2010
This is from some old "Synths Are Frakkin' Awesome" video of the sort that crop up now and again. Dude's name is Don Muro, and he's got a Korg DS-8 and something I can't quite make out under it, and the whole rig is set up like a dual manual organ with foot pedals. He obviously puts the rig to the test with one of the harder fugues in the Bach cannon (see what I did there? Double pun!), The Gigue Fugue.
I'm a passable keyboard player, but seeing this sort of thing makes me feel like I just started to toddle about. (To preempt the obvious comments that are about to be typed, yeah, it's 80s-tastic. Yeah, we all looked like tards back then. Yeah, the synth sounds are weak. Deal with it.)
EDIT: Interestingly, the video was removed due to the fact that it said "Played in the style of Wendy Carlos" in the description. Serendip, LLC, which is the company that controls Carlos' copyrights, is extremely aggressive in sending out takedown notices to YouTube, eBay, et al, as a simple Google search of their name will show.
As I mentioned in the comments, while I certainly understand aggressively protecting your copyright, as that's your prerogative as a creator, this company (although I think "company" may be a loose term, as it appears to be either Carlos alone, or one dude that works for her) is completely ludicrous in some of its actions. It seems that any mention in the description of a video of her name is grounds for a takedown notice, which is simply silly at best, and at worst a complete and total misunderstanding of what copyright actually means.
In any event, that's why the video is gone, as far as I can tell. They never contacted me, and honestly, I'd just ignore them if they did, as I'm not the sort that is going to go running to the hills from a stupid nastygram that has no legal basis, but I'm just curious as to what end this serves. It seems to defy logic, as far as I can tell.
posted March 11, 2010 by characterstudios
I mean, I can't fault the guy's playing at all, as he's got chops and to spare, but that video is a good example of how to make things as banal as possible in any given time period.
-CR
posted March 11, 2010 by Chris Randall
Those are some fruity ass shoes, as well. Thing is, when you are doing serious music with your feet (i.e. not just hitting on and off on your stomp pedals, or holding down a high string note on your Taurus during "Red Barchetta"), the type of shoe you wear is important. When I was working on learning pedal steel, my normal shoes weren't that useful, and I had to go pointier. Cowboy boots would work fine for pedal steel, but wouldn't give you the heel flex this keyboardist obviously needs for the pedal board.
I did not like the vibratoed notes on the top keyboard. I know that delayed vibrato was a big deal and all when it was introduced, but I freaking hate that sound. Otherwise, it was really beautiful, especially if you like that whole "Switched On Bach" thing.
posted March 11, 2010 by seancostello
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posted March 11, 2010 by saschad
Does anyone else remember organ stores in the mall? You would walk by and some dude would be doing this live at the front of the store. I saw my first synth in one of those, a Juno 60 I think.
posted March 11, 2010 by synthetic
posted March 11, 2010 by jbratteson
He could even make the then-new Poly-800 sound fairly impressive, although he cheated a bit. During the Q&A session after the demos someone raised their hand and said, "please play any of the pieces you just played, on any of the equipment you just demoed, but with that reverb turned off" while pointing at what was at the time Korg's top FX box, discretely perched near the back of the stage. Don said, "why sure, no problem!" -- and then didn't.
He did write for Keyboard also; some sort of performance column, appropriately enough.
--Adam
posted March 11, 2010 by studio nebula
