@nickhirst999 Very nice. I would like to take this time to congragulate your maestro friend in performing such an amazing tribute to Richard Wright. He would be proud to see people today still playing his ispirational piano work at such a talented level...and through a Leslie at that! Good going fellas. I think you sould play along to the actual recorded track off of Meddle, and play the whole thing, please? I want to hear the whole song played by your friend, and I don't think I speak alone.
Martin and I did perform this on several occasions in our Pink Floyd tribute band "Sheep" back in the latter 1990s. We were (and still are) old school buddies and I still have an old cassette of him and me doing a practise run of this from 1985 in our school hall!
When I find the video tapes of the complete versions of Echoes we did in 1995/ 1996 with the full band, I'll upload them!
@nickhirst999 Ah, see there? You gave away his anonymous identity! Oh No!! Haha, but I think you should look harder for those tapes. I think all of the viewers and commenters of this video would very much love to see them (including myself, of course). Your friend is an INCREDIBLE pianist, as I have already said before. Richard Wright smiles in his grave every time someone watches this video, and every time your friend plays the piano. Try to find those videos or get Martin to do a full cover!
Ha! Thanks mate! As Roger Waters said in his interview with Nick Sedgwick in 1975 (died 11th Aug 2011) "My mind's just a scrambled egg, mate!"
Martin Jones is my old school friend who is playing the piano here. We used to have a go at this in our secondary school hall after hours. I have a cassette somewhere! Then we were in our PF tribute band "Sheep" in 1994 to 1997.
If I unscramble the egg of my mind I'll find the audio and video tapes
yeah! Thanks very much! Martin and I are old school friends and he is indeed an absolute genius when it comes to piano playing. Never met anyone like him! he is a fucking genius! you're right!
Please tell, what kind of microphone are you using over the piano? Or what's the signal chain going to/from the Leslie? This sounds so close to the original it's remarkable :)
It's a Sennheiser 441 mic. It's going into the mixer which is sitting on top of the Leslie, simply to boost the mic up to line level. Then out of the mixer into the Leslie. The mixer's EQ is boosting the top and bottom and slightly cutting the mid and that's all. We may have used a bit of the mixer's digital reverb as well, but I don't think so.
Its because richard wright invented this way of recording the piano when echoes was recorded. This is precisely the way the did it (as far i know) the leslie speaker creates the doppler effect.
My anonymous friend worked it out by ear from listening to the CD and writing out the music, many years ago when we were in a PF tribute band. I believe there are several pages but I'm afraid he is unwilling to share them. As for me, I'm a guitarist who can't read music so I'm afraid I can't help either!
@nickhirst999 Well that's a bit much greedy to keep those pages to himself, innit? It really doesn't take much effort to scan them digitally, you know.
Frankly, I think not. It may not take much effort to scan them digitally but back in 1994 when my anonymous friend painstakingly wrote the music out from ear, the internet was in its infancy as I suspect were you.
Yeah Nick, Skate would appear to be saying, in C21-speak, what we're all thinking - specifically that this performance cost many tissues; both for its own merits and respect for Richard's lost genius.
The Leslie Speaker just added further sweetness :-D
Funny old world innit, Brian? There we were only two days ago watching that brilliant film about Joe Meek, and then I'm looking at your comment thinking 'what's a C-21, is that a Hammond or a Farfisa?!'
Ah...I've got it! 21st Century!!
Well, I'm just about moving out of the 20th Century!
Last I remember it was the 11th of September 2001 and I poked my head out briefly.
Then I went back to bed. I did briefly make a pilgramage to London to record this using your camera!
Yes, Old Boy - "C21" = "21st Cent" in less characters ;-) LOL
Used to confuse me too, initially, when I saw it in history books at school - but then, seeing "C14" in context makes it easier to grasp in a young mind - LOL - Why it stayed in there, unused, until now, however, is another matter entirely ;-P
Listening to this again - and to give myself a 'project' - I'm going to see if I can model the effect of one of these Leslies in a Reason module...
I'm afraid you'll need to elaborate on your comment as I've not the slightest idea what you are talking about. Why are you speechless? What is not funny and in what way did you think I was trying to be funny?
Nice Live at Pompeii rendering of Echoes. Too bad you couldn't talk your friend into moving the steinway into a roman amphitheater and playing shirtless. Well done.
Wow, the magic of the internet. This is exactly what I have been looking for, I've always been super-interested in some of the effects done with acoustic instruments. I can't believe you found a Steinway for the job!
Now, to figure out how/where one acquires a Leslie speaker...
Ah, now that's the sort of comment I like. You say "revelation" and you mean revealing how it was done? That was the idea! PF take the credit for the music and doing it in the first place. We are merely demonstrating how.
In fact, how this piece " was done" has been a mystery for me all this time...
I feel happy now cause I can understand better the composers intentions and
methods ...Pink Floyd really did great experiences in "eletroacustical" music...beyond the pop music... Please give my warm embrace to the pianist too...he did a great job here !
Thanks again! What you say is exactly the way we wanted people to be able to enjoy this video. Simply as a piece of music or if they wanted a more technical approach the video shows it! I see you are from Brasil from where 2 of my favourite guitars which I own were made! A Giannini Craviola 6 string and a Giannini standard 12 string. Lovely guitars with beautiful tone!
Yes! My Craviola (6 string) is a model AWK S71 6 with a hand-carved headstock and serial 8 1979. My 12 string is a model KWGS 31 12 also with a hand carved headstock and serial no 6 1980
@nickhirst999 Giannini is so eclectic factory... they made very fine instruments, and there are the more "affordable cheap" ones too...(argh!). I´m pianist but I really like the sound of classic guitars too. Gibson "Les Paul" is one of my favorites: it appears in brazilian pop music of the 80´s. British rock bands influence in Brazilian "pop culture" is extremely strong in the years 60´ 70´ and 80´ and we have thousands of Pink Floyd fans here :) Do you play the guitar in a rock band ?
Well done. It really does work beautfully as a solo piano piece, doesn't it? But I, as a guitarist with very limited recording capabilities and equip., find myself wishing you, Mr. nickhirst999, would do another version, a duet tribute, so to speak, with yourself on a Strat, squeeky clean, FuzzFaced, and sliding, in the DaveGilmour role. Anyone second that request? Very nice job on the Farfisa Ummagumma tribute, by the way, Nick. Pleasure to hear both pieces regardless.
Well my anonymous friend and our band already did it about 12 times on stage but I'd have to dig back through 36 hours of VHS tapes from 15 years ago! I just haven't got round to it! Maybe one day!
woOw que padre la tocas amigo es exacta a como la toca Richard Wright no me podrias pasar la partitura o pon un tutorial para que la pueda sacar te lo agradeceria muchisimo grax !! traky_kym@hotmail.es
woOw que padre la tocas amigo es exacta a como la toca Richard Wright no me podrias pasar la partitura o pon un tutorial para que la pueda sacar te lo agradeceria muchisimo grax !! traky_kym@hotmail.es
We didn't cut it. My "fifteen minutes later" comment was a joke as the piano through Leslie pretty much fades out after the second verse (by which time the Hammond has taken over) and only comes in again after the third. "Killed the whole video"? Well I look forward to seeing your version with a real Steinway Grand, A real Leslie 145 and a real Sennheiser 441.
dude i'm pretty sure every one in the world would love for you to make a vid. lesson. from my pink floyd expertise iit sounds exactly like the album does.
this guy has a gold mine there,i love this video ,dude,that was awsome,nice nice video ,nice piano nice playing,nice leslie speaker,nice everything,rick is watching you from heaven with a big smile on his face.
this guy has a gold mine there.i love this video ,dude,that was awsome,nice nice video ,nice piano nice playing,nice leslie speaker,nice everything,rick is watching you from heaven with a big smile on his face!!uniquee
Yes! True! M****n is a very talented musician whom I first met at secondary school back in 1983. He didn't want to be filmed but I caught him briefly and accidentally. He was ok about it!
oh Ok, Thank you, I wish I could get one of these leslies, did you have to use some sort of box converter thing to make the Microphone work with the leslie?
We just used the mixer which is on top of the Leslie to boost the mic up to line level and to EQ it. The Leslie has two speeds, fast and slow, and this is all on the fast setting. Originally the speed would be adjusted on the Hammond organ but we had this one converted to use a footswitch.
WOW! That is amazing, it is exacly like the original version Please, make a video lesson so I can learn how to play it, I would thank you so much for it, and I'm sure many people would love to see it to.
@dpombo160 Well, if you don't absolutely positively NEED to play it note by note as Wright played it, I can give you the tips. At least for the start of the intro.
Many new electric pianos have a leslie option, or as mine calls it, "rotary". You need to use that with a grand piano sound on the fast setting.
Anyhow, as for the playing itself: That echo sound is the brightest B on your piano. The next prominent note played is the darkest C#. Then it's all just notes in the scale of C#m and F#m.
Great question! When we did the first take, M was playing the piano quite loudly and it was drowning out the Leslie. Turning the leslie up started feedback due to the close proximity of the piano microphone, so for this take, M played the piano quite softly. It was a compromise which we felt necessary as this is a demonstration rather than an exact copy of the original. You can hear the sound balance shifting as I move towards the piano or the Leslie, as the recording mic is on the camera.
The mic is plugged into the mixer which is sitting on top of the Leslie and the mixer is plugged into the Leslie, just as it is on Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii.
Yes that's right! I had the six pin connector (which can be seen at 2:12) disconnected and the jack input added to the right. To the left is an added mains cable. The original six pin connection would have carried the mains along a six core cable from the Hammond Organ, for which it was originally designed, together with the signal (VERY dangerous!).
The modifications made to this particular Leslie were made so that anything could be plugged into it.
It's a Leslie 145 which is a the same as a 147 but with a few inches chopped off the top! Both models had the same amplifier in them (the 147) and on the Pompeii Film you can see Pink Floyd are using 3 Leslies on the backline. There is a 147 on each end and a 145 in the middle.
This is a Model 145 and one just sold on Ebay for £460. I don't know what that is in dollars. About $800?. The 147 is the same but a few inches taller and both are considered the "classic" models. Beware! The 145 weighs 140 Lbs!
I should add that they need to be modified if you want to plug guitars or anything other than a Hammond Organ into them, but it's not a difficult job to a qualified technician.
also want to point out, pink floyd also used a Binson Echo Unit, and then they filtered that through the Leslie. although this sounds pretty much like the recording.
That's a very interesting point! I've often wondered about this because certainly one or more times a member of Pink Floyd has said this. I've never had the pleasure of owning a Binson (I wish!) but I can't hear a distinct delay on the studio version or on the Pompeii version. However, there is a BBC version which I have where there is a delay of around 700ms on the opening piano "pings". Waters can be heard asking "Is that echo slow?"
well, i think on the recording on Meddle, there is much more of an Echo coming from the speaker, it says that the binson gives it more of a raindrop sound rather than a piano through a leslie! and i think they just used a Leslie at pompeii cuz Rick was still trying to get used what do to do live, ultimatly the organ won. but where is that BBC version at?
Iv'e just found where I first heard the Binson was used and it's not actually a quote from any of the members of PF but from the author Barry Miles in his book on the band. I think Miles is mistaken. The original studio recording was recorded at Abbey Road and probably in the huge studio 3. This would lend the sound a lot of natural reverberation which is what you can hear on the studio recording. We recorded ours in a fairly small room with furnishings, hence it sounds "dry" in comparison...
After recording the piano at Abbey Road, Floyd then decamped to George Martin's AIR Studio as it had just installed 16 track whereas Abbey Road only had 8. When they tried to reproduce the piano part, they couldn't get the same sound, so they used the original AR recording.
At Pompeii, Wright can be seen playing the piano part at the beginning and there is a Leslie 145 in the middle of the backline and a 147 on each end. You can see the mics on the piano and a small mixer on top of the 147.
i made a mistake, go to wikipedia and find the song, Roger Waters plugged his Bass in the Binson for something. My bad! They did just use a Leslie for the recording! thanks for all the info. you must know alot.
Funnily enough, the reason I put this and the "seagull" section from Echoes up on here was because I made a few edits to the page on Wikipedia and some of the jobsworth editors kept changing it! You can see some of my comments on the Echoes discussion page. Those signed NH are me! Still, I'm convinced that you're right so far as they sometimes did use the Binson as well as the Leslie live.
Thanks! There is a microphone ( a Sennheiser model 441) above the piano, which you can see at 1.35 - 1.40. The mic is plugged into the mixer which is sitting on top of the Leslie and the output from the mixer is going into the Leslie.
The sound is being picked up from the mic on the camera, hence when I move the camera nearer the piano you hear more of the actual piano sound, and when I go towards the Leslie you can hear more of the Leslie.
i played along to this with my guitar. thank you a lot
skaterocker666 3 weeks ago
Magnifique, quel talent..merci pour ce beau moment.
indy7795 1 month ago
every time i watch this i keep seeing the amphitheater, you know the long shot
love it so much great stuff
mikethenumber1 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
potential sheet music? :D
RICKROLLBLENDER 1 month ago
Fuck now I need to get myself that Leslie speaker... this ain't going to be easy... but whatever.
The piano playing is just amazing my friend. <3
MsErasedCitizen2 2 months ago
where is the 'Love this' button?
tutdark 2 months ago
Rick Wright the best of the best...is now playing "celestial voices" in heaven
malakian69 3 months ago
R.I.P. Richard Wright, immortal maestro!
ZioArturone 3 months ago
what happened during the fifteen minutes that you skipped?
britishkamikaze 3 months ago 2
@britishkamikaze
We went and had lunch!!
nickhirst999 3 months ago 8
@nickhirst999 Very nice. I would like to take this time to congragulate your maestro friend in performing such an amazing tribute to Richard Wright. He would be proud to see people today still playing his ispirational piano work at such a talented level...and through a Leslie at that! Good going fellas. I think you sould play along to the actual recorded track off of Meddle, and play the whole thing, please? I want to hear the whole song played by your friend, and I don't think I speak alone.
britishkamikaze 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@britishkamikaze
Ah! Thank you!
Martin and I did perform this on several occasions in our Pink Floyd tribute band "Sheep" back in the latter 1990s. We were (and still are) old school buddies and I still have an old cassette of him and me doing a practise run of this from 1985 in our school hall!
When I find the video tapes of the complete versions of Echoes we did in 1995/ 1996 with the full band, I'll upload them!
Martin is a fantastic pianist and keyboardist!
nickhirst999 2 months ago
@nickhirst999 Ah, see there? You gave away his anonymous identity! Oh No!! Haha, but I think you should look harder for those tapes. I think all of the viewers and commenters of this video would very much love to see them (including myself, of course). Your friend is an INCREDIBLE pianist, as I have already said before. Richard Wright smiles in his grave every time someone watches this video, and every time your friend plays the piano. Try to find those videos or get Martin to do a full cover!
britishkamikaze 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@britishkamikaze
Ha! Thanks mate! As Roger Waters said in his interview with Nick Sedgwick in 1975 (died 11th Aug 2011) "My mind's just a scrambled egg, mate!"
Martin Jones is my old school friend who is playing the piano here. We used to have a go at this in our secondary school hall after hours. I have a cassette somewhere! Then we were in our PF tribute band "Sheep" in 1994 to 1997.
If I unscramble the egg of my mind I'll find the audio and video tapes
Lovely comment!
nickhirst999 2 weeks ago
@britishkamikaze
Just realised I already said all that!
nickhirst999 2 weeks ago
where we can get the partition ? :)
Fizzikar 3 months ago
Amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ciuffo971 3 months ago
This guy is a genius. And you are too, for persuading him. I love both of you.
uncle047 3 months ago
great stuff!!!
JosefK93 4 months ago
this is the ultimate tribute. this is so fucking amazing it's amazing :D
skateboarding118 4 months ago
@skateboarding118
Thank you! I shall pass your compliments on to the Maestro!
nickhirst999 4 months ago
thank you
Liton777 4 months ago
I dare your friend to play along to the recorded version!
RICKROLLBLENDER 4 months ago
@RICKROLLBLENDER
Well it would be note perfect, though the timing may not synchronise perfectly! Though neither would Richard Wright's!
nickhirst999 4 months ago
Everything's better with a Leslie!
TheBloodnok 5 months ago in playlist TheBloodnok's Favourited Videos
amazing :D
LolToalNoobs 6 months ago
you sure do a how to video on this im sure it would get alot of views and stuff
davidj419 6 months ago
this is the sound...of nature.
jnarancor 6 months ago
leslie speakers are killer, ive never got to play one in person but i will one day. lol
ganjaking187 7 months ago
Absolutely amazing! Where can I buy this piano score?
psbmastering 8 months ago
thanks for the good music!
luchiviola 8 months ago
oh damn! its nice!
awesome i mean
joshualjw 8 months ago
MASSIVE CHILLS FROM 00:01 TO 5:01!AMAZING!!!!!
--▲===▼--
murilopareto221 8 months ago
This is absolutely stunning!;)
It's my favourite song of Pink Floyd;)
Duinroosje 8 months ago
Do you believe me if I tell you that I cried when I heard this piece of piano? Your anonymous friend is a fucking genius... Excellent piano sound :)
masterofterrorITA92 8 months ago 9
@masterofterrorITA92
yeah! Thanks very much! Martin and I are old school friends and he is indeed an absolute genius when it comes to piano playing. Never met anyone like him! he is a fucking genius! you're right!
Cheers!
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nickhirst999 8 months ago 5
This is just amazing...
ratbatblu 9 months ago
Man this piece really tugs at your heart strings, RIP Richard Wright
razzamanaz79 10 months ago
This sounds wonderful.
Parkinson9999 10 months ago
Please tell, what kind of microphone are you using over the piano? Or what's the signal chain going to/from the Leslie? This sounds so close to the original it's remarkable :)
UpTheIrons911 1 year ago
@UpTheIrons911
It's a Sennheiser 441 mic. It's going into the mixer which is sitting on top of the Leslie, simply to boost the mic up to line level. Then out of the mixer into the Leslie. The mixer's EQ is boosting the top and bottom and slightly cutting the mid and that's all. We may have used a bit of the mixer's digital reverb as well, but I don't think so.
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@nickhirst999 Thanks!
UpTheIrons911 11 months ago
@UpTheIrons911
Its because richard wright invented this way of recording the piano when echoes was recorded. This is precisely the way the did it (as far i know) the leslie speaker creates the doppler effect.
Secondlifecreator 5 months ago
I play my guitar along with this vide instead of any backingtrack. It sounds soooo much like the real thing I thought it was fake at first!!!!
PinkMeddle41 1 year ago
Very impressive!
gietek 1 year ago
Very well done. Yes very well done indeed.
PaiLung 1 year ago
The most orgamic note ever!
Bassguy0103 1 year ago 2
Grand Piano + Leslie = Heaven
raphaelpfr 1 year ago 2
Amazing. Congrats!
ebower 1 year ago
I have two questions, how do you go hold of the notes for this piece ? Also how many pages of sheet music is there for this piece ? Please respond !
1983Pianoman 1 year ago
@1983Pianoman
My anonymous friend worked it out by ear from listening to the CD and writing out the music, many years ago when we were in a PF tribute band. I believe there are several pages but I'm afraid he is unwilling to share them. As for me, I'm a guitarist who can't read music so I'm afraid I can't help either!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@nickhirst999 Well that's a bit much greedy to keep those pages to himself, innit? It really doesn't take much effort to scan them digitally, you know.
inuliger 8 months ago
@inuliger
Frankly, I think not. It may not take much effort to scan them digitally but back in 1994 when my anonymous friend painstakingly wrote the music out from ear, the internet was in its infancy as I suspect were you.
Well do it yourself then.
Tit
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nickhirst999 8 months ago
Lovely
Contrapunctus1 1 year ago
killing awesome!!!!!!!
agb222 1 year ago
anonymous friend with the shiny steinway, i love you, and your piano. excellent work both of you
Frozenfrog13 1 year ago
@Frozenfrog13
Thanx! I'll pass the message on to the man with the shiny Steinway!
NH
;)
anonymous19841 1 year ago
Wow!! That is really amazing! How did he learn the whole thing? Did he have sheet music?
Dannyismyname 1 year ago
This is an amazing video. Thanks to you and your anonymous friend for posting this. I love it!
jaseun1 1 year ago
Yeah Nick, Skate would appear to be saying, in C21-speak, what we're all thinking - specifically that this performance cost many tissues; both for its own merits and respect for Richard's lost genius.
The Leslie Speaker just added further sweetness :-D
BrianJ1962 1 year ago
@BrianJ1962
Funny old world innit, Brian? There we were only two days ago watching that brilliant film about Joe Meek, and then I'm looking at your comment thinking 'what's a C-21, is that a Hammond or a Farfisa?!'
Ah...I've got it! 21st Century!!
Well, I'm just about moving out of the 20th Century!
Last I remember it was the 11th of September 2001 and I poked my head out briefly.
Then I went back to bed. I did briefly make a pilgramage to London to record this using your camera!
Ta!
N
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@nickhirst999
Yes, Old Boy - "C21" = "21st Cent" in less characters ;-) LOL
Used to confuse me too, initially, when I saw it in history books at school - but then, seeing "C14" in context makes it easier to grasp in a young mind - LOL - Why it stayed in there, unused, until now, however, is another matter entirely ;-P
Listening to this again - and to give myself a 'project' - I'm going to see if I can model the effect of one of these Leslies in a Reason module...
Wish me luck - lol
BrianJ1962 1 year ago
I think SkateTS808 was trying to say "I just blew my beans all over the keypad"
psychwarlord 1 year ago
Your friend should be proud, I thought he did a cracking job!
radiopirate3 1 year ago
Very Nice!! :D
kinglien 1 year ago
Im fucking speechless right now its not even funny
SkateTS808 1 year ago
@SkateTS808
I'm afraid you'll need to elaborate on your comment as I've not the slightest idea what you are talking about. Why are you speechless? What is not funny and in what way did you think I was trying to be funny?
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@nickhirst999 I think he is conveying in his own way on how blown away he is by this, as I am too. Excellent replication with the right equipment.
metrotv 1 year ago
@nickhirst999 ???? I just LOVE the video that's all.
SkateTS808 1 year ago
@SkateTS808
Thanks, Skate! A slight misunderstanding on my part. I thought I'd done something to offend you, but now I see what you mean. Sorry about that!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
that was really cool
DrSquidley 1 year ago
@DrSquidley
ThanksDr! Glad you enjoyed it!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
Damn i wanted to hear how he did the middle part lol, perhaps bowing the piano strings and screaming at the sime time?!
smelliot95 1 year ago
Nice Live at Pompeii rendering of Echoes. Too bad you couldn't talk your friend into moving the steinway into a roman amphitheater and playing shirtless. Well done.
Johnnyluv 1 year ago 2
@Johnnyluv I believe it's the album version. Listen to the intro of the song and then to this.
wolfremity 1 year ago
@wolfremity
Yep, that's the one!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
i really don't know what to write, so i'll just leave this message of gratitude, unlocking the mystery for me!~
moggfather 1 year ago
Wow, the magic of the internet. This is exactly what I have been looking for, I've always been super-interested in some of the effects done with acoustic instruments. I can't believe you found a Steinway for the job!
Now, to figure out how/where one acquires a Leslie speaker...
tegrenath 1 year ago
Amazing job! I hope you can play it again and a violin as Gilmour's slide guitar
dynwallas 1 year ago
This video is a kind of "revelation"... like the music itself.
Thanks for Posting !
harpsinth 1 year ago
@harpsinth
Ah, now that's the sort of comment I like. You say "revelation" and you mean revealing how it was done? That was the idea! PF take the credit for the music and doing it in the first place. We are merely demonstrating how.
Thanks for comment!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@nickhirst999
In fact, how this piece " was done" has been a mystery for me all this time...
I feel happy now cause I can understand better the composers intentions and
methods ...Pink Floyd really did great experiences in "eletroacustical" music...beyond the pop music... Please give my warm embrace to the pianist too...he did a great job here !
harpsinth 1 year ago
@harpsinth
Thanks again! What you say is exactly the way we wanted people to be able to enjoy this video. Simply as a piece of music or if they wanted a more technical approach the video shows it! I see you are from Brasil from where 2 of my favourite guitars which I own were made! A Giannini Craviola 6 string and a Giannini standard 12 string. Lovely guitars with beautiful tone!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@nickhirst999
Yes ... tonal colour is everything in music playing or composing.
When you have "perfect" tonal colour conditions the instrument behave
like an old inspiring friend, sometimes living inside your brain....
Do you have an old 70´s Craviola like this one ?! (/watch?v=J0mIoyl_CZk )
It sounds so magical ...
harpsinth 1 year ago
@harpsinth
Yes! My Craviola (6 string) is a model AWK S71 6 with a hand-carved headstock and serial 8 1979. My 12 string is a model KWGS 31 12 also with a hand carved headstock and serial no 6 1980
Giannini Made in Brazil
Nice!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
@nickhirst999 Giannini is so eclectic factory... they made very fine instruments, and there are the more "affordable cheap" ones too...(argh!). I´m pianist but I really like the sound of classic guitars too. Gibson "Les Paul" is one of my favorites: it appears in brazilian pop music of the 80´s. British rock bands influence in Brazilian "pop culture" is extremely strong in the years 60´ 70´ and 80´ and we have thousands of Pink Floyd fans here :) Do you play the guitar in a rock band ?
harpsinth 1 year ago
@nickhirst999 Hi Nick!
Have you (or your friend) got the piano sheet of this music?
Athos1984 1 year ago
Well done. It really does work beautfully as a solo piano piece, doesn't it? But I, as a guitarist with very limited recording capabilities and equip., find myself wishing you, Mr. nickhirst999, would do another version, a duet tribute, so to speak, with yourself on a Strat, squeeky clean, FuzzFaced, and sliding, in the DaveGilmour role. Anyone second that request? Very nice job on the Farfisa Ummagumma tribute, by the way, Nick. Pleasure to hear both pieces regardless.
Thanks for taking time.
kevnote 1 year ago
@kevnote
Well my anonymous friend and our band already did it about 12 times on stage but I'd have to dig back through 36 hours of VHS tapes from 15 years ago! I just haven't got round to it! Maybe one day!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
woOw que padre la tocas amigo es exacta a como la toca Richard Wright no me podrias pasar la partitura o pon un tutorial para que la pueda sacar te lo agradeceria muchisimo grax !! traky_kym@hotmail.es
031293papi 1 year ago
woOw que padre la tocas amigo es exacta a como la toca Richard Wright no me podrias pasar la partitura o pon un tutorial para que la pueda sacar te lo agradeceria muchisimo grax !! traky_kym@hotmail.es
031293papi 1 year ago
BELLISSIMO!
nocterbalbulus 1 year ago
why would you cut it? YOu just killed the whole video
diegomaltos 1 year ago
@diegomaltos
We didn't cut it. My "fifteen minutes later" comment was a joke as the piano through Leslie pretty much fades out after the second verse (by which time the Hammond has taken over) and only comes in again after the third. "Killed the whole video"? Well I look forward to seeing your version with a real Steinway Grand, A real Leslie 145 and a real Sennheiser 441.
When shall we expect to see it?
nickhirst999 1 year ago
Your friend is called Martin.
BoboDoboRobo 1 year ago
@BoboDoboRobo
Yep!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
I could listen to this for a looong time... I loved it!!!
Cynporro 1 year ago
Fn awesome....Good stuff
tampanuggz 1 year ago
Wow! This is absolutely fantastic!!!
ChrisOmartin 1 year ago
that was phenomenal. thank you for posting this
conman45011 1 year ago
I really enjoyed it, thanks!
Cynporro 1 year ago
Amazing!!!
Very nice playing, lovely Leslie sound and great Steinway!
jdiuurdfsds 1 year ago
dude i'm pretty sure every one in the world would love for you to make a vid. lesson. from my pink floyd expertise iit sounds exactly like the album does.
browndragon47 1 year ago
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this guy has a gold mine there,i love this video ,dude,that was awsome,nice nice video ,nice piano nice playing,nice leslie speaker,nice everything,rick is watching you from heaven with a big smile on his face.
bengativo6 1 year ago
this guy has a gold mine there.i love this video ,dude,that was awsome,nice nice video ,nice piano nice playing,nice leslie speaker,nice everything,rick is watching you from heaven with a big smile on his face!!uniquee
bengativo6 1 year ago
I want that speaker
helicoptered 1 year ago
very good
helicoptered 1 year ago
awesome piano player :) Leslie speaker rocks too :)
codrick24 1 year ago 2
@codrick24
Yes he is and yes it does! Right on both counts codrick!
Nice comment. Thanks!
nickhirst999 1 year ago
awesome piano player :) Leslie speaker rocks too :)
codrick24 1 year ago
Oh my God!
Arturdg1bk 1 year ago
...Just Fantastic.
Panthersfan2 1 year ago
Just fantastic; what a great idea, and a brilliant result.
davidell11 1 year ago
such an eerie sound, and yet so cool!!! ;)
herper64 2 years ago
man, that is dead-on just like the sound on the record!! :)
herper64 2 years ago
This sounds amazing!!! Fantastic job
doctorwhodarleck 2 years ago
BELLISIMO................!
bassdiegofloyd 2 years ago
great work, but i could see him at one moment = \
samueldu 2 years ago
Yes! True! M****n is a very talented musician whom I first met at secondary school back in 1983. He didn't want to be filmed but I caught him briefly and accidentally. He was ok about it!
nickhirst999 2 years ago
Simply amazing.
wizbode 2 years ago
What kind of leslie is this?
GibsonRocks12 2 years ago
It's a 145 which is essentially a 147 with a foot chopped off the top! The amplifier actually says 147 on it as both models used the same amp.
nickhirst999 2 years ago
oh Ok, Thank you, I wish I could get one of these leslies, did you have to use some sort of box converter thing to make the Microphone work with the leslie?
GibsonRocks12 2 years ago
And also how were you controlling the Speed of the leslie
GibsonRocks12 2 years ago
We just used the mixer which is on top of the Leslie to boost the mic up to line level and to EQ it. The Leslie has two speeds, fast and slow, and this is all on the fast setting. Originally the speed would be adjusted on the Hammond organ but we had this one converted to use a footswitch.
nickhirst999 2 years ago
Oh Ok, Thank you, I really Wish I could get a Leslie , like the 2101 or whatever that one is would be great
GibsonRocks12 2 years ago
Is it Jools Holland?
Mikemaniax 2 years ago
Lol, no! Wish it was!
nickhirst999 2 years ago
Is there a 1/4" input on the Leslie amp or is there another way that you have it running into the Leslie?
Mikemaniax 2 years ago
Yes that's right. We had it modified to accept 1/4'' jack. The multipin connector which you can see has been disconnected.
nickhirst999 2 years ago
03:10 ... Shivers down my spine...
5stars!!!
arbermagique 2 years ago
RIP Richard Wright......what a haunting piece
rosskstar 2 years ago 14
beautiful
esoj37 2 years ago
holy shit
angrygrunt 2 years ago 2
amazing! yes, please make a video lesson!
summeroe 2 years ago 2
This is nothing short of fantastic
911Assassin 2 years ago 2
WOW! That is amazing, it is exacly like the original version Please, make a video lesson so I can learn how to play it, I would thank you so much for it, and I'm sure many people would love to see it to.
dpombo160 2 years ago 7
@dpombo160 Well, if you don't absolutely positively NEED to play it note by note as Wright played it, I can give you the tips. At least for the start of the intro.
Many new electric pianos have a leslie option, or as mine calls it, "rotary". You need to use that with a grand piano sound on the fast setting.
Anyhow, as for the playing itself: That echo sound is the brightest B on your piano. The next prominent note played is the darkest C#. Then it's all just notes in the scale of C#m and F#m.
syvergutten 1 year ago
Wow! This is just fantastic. Added to my favorites. Thanks for sharing!
- Keith
kgmessier 2 years ago
Thanks, Keith. I shall pass on your compliments to the Maestro!
Nick
nickhirst999 2 years ago
Too bad the maestro won't reveal himself. He's quite good!
Thanks again for sharing this, Nick.
- Keith
kgmessier 2 years ago
Pero que bonito!... Me ha emocionado: lo voy a usar como material de estudio...
piajeno 2 years ago
Perfect sound re-creation, Nice piano playing also.
ual10 2 years ago
How is the piano not killing the leslies sound, being so close to it? It is a grand piano, after all.
BallinKermit 2 years ago
Great question! When we did the first take, M was playing the piano quite loudly and it was drowning out the Leslie. Turning the leslie up started feedback due to the close proximity of the piano microphone, so for this take, M played the piano quite softly. It was a compromise which we felt necessary as this is a demonstration rather than an exact copy of the original. You can hear the sound balance shifting as I move towards the piano or the Leslie, as the recording mic is on the camera.
nickhirst999 2 years ago
Fantastic!
hollowsephiroth 2 years ago
amazing...just amazing...i need a leslie speaker now...OMG
pcgamer6 2 years ago
How did he hook up the speaker to the piano???
pcgamer6 2 years ago
I stuck a Sennheiser 441 microphone above the piano! (you can see it at 1:34 to 1:42)
nickhirst999 2 years ago
The mic is plugged into the mixer which is sitting on top of the Leslie and the mixer is plugged into the Leslie, just as it is on Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii.
nickhirst999 2 years ago
thank you! How exactly is the mixer plugged into the Leslie, don't they use a real old fashioned like 6 pin plug or something?
pcgamer6 2 years ago
Yes that's right! I had the six pin connector (which can be seen at 2:12) disconnected and the jack input added to the right. To the left is an added mains cable. The original six pin connection would have carried the mains along a six core cable from the Hammond Organ, for which it was originally designed, together with the signal (VERY dangerous!).
The modifications made to this particular Leslie were made so that anything could be plugged into it.
nickhirst999 2 years ago
NICE!!! Nothing like a good old fashioned jerry-rig right! I need to figure out haw to do that LOL.
pcgamer6 2 years ago
how much is ti ? i have one but i whant to buy this model
AndreTavira20 2 years ago
wow spot on
SimMaster 2 years ago
Incredible Your friend should be proud of this video and sound recording. Pure Floyd Sound. Outstanding Job.
Edgardo1978Music 2 years ago
what leslie and the model is he using ?
AndreTavira20 2 years ago
It's a Leslie 145 which is a the same as a 147 but with a few inches chopped off the top! Both models had the same amplifier in them (the 147) and on the Pompeii Film you can see Pink Floyd are using 3 Leslies on the backline. There is a 147 on each end and a 145 in the middle.
nickhirst999 2 years ago
about how much is a leslie? At least that model.
Queenfan778 2 years ago
This is a Model 145 and one just sold on Ebay for £460. I don't know what that is in dollars. About $800?. The 147 is the same but a few inches taller and both are considered the "classic" models. Beware! The 145 weighs 140 Lbs!
nickhirst999 2 years ago
I should add that they need to be modified if you want to plug guitars or anything other than a Hammond Organ into them, but it's not a difficult job to a qualified technician.
nickhirst999 2 years ago
also want to point out, pink floyd also used a Binson Echo Unit, and then they filtered that through the Leslie. although this sounds pretty much like the recording.
Queenfan778 2 years ago
That's a very interesting point! I've often wondered about this because certainly one or more times a member of Pink Floyd has said this. I've never had the pleasure of owning a Binson (I wish!) but I can't hear a distinct delay on the studio version or on the Pompeii version. However, there is a BBC version which I have where there is a delay of around 700ms on the opening piano "pings". Waters can be heard asking "Is that echo slow?"
Good point!
nickhirst999 2 years ago
well, i think on the recording on Meddle, there is much more of an Echo coming from the speaker, it says that the binson gives it more of a raindrop sound rather than a piano through a leslie! and i think they just used a Leslie at pompeii cuz Rick was still trying to get used what do to do live, ultimatly the organ won. but where is that BBC version at?
Queenfan778 2 years ago
Iv'e just found where I first heard the Binson was used and it's not actually a quote from any of the members of PF but from the author Barry Miles in his book on the band. I think Miles is mistaken. The original studio recording was recorded at Abbey Road and probably in the huge studio 3. This would lend the sound a lot of natural reverberation which is what you can hear on the studio recording. We recorded ours in a fairly small room with furnishings, hence it sounds "dry" in comparison...
nickhirst999 2 years ago
After recording the piano at Abbey Road, Floyd then decamped to George Martin's AIR Studio as it had just installed 16 track whereas Abbey Road only had 8. When they tried to reproduce the piano part, they couldn't get the same sound, so they used the original AR recording.
At Pompeii, Wright can be seen playing the piano part at the beginning and there is a Leslie 145 in the middle of the backline and a 147 on each end. You can see the mics on the piano and a small mixer on top of the 147.
nickhirst999 2 years ago
i made a mistake, go to wikipedia and find the song, Roger Waters plugged his Bass in the Binson for something. My bad! They did just use a Leslie for the recording! thanks for all the info. you must know alot.
Queenfan778 2 years ago
Funnily enough, the reason I put this and the "seagull" section from Echoes up on here was because I made a few edits to the page on Wikipedia and some of the jobsworth editors kept changing it! You can see some of my comments on the Echoes discussion page. Those signed NH are me! Still, I'm convinced that you're right so far as they sometimes did use the Binson as well as the Leslie live.
Cheers!
NH
nickhirst999 2 years ago
how did you play an acoustic piano through a leslie?, nice cover, Floyd rocks
khyropia 2 years ago
Thanks! There is a microphone ( a Sennheiser model 441) above the piano, which you can see at 1.35 - 1.40. The mic is plugged into the mixer which is sitting on top of the Leslie and the output from the mixer is going into the Leslie.
The sound is being picked up from the mic on the camera, hence when I move the camera nearer the piano you hear more of the actual piano sound, and when I go towards the Leslie you can hear more of the Leslie.
nickhirst999 2 years ago
Or to put it simply: we just did what they (Pink Floyd) did!
nickhirst999 2 years ago
absolutly HAUNTING! 5 out of 5!
angie4josh 2 years ago 2