dazzjazz Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 This is some funny stuff guys. http://www.mrbarrymorgan.com/demo-mode/ www.dazzjazz.com PhD in Jazz Organ Improvisation. BMus (Hons) Jazz Piano. my YouTube is Jazz Organ Bites 1961 A100.Leslie 45 & 122. MAG P-2 Organ. Kawai K300J. Yamaha CP4. Moog Matriarch. KIWI-8P.
Mike Warren Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Wow, he doesn't even need a band. DigitalFakeBook Free chord/lyric display software for windows.
Gary75 Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 I remember this in a satirical UK comic strip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Morgan_and_his_Hammond_Organ
CEB Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 If I am not gigging one of the last things I like to do these days is go to a music show. I am just music'd out these days. I am pretty much tired 24/7 .... but I would go to Barry Morgan gig in a second. It would be fun. I would rather watch this guy than Joey D. This guy is a hoot. PS - Do not dis the power of the cheezy home organ. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bclLU_8fK0I/SLINAzcFzVI/AAAAAAAAAas/FDUBLD8lTRI/s400/groove+mcgriff+front.jpg "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt
kanker. Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 You know, if Alfredson grew his hair out a bit and went for the cheesy mustache..... A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable.
CEB Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 This guy is pretty cool also. I wonder if he is related to Yamaha's Bert Smorenburg. [video:youtube] [video:youtube] "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt
area51recording Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 That's some Rod Serling Sh*t right there.....
reidmc Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 I thought I saw a Ventilator on that set. "The Doomer allows the player to do things beyond which are possible without the accessory."
Aidan Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 How to make a PSR sing... [video:youtube] Yamaha: P515, CP88, Genos 1, HX1
JpScoey Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 How to make a PSR sing... [video:youtube] You'd never guess this was the same 'character'..... [video:youtube] John. some stuff on myspace Nord: StageEX-88, Electro2-73, Hammond: XK-1, Yamaha: XS7 Korg: M3-73 EXpanded, M50-88, X50, Roland: Juno D, Kurzweil: K2000vp.
Jim Alfredson Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 You know, if Alfredson grew his hair out a bit and went for the cheesy mustache..... I'm working on it. Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock
CEB Posted March 9, 2011 Posted March 9, 2011 Yeah baby! That will be so groovy. "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt
Stephen Fortner Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Wow. I think I just found our next cover story. Seriously, though, some of my first exposure to what electronic keyboards could do was from those organ sales/demo guys who'd perform up on a dais in malls. Especially prominent in my memories are guys who could kill it on those Yamaha Electone console organs that had the third manual of mini-keys up top to play solo sounds. Those were really the forerunner of the modern arranger keyboard. Stephen Fortner Principal, Fortner Media Former Editor in Chief, Keyboard Magazine Digital Piano Consultant, Piano Buyer Magazine Industry affiliations: Antares, Arturia, Giles Communications, MS Media, Polyverse
CEB Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Seriously this would be a most cool cover story. Maybe for a April edition. But I always was a big Victor Borge fan. "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt
FlametopFred Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 If a cover story, please include the wonderful Electones in all their glory, most especially the hybrid wonders stemming from the GX-1 testbed/flagship: the Electone E-70. Sibling to the CS-80 and good enough for Pete Townshend (Emminence Front, You Better You Bet). Home Organs should also include how they have morphed now into the best, cheapest multi-keyboard MIDI controller setup. Home Organs that were $12,000 new can be had for $150 (or even free). Those made from about 1988 onwards included tremendous MIDI implementation: - Two or three keyboards, each on a separate MIDI channel. - MIDI bass pedals - MIDI Clock - excellent for sync'ing just about anything. My master MIDI keyboard now is a Kawai SR-7. This allows me to recreate the GX-1 experience (and then some). I evolved from the Yamaha D-85 to the E-70 and E-75. Last year I started using the Electone EL-40 - an excellent dual-manual (with bass pedals) MIDI controller. Just a thought .... but don't get me started !
FlametopFred Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Oh yeah - with Electones like the E-70, you get - CS-80 engine - preset row of resistors can be changed to potentiometers http://skerjanc.de/E-75.htm - includes arpeggiator - includes independent analogue mono bass synth (can be arpeggiated) - includes Hammond Clone (in some cases arguably BETTER than what Hammond was making towards the end) Fun. Home Organs are tremendous fun. As a MIDI Controller, a very serious weapon of music making.
iLaw Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 ... Especially prominent in my memories are guys who could kill it on those Yamaha Electone console organs ... [video:youtube] Larry
longfuse Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 My first fumblings at the keyboard were on a (yamaha?) home organ that took up a huge corner of my uncle's back room. He told my brother and myself that we could play whenever we liked just so long as we didn't activate all the buttons (stops?). By the end of our visit the temptation was too great and it wasn't long before there was a strange, electrical burning smell in the air and we were scrambling for the 'off' switch. Nothing was ever said, but I bet he cursed us once we'd left... The built-in rhythm boxes in those things was always good for a laugh. Instant cheese...
CEB Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Now you can own a piece of history. CLONK "It doesn't have to be difficult to be cool" - Mitch Towne "A great musician can bring tears to your eyes!!! So can a auto Mechanic." - Stokes Hunt
ChrisE Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Console organs rule and my uber rare Technics flagship podium model went for $20000 in '82 . CLONK My world: www.chriselkins.ca Roland D-70/SC-55, Kawai K5000s, Korg Triton Extreme 88, Yamaha MO8, Yamaha SY-99, Technics SX-U90P 'Pro90' "I've heard a lot worse!"
Bobadohshe Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Seriously, though, some of my first exposure to what electronic keyboards could do was from those organ sales/demo guys who'd perform up on a dais in malls. Especially prominent in my memories are guys who could kill it on those Yamaha Electone console organs that had the third manual of mini-keys up top to play solo sounds. Those were really the forerunner of the modern arranger keyboard. I play a D-80 on the Padres gig. I helped them find it! Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native
Cloner Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Totally agree Steve. I cut my teeth on the old Lowery Holidays and Yamaha Electones. I even played a Conn spinet hooked to a Leslie that held its own for gospel church music. The Electone? Forget about it! When I went to the Electone Festivals back in the 70s and 80s, you'd be hard-pressed to beat any of these guys or gals on keys. With the old Electone E-5, E-70 and the trailblazer FX-20, you had any combination of orchestra, big band, synth or B3 Hammond coming out of these beautiful instruments. Left hand bass? No way - you played with your feet - enough to rival any standup bass player. For all the cheese factor Mr. Morgan puts on (he's fantastic by the way), he is still doing it all! That's what made organ the king of the instruments. Its too bad the market dried up here in the States. Still, just about every setup relies on the proven design - at least two keyboards (manuals) and a whole pallette of sounds. Organ rules - long live the king! Cloner Yamaha DX7S, Ensoniq ESQ-1, Yamaha HX-3, Clavinova CLP-300, PSR-740
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