dazzjazz

IIRC, those LaBrasca tapes became ‘illegal’ when apparently the participants weren’t paid. They’ve been hard to come by ever since. please PM the private links!

Oh please PM me the links!

At this point, most organ clones do a pretty decent job before they hit the Leslie sim. If you have a Ventilator then you should be fine with a used KeyB or Legend Live, Hammond XK series. Your budget precludes the better clones such as MAG or Soul unfortunately.

It’s always a challenge to voice chords where the root movement is in thirds.

It’s not available on Qobuz. Shame.

It’s hard to believe there’s 46 classic and rare string machines!

For me, there’s two kinds of these “one-off gigs” 1. 3-4 people who know how to play get together and just call tunes and generally have a ball. I love these gigs. 2. I have to learn a bunch of difficult stuff and be prepared to perform it with no rehearsal. These can be stressful, especially the lead up. Always goes well as I tend to over-prepare but I could definitely do without the stress. whatever doesn’t kill you…

I really like the Obsession plugin. Sounds like the real deal to me.

I kinda regret getting the lighter springs for my MAG. Sure, I didn’t have to play it in as much when I first got it, but now I feel that it’s too light compared to my A100 and the C3 I play at teaching. Might have to switch back…

In this video, I use Jimmy Smith’s tone from “The Sermon”, that is, 888000000 with no percussion. It’s a sound that I like a lot, but it’s hard to get it to cut through in a live situation. I think the MAG’s overdrive helps here. I also break into a squabble, where the MAG particularly shines. I love the inbuilt Mini-Vent.

I get to play on a 1959 C3 each week. Its action is way heavier than any clone I’ve ever owned.

I did a more than a few hundred gigs on each board, KeyB Duo Mk3 then Legend Live. Both loosed up over time. Plus, as a dealer, I’ve played lots of brand new ones right out of the box. Like most keyboards when new, they need to be played in.

I’ve owned all those organs you mentioned. They do loosen up are you play them. Mine got too easy to play in the end.

Well that’s great news. I’ve been hoping they would come to their senses and make polysynth for the masses. I love my Matriarch, so it’s exciting that it shares some DNA. How am I ever gonna afford this plus an OBX8!?

I haven’t tweaked the organ at all. As I’ve said elsewhere, I don’t have a Windows computer so it’s really inconvenient for me to do anything like that. I have to borrow laptops from people which is a pain in the butt. Unfortunately there’s also makes it hard for me to let you know what my settings are. Maybe when Max gets to this thread, he can publish the settings here.

I’ve made Max aware of this thread. Hopefully he will weigh in like before.

With Australia’s own Abraham Rounds on drums winning a Grammy! I toured with a major artist 30 years ago. On bass was his father, amazing bassist Victor Rounds. On that tour he showed us a VHS tape of his 5 year old boy tearing it up on the drums. I knew right then that kid was going places, and now here he is winning a Grammy! I’ve had the pleasure of playing a trio gig with him a couple of times. Congratulations Abe, you deserve it.

Yes you have to be careful about the ergonomics of your desk. Mine was too high, causing me to look up instead of straight ahead. My neck is much better now that I ditched the upper tier. My iMac and monitors sit on two 5 space 19” racks.

Well worth the wait for a premium instrument.

Yes I most certainly did! I travelled to Columbus, Ohio and studied with him for the whole month of January, 2006. This was a huge help at the very start of learning jazz organ. You should definitely spend some time with Tony as he’s a great teacher and the real deal to boot. To play any jazz standard, you have to really study harmony and all permutations of the II-V-I progression. The good news is that there’s a ton of instruction available online these days, but you will need to put in significant hours.

Thanks Jonathan. That’s probably my favourite after the Mambo.

I've just finished my 4th album for Fable Music. The brief this time was for 12 tracks of classic dance music styles - so I've written tunes as varied in genre as Disco, Bossanova, Mambo, Breakdance, Bollywood, Jump Blues, Waltz, Techno, Dancehall, 60s Boogaloo. I've very proud of it. And exhausted - I think it was at least 300 hours work. It's mostly virtual instruments with a few tracks recorded remotely by horns and guitar. I used Keyscape, Addictive Drums, Trilian Bass, Sonic Couture, Session Horns, LA Scoring Strings and Brass. DAW was Digital Performer. Private link to listen: Playlist on Soundcloud

thanks for your kind words. I haven’t messed with the organ’s sound at all. I generally can’t be bothered fussing with editing…it’s so good out of the box. Plus, I don’t have a windows computer so, the one time I checked out the editor I had to get my wife to borrow a work computer. They really need to make a Mac editor. When I had the Legend Live, I did try some edits that sounded good at home, but they didn’t sound good on the gig - learned my lesson there! I haven’t come across many recordings of that tune in G - I think the old real book chart might be in that key.

I’m touring with fabulous Czech guitarist Libor Smoldas at the moment. Here’s “It Could Happen To You” from a bar here in Sydney called Butcher’s Brew (!). I’m playing the MAG organ through a KV audio powered speaker.

Did this 2 years ago…still my favourite Christmas tune.