SilverHammond

@majorfubar69 Hehe... ever seen a picture of yourself, watching something or someone for 10 minutes or more? You'll look bored too, probably, while you actually aren't :P

@HaywardMusic I think the speed comes from the style you're playing in. Mr. Beckingham played that fast too (even songs that would normally have a tempo of around 80-85) :)

@Matute7231 I won't be the one to hold him back :) Open or senior tournaments could be an option. I can imagine that it's not really fun anymore for a legendary once-star player such as Timman to be beaten by young people being 1/3rd of his age, but 200-250 ELO points stronger... However much I w...

@Wersiking Sorry, I see I forgot some smiley's ;) It was meant as a joke of course.

Still, I can't image why one would want 5 or more of the same organs.

(I do know someone who has 3 Hammond B3's sitting in his living and hobby room, and to be honest, I think that's "unfair"; many people are lo...

Man.... will you *stop* being so epic? Make at least a small mistake somewhere. Please. I *must* have something to nag about :(

This is just too good to be true. (And there I go again, crawling toward the organ to practice more and hope to ever reach 25% of this sort of playing....)

Nice playing :) My XH-200, which has the same sounds and sound engine often sounds crap, but I suspect it's me :P

It's too fast... But that ending was EPIC (imho).

@musicmaniac1965 Find "Muziekhuis Dera" in Heerlen, in the south of the Netherlands. He's a very good Yamaha, Roland, Hammond and also Ketron dealer. He trades in many instruments and always has a big supply of older instruments from the 90's available.

@HaywardMusic

Ah, so that's a legitimate source for those books. I had found them already; will look into it next year :P

Oh, and if you are getting this camera, do yourself a huge favor and get the VF-2 viewfinder also.

The only thing I can say is: I would love it if Zeiss, Leica or Voigtlander made a similar camera with a built-in viewfinder. The NEX-7 is not an option. The NEX-7 performance with wide angle lense...

@TheSpeer420 I bought that movie because of it, after I heard this song was used :)

@xxbluejay21 Oh, yeah. And you're right about the MP's. 10 MP was more than enough for the A4 prints I made using my 40D in the past. 24MP is just overkill for me, eating drive space and flash cards for breakfast. (I know, they're cheap, but still.) The Ricoh GXR-M is 12 MP, and does not have an ...

Your neighbours must really love you.

Don't know if I asked this before: do you have any CD's in stores? If not, then get it done. You deserve it. You're easily up there with the best of them.

Sorry to hear that you have been ill. Welcome back :)

Up until 1:25 I thought: "He's lost the bravoure :(", but at 1:25 it picks up nicely. From 1:45 onward, it starts to fly with full stops out at 2:50! Well done, as usual, and great build-up!

@iloverush123 Compared to a church organ it is "portable"; as in, you can move it, if need be :P

You have made me add some songs I didn't know before to my must-play list (on a Hammond organ... I don't know how to play stringed instruments :P), and that says it all.

Great playing.

I've played this video about 5 times now, and listened to many of your other recordings. Very good. Great playing.

I don't even know what a steel guitar is, up until now. How did I end up here....

Ah, yes, I remember. After hearing the song played on the radio, I looked it up in my library wit...

@HaywardMusic Hammond only manufactures B3-clones at the moment, and the new SK1 and SK2 with some vintage voices such as clavinet and rhodes.

I have an XH-200 myself, and the drawbars sound great, as long as you don't expect a B3. The orchestral voices are the same as the XE-2, but sound much b...

Very well done. Thanks for that; the song is on my must-play list.

Can't the Tyros keyboards (especially 3 and 4) read the chords the way Technics does with the KN7000? That'd be a shame... but then again, I always found Technics keyboards superior to the Yamaha ones, to be honest, with regard t...

Awesome...

I've owned this keyboard from 1990 up to 1996, when I switched to a KN-3000. It sounds much better than I ever remembered. I think it's because I wasn't good enough on keyboards at the time to appreciate this machine.

I wonder what I could do with it today, especially when connected ...

@brownee920 Indeed. People can say about Bob Ross whatever they want and parody his way of talking and presenting, but I think many wouldn't mind having his painting skills. I've seen most of his episodes at one time or another, and remember many of them. Sometimes, I wonder if I should just pick...

Epic organ sound on that Yamaha. Pity that never saw it fit to put some real drawbars on their organs (and pulled out of the organ market alltogether, at least in Europe)...

@MVanthoor It sounds like the Tyros' "Organ Samba" intro. Maybe it even is. The Verona can play Yamaha styles when outfitted with the OAS Arranger.

@Aggrofool Charisma is not (only) dependant on looks. Adolph Hitler was not the best looking man either, and very blunt in his speech, but still he is recognized as one of the most charismatic men of his time.

@Mizmaaa "Legend. True legend. I will never sell my old pc, because I want my child to play this game :)"

Actually, this is not such a bad idea. Planescape was a weird niche game, overlooked by many, but it is telling that many still remember it in 2011.

@Shouriko "made me get used to all the "if you could" "please" if it's not trouble for you" "I appreciate you kindness"

Nice :P Working in some sort of customer support job also teaches you that. So, maybe I could start to study Japanese with a little bit of a head start? Cool :P

@Thedaanvo To my regret I find that Mr. Lambert seems to have become a speed freak some time ago, playing everything as fast as he can (I -know- he can do otherwise), and, also regrettably, I find his Hammond-arrangements to "hard" for my taste. Wunderlich orchestrated the organ in a much softer ...