Years ago, when I worked at Kurzweil Music Systems in Lakewood,WA, I repaired Mr. Rudess's K2600. The power supply fried in it. I'll admit, I got a bit nosy and checked out his samples and patches. Gotta test it thoroughly, right? Very cool stuff and Mr. Rudess seemed like good people.
I have watched this video 3 years back, and I didn't knew much about synthesizers and stuff. now watching this again after getting a fair share of knowledge on the instruments, its history, and even owning an analog synth, its really enjoyable watching it again.
My dad played the keys. One of my biggest regrets is that I didn't start sooner, otherwise he could have taught me. He is on his way out right now. I'm pretty sure he was a fan of Dream Theater. He played in Aurora (cover band), Mr. Clean & the Clean Machines and a couple others in Seattle. I'm feeling pretty sentimental rn, clearly. He apparently owned a DX7 so I guess that means I will be doing some hardcore FM. I gotta do it like he did and play jazz like my grandparents. The music will not die with him.
ah...wtf am I doing here? is for an answer we seek. And then and thereby to then glean something of that which is unseen--and then, and thereby to go forth again. And in the fervor and froth, stir and kiln and forge again that which is reality.
I love how Jordan loves his music and showing his machines that he plays on. He is one of the few guys that makes this really exciting and fun everytime.
Jordan is truly amazing and deserves being voted top global keyboardist on numerous lists, his technique and composition skills are stellar and he believes in giving back to other keyboardists, we should all aspire to be as proficient as he is
I'm not even a keyboardist,I'm a drummer.But for some reason unknown,I enjoy watching keyboard vids.Not as much as drum vids but I still enjoy them.And JR is a legend. One thing I know,if there were no drums in this world,I'd be a keyboardist.
I have listened to the majority of his work and he can play slow absolutely fine. I think he is just noodling in this video to show the sounds he gigs with. I don't think he is trying to make an impression on us all musically
Love your collection. Being a musical instrument builder and collector I appreciate this stuff. I too have sold things I regret like my Melotron (1973) and mini Moog (1974) but still have my Phophet 10 (1984) which is still in mint condition which I will NEVER sell (unless the price is right!).
@lifeanddecay. This man is great. By the way, "On the run" was played and recorded using an EMS synthi AKS. Basically it could be played on any analog synth, but the synthi A filter is special.
Hi Jordan! I LOVED the Tour. I'm an old school drummer from the late 60's out of the SF Bay Area. John Bowen was my bass player. He has his own Synth Design Line. I remember him bringing the MinMoog to rehearsal even BEFORE IT CAME OUT (in ancient times). I believe he worked with Dave Smith, and at Korg also. The Prophet 5, Sequential Circuits has Bowen's fingerprints all over it. John is a good Buddy of mine and we are still gigging, but in different states. Keep INSPIRING US!!
I just love hearing this guy play. I dig all the sounds these fantastic keyboards make. It's an even bigger pleasure listening to someone who can play them.
i'm more of an analog guy but Jordan really has a nice collection of analog and digital synths for a very wide spectrum of various sounds, great studio and choice of gear.
-Fluxayy- Wooow you just went there😂😂😂 but even if you did leave Yamaha out of it *cough DX cough* you're still missing the early Korg and Roland keyboards like the triton fantom series'.
Thank you. I am just learning . Years ago I heard the music of Tangerine Dream. I love this band. ( Old Berlin School) . In my site I tried to put visual and videos together. Now, I need to learn how to do it myself. My own compositions. Yes, my friends from school call me, the " Star Trek" girl.
Jordan gives some mad props to the “very striking” Studiologic Sledge 2.0 at 05:40 and really plays the hell out of it, but he never mentions what it actually IS!! It’s the only instrument he demos here where he fails to mention the brand or model of the instrument itself. It’s almost as if someone (MF?) slipped it in there just before the video shoot without him seeing and he just rolled with it playing it for the first time not even knowing what it was. “It’s got big knobs” and “fun wheels”. LOL
What I gathered the most from this video is: Play as well as you possibly can, then learn all there is to know about using every piece of gear you have, so that when the time comes you can play practically anything you can imagine.
He likes to collect "Ahead of their time" synths... Although I dont play the piano, I'm fascinated by synthesizers... I dont know what it is, but just love them...Maybe it's all those knobs and pretty lights flashing on and off like a spaceship ready to blast off... I really enjoyed Jordan's candidness and open honesty... Very nice man...
If anyone else is wondering, the *yellow one* is a *Studio Logic Sledge* He never actually said its name in the video but you can see the print. (There you go Piano Shack Woody, that's why they print the name!)
Wow Jordan is a beautiful keyboardist just Awesome and the sounds he gets is just Awesome incredible...Whew...I had the Novation mini it was an Awesome Synth..
Correct me if I am wrong, but the keyboard he has in front of his computer, is that the same keyboard he used on the Metropolis: Live Scenes from New York dvd?
I think it's true of most great musician, but man, doesn't Jordan seem like the kindest, nicest person ever? I would love to have him over for a beer, a jam and some life advice.
that is a nice shiny yellow synthesizer,but WHAT THE HELL IS IT? YOU SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE MAKE OF IT, I don't have a FIFTY INCH SCREEN, to read the tiny little name stamped on the bright yellow banana machine, how about a UPDATE
Speaking of "Dream Theater" When i was in atLane Community College years and years ago - we had a class called "Dream theater" The idea was to interpret a dream for the stage, no dialog. Buchla was just getting known I had seen an event he put on earlier at the school. i did my "Dream" running women's voices recorded in the women's through the Buchla. (I had to have an apprentice of his do it.) Love to do another "Dream Theaters" again.
"I come from a knob and slider kind of background" I think i have found my new favourite quote.
Years ago, when I worked at Kurzweil Music Systems in Lakewood,WA, I repaired Mr. Rudess's K2600. The power supply fried in it. I'll admit, I got a bit nosy and checked out his samples and patches. Gotta test it thoroughly, right? Very cool stuff and Mr. Rudess seemed like good people.
Quipstiley me too! 😃 What’s up Tonester!
got any old t-shirts from kurzweil?
Woah, WA? Cool, my state. Olycore lol
So much talent. Still, keyboards are underappreciated just like bass guitars.
I play both😊
....And then geddy lee came out hahaha
i think he’s appreciated 😬
@@stuforty2 Not him specifically like in general dude
kung puk my man
At 3:50 did anyone else think of On the Run by Pink Floyd?
Yup
read my mind
yeah
me too
metalmusician6798 Yes hahaha
The question is 'once you enter that studio, would you ever leave? or would you just be stuck there for eternity in keyboard heaven?' Amazing place.
I would
I would leave because there is no Yamaha in his studio.
Thank for the tour of your studio, and yes my Kronos is the heart of my studio as well.
I have watched this video 3 years back, and I didn't knew much about synthesizers and stuff. now watching this again after getting a fair share of knowledge on the instruments, its history, and even owning an analog synth, its really enjoyable watching it again.
My dad played the keys. One of my biggest regrets is that I didn't start sooner, otherwise he could have taught me. He is on his way out right now. I'm pretty sure he was a fan of Dream Theater. He played in Aurora (cover band), Mr. Clean & the Clean Machines and a couple others in Seattle.
I'm feeling pretty sentimental rn, clearly. He apparently owned a DX7 so I guess that means I will be doing some hardcore FM. I gotta do it like he did and play jazz like my grandparents. The music will not die with him.
Disclaimer: 'Buying all those instruments and equipments does not make you as good as Jordan Rudess.'
Thats why i bought the Korg M50 10yrs ago and still have it :-D
Nico Bokardo lol me too with juno d
Well, a great keyboardist made amazing sounds for 5 years using just a Farfisa with a Binson Echorec, plus a Hammond Organ
Confirmed. I have "the workhorse", and I can tell you I will never play it live. :D
lol
It's 3am and I'm a drummer. Wtf am I doing here?
You should replace a Tom with a samplepad. Then you can do cool sample stuff.
Lost, I’m bass player, and II check synth bass, and it s 5 and I also thought wtf, I m doing here. :-) go to sleep
ah...wtf am I doing here? is for an answer we seek. And then and thereby to then glean something of that which is unseen--and then, and thereby to go forth again. And in the fervor and froth, stir and kiln and forge again that which is reality.
we work better at night
Saxophone player here, its 2:10am... I feel you.
I love this band so much. Every member is such a nice and knowledgable guy.
I love how Jordan loves his music and showing his machines that he plays on. He is one of the few guys that makes this really exciting and fun everytime.
Jordan is truly amazing and deserves being voted top global keyboardist on numerous lists, his technique and composition skills are stellar and he believes in giving back to other keyboardists, we should all aspire to be as proficient as he is
Interviewer: what synthesizers do you have?
JR: *Yes*
HAHAAHHAHAHA
I'm not even a keyboardist,I'm a drummer.But for some reason unknown,I enjoy watching keyboard vids.Not as much as drum vids but I still enjoy them.And JR is a legend.
One thing I know,if there were no drums in this world,I'd be a keyboardist.
85 dislikes ?? WTF is there to dislike ?? The paint on the walls maybe ??
Nice to see a great musician working in a shed like the rest of us :)
+Paul Bateman hahaha I thought the same, maybe they're jealous
+Paul Bateman He seems to be unable to play slow.
I have listened to the majority of his work and he can play slow absolutely fine. I think he is just noodling in this video to show the sounds he gigs with. I don't think he is trying to make an impression on us all musically
+Paul Bateman The window on the left is too small. And there is a scratch on the mini moog if you look closely.
+Simon Bissonnette
What? A scratch on the mini moog? Definitely a reason for a thumb down!!!
Met Jordan about 7 years ago. He is so un rock starish but a very creative mind.
Rudess is such a badass. One of the few huge musicians I wouldn't mind grabbing a beer and talking shop with.
12ealDeal Huge?
Space music? Is that like silence?
Listen to Neptune Towers.
like new age, but focused on analog synth usually. tons of reverb.
Love your collection. Being a musical instrument builder and collector I appreciate this stuff. I too have sold things I regret like my Melotron (1973) and mini Moog (1974) but still have my Phophet 10 (1984) which is still in mint condition which I will NEVER sell (unless the price is right!).
Hahahaha!!! I like how he literally touches the mini moog and it sounds exactly like "On the Run"
@lifeanddecay. This man is great. By the way, "On the run" was played and recorded using an EMS synthi AKS. Basically it could be played on any analog synth, but the synthi A filter is special.
Hi Jordan! I LOVED the Tour. I'm an old school drummer from the late 60's out of the SF Bay Area. John Bowen was my bass player. He has his own Synth Design Line. I remember
him bringing the MinMoog to rehearsal even BEFORE IT CAME OUT (in ancient times). I believe he worked with Dave Smith, and at Korg also. The Prophet 5, Sequential Circuits has Bowen's
fingerprints all over it. John is a good Buddy of mine and we are still gigging, but in different states. Keep INSPIRING US!!
All those keyboards probably cost more than the house itself.......
HughJanus like 800 -to 1600 i think
Ik one of those is 800
HughJanus lol
i saw he had a korg oasys. that went for 15grand when it came out
depends on the house's location... if he lives in bay area...nothing can beat the house price! :)
I just love hearing this guy play. I dig all the sounds these fantastic keyboards make. It's an even bigger pleasure listening to someone who can play them.
i'm more of an analog guy but Jordan really has a nice collection of analog and digital synths for a very wide spectrum of various sounds, great studio and choice of gear.
this guys so cool and organized
Basically, he owns every significant keyboard that exist.
Negative, I didn't see a single Yamaha there.
he said significant
-Fluxayy- Wooow you just went there😂😂😂 but even if you did leave Yamaha out of it *cough DX cough* you're still missing the early Korg and Roland keyboards like the triton fantom series'.
hehe dw bro it was a meme ;)
-Fluxayy- Lol ik but I'm a nerd
Im also a drummer its almost 1am same thing ,got to love Jordan Rudess ! I swear chick Corea had a baby boy 50 years ago his name was Jordan!
FusionHowie also a drummer here at 12:30am. Weird
Glad you're a fan of the Radias - very under-rated.
Thank you. I am just learning . Years ago I heard the music of Tangerine Dream. I love this band. ( Old Berlin School) . In my site I tried to put visual and videos together. Now, I need to learn how to do it myself. My own compositions. Yes, my friends from school call me, the " Star Trek" girl.
I know it's stupid, but I cracked up at 3:23!
"The Melotron had great sounds..."
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
I could listen to this Sir the whole day!
Imagine having the luxury of that audio engineer in the background to be able to say "oh that's Jordan, there he goes again with his keyboards".
I've never seen anyone with so many keyboards in one room. Amazing.
He literally has his own sound guy for when he's just messing around! 😂
I thought it was Derek Sherinian, stealing some sounds...
Ari Politi Ha! Lol
For the same reason this Jazz Fusion drummer is listening and learning from this once in a lifetime genius on keyboards!!
Jordan gives some mad props to the “very striking” Studiologic Sledge 2.0 at 05:40 and really plays the hell out of it, but he never mentions what it actually IS!! It’s the only instrument he demos here where he fails to mention the brand or model of the instrument itself.
It’s almost as if someone (MF?) slipped it in there just before the video shoot without him seeing and he just rolled with it playing it for the first time not even knowing what it was.
“It’s got big knobs” and “fun wheels”. LOL
Jordan You are Awesome and an Awesome Keyboardist...You are so intellectual and Sane. Thanks for inspiring me....gonna look you up...
awesome how Korg has told him to totally ignore the OASYS so the customers think KRONOS is totally a new product haha.
Very interesting tour - thank you !
i miss that k2600. whenever i see one, i think of jordan :)
I love that little tune he plays at 4:50. Very nice.
Really enjoyed this video and I'm not a keys player.
Thanks so much for sharing your passion for synths !
I dont need car, I need Korg Kronos.
And a great piece of kit its is I have the 88key piano weighted keys touch Kronos only thing on it that is a slight disadvantage is it is very heavy
ReasonForCrying exactly
What I gathered the most from this video is: Play as well as you possibly can, then learn all there is to know about using every piece of gear you have, so that when the time comes you can play practically anything you can imagine.
It seems his neck-muscles went Hulk because of the constant looking down on the keys.
Very amazing set up that old shed you found a fun use out of it
ONLY 4 THOUSAND DOLLARS???? Grabbin my checkbook! lol
I want to meet this man, and see all of these GLORIOUS synths.
He could just shred on a potato.
Gitana Maldita he’s Jordan Rudess. He can do anything.
Wouldn't that require a mandoline?
A potato with an LFO.
That would make some nice shredded potatoes! Or some french fires!
@@demosongsheetmusic aahhh the marvels of the prog cuisine, yummy!
Such nice keys. So many modern classics. VSynth, Radias, etc.
Could this be the most capable musician of our era? Amazing.
The incredible Studiologic sounds 🏆
8:37 NEEDS to be in a song.
yeah, no doubt :D
***** Or Ilumination Theory I think
He likes to collect
"Ahead of their time" synths...
Although I dont play the piano, I'm fascinated by synthesizers...
I dont know what it is, but just love them...Maybe it's all those knobs and pretty lights flashing on and off like a spaceship ready to blast off...
I really enjoyed Jordan's candidness and open honesty...
Very nice man...
If I had to pick one; The Roland V Synth.
Ahhh the Dream Theater and Justin Brown connection, hmmm so much time passing.. Interesting realities at work, as usual!
Go to 8:39 to have your mind blown.
what song is it tho?
Skylord Gaming
+metalmusician6798 - Hell yeah. How awesome and dramatic is that sound? Love it.
What song it is?
Yo man wassong???///?//??
Thank you, for the tour!
Jupiter 80's so powerful!
Woah what he played at the end was so EPIC :)
This guy never wastes time to advertise a new record he put out.
If anyone else is wondering, the *yellow one* is a *Studio Logic Sledge* He never actually said its name in the video but you can see the print. (There you go Piano Shack Woody, that's why they print the name!)
I call this, ‘Guitar Center’.
Holy God, is that a Mellotron the AC is dripping on?
I think this is what happens when you can get whatever you want. Thanks for the tour!
Lot of synth players seem annoyed or tired when showcasing their gear. Dude seems surprisingly friendly. lol.
I have played a Roland Jupiter 8. It's intimidating at first but astoundingly impressive tone bank! It's got so much going on
got some great skills
Great video! Merci Jordan and Musician's Friend!
"You have the Continuum Transfunctioner!?"
Wonderful video! Thank you for sharing this!
Im here because i brought a piano for my daughter.
buy mini moog for her
Get her a good teacher that can teach her how to change her TEMPO . You don't have to play everything a hundred miles an hour
Wow Jordan is a beautiful keyboardist just Awesome and the sounds he gets is just Awesome incredible...Whew...I had the Novation mini it was an Awesome Synth..
Probably the Best keyboard player TODAY
What a great place to own, enjoy it Jordan!! Cheers from The Netherlands, Jeroen Simons (Independent/ex-EPICA)
3:51 seems to be like Welcome To The Machine - Pink Floyd.. lol
Wowsers! Musical possibilities are endness in your place
Kratos has a studio
Funny you should mention, as Dream Theater wrote a song for God of War 3. Check out Raw Dog.
crasy stuff!!
really special keyboards!!
that is a musician.
That looks like so much fun
1:28...just wow
Indeed
Its not about your instrumnets, its about your knowledge and talent you!
who is that dude in the background
No idea but he definitely didn't care about being distracting and annoying so I assume it was his son.
SRNF Lol. wkwkwkwkw Yeah, I totally agree with that.. he must be his son.
Drake
I'm proud of you guys. There is absolutely no one talking about his beard.
Geez I wonder if this guy uses any keyboards for making music.
????
of course not. he uses tribal drums
+Jefferson Sales HA, just gets them for free if he says he plays them.
YOU ARE A MONSTER!!!!!! Nice one man! Keep up the phenomenal work Jordan!
I think his assistants main task is to shave him occasionally when he goes of on one for days...
I have Casio Privia 560M and bought a used Korg Radias a week ago! I'm happy!
Correct me if I am wrong, but the keyboard he has in front of his computer, is that the same keyboard he used on the Metropolis: Live Scenes from New York dvd?
+Jared Klock The purple Kurzweil K2600 is difficult to miss.
I think it's true of most great musician, but man, doesn't Jordan seem like the kindest, nicest person ever? I would love to have him over for a beer, a jam and some life advice.
Unless you ask him for a dollar 😂
your's today for only 4 grand!!
I like that studiologic orange!
that is a nice shiny yellow synthesizer,but WHAT THE HELL IS IT? YOU SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE MAKE OF IT, I don't have a FIFTY INCH SCREEN, to read the tiny little name stamped on the bright yellow banana machine, how about a UPDATE
It is the Studiologic Sledge syntesizer, nice stuff :)
pinguino002 oh,thanks,studiologic huh? I bet they have the money since every company uses their keyboards
I own that Studiologic Sledge as well. Super unique and versatile synth.
Dear Jordan,
How can you afford all this stuff!?
To quote Bofur from The Hobbit: "He's a wizard! He does as he chooses."
He’s in Dream Theater... also endorsements.
Speaking of "Dream Theater" When i was in atLane Community College years and years ago - we had a class called "Dream theater" The idea was to interpret a dream for the stage, no dialog. Buchla was just getting known I had seen an event he put on earlier at the school. i did my "Dream" running women's voices recorded in the women's through the Buchla. (I had to have an apprentice of his do it.) Love to do another "Dream Theaters" again.
3:50 Wow, so "Pink Floyd'ish"...
Outstanding video, thank you, much appreciated : )