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Mark Stein
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 13 พ.ย. 2013
A recent and very enjoyable hobby for me is creating music on my Roland Fantom 8 synthesizer workstation and making some accompanying videos. One of my goals is to gradually improve over time, so hopefully the more recent music and video creations are better than the older ones.
Variation on Joy to the World
This is a "Variation on Joy to the World". It started with a pipe organ arrangement, which I've enhanced with some additional instruments -- trumpets, strings, chimes, timpani drums, and cymbals. I'm playing all the instruments you hear on my Roland Fantom EX.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
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Joy to the World
มุมมอง 36419 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา
This is my cover of Mannheim Steamroller's "Joy to the Word", their popular and high energy hit version. This was a complex piece to figure out and play, but in the end, I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I'm playing all the instruments and sounds that you hear on my Roland Fantom EX, including harpsichord, brass horns (trumpets, French horn, trombone), strings, bass guitar, drums, timp...
Listen 2 the Groove
มุมมอง 832 หลายเดือนก่อน
I enjoy the music of Jessy J and saw her in concert a couple days ago. This is one of hers: Listen 2 the Groove. Kind of a mellow / funky groove. I have a hard time making songs sound good which have a Sax lead. But I gave it a shot anyway. It does have a fun bridge, just over half way in. Playing all instruments on my Roland Fantom, using a software VST for the sax part.
Baby Maybe
มุมมอง 1412 หลายเดือนก่อน
This is "Baby Maybe", a fun smooth jazz piece originally by the Allen Carman Project. I'm using some (silent) snips from their original video. I'm playing all the instruments you hear on my Roland Fantom 8, including trumpets, trombone, saxophones, flute, vibraphone, electric guitars, bass guitar, background strings, organ, bongos, and drums. Enjoy!
A Fantom Amadeus
มุมมอง 674 หลายเดือนก่อน
This is "A Fantom Amadeus", which is my modern take on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony #40 in G Minor. With some ideas and silent video from the German heavy metal band "Accept". The song builds in the latter half. I'm playing all instruments on my Roland Fantom 8. You'll hear lots of strings and rock guitars, bass guitar, organ, clavinet, various synth sounds, and drums. Crank up the volume...
A Fantom Fugue
มุมมอง 1805 หลายเดือนก่อน
I'm calling this "A Fantom Fugue", as it is my modern and upbeat take on the famous "Toccata & Fugue in D Minor" by J.S. Bach. I'm playing all instruments and sounds you hear on my Roland Fantom 8, including an electric guitar coming in to bring home the ending. Crank up the volume and enjoy. (will sound best with headphones) Mark
After the Love Has Gone
มุมมอง 495 หลายเดือนก่อน
Here's another song from my favorite live group, Leonid & Friends: "After the Love has Gone" (originally by Earth, Wind, & Fire). I've always liked the instrumentation and harmonies in this song. I'm playing all the instruments and sounds you hear on my Roland Fantom 8. You'll hear piano, electric piano, bass, brass horns, strings, synth lead, and drums. Then added the vocals on top from Leonid...
Boogie Wonderland
มุมมอง 526 หลายเดือนก่อน
My favorite group to see in concert is "Leonid & Friends". They added a new song for this year's tour: "Boogie Wonderland", originally recorded by Earth, Wind, & Fire. It's a really fun song and I wanted to try playing it. I'm playing all instruments and sounds you hear on my Roland Fantom 8, then added the vocals on top from Leonid & Friends. And sync'd my music with a silent version of their ...
Toccata on Ode to Joy
มุมมอง 3737 หลายเดือนก่อน
This is my version of "Toccata on Ode to Joy". It is based on an organ composition by Paul Fey (based on Beethoven's). I then created additional parts for two trumpets, violin, other strings, timpani drums, and cymbals & cymbal rolls. I'm playing all instruments on my Roland Fantom 8. The organ is actually a VST (Royal Albert Hall Organ) running on my Mac, played on the Fantom. Enjoy.
Psalm XIX
มุมมอง 567 หลายเดือนก่อน
A bit of a classical departure. This is "Psalm XIX" by Benedetto Marcello. I heard it Easter morning and wanted to play a version myself. It's just a short little 2:14 minute piece. It provides an opportunity to exercise the pipe organ, brass, strings, and timpani drums in my Roland Fantom 8. Enjoy.
Emmanuel Overture
มุมมอง 598 หลายเดือนก่อน
This is my version of "Emmanuel Overture", which I stumbled upon quite by accident. But I loved it and wanted to play it on my Roland Fantom 8. It was composed by Michael W. Smith. This is a very energetic and upbeat orchestral piece, with a gentle piano interlude in the middle. The video includes nature and outdoor adventures, with the middle scenes during the piano interlude being pictures/vi...
Dreamer
มุมมอง 1399 หลายเดือนก่อน
This is my version of Supertramp's "Dreamer", their smash hit from back in 1974. I've always liked this song. I'm playing all the instruments and sounds you hear on my Roland Fantom 8, then added a vocal track on top from Supertramp. You'll hear: electric piano (Wurlitzer), organ, bass, drums, celesta (bells), and synth / effects. I'm using silent video snips from a few Supertramp videos, sync'...
It Keeps You Runnin'
มุมมอง 519 หลายเดือนก่อน
A return to the past for "It Keeps You Runnin' ", made popular by the Doobie Brothers back in 1976. I'm playing all the instruments and sounds you hear on my Roland Fantom 8, then added a vocal track from the Doobie Brothers on top. You'll hear: clavinet, electric piano, bass, guitars, brass, drums & other percussion, various effects.. Decided to create a more light-hearted video interpretation...
Moon Over Gotham
มุมมอง 599 หลายเดือนก่อน
This is my version of "Moon Over Gotham", composed by Keiko Matsui. I found a fun video of Keiko and her band members playing this song, each in their respective home studios, since it was created during the pandemic. These are the same band members that I saw in Cincinnati (Ludlow Garage) recently. It was nice that she let me sit in with her band for the video! :) I sync'd my playing with a si...
Creating covers for 70's & 80's hits using the Roland Fantom
มุมมอง 357ปีที่แล้ว
Creating covers for 70's & 80's hits using the Roland Fantom
Fantasy (original by Earth, Wind, & Fire)
มุมมอง 231ปีที่แล้ว
Fantasy (original by Earth, Wind, & Fire)
so marvellous is the rendition. Praise Him ever
Thanks. Indeed!
This is great, us usual! Well done Mark
Thanks, Mario!
Supertramp one of my favourite music Group beides The Police and Pink Floyd .......interesting to see you plaing it thanks
Thanks for listening. Yeah, I really like them, wanted to try playing a couple. (This one, and Dreamer.)
Wow really cool i like it
Great, thank you.
Very cool groove, very cool organ sound, well done!
Thanks!
Enjoyed the mellow relaxing vibe of this selection. Great work as always!! 😊
Thanks, Steve!
Fantastic work 👏👏👏
Thanks, Chris!
Very nice job Mark. Always enjoy your videos! just out of curiosity, how many hours would you say that you had to put in to create this piece and the video? Really nice piece of work!
Thank you! I don't really keep track, but looking back and estimating, I'd say I spent 40 - 60 hours on it. I really enjoy this as a hobby.
Very nice 🙂👌🏽
Thank you 🙂
Very cool piece and well played on your part! 😊
Thanks! And thanks for having a watch / listen.
Great Mark, you are rock !
Thanks! This was a fun one to play.
Very entertaining and well played sir!
Thanks!
Well done. Bravo 👏👏👏
Thanks, Chris!
Great. Bravo 😍👍
Thanks, Chris!
You Rock 🤘🤘🤘
Thanks, Daniel :)
Thanks Mark! This was super helpful.
Thanks, Rick. Happy to hear that.
Fantastic job Mark- and very creative with the Peanuts animation. As a fellow Fantom 8 owner, I can only aspire to do this kind of work at this point. Just out of curiosity how many hours would you say you put into creating this treasure? Thx for posting this and looking forward to seeing more of your creative projects posted!
Thanks! Hmmm, I don't really keep track. But I would estimate on average about 30 - 50 hours each.
Hey Mark: I noticed you used video of Juneau, AK in your video. Did you visit Juneau? I live a couple of miles from the Glacier. I love your music by the way, You are an inspiration. I also have a Fantom 8.
Thanks for the kind words! And very observant of you. Indeed, we did an Alaska cruise recently (and also about 12 years ago) and one of the stops was Juneau. We did the helicopter ride to the glacier and then did some glacier trekking. It was one of the most awesome experiences we've ever had. And the scenery was breathtaking. Thanks for mentioning it and I hope you enjoy your Fantom 8 up there!
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GREAT Dear Mark
Thanks!
Mark is like a machine, turning these out with such precision.
bravissimo Mark!
Very beautiful cover version, especially the trumpet and saxophone solos are very well played on the Roland Fantom!
Thanks!
👍👏👏🌲
Absolutely beautiful!! Thank you!!😊
Thank you, Steve! I was really happy with how this one turned out. And credit to Mathew West for writing a great song.
... WONDERFUL !!!
Beautiful !! .. It brings balm to the heart
... very good 🥳
Thank you !! I like it a lot
Great Mark ❤
Great interpretation, professional sound, very nice video,.... fantastic work Mark! well done
Beautifully played, well done Mark 🎄
Great ! Well done Mark ❤
Fantastic 👏👏👏
Great interpretation of one of my favorite tunes from the 80s. You managed the unforgettable groove very well with your drums, bass and piano arpeggio 🙂
Thanks!
This is awesome, very informative
Excellent - very helpful tutorial 🙂
Great synchronization....
Thanks. I was pretty new to making videos at the time, and this was extremely tedious. I took about 250 still captures of the original video and stitched them together to create a pseudo video of my own. Today I know of much better and easier methods that would yield better results with a whole lot less work. Oh well, learning by doing! :)
I like the way the video shows how you constructed the song. You even remembered the three hand claps at 1:32 and the castanets.
Thank you. Indeed, the devil is in the details sometimes :)
I really like this song and video !! well done
Thanks! :)
Excellent song and video ! Hope you'll get more views on this one. Cheers
Thanks!
Outstanding song and cover Mark ! Love it !
Thanks 😁
Awesome job! My only suggestion is on the video: next time when you do split screen, put the right hand on the right side and left hand on the left side. My brain hurt trying to make sense of that! :) Otherwise it was great.
Thanks. And yeah, good point. Sorry for making your head hurt :)
You’re flooring me
Nice job on this one! Lots of different styles combined into one. 😊
Thanks, Steve! It was a fun one to learn.
🙂
Brilliant ! The mastering is perfect, very detailled love it ! 👏
Thank you :)
Well done sir! 👍
Thanks :)
Very good
Thank you :)
Very Nice!! How did you extract the vocal?
Thanks! I use a website at: lalal.ai Their software works as well as any I've tried and is very reasonably priced. You can extract vocals, or piano, or ... It's not perfect, but seems to work well for projects like this and when the extracted track is added on top of a full mix, it actually sounds quite good in most cases.
Very nice 🙂
Thanks 😊