I'll never forget the first time I was in a music store and the demonstrator turned on the Leslie speaker and the sound was just thrown all around the room, circling my head, the walls, it was everywhere.

Then watching him emphasis a phrase by making the Leslie turn faster creating an orgasmic sinoidal dance.

I was blown away and that experience was one of the reasons I was determined to learn to play the keyboard.

Yup .... it's that "on/off" of the leslie speed that really adds life to the performance. You can just hold down a chord for 12 measures and it can come to life with the right emphasis!

Thats the truth.

I confess my ignorance about specific organ hammond playing techniques. Does somebody know this book?: http://www.berkleemusic.com/store/product?product_id=54810&category_id=3

-- José.

I was turned on to a band called Niacin just the other day. Check'm out. A drummer, a bassist and a keyboardist. And they're all great musicians. They base their sounds around the B3.... hence the name Niacin (vitamin b3).

Peace
Bob
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Now that's gotta be cool

gotta be a royal flush (a winning hand) or band in this case. - Scott

If your are a Hammond B3 Afficianado, check out my Jazz Piano teachers website which I designed for him last year. He is a Hammond B3 player and gigs with the beast. He uses a cut down version with a Leslie 122.
http://www.jeremybaum.com

One thing I really like to do when I'm playing the organ with our 122 at church is to unplug the the slow motors. This not only gives a nice brake effect but having the bass rotor's slow motor unplugged causes the drum to decelerate at a MUCH slower pace, giving it a nice drag effect. It really emphasizes the music

This thread is already more than a week old, but I think that you might find the following interesting:

for those who love the tonewheel sound and are especially interested in the playing technique, check out this demo-video: http://www.ke-musik.dk/ShowArticles.asp?Close=No&ID=1070

This demo is mostly done on the "new" B3 and the XK2 with the virtual tonewheels, but to my ears it all sounds very authentic! This proves also that the playing technique and the proper Leslie amplification make about 75% of the sound. I guess this organ player can even make an organ on a cheap keyboard sound great.

BTW: his name is Leon Kuypers and he just happens to be Dutch

Anyway, I hope the Hammond devotees among you enjoy this video.

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Tom NL