Piao Liang Blues - Nord C1 Hammond B-3 Clonewheel Organ Clavia

[aelreynol24]

Your vid is a favorite on Norway

[rounder2u]

Hi aelreynol

Yes, you are right, I just checked out the YouTube Analytics, and it made it big in Norway.

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[JohnBertotti]

You are a great inspiration! Thanks for the vids!

[rounder2u]

Thanks John Bertotti!

If I can be of some small help and inspiration for others through my clips, that's great :-)

Sharing is caring.

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[waldo2384]

The bass line concept in your last two uploads is quite similar to Hank Marr's "Greasy Spoon" and "Silver Spoon". Great stuff!

[rounder2u]

Thanks waldo!

I had to listen to some good ol' '60's Hank Marr, I havn't done done that since some time, and, yes, the bass line concept is quite similar to those two songs. My inspiration for this kind of 'pumping' bass line comes not from Marr though, but instead from Jimmy Smith's 1960 recording of 'Back at the Chicken Shack'.

Which reminds me that I really have to get my chops together and record a better version of chicken shack. My first try was lousy. Oh, well...

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[rounder2u]

To my utter amazement I see that, as of writing this Apr 8, 2011, 'Total Upload Views' have passed the one million mark.

How on earth could this happen? Must be a YouTube glitch... :-)

My heartfelt thanks goes to all of you giving my videos some of your time.

[44trinity]

GOD How do you do this!?!? >O

[rounder2u]

Hi trinity

1) Practice only the left hand, until it's fully ingrained. The left hand is The Boss.

2) Start adding the right hand.

3) Have fun :-)

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[44trinity]

@rounder2u FFFFFFFFFFF o3o

[rounder2u]

Hi trinity

You're clearly outgunning me in the smiley department :-)

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[44trinity]

@rounder2u X3

[gitrdonegit]

SUDDENLY A THIRD HAND APPEARS OUT OF NOWHERE!!! nice one again rounder!!!!

[rounder2u]

Thanks gitrdonegit!

Came to think of 'Thing T. Thing', a member of the Addams family :-)

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[AgentAndromeda]

Cool stuff Rounder, I like it. It reminds me of Booker T. Jones' stuff. Speaking of which, I am doing Green Onions in a music performance soon. Keep up the good work, you might get offered a job at a local restaurant, get locally famous, and then things could get better from there I hope.

[rounder2u]

Thanks Agent Andromeda!

Good luck with your 'onions' performance! I'm sure you'll do the song justice.

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[MyLifeChanger]

wow now I want to drop my guitar and buy a hammond organ... what should I buy, the clavia nord electro 3 or the hammond xk-1?

[rounder2u]

Thanks MyLifeChanger!

You can have the best of both worlds: keep your jazz axe and complement with the jazz organ :-)

Easy choice: the Electro 3 because it is vastly superior when it comes to the other sounds it has to offer, piano, mellotrone, etc.

But still: I highly recommend you to go for a two manual keyboard. If you check out my videos you will see that I use quite a number of techniques that require two manuals: slides, 'thumps', call & response, etc.

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[MyLifeChanger]

@rounder2u thanks for the tips! but two manual keyboards are so expensive! do you think I should try to get a used nord c-1? or are there any other good keyboards out there?

[rounder2u]

Hi MyLifeChanger

Save up for a used C1. You get a top quality B-3 clonewheel with a top Leslie sim, and also a Farfisa and a Vox in the same package. As the C1 is out of production since some time, second hand prices must be dropping.

Or if you can find yourself a used XK-33 (dual manual). It's good.

Then you also have the KeyB Duo, but I know little about it. Maybe worth checking it out.

In my full-length version of 'The Cat' I use a number of dual manual techniques.

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[knowthetruth2]

great man :)

[rounder2u]

Thanks knowthetruth!

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[CleverDjembe]

Organ playing very percussive, twitchy and reflexive =)

[rounder2u]

Hi CleverDjembe

Yeah, that's me. It even says so on my calling card :-)

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[kornfehlt]

The rounder2u-less time is gone.

Hello and thanks for posting!

[rounder2u]

Hi kornfehlt

Thanks!

I'm in it for the long haul. Might be some hiatus now and then though :-)

Keep swinging,

Rounder

[allmetaliswelcome]

nice stuff, sounds ....

bluesy i guess :)

[rounder2u]

Thanks allmetaliswelcome!

Bluesy is the word. With a bit of different blue flavours, and some walking in the later parts.

Keep swinging,

Rounder