Van Halen - I'll Wait (keyboard intro cover)

[lennonfan123]

Any chance of a tutorial?

[CMNameth112]

if you need music, get the van halen songbook from piano files, thats where i got it from to learn

[venetask8ter]

Hey that was a great cover. Could you make a tutorial for this video because you are the only one on youtube that had a cover of this song...at leastas far as I could tell.....please, it would be greatly appreciated

[althejazzman]

@venetask8ter Hi. As I've said before, it's been several years since I played this, so I've forgotten how to play it myself. I learnt it just by ear. I strongly encourage this and watching examples such as mine, it will make you a better musician.

[venetask8ter]

@althejazzman Oh..yeah that definitely does make things difficult. Well thanks anyway. I'll try to watch your hands and thanks for the tip.

[kissofcherrydrpepper]

i dont understand why they they could make foot pedals for keyboards...

[motleycrue24]

who's me? and why is he so darn good

[althejazzman]

@motleycrue24 Me is, well, me, and I've been playing piano and listening to rock music all my life!

[maddermofo]

If I can make a suggestion friend, why don't ya try playing the left hand octaves together and in quavers like 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and (I'm sure you knew that already!). It just makes for a much fatter and steady bassline, I use it when playing Jump!!

Now I'm off to get my keyboard and watch your video to learn that intro!!!!

[althejazzman]

@maddermofo I was probably making up for the lack of a full band. Maybe one day I'll find 4 other guys who love this song as much as I. Happy learning!

[maddermofo]

@althejazzman Cool stuff, what kind of keyboard are you using dude??!!



[althejazzman]

@maddermofo It's all in the description!

[maddermofo]

Excellent patch, excellent playing!!!!!!!



[seaweed555]

I was waiting for the drums to kick in, great job!

[althejazzman]

@MrNyalPurcell Oh to dream of starting a tribute band!

[bigtarget9]

@althejazzman i feel you

[sizedoctor]

Great sound pretty close to the Oberheim OBXA used by eddie on this song.

[ItCouldBeFatal]

DO A TUT!!! lol good job btw, keep on rocking \m/

[ionas82]

@altthejazzman I meant "I will probably get" and start to learn... not that you should btw :). p.s. currently listening to 70th and 80th albums by Jarre :)

[ionas82]

Probably get a used 1100 and start to learn. The aftertouch (though monophonic) seems to be big fun when used!!! :))) Your presentation reminds me more of Jarre than Van Halen though ;)

[althejazzman]

@ionas82 That's still a great compliment. Glad you appreciated the geekier details.

[ngirard85]

damn, you nailed the "tone"

[AttilaSVK]

I'm learning to play this song now, and you're playing it well! I also adore you, because you're playing it on a hammer action keyboard, while I'm used to the weighted or even non-weighted keyboards.

Can you send me the DX7 patch you used in the video? I'm getting a DX7 on Saturday. :)

Keep up this good work!

[althejazzman]

You're getting a real DX-7? Awesome. My DX-7 is a hardware card inside my Yamaha sound module. Therefore the way I edit it is different. I can't actually export a patch to you unless you're using the XGEdit software that I use.

[althejazzman]

Actually I've remembered it's not even that straightforward. The DX-7 makes the sound, but the MU-100 applies effects:. amp-sim, delay, envelope.

[AttilaSVK]

Thanks for the reply! Actually I managed to get a DX7II-FD yesterday :) I'll do it like this: I have a Yamaha A5000 sampler that has nearly the same effects as the MU-100 I think, so I'll hook up the DX7 to it.

[lennonfan123]

Hey Man can you do a tutorial on how to play it..

[kjluvs]

loved it!

[dsajewell]

all u need is the drums guitar and ull be set

[VacTrooper]

PERFECT!

[wildnites558]

Great but too much delay on the attack.

[gerymoon]

exelent!!!

[DrewBledsoe07]

Jealous of the keyboard pal, very nice ;) Excellent playing, but to be really picky, the 2nd time you play the opening riff, when the left hand does the quick dah,dee,dee,da(Bflat,G,A,F),Ed­die adds a roll back to Bflat, with a quick G and A. So Bflat,G,A,F,G,A then the Bflat on the next bar measure. (I probably explained that very badly, but hey listen to the original recording ;))

[pitapitasu]

Brilliant.

[Newpagan11]

Good job. That sound was really close too. Some notes were dropping out, what is that a weighted keyboard or something?

[althejazzman]

Hammer action, just like a real piano. Actually, this keyboard feels better than my upright piano! I also use aftertouch for manual vibrato. Keeps the hands on the keys!

[4545gino]

Sweet, I'll play drums for ya

[Eyelykecakex2]

Is that you Eddie? I SEE YOUR LONG HAIR.

[althejazzman]

How about that for a compliment! Yes, this is a recording of Eddie in his bedroom in 1984. Just ignore the computer keyboard and the MIDI controller keyboard that was invented in 2000.

[jonasett]

LOL XD

[Kasak1984]

I think he's got it pretty dead on. Good job man!

[rushmixtape5]

I can just hear the roar of the crowd start, I saw them live and it was awesome!!!

[althejazzman]

Why thank you kind sir for your mature and wise words!

[musicEVHman1234]

good job. only thing is between the 1st and 2nd chord, the original track doesn't repeat the 1st chord. good job otherwise.

[zidan89]

genious. good job

[EvilAL13]

GREAT job, dude! ... I was waiting for the drum cymbols and bass drums to come in!

[starfilmations]

Yeah, this sounds awesome- wanting to hear Alex bang those steel or whatever kind of drums he uses for this song!

[trucker7518]

you should make a video teaching people how to play this song

[selenawannabe]

great job! I know how to play only a little of that song on the keys. Someday I will have to learn the rest! "I'll Wait" I guess! lol! great job tho! Don't let those others get you down on the timing. A lot of others ppl can't even play the boards at all!

[goodtimes12342]

Doesn't sound like you were playing along with the song. Your off tempo in a few areas, the bassline starts a quarter measure too late. The beginning was played wrong. If that was your rendition, then cool, but tighten it up more before you show people "how to play it".

[althejazzman]

What?

If it everyone else likes it, and I did indeed play it perfectly in time with the original, then your judgement must be out. Sorry.

Or perhaps you'd like to elaborate and make your criticism constructive.

[goodtimes12342]

As I stated. Among other things, the bassline starts a quarter measure too late. It was constructive criticism. How should I elaborate on that? It's pretty self explanatory. Listen to your rendition, then listen to the cd. You'll see what I mean

[althejazzman]

I don't think I can be bothered with YouTube arguments. Its all too subjective and opinionated. We're both wrong. There you go.

[LiquorWreckedEm]

Screw anyone who criticizes this vid, its great. A hell of a lot better than most of us losers can do. Sing in a version, would kick arse.

[Awake1077]

Ah I miss my MU100R:)

[TheCryingMachine]

Hey! It's great!

[MusiciansQuarters]

Good job! ;-) whats that setup?

rock on!!

[mwdayv]

with hagar eddie did the keyboards live

[Mixedgrill2]

Perfect - timing right on the mark, or close enough for me to wish I could play it like that.

[althejazzman]

Well I'll be honest: I played it along with the CD. But I'm sure I could play it near enough without the CD.

[ml2355]

great job althejazzman u rock.

[Mainrollman]

killer!!!!!

[Schublade45]

Nice!

[Muzakpunk]

Nice job. One of the best synth oriented songs of the 80's.

I saw them the other night and they either had the keyboard parts on tape or someone backstage playing. I thought that was a bit lame.

[althejazzman]

Yeah, Eddie wrote all the keyboard parts, but of course he couldn't play that live as everyone expected him to play guitar, so it was always just backing tape for keyboard parts. I would have played for them (jk)!

[Chinchberg]

Boo-hoo, the man only has 2 hands. It rocked!

[synthartist69]

I think he uses a sequencer with the OBXA or OB8 backstage.

[nickrock23]

youre my hero man. i never sat down and tried to learn this one. my fav. song on 1984 too!! awesome!!! im gonna go try to learn it now!!

[Rymo18]

That was totally awesome!

[tittyslave]

awesome

[west6970]

just not the same without drums. drums make the song, dude.

[althejazzman]

However, this shows how the keyboard part is played, not how to drum it. It's not supposed to be a cover, it's an example of the keyboard part, because I enjoyed learning it, so I thought I'd share what I learnt.

[west6970]

don't take my comment the wrong way, it was good. just needs a beat dude. why did'nt you program percussion on your keyboard that would rock.i would lite my lighter as i listened....

[althejazzman]

Again, I suppose that wasn't the point.

[GameMisconduct2]

Nice job, that was tight.

[fboxberger]

Great Job, please post more...

[althejazzman]

I will post more, at some point. Could be on other instruments as well.

[rpraza4]

great job man... youre really good!

[Orchid85]

Great stuff man!

Also love the sounds of the MU100r.

How you do the vibratos? Aftertouch?

[althejazzman]

Thats right, aftertouch mapped to pitch bend 1 semitone for manual vibratos and solos leaving my left hand free for playing.

I forgot to mention the sounds are coming from an upgrade card inside the MU100R module. Its called a PLG100-DX, which is basically a hardware DX-7 synth on a circuit board, controlled by the MU100R. So proper retro 80's synthesis.

[Orchid85]

Oh yeah the DX expansion board, great piece! I'm going to buy one of this unit (mu100r) myself, and that PLG too (but I'll probably put it on the motif rack).

Again nice way to use the aftertouch! :)

Keep on rockin', man!

[Dumbfukk]

damn, what a bunch of dumbasses. youre pretty good at keyboards, regardless of whther youre just fuckin around or not. and that was pretty cool. ill bet most of these assholes and shitheads dont even have the patience to learn half of that. good job

[althejazzman]

Very wise words. Thank you!

[U2wild]

I think U R right Dumbfukk! The people that are the most critical, seem to be the ones that don't know their ass from a hole in the ground! They can't figure out how to turn on a synth, plug in a guitar, or wipe their own shitty ass! LOL

[YellowFoom]

Wish I could play like that....

[aadumlao]

Great job on the keyboard. Sounds good!

[JamalDOA2]

Pretty good man

[datgrlstef]

I think you did an awesome job! :) Gotta love this song!

[Forbied]

Yeah, in the original song, I think that the bassline is played by uhm... a bass. The treble side was really good, but most of the intro to the song is the layered effect of starting out with the synth, then the bass and the drum rock beat, then guitar.

With just the synth piano, the song just doesn't have the same feeling. You played it correctly, but it really doesn't sound like the song after 30s. Maybe you could hit the left hand harder?

[althejazzman]

I could add drums. I could do the whole song but this is just an example of what the keyboard intro sounds like. I could delete the line in recorded keyboard sound. and just use the sound the camera recorded. which includes the original song playing from my speakers. I played along with it anyway.

[bigbeck65]

Wow! You are awesom......ely bad! Don't quit your day job. I would not think you're miming because you suck, and it sounds nthing like the song.

[althejazzman]

Right....What is the point in saying that. Is this not a place to show appreciation or otherwise worthy CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. You seriously need to justify that, or your comment is worthless, because I see no backed up reasoning in your arguement.

You say I suck - why? Why is it nothing like the song.

You useless waste of webspace. Show me whats wrong, do it better, or leave.

[ivory1029]

what a fuckstick