keybdwizrd - Havana (original improvisation)

[ynceraj]

Love it!

Thanks for posting!

[mycellery]

Wow thats quite a collection of keyboards!! Whats doing the drum beat? is that the MicroX?

[keybdwizrd]

@mycellery Yes, it's the Micro X.

[Noebaco]

You are fantastic my respet is for you and god bless you.

[keybdwizrd]

@Noebaco Thank you very much!

[keybdwizrd]

It is a Yamaha Motif 6.

[elementellGK]

dang, if you have a son, he is one lucky-ass child, i see you love your access virus, i wanna get one, later in the far future though.... you should do a korg emx tutorial! or favorite presets.

[ryuson2000]

I came....

[Alexoneil]

This is absolutely fantastic. I don't know how you do it.

[keybdwizrd]

Thanks - I just love playing!

[Alexoneil]

Your hands are magical. I've tried to do multiple keyboards, but I'm just not good enough even to do one properly, and my left hand is rather terrible :)

[LubricatedBeat]

well done my friend. Brilliant composure.

[keybdwizrd]

Thank you very much!

[14u2ctv1]

i like e minor and d minor better :)

[newpro5657]

C minor. My fave and this vid is one of the best out there. All the big names like c minor...Beethoven, Mozart, Rachminoff and Chopin. Rach's 2nd Piano Concerto...top on my list, right next to Havana!

Hope you will post some more out here and vimeo. Got the canopus and it works great.

Sam

[jobu0101]

nice

[VacTrooper]

that is pretty cool!

[bubblabu]

Very cool - very well done!

[infiniteandladydj]

awesome video! :) Keep on rockin'!!

[Damien6ix]

we should play together, some crazy free industrial rock !!! :)

[keybdwizrd]

It's not a softsynth - it's an electric piano patch on the Virus TI.

[rdsoldierqc1]

ta dlaire geler comme une balle

[trebor5319]

this is one of my favourite tracks

what key is it in C minor?

keep up the good work.best regards trebor5319

[keybdwizrd]

Yes it is, thanks.

[milestonedd]

really good playing and very insipirational

[keybdwizrd]

Thanks; I have lots of fun playing stuff like this.

[erikderoo46]

midlife crisis GONE WRONG

[jeanniecat]

I've read your forum posts and been to your site. Your vids are cool. What kind of camera and software do you use?

[keybdwizrd]

Thanks. The videos are done with a Sony DCR-DVD403 camcorder recording directly into my Mac using a Canopus ADVC-100 firewire converter box. The audio is recorded direct by sending an output from my keyboard mixer directly into the Canopus box. Everything is recorded and edited using Apple's iMovie program.

[RuffSoldier]

Yup, i'll buy the CD too if available.. This has a touch of Joe Satriani ;-) NICE.!!

[wolffman7000]

fuckin amazing playin' man...do you have like cds i can download

[mikamulperi]

Stunning performance. Good Job!

[keybdwizrd]

Thanks!

[lageddong]

virus ti... motif.... microx....

oh my got

[MysteryMan307]

Is it in C minor? I LOVE that key.

[hazza59]

i think if it's C it's minor. He frequently hits an E flat so I reckon it's minor.

[MysteryMan307]

yeah it's definitely C minor cuz he hits Eb, Bb,and Ab

[hazza59]

oh sorry i thought you said c major in your comment and i was correcting you. i must learn how to read sometime. lol

[cyberwaffles]

holy crap that sounds so awesome! that intro made my body tingle. i'm a game programmer and you have the style of music that i would love for my games.

[godclldnsck2day]

id like to know if theres been any drug influences

[keybdwizrd]

Not that I am aware of.

[chickend0g]

Great!

[pentafam]

I noticed some of your songs can be bought. Can you bring this one out as mp3, it is my favorite!!

[billpile]

is this guy related to Jan Hammer????

[JuLew3105]

Ur a genius!

[keybdwizrd]

Not really, but thanks anyway!

[Joshplaysinstruments]

but you're really good

[soundgods]

such good taste

[CKnoxW]

I'm just wondering, why get a Virus Polar when the 61 key model (last I checked) was the same price? Sorry if I sound rude.

[keybdwizrd]

No apologies necessary - I just came across a Polar in a store and thought it looked cool.

[pentafam]

Words lacking..

 wow....

[Analkalle]

very nice improvisation!

[casarojo]

NICE!!!

[beebux]

Is your Yamaha a MO-6 or 8 ?

[keybdwizrd]

It is a Motif 6, the original model.

[muppetshow76]

gud machen!!!well done bravo

[mikosoft]

That's the most typical Yamaha guitar sound one can ever hear :D But sounds okay

[faktablad]

Being a keyboardist myself, it seems to me that even the best keyboard guitar emulators sound goofy. For me, there's no substitute for the real thing.

[bel303]

Awesome! you know how to live the music :)

[diemidimonsterdie]

You and Jan Hammer. Reminds me a bunch of the stuff Jan did for Beyond the Mind's Eye computer animation video from way back. Both of you have the guitar emulation down. I highly recommend the soundtrack to "Beyond the Minds Eye". Listen to track 11. The song is called "Midnight". Really tune your ears in around the 1:30 time mark. Also keep in mind this stuff was recorded somewhere around 1991-1992. Keep up the amazing work keybdwizrd.

[keybdwizrd]

Thanks, I am very familiar with Hammer's work. I used to have the Mind's Eye videos - I think I do - I should go watch them again!

[kletus95]

tu joue vraiment bien

[tanjongkatong999]

Thank you for good performance.

How about you use foot keyboard to control microX?

[keybdwizrd]

I suppose I could try that!

[jefcitron]

you are a very good keyboarder

great

[mikethompsonmusic]

Excellent Michael :)

[phine84]

awesome guitar sound. what keyboard did that guitar sound come from? is it a motif es?

[keybdwizrd]

The guitar sound is a factory preset on the Motif. My Motif is the first model - not the ES.

[cocooXX]

so sir did u work any singer? and do u wanna help some singer about music beats cause u r so good music man pliiz listen ma friends

[StudioF]

awesome

[kaskanika]

very, very cooooollll!!!!

[keybdwizrd]

Thanks!