Bohemian Rhapsody on a Theater Organ

[barnybro]

nice looks fun*

[steamrocks]

@eoghanhennessy15 These are samples of windblown pipes whose tremulant, modulation, or whatever term you choose is caused by regular interruptions in the wind supply. Whatever rate the modulation was set for at time of sampling is what you get. Some theater organ sets of pipes, like the Tibia Clausa, have a deep tremulant, and some are faster than others. Typical rates are 6-7 cycles/sec. A Leslie speaker creates the tremulant with rotating speakers and the doppler effect. Range is also 6-7

[eoghanhennessy15]

2nd half was amazing though!!!

[eoghanhennessy15]

rotation seems a little fast?

[steamrocks]

@eoghanhennessy15 What "rotation"? There are no Leslie speakers here, only sampled Tibia Clausas.

[den220]

@steamrocks Whats the difference between tremolo and Tibia Clausas?

[eoghanhennessy15]

@steamrocks just the modulation, seems fast. Sounds awesome though! just the opening verse i thought it could sound better if the modulation was a little slower?

[SuperChrisgee]

the brain may of organist :D

[victorwinbillion]

too fast overall.

[sizzlin321]

@victorwinbillion You think you're so smart? You play it then and post it on YouTube.

[victorwinbillion]

@sizzlin321  Hey take it easy. He asked for comment and i gave my comment. Unless you are the player here please stop yelling.

[sizzlin321]

@victorwinbillion Well this is free speech...

[SIXSTRING63]

ALL SKATE



[Mstites05]

Amazing, Thank you so much.

[reygood1]

I like the arrangement. Nice playing.

[steamrocks]

@reygood1 Why Thanx. While you're at it, take a listen to my other classic rock recordings.

[2011babyjoshy]

its pretty good for it to be on a organ

[MartinRaetzJr]

Very good played. I know this organ from the musical instruments museum in Berlin. It's very interesting to hear end see how it is played live!

[steamrocks]

@MartinRaetzJr If the Berlin organ is the one I think it is, it was originally built in the 1920's by WurliTzer for a German industrialist to be installed in his home! 4 manuals (keyboards) 15 ranks (sets) of pipes, and a rare set of tuned kettle drums, one of only 6 sets that WurliTzer made.

[MartinRaetzJr]

@steamrocks The register lever looking like yours.

[chaddict4ever]

IMPRESSIVE!!! VERY TALENTED!!!

[gelatinejaap]

this sucks! Pipes are much better.

[utPr3d4ToR]

U re very good!

[xXxPaviaxXx]

Awesome O_O

[steamrocks]

@xXxPaviaxXx Really glad you like it.

[SuperChrisgee]

eugh i wanna rip out my dads pipe organ at my church i put one of these in :D

[Wilfie321]

Is that jigsaw playing?

Awesome ;)

[HCDHR]

freddy mercury would be proud!

[thinggybob]

one of the hardest tunes to play of organ well done how you remembered it is beyond me!! see my version I need music!

[wictor777]

i wanna see those 59 dislikers do better.

[steamrocks]

@wictor777 Almost every widely watched music video has likes and dislikes. I don't feel bad about it. If dislikes concern the sound of the organ, this was an early VirTual setup done with synthesizers before sampled VirTuals became widespread. It even predates MidiTzer! The instrument has since been totally rebuilt with 26 sampled ranks. If it concerns the playing, yes, I would like to hear their Video (and audio) response. Maybe I'll learn something! Look at all the POSITIVE responses.

[MultiBBproductions]

This. Is.. Godlyyyyy

[firedog2k9]

MAD SKILLZZZZ!!!



[ShaurntheSheep]

Wow absolutely fantastic just amazing and to hear it on an organ

[przwll]

I wish I could play like that! So jealous! But great piece of music whatever tis played on

[mulaaaa007]

OMG the theater organ is the coolest instrument ever!

[MrYousafBajwa]

thats amazing you built it yourself and your amazing at playing I HOPE TO BE LIKE YOU SOMEDAY lol

[surveysaysNO]

Only thing I would suggest is to vary your tempo occasionally. It's not the kind of song that really lends itself to the straightforward march you have it at. Other than that, this is pretty incredible, especially the operatic breakdown part

[SEANGRAYONCEAGAIN]

this is amazing !

[jessmess7070]

Your really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really GOOD!!!!! <3 keep it up :3

[barkboingfloom]

That performance truly deserves a standing ovation! Bravo!

[shawnio]

this was weird

[Dragonese1]

Very nice. Really enjoyed this video..

[PLUGS33]

nice.  Cool project

[TriRoProd]

Bohemian Rhapsopy

[steamrocks]

@TriRoProd

So what's a 'Rhapsopy'?

[TriRoProd]

@steamrocks wow you built it yourself!

[steamrocks]

@TriRoProd Yes I did, and I REBUILT it after recording Bohemian Rhapsody. At the time of recording, the organ was powered by 3 Korg synths and a sampler, all programmed by me to simulate a theater pipe organ. It is now a computer driven 'virtual' organ with an intel i7 based computer and over 1/2 gig of theater pipe organ samples. The console was rebuilt with state-of-the-art MIDI interfaces. If you want to know more, write me at steamrocks@yahoo.com

[john1801rambo]

not bad sound for an electronic!

[koasterkav]

This is a digital theatre organ? Allen? Other brand? Voiced from a Wurlitzer I take it. Wonderful!

[steamrocks]

@koasterkav I built this organ myself. The version you see in 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is a restored Theater Pipe Organ console, completely refitted with MIDI converters made by stripping out Casio keyboard motherboards, six in all, plus a small Radio Shack keyboard equipped with MIDI. The sound you hear is produced by three Korg 01 digital synths programmed by me to emulate Theater Organ ranks, and an Akai S2000 sampler which takes many of its samples from the synthesized ranks, plus other sounds.

[Myrtone]

@koasterkav How about a real theatre organ rather than a MIDI simulation?

[steamrocks]

@Myrtone Go look at my video of "Smoke on the Water" done on the 4/42 Moller theater pipe organ in the Atlanta Fox Theater. Doesn't get any more real than that.

[irinayugiohfan]

SOOOOOOO AMAZING!!! 

[barneyboscoe]

Fabulous,but how on earth can you remember every note without music,thanks

[steamrocks]

@barneyboscoe: Practice, practice, practice! I also sing it to myself as I play it. Be VERY glad I don't sing it out loud!

[ZEEMADMAN]

WoW! Great Job. No Sheets of Music, all from Memory!

So what's the Rows of Levers around the Edge for? Some Red, White, Black and Orange or Yellow? What do they control? And what's with the Lighted Buttons Under the Keys for?

[steamrocks]

@ZEEMADMAN Sorry I didn't get back sooner. The row of colored levers are called stops. They control the individual voices that are played from each keyboard and the pedals, effectively changing the sound coming from manuals and pedals one voice at a time.

The lighted buttons are called combination pistons (cuz they look like a piston) and they control combinations or groups of the stops so that the whole sound coming from a keyboard or the pedals can be changed at once. I change sounds often.

[YaCantHandleTheTruth]

I just need a pair of roller skates and a rink and I've got a perfect evening. lol. You remind me so much of the organist from the Music Palace in Cincinnati before it caught fire and burned down. I will be checking out more of videos. Thank you.

[rspantikow]

nasty

[grouchomagic]

I WAS BACKSTAGE WITH QUEEN IN D.C., AND I COULDNT BELIEVE THE TALENT THOSE GUYS POSESSED. I CRIED WHEN FREDDY DIED. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL JOB, MAN. CONGRATS. STEVE G. DRUMMER & STEEL DRUMMER.

[mkoch820]

Bit too much of doppler effect for me, but still awsome :)

[1992ultraman]

i want this ORGAN!! AWESOME!

[joefreeman856]

That must be fuckin' difficult

[martinasd78]

My fuckin' god.

I fall in love with this organ :/

[kenno615]

I have never heard this on theatre organ before, but you did an excellent job of playing it, your a very talented organist.

[kenno615]

I have never heard this on theatre organ before, but you did an excellent job of playing it, your a very talented organist.

[719Angela719]

:O speechless...... wait won word.. AWESOMENESS

[steamrocks]

@719Angela719 :

If you like that, check out the other classic rock organ tunes I've done. There's nore where that came from.

[719Angela719]

@steamrocks ok :D

[marcusofnazareth]

so amazing. i actually cried.

[BH061595]

cool!

[Zylstra555]

Better than nothing, sure, but I still think it sounds a little funny. I'd love to hear you play this on a actual theater pipe organ and compare.

[bd5035]

Wow, good job! :)

[clarinetchum]

I have to say, after the initial," beezlebub" part, it kinda sounded like it would have been in the star wars cantina!

[joshd1234567891]

Are these real pipes or electronics?

[steamrocks]

@joshd1234567891 They are real electronics. It is a Virtual Theater Organ, sound generated from samples of actual WurliTzer and other pipework.

[joshd1234567891]

@steamrocks oh okay thanks

[dimmu1405]

Very Beautyfull!!! 

[polodixon]

This was fun.

[Zylstra555]

ATOS Member?

[Diapasonic]

Might be better to leave the trems off...........

[steamrocks]

@Diapasonic On a theater organ? Never. Besides it would sound to liturgical, I have tried it.

[SUPERYAYA62]

See?!?!?! Pretty music is still being composed in modern times!! Thanks for this great rendition!

[darthclone78]

lol i know how to play a song named roumanian rhapsody

[danielmkubacki]

I love this redision

[bd5035]

awesome!  :)

[CoyoteBuddy]

Head-bangingly good!

[markthewhalekiller]

Amazing! Great playing! But where on earth did you acquire a theatre organ for your home studio?!

[steamrocks]

@markthewhalekiller : I built it myself starting with an old 3 manual theater pipe organ console, adding components and upgrading as I went along. It has been totally rebuilt twice.

[markthewhalekiller]

@steamrocks Impressive! You're really dedicated! Glad there are people out there preserving things like this. Kudos!

[CLONETROOPER1313]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cigarpipelover]

Love This!!

[madamebovary03]

hey steamrocks, it's very very good! myself, I'm playing pipe organ and I'm searching this music piece ... which arrangement is this? where do you have it from? compliments!

[steamrocks]

@madamebovary03 Hal Leonaard Corporationpublished an 11 page transcription of Bo-Rap' a few few years ago, and I used this as my starting point. I got the missing pieces the same way the rock bands do, just listened to the recording and picked it out by ear. The same thing goes for my transcription of Yes' Roundabout. There is a lengthly transcription, but it's not all there either. You need a fairly good ear to get all the bits and pieces.

[spylm]

verry nice work!

Can you play the river flows in your?

[megacurtis09]

ecelent Keep On Going

[SkyFitsHeaven24]

That's really good.

[karlatabandnerd]

dang ur goood

[billybass116]

awsome playing and keys!! can u play any metallica?

[xXSTFDXx]

awesome

[coffeemug2]

Fantastic !

[coffeemug2]

Absolulely Great !

[begonia27]

Have watched/listened to this several times since its posting. Super offering.

[Ax89]

Very nice rendition of my favourite piece from my favourite group. (even considering the not-that-great- audio quality of youtube.) Good job, steamrocks!!!

[BossXC]

Wonderful arrangment,

You're incredible.

Greetings from italy!

[patsaxon]

Real cool! There is nothing more fun than playing on an organ! Since the age of ten, I have enjoyed 37 years of playing the organ! From a Thomas Troubadour 181 electronic spinet organ, Hammond X-77 GT console organ to a Thomas Eldorado 792 electronic console organ!

[KRUSTYskates]

sweeeeeeet organ

[KeybOrgel]

Hello namesake,

fantastic version of this great Queen classic. Why don't you make new videos?

Best regards from Germany

Wolfgang (Knoll)

[greenflams]

this is classic

[Chariot34]

Bohemian Rhapsopy lol

Very good piece of music!

[DUSTINISMS1]

so cool!!!!!!

[rune1337scape]

That was really cool!

[quizzlefits]

What fun to experience this classic in a different way!

[4dorgan]

Superb! Inspired playing & great choice of registrations. Thanks for sharing.

[LoreleiMission]

dude!

[hamelsutley]

Please add more. You are absolutely brilliant.

[ritieeesie]

very very very good and so much buttons

[cristinuuh]

absolutely enjoyed it!

[candymay420]

luv it! rock on my brother!

[chevysuckswewe]

keep it to the originals plz.....

[h4ppyh4rdc0ril4]

pfff

[GreenGoes]

Yeah, it's reaaaally nice! You're doing a great job.. impressive :)

[kundertoe]

That made me smile, so much.

[ldcramer6887]

Very well done.. sounds great.. you can almost hear the group singing.

10 stars in my opinion.  Wonderful

Laura

[steamboat75043]

Very fun. :)  Well done.

[pupsher]

good job, you got style. but don't answer me to looking for roundabout and smoke on the water, because I don't care of those songs :D

[maxgagno]

Good work, man! I love the way you play it!!

[steamrocks]

Many thanks for the comment dude. Now go look at my 'Smoke on the Water' and 'Roundabout'.

[zerdda]

Woooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo­!

[TheCrazynissOfAll]

sounds very good-hard to play-good job!

[IkerCasillas1994]

Ok... one Question... can you play Sonata Arctica Mary Lou not the acustic one.

But its really fast and I didn´t thinks that it sounds really good on the Organ.... Not cause you but I don´t think so.

[IkerCasillas1994]

Oh... this is greaaaaat too....

where do you lear playing de Organ so good....??

And where´s the Organ? In wich Theater ???

Sorry for my bad English... I´m german^^

[steamrocks]

You're doin' great! Your English is a lot better than a lot of people that live here in the US! The organ is not in a theater, but in my home studio. I learned to play the way I do mostly by listening, then imitating what I heard. I listen to far more music groups than organists. A lot of the Bohemian Rhapsody was from sheet music, then listening to the original recording for parts that were not in the sheet music.

[SpidermannSuper]

It happens not often you find a good organ player on you tube. you are one.

[steamrocks]

Thanks. man.  If you liked this one, look at some of my other ones, especially "Roundabout' and 'Smoke on the Water'

[KutWrite]

Nicely done!

I've loved theater organs since I helped tune them as a 10 year old.

[sickemdudley01]

I'd rather run backwards in a freeway than to even attempt this awesomeness display of talent.

[TheRealBarnez]

@sickemdudley01 I feel like doing both :p

[LedZepalito]

brilhante!

[abott26]

Bravo Bravo, good job!!

[legolasladd]

Extremely impressive.

[Subway0001]

holy crap, flying an airplane is less complicated then this, awsome, thank you

[yami12019]

as a matter of fact, there was a study conducted that showed that the second most mentally demanding thing that a human can do is play the organ, first i flying a helicopter.

[jherykah]

wow

[mr230889]

fuck daunting atmosphere in the beginning....nice anyway

[14152189]

Way too much vibrato but other than that it was cool

[peewee2627]

awesome!!!

[kakakos]

C'est pile le morceau idéal pour ce genre d'exercice...Well done !

[frankiehearts]

OMG! One of the best musical pieces I have heard on YouTube.

A true masterpiece!

[matjuh86]

unbelievible! It was so good!!! WOW!!! Amazing, just can't believe you did that just alone. The piano, and backgroundsound, and the solo. Fantastic!

[jdhammond]

delightful...really enjoyed that :-)

[geeyouknit345]

so cool

[daybird2]

UNBELIEVABLE! Just not the kind of song you'd expect from a theatre organ. You were fantastic. If I hadn't heard it myself I probably wouldn't have believed it.

[oicurageologist]

Very well done.

[fsbehne3]

That was great! This song is one of my favorites, and you rocked it--even had the gong/cymbal at the end!

[yugrube]

Coolness!  You are coolness! Coolness!

[acariquara]

FREE BIRD!

[chesshirecat2]

rock n roll

[TheHumanStain7]

Fantastic Job

[iwema93]

o my god this was awesome!!!

sounds perfect!!!

[callumk5]

A difficult song exectuted well on a magnificent instrument. Your so lucky to have such a lovely toy at home! Thanks for sharing it with us.

[endcutter]

Coolness, Dude!

[steamrocks]

Totally glad you liked it!

[krrainio]

I Enjoy with this.........Take you hands to the first ...."sormio" ... and Im third heaven...

[kre36]

Commented on.

[nikkiwil]

wonderful. thanks!

[sarrasprino]

O CARA É FODA!

[KeybOrgel]

Cool version of this song. Played on a theatre organ...... Extraordinary!

Thanks for sharing.

[pattythetoydolls]

greaaaaaaaaat man!!!!!!

[peterandchuckshow]

Comment on this video

[Jostanos]

5/5 Freddie Mercury and Queen would be pleased! I am sure of it. ^^ Well done.

[kazbabe39]

very well dun ,u r a very good player thanks jon

[wAtErsEvEn480]

First of all I respect you for your age, right away!

Then the instrument is beautiful.

The fact that you decided this piece makes you a great man =p

And the thing that makes it pefect is that it is played beautiful by YOU =)

Great job Sir!

[C3Z4rtv]

are these organs sold in stores?

[akm5176]

Cant say Im sure but most organs arnt sold in stores, considering this is a theatre organ it probally is sold in a store. But if youre really interested in investing in an organ their are many companies in the world that are completely devoted to caring for, designing and building organs and building organs in the likeness of other organs.

[Beatles7962]

What year was this organ made?

[steamrocks]

The version you are watching here was completed in 2006. Rebuilt to a totally digitally sampled instrument in 2008. Improvements are ongoing. An upcoming video will show the 2008 rebuild.

[MissPickletoes]

Very entertaining!!! And Bartlett Rocks!!