Wizards In Winter by EMP

[EMP]

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[poolph01]

love it!!!

[trooper553]

Hey Guys,

Disregard the last screen-name. My msg - My Daughter's screen name. hat's what happens when you get old! (Called a "senior moment")

ROFLMAO

[angeleyes1024]

Dave, Mark, Mark, and Larry,

As I said before, you all sound so professional and are highly talented. I, also, would love to hear you outside the studio making your own music. I bet it would be an unforgettable experience. To coin an old cliche, "We've heard the rest - Now we're heaing the best"! Exceptionally high marks for your performance. You four guys are, obviously, held in very high regard by all of us. Godspeed! Dave, been under the weather. Will answer your e-mail as soon as possible.

[Valdyra]

My God, an intellectual response to a youtube video!

[trooper553]

This HAS to be the best "cover" of any music I have ever heard. Absolutely FANTASTIC! How you four musicians could so closely duplicate the original, I'll never know. Professionalism at it's finest!!! "Well done" to ALL of you.

[Tedinator01]

To say you guys ROCK is a complete understatement. However, you do freakin' ROCK!

[HawkStudio]

Thank you from all of us. This was really a fun project :)

[kevdiv48]

awesome.

[Cyberplayer5]

Nice,very well done!

[ahhMyHeadahh]

that guy is beast on the piano/keyboards

[BroadcastJohn]

Aw come on guys, this has to be your video dubbed in symc with a TSO audio track, right? After all, you guys can't be that good ... can you?

hmmmm, I guess you guys ARE that good.

I am shocked that you four guys can match the sound of the entire Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

I envy all of your talents.

[scubatarkus]

Never underestimate the power of the overdub (esp when I was having to cover solo violin and pizz string parts). :)

[OrchDork7]

this iz pretty good. not like da real thing but still i like it. keep up da good work!

[conganige]

MMM... Very nice. It's that your playing ? ....I can't belive.guitarist not playing cords. seems to me your guys doing mimeing. Ha.. Ha...

[HawkStudio]

Miming? No way. This song, I believe, is all power chords(2 notes strummed together) on guitar.

[SilverHamer]

@conganige What the hell are chords? CHORDS??? Hell, I just picked up the guitar a few weeks before we made this video and I don't have a clue what you are talking about...chords? That's what you plug into the guitar that goes to the amp, right? A chord? Seriously though, if you listen closely to the audio track you will not hear the guitar playing any chords because it's just not in the song like that. It's all power chords like Mark said, and that usually only involves a few notes.

[controlfreakzerofan1]

Nice!

[Trogbob]

Very cool!

[Cgi09]

lol nice.

[0123401234]

great band!

[JyAtlantis]

Im in that clan. Hai guys, no clue what you were doing here, but nice ^^

[JyAtlantis]

Wow thats weird...I posted in a different topic. Ignore that up top

[sektorace]

Keep up the good work.

Can you make a video of Sting & the Police - Don't Stand so close to me (1986 rare edition) ???

[elfroxx]

I'm in love with the keyboardist. xD Go David!! W00t!!! <3

[Blackpig3]

I have played this clip a hundred times, never get tired of watching you guys.

If you ever come to the UK...................

Fantastic entertainment.

Thank you.

[ckcchapman]

That was great! Love that keyboard! AWSOME! Your the Winner.

[moonstaff123123]

Can anyone send me the sheet music for Winter In Wizard (in keyboard) please!!!! Can anyone please!!! Thanks to anyone who do. I really want the sheet music. By the way great playing.

[cowbell2000]

wow

[Landkrappen]

Very good job. I hope i'm gonna become like you guys when i become older :D

[ColoradoD]

Cool!!! Love this video. You guys rock. Keep it up!

[embnyc]

Great 'compilation' - but I miss the LEAD guitar part. Maybe you guys can find one of the other guitar guys that did a good performance on the lead guitar part (there are a few really good ones!) and add him (or her) in.  (I know it's a lot of work to suggest!)

[SilverHamer]

I know, I didn't do the solo part. I never actually heard it in the original (I fly helicopters for a living so I suffer a bit from high-end hearing loss...heh) but before I played this I wasn't very familiar with the piece...MY BAD. However, I'm not re-doing the video unless the other guys want me to.

[scubatarkus]

larry, speaking strictly for myself, i'd rather your (and our) time be devoted to our current list of projects. this compilation was really just a lark anyway, cobbling-together the four original entries.

btw, stay tuned: in the next 36 hours we'll release our 13-1/2min version of elp's "pirates" - to be followed with a music video of same by mid-february! :)

[rnnova]

Well I think you are great I realy enjoyed your vid, Keep on rocking.You have pegged TSO

[Hakusha]

wow, you guys rock ^_^

[HawkStudio]

Larry,

Ho Ho Ho ... I love you Santa!

[Natuceb]

That was cool as hell =P

[asianboy08]

the guitarist looks like santa clause laff lol

[SilverHamer]

Yea, and about 3 weeks before this video was shot I had a full beard.  Had I known THEN that I would be making this video I wouldn't have shaved it. LOL LC

[SilverHamer]

Yea, and 3 weeks before this video was shot I had a full beard...had I known THEN I wouldn't have shaved it. HAHA...err...I mean HO HO HO! LC

[MDDRUMZ]

Your too much, Larry! :D

[scubatarkus]

lol... larry claus!

happy new year, everybody... wishing you happiness & prosperity in '07!

[HawkStudio]

Larry Claus HARHARHARHARHAR!!!!

[mickeydougal]

Hey guys, awesome awsome work. This video rocks. The record label should change the rules and allow it as an entry. Very nicely done.

[mickeydougal]

Hey scubatarkus, I'm glad to see you're still around. This is an outstanding compilation. And to think you did it simply for the love of doing it rather than winning some contest, imagine that. Truly awesome.

[HawkStudio]

Thanks. We were never in it for the win. Its all about the music baby! Thats why Scuba and I pulled out.

I hate Jackson basses anyway :)

[SilverHamer]

Yepper...It's ALL about the music, Baby!!!! Can I get a HELL YEA!?

[scubatarkus]

thanks, dawnmarie - i can't speak for mark, but i really have no intention of re-entering. i'm fine with somebody else (preferably one of the teen entrants) taking the prize.

meantime, we hope you enjoy the group entry (and, yes, as there is no category for that it effectively is just for fun, not for competition).

:)

[dawnmarieb]

I had to continue my comment. Last one was too long.

Anyway, why not just redo it? I know YOU can do it! Please don't protest. I thought you were the winner hands down from the beginning!

[Godzilla777]

You guys know how I feel about you withdrawing your entries so I won't beat that dead horse.

Or will I? hmmmmmmmmm

Luv ya's!

Tracy

[BetterAngels]

This is a great production, you all sound so great together! I appreciate your feelings on the matter of the contest. The only reason I am leaving mine up is that it is an invalid entry from the start, and it now links to the other vids I did as requests... You have a great Christmas, all of you, ok?

[dawnmarieb]

Why is it an invalid entry? What exactly happened here?

[SilverHamer]

I do not believe there is a category for a GROUP entry. This was done simply for fun and to see how our individual parts would fit together.

[BetterAngels]

Hi dawnmarieb - I did mine just for fun because there is no category in the contest for tambourine. What's great is to see how many other musicians have taken their turn with this great song!

[Anekretia]

5 here as well, Dave you guys have earned all the instruments here lol if only, lol best of luck mate and thx for participating none the less, it has been a pleasure to talk to you. see you around!

[HawkStudio]

I too have removed my video entry under protest. I can no longer be a part of this. The band video will remain up as it is not part of the competition.

[dawnmarieb]

Why? What's going on? Yours was so good (the winner, I believe). Why did you remove it?

[scubatarkus]

for those who do not read the discussion forum - a short time ago i deleted my individual entry as a form of protest over the 12th hour rules change by atlantic records.

i want to personally thank each of you for the kind words and compliments you posted over the past few weeks.

for the time being, this composite vid will remain up - since it is not a legitimate entry.

thanks again,

david

[EMPwidow]

Great work! I love it! :-)

[royalpower]

YEAH! WAY COOL! to be able to do that virtually, is very impressive. i've never seen anything like that before. YEAH! WAY WAY COOL!

[usernamewithheld]

OK, maybe I missed it somewhere, but what does EMP stand for? You guys are all very talented and I enjoyed that video a bunch!

[scubatarkus]

emp has changed over time - originally it was estes, midi, & presley (our original lineup :). now we take it to mean e-music project, as we're completely virtual (meaning most of us have never met in real life, and we record in isolation from one another).

thank you, on behalf of the guys, for all the kind remarks.

[SilverHamer]

I thought EMP stood for electromagnetic pulse which comes from a nuclear blast...I had a BIG BLAST participating on this project and my house was FULL of EMP! BOTH KINDS! :)

[floydzone]

you guys are all very talented! Thanks for this!

[skiguy7070]

i'll admit it, this is the first video of this group that i've watched beginning to end. very original, very cool, and best of all, it sounds good! 5 stars to you! TSO should consider this as an entry! lol

[muppetpianoman]

Very cool guys!

[Godzilla777]

EMP Kicks arse! I love the band concept and collaboration.

[babayaga321]

What can I say...! Flamin' fabulous (both the final audio mix and video!) Excellent work guys. G.

[tcurtis85]

I love it, very clever idea you guys put together

[SilverHamer]

I cannot even begin to tell you how much fun I had doing this project with you guys. I look forward to MORE...MORE...MORE!!! I volunteer to make more videos as well :). YOU GUYS RAWK! LC

[HawkStudio]

Thank you for the comments everyone. Yes, we had a BALL doing this. If playing TSO music doesn't get you in the Christmas spirit, nothing will :)

[QueenDe]

How much fun was that?! Maybe some year my family can do a group version. ;-)

[rick8728fxdl]

VERY clever!! I loved it. This contest has been a LOT of fun participating in. I wish they'd make more sound tracks available. I'd post more videos even after the contest is over. It's just great music to play.

[santarockswithtso]

Do a sense a TSO tribute band on the horizon? You guys rocked! Please post more collaborations as they become available!

[WhisperGardener]

Pretty darn spiffy.

[BetterAngels]

What a great idea guys!! Thank you for this, and Merry Christmas to you too!

[Jackinart]

Good job!

[FUBAR4U2]

Very nice!

[scubatarkus]

and before the cast of haters follows from my vid to here, i KNOW the strings are a weak-ass cover of anna/mark's brilliance. you just cannot duplicate what they do on a keyboard instrument.

there, it's said - i've saved you the trouble of having to post yet another criticism.

[HawkStudio]

Merry Christmas everyone! This is just for fun and is not a contest entry. EMP their inidividual contest entries, combined the audio and video and made this video. The 4 EMP members are, David Presley (scubatarkus), Mark Estes (HawkStudio), Mark DeGregory (MDDRUMZ) and Larry Curtis (SilverHamer). There is no TSO music in this video. This is what we sound like together. Like I said, this is just for fun and to wish a very Merry Christmas to all of the TSO fans out there.