour. History! I'll check out your page, thanks!

Thanks so much!

Muito obrigado! Seus comentários ajudam a levar isso a mais pessoas.

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Thanks for your comment! It's one of my favorites too.

Kaliméra! Καλημέρα! Σας ευχαριστούμε για τα σχόλιά σας. Ελπίζω να βρείτε το βίντεό μου από το υπέροχο ταξίδι μας στην καταπληκτική χώρα της Ελλάδας... εκτός από τα άλλα μου εξώφυλλα Βαγγέλη. Ανυπομονούμε να επιστρέψουμε κάποια μέρα.

Many Thanks!

Thank you!

Thanks for your comments!

Many thanks!

Thanks!

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Thanks for your comment! th-cam.com/play/PLKEwScAT610GHgpJL-4B2oRz4dLp3idjK.html

Many thanks! Yes, I love it too. It was possibly the most enjoyable cover that I've worked on. It wasn't a difficult as many, and the music is glorious.

Спасибо за ваши комментарии! Да; я думаю, что ключ к славе музыки Вангелиса - это детали. Чтобы сделать их правильными, требуется много времени, но это стоит усилий.

Many thanks for your kind comments! I have a few "Making of a Cover" videos where I go into detail about settings and patches. I did the wind with the Prophet Rev2, but many instruments could do it.

She's used to singing in character on a stage. You see her personality at the end.

Спасибо

Many thanks!

Приветствую. Оригинальный инструмент, который использовал Вангелис, был слегка модифицированным электропианино Fender Rhodes. Нижний инструмент, который я использую, - это Yamaha Montage 8. Я использую один из его более теплых звуков Fender Rhodes, который имеет менее перкуссионную атаку. Я также отредактировал его так, чтобы он сохранялся без необходимости в педали сустейна. Для баса с левой стороны я использую бас-гитару в стиле CS-80, доступную на Montage. Хотя может возникнуть языковой барьер, я говорю и демонстрирую свои звуки в моих видеороликах «Создание кавера».

@TaurusTarkus Спасибо!)

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Based on his later projects, Vangelis seemed to be very fascinated by space. The music makes me think about walking around an old European community. I have used it in a number of my travel videos. It's a perfect soundtrack for our lives.

Space? No way. This is human

Life and human

Great! Yeah; it's a wonderful track. Be sure to check out my "Making of a Cover" videos, which were made for keyboard players: th-cam.com/video/ZF_yumNhCNQ/w-d-xo.html

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Thanks for the kind comments! When I recorded this, I had just set up the camera and recording stuff and was really just intending to practice (it's a lot to remember). I try to put emotion into each beautiful phrase and afterward was a little annoyed by some of the uninhibited faces I was making. But it truly is an uninhibited performance... more like when I am alone, and so I thought I would go with it instead of trying to look cool. :)

@@TaurusTarkus I think it just shows how much you put in each and every piece of music you put out for us to enjoy. I was truly in awe because, like you state, it's so much to remember and the fact that you do it from memory makes me appreciate it even more.

I love when these videos get to the right people! The Vangelis covers always take longer than I anticipate, but this one was especially involved. My two most popular videos (Memories of Green and Tears in Rain) actually took the least time, and End Titles and this took the most.

Many thanks!

Many thanks for your kind comments! I really love this too. I'm happy to say that Megan is back from Korea and New York and is currently living closer to home, so I'm able to see her a lot more.

Many thanks!

Many thanks for your kind comments!

Many Thanks!

Many thanks for your kind comments! It's probably the video that I'm most happy with.

Congratulations on the superb Moog One! There is a lot to love there, including my favorite Fatar keybed. It may depend a bit which CS-80 sound you are going for. I'm going to assume that you have watched my "Making of a Cover" videos- if not, they would be helpful. I talk about the Blade Runner Blues lead in my recent one and the Blade Runner Brass sound in the third one. I haven't spent a lot of time with the Moog One, and so I can't say exactly how the filter section is set up. Your State Variable Filter should be closer to a CS-80 than the Moog Ladder Filter. However, if you can select 2-pole only on the Ladder, then it may work better. (The CS-80 is closer to a 2-pole than a normal 4-pole Ladder filter.) If possible, I think the ideal would be to use two of the layers most of the time (to simulate the two layers of the CS), with each layer using two 2-pole State Variable Filters- the first for high pass and the second for low pass. You could then use that third layer for getting something like the CS-80 Sine Wave, which you could then blend in with greater volume, like I talk about in Making of a Cover 4.

Thanks for your kind comments!

Many thanks for your comments!

Thanks! I bought my first synthesizer (a Korg Poly 800) over 40 years ago and have been buying and selling musical equipment ever since. So if I divide the cost of my current rig by 40 years... it's less than $50 a month. :)

Grazie!