I love love love how detailed you are. I'm a Construction Manager in Civil Engineering along with few other licenses that are all about DETAILS and breaking down many if not all aspects of life to better understand and for me inner peace with the external world. I will continue listening to your shares, awesome finding you.
Thanks so much! I agree; it's all about the details. There are just so many things happening in a piece of music, and each little tiny piece that is wrong takes away from the end result. It's so much easier to get it wrong than to get it right. (An example is how bad one out of tune string player can make a group sound.) I can't get them all, but getting as many of those details right as I can makes a huge difference. I was able to go to a sound mixing workshop with a sound engineer who has been nominated for two grammy awards, and I noticed how so much of what he does is just a series of very, very small tweaks.
Another great 'making of'. These are all very enjoyable and informative. Although I don't have the instruments you do (just a Korg monologue xd), I'm finding your work inspiring. Thanks!
Thanks for your kind comments! I was pretty apprehensive about releasing these videos, in fact, this first one I originally didn't make public. I'm so glad when they find the right musicians. Have fun with the Monologue xd. There is a lot of fun to be found in every synthesizer.
Thank you for sharing this, I enjoyed every seond of it and as I mentioned on the vidoe of this legendary track: The great Vangeis would be proud of this work you have done.
Thanks so much! While one can never be 100% certain on the internet, I believe he did see it and said: "Good to hear your cover." ...Which was such a thrill!!
(I missed this comment before.) Yes! The original was done on a DX7, which I used to have. The little bit before that is from Awaken, which is one of my favorite works by Yes. As a teenager, I was able to help tear down the Yes stage the night before the 90125 tour started. (I saw Trevor Rabin and Alan White walk through but didn't meet them.) I then saw them kick off the huge tour at nearby Millersville University the next evening (my first real concert) and saw them later on the tour at Hershey, PA.
@@TaurusTarkus One of my favourite albums by Yes. I know it is controversial among prog-heads but I like it a lot. Yes to Jon Andersson to Jon and Vangelis to Vangelis back to the world of progressive rock. Pretyy mucg my music history 🙂
@@flashchrome 90125 is an amazing album, and it was probably my first album by them. I think Jon and Vangelis were a match made in heaven, and I wish they had done more together.
@@TaurusTarkus Yes, me too. I had hopes of a reunion but Vangelis seem to be a bit stubborn. Or rather, used to be. They seem to have matched perfectly. Like a supergroup of only two souls.
@@flashchrome I was able to see Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman do a show as a duo, which I enjoyed even more than the last time I saw the touring version of Yes (which was still enjoyable even without Jon and Rick).
@@TaurusTarkus ...It would be interesting for you to sing Oxigene 4 and Equinoxe 4... congratulations on the Channel!... success!... I'm a fan and subscribed!
@@TaurusTarkus Mistake thamp down......Yes I do play keyboards. I am 72, retired and now I write the music I always wanted,but everyday's life was pulling me by the sleeve.Go here,go there,play this,that you know.Anyway never too late. About you man. You are a great player and you must love Master V. He was and still is, my mentor. I'll be watching you.....I'm planning to upload new composition every month. ..... don't tell me you play E.L.P?
Managing time and prioritizing can be a challenge, especially when programming sounds and learning music can take so long. Sometimes it feels like we are just spinning our wheels. When you say mentor, you mean as an influence? Did you ever meet him? I wish I had had the chance. Keith Emerson is probably an even bigger influence for me, and I have done a half dozen covers of his music as well. I think about doing more, but they don't tend to be very popular.
Thanks Brian! I sometimes wonder if I should invest in a Prophet 5/10, which many people say sounds better but isn't nearly as flexible. But most days I'm completely happy with the Rev2.
i have a sound electrical engineering background in voice frequency multiplexing and modulation / but after working on my synth i'm getting it a lot faster! love hearing about the old analog synths they were amazing do you ever play out or do sound tracks for movies or TV?
I certainly love talking about the old analog synths! You can see some rare instruments toward the end of my new Korea and Japan video. -- I used to play out a lot, in fact I never got into recording until more recently because I was so focused on playing live. You can see a video of my last band, Chasing Legends, if you go back to my very first video. I'm working on a new video cover with them. I got very tired of playing out... the challenges of keeping a band together, the damage to my hearing (I recently starting using hearing aids), finding good gigs, never having a great mix, etc... I'm so much happier making videos for TH-cam. For most of my life, if you asked me about my dream job, I would have said that it was to compose soundtracks, but I have made a career of teaching (technology). Perhaps when I retire?
@@TaurusTarkus I started out babysitting to pay for jazz drumming lessons at 8-10 years old started a band at 12 playing high-school gigs, but got burned out playing mind numbing simple Rick/pop songs and went to college at 16-18, my dream was to be an engineer/ scientist but always have been the singing around the campfire crowd learning to read, write and sing from sheet music was the best thing I ever learned, OK dating myself! When dos first came out got into adding sounds and music to wire frame games on a IBM PC jr! Lol once spent $800 on a sound card with midi i/o
Rock bands can get boring for good drummers and keyboardists. At least drummers get to hear themselves in the mix! It's amazing how technology has progressed... and how keyboards have gotten better regarding prices. They were way too expensive for most people years ago.
Thanks! I had the Prophet '08 before the Rev2 came out, and so I have programmed a great many patches on it over the years. I should put together a pack to sell, as most of my favorites are my own. I play a little of two Yes songs on the Harp: The first is from Awaken (Going For the One), which is possibly my favorite Yes piece ever. It really takes us on a journey to a magical place. The second is from Changes (90125), which is also an amazing album, though very different. That was the era when I discovered Yes, and I was lucky to see them several times with that lineup.
@@RayyMusik I love 1980's Drama. My introduction to Yes was basically seeing the opening night of the 90125 tour. I only knew Owner of a Lonely Heart and Roundabout from the radio. I enjoyed subsequent concerts much more after I got to know their material!
Thanks! My wife is an amazing potter, and I usually have one of her mugs of coffee or tea within reach. That one in particular is my favorite coffee mug, in fact, I am drinking coffee out of it as I type this! (I keep it to about 40% caffeine so that I can drink more.)
I love love love how detailed you are. I'm a Construction Manager in Civil Engineering along with few other licenses that are all about DETAILS and breaking down many if not all aspects of life to better understand and for me inner peace with the external world. I will continue listening to your shares, awesome finding you.
Thanks so much! I agree; it's all about the details. There are just so many things happening in a piece of music, and each little tiny piece that is wrong takes away from the end result. It's so much easier to get it wrong than to get it right. (An example is how bad one out of tune string player can make a group sound.) I can't get them all, but getting as many of those details right as I can makes a huge difference. I was able to go to a sound mixing workshop with a sound engineer who has been nominated for two grammy awards, and I noticed how so much of what he does is just a series of very, very small tweaks.
Another great 'making of'. These are all very enjoyable and informative. Although I don't have the instruments you do (just a Korg monologue xd), I'm finding your work inspiring. Thanks!
Thanks for your kind comments! I was pretty apprehensive about releasing these videos, in fact, this first one I originally didn't make public. I'm so glad when they find the right musicians. Have fun with the Monologue xd. There is a lot of fun to be found in every synthesizer.
That's a lot to keep track of. Amazing.
Thanks! This piece probably took more preparation than anything else I’ve done.
@@TaurusTarkus I bet. And you make it seem quite easy. You must have a pretty good memory.
@@roberthaynes8830 Just a little more tenacious than most! I frequently felt like I wasn't getting anywhere.
@@TaurusTarkus Good on you for sticking with it.
Thank you for sharing this, I enjoyed every seond of it and as I mentioned on the vidoe of this legendary track: The great Vangeis would be proud of this work you have done.
Thanks so much! While one can never be 100% certain on the internet, I believe he did see it and said: "Good to hear your cover." ...Which was such a thrill!!
Man, I really need to dig into my Rev 2. The sounds you are getting out of it are amazing.
Thanks! It's an incredibly powerful and versatile synthesizer.
6:52 has to be a snippet from Changes from the Yes 90125 album? Yes?
Thanks for sharing
(I missed this comment before.) Yes! The original was done on a DX7, which I used to have. The little bit before that is from Awaken, which is one of my favorite works by Yes. As a teenager, I was able to help tear down the Yes stage the night before the 90125 tour started. (I saw Trevor Rabin and Alan White walk through but didn't meet them.) I then saw them kick off the huge tour at nearby Millersville University the next evening (my first real concert) and saw them later on the tour at Hershey, PA.
@@TaurusTarkus One of my favourite albums by Yes. I know it is controversial among prog-heads but I like it a lot. Yes to Jon Andersson to Jon and Vangelis to Vangelis back to the world of progressive rock. Pretyy mucg my music history 🙂
@@flashchrome 90125 is an amazing album, and it was probably my first album by them. I think Jon and Vangelis were a match made in heaven, and I wish they had done more together.
@@TaurusTarkus Yes, me too. I had hopes of a reunion but Vangelis seem to be a bit stubborn. Or rather, used to be. They seem to have matched perfectly. Like a supergroup of only two souls.
@@flashchrome I was able to see Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman do a show as a duo, which I enjoyed even more than the last time I saw the touring version of Yes (which was still enjoyable even without Jon and Rick).
Oh yes! This is me. I've just discovered your channel and have subscribed.
Awesome! Thank you!
Very interesting, Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it. I wasn't sure if people would.
Muito legal!....Vangelis ,kraftwerk e Jean Michel jarre é Incrivel....sou seu Fan!...
Origado! I am hoping to record a similar video for my Tears in Rain cover today.
@@TaurusTarkus ...It would be interesting for you to sing Oxigene 4 and Equinoxe 4... congratulations on the Channel!... success!... I'm a fan and subscribed!
@@canaldopititu4120 Thanks for the support. I'm always interested to hear suggestions about what covers to do.
Good day sir.I am new to your channel. Impressed!
Thanks! Do you play keyboards?
@@TaurusTarkus Mistake thamp down......Yes I do play keyboards. I am 72, retired and now I write the music I always wanted,but everyday's life was pulling me by the sleeve.Go here,go there,play this,that you know.Anyway never too late.
About you man. You are a great player and you must love Master V. He was and still is, my mentor. I'll be watching you.....I'm planning to upload new composition every month. ..... don't tell me you play E.L.P?
Managing time and prioritizing can be a challenge, especially when programming sounds and learning music can take so long. Sometimes it feels like we are just spinning our wheels. When you say mentor, you mean as an influence? Did you ever meet him? I wish I had had the chance. Keith Emerson is probably an even bigger influence for me, and I have done a half dozen covers of his music as well. I think about doing more, but they don't tend to be very popular.
Well worth watching, thanks!
Thanks!
Fascinating!Thank you for sharing your process.
Thanks! Glad you found it interesting.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your comments!
Gold!
Thanks!
Very nice! Appreciated the Awaken quote when you demo'd the harp patch :-) Man, that Prophet sounds amazing!!
Thanks Brian! I sometimes wonder if I should invest in a Prophet 5/10, which many people say sounds better but isn't nearly as flexible. But most days I'm completely happy with the Rev2.
i have a sound electrical engineering background in voice frequency multiplexing and modulation / but after working on my synth i'm getting it a lot faster! love hearing about the old analog synths they were amazing do you ever play out or do sound tracks for movies or TV?
I certainly love talking about the old analog synths! You can see some rare instruments toward the end of my new Korea and Japan video. -- I used to play out a lot, in fact I never got into recording until more recently because I was so focused on playing live. You can see a video of my last band, Chasing Legends, if you go back to my very first video. I'm working on a new video cover with them. I got very tired of playing out... the challenges of keeping a band together, the damage to my hearing (I recently starting using hearing aids), finding good gigs, never having a great mix, etc... I'm so much happier making videos for TH-cam. For most of my life, if you asked me about my dream job, I would have said that it was to compose soundtracks, but I have made a career of teaching (technology). Perhaps when I retire?
@@TaurusTarkus I started out babysitting to pay for jazz drumming lessons at 8-10 years old started a band at 12 playing high-school gigs, but got burned out playing mind numbing simple Rick/pop songs and went to college at 16-18, my dream was to be an engineer/ scientist but always have been the singing around the campfire crowd learning to read, write and sing from sheet music was the best thing I ever learned, OK dating myself! When dos first came out got into adding sounds and music to wire frame games on a IBM PC jr! Lol once spent $800 on a sound card with midi i/o
Rock bands can get boring for good drummers and keyboardists. At least drummers get to hear themselves in the mix! It's amazing how technology has progressed... and how keyboards have gotten better regarding prices. They were way too expensive for most people years ago.
So many different sounds and you're just moving your hands carefully like a composer not a performer. The video was a must see.
Thank you very much indeed!
Excellent! You really max out your Rev2. Some harp bits sounded like Yes - but which song?
Thanks! I had the Prophet '08 before the Rev2 came out, and so I have programmed a great many patches on it over the years. I should put together a pack to sell, as most of my favorites are my own. I play a little of two Yes songs on the Harp: The first is from Awaken (Going For the One), which is possibly my favorite Yes piece ever. It really takes us on a journey to a magical place. The second is from Changes (90125), which is also an amazing album, though very different. That was the era when I discovered Yes, and I was lucky to see them several times with that lineup.
@@TaurusTarkus I also love the ‘Trevor Horn era‘ Yes, as well as their early and later music. The first song I heard was ‘Roundabout‘ in 1970.
@@RayyMusik I love 1980's Drama. My introduction to Yes was basically seeing the opening night of the 90125 tour. I only knew Owner of a Lonely Heart and Roundabout from the radio. I enjoyed subsequent concerts much more after I got to know their material!
Nice video. Btw, what is this cup/jar over the Leslie?🤔
Thanks! My wife is an amazing potter, and I usually have one of her mugs of coffee or tea within reach. That one in particular is my favorite coffee mug, in fact, I am drinking coffee out of it as I type this! (I keep it to about 40% caffeine so that I can drink more.)
@@TaurusTarkus Ok mate, thanks for the reply.😎