Still awaiting the arrival of my Korg PA500
I have meanwhile entered another PA80 recording on YouTube. Hope you like it,I did a lot of programming then to get the arrangement that I wanted....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZvgawOFiB8

Technically its great stuff espescially the multi vocals part.

But the arrangement distracts me from the story the song wants to tell me. MAybe thats because this dutch version of the song is one of my all time greatetst favourites, just because of its simplicity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T4uKZvorAc

Hi Bacchus,

No comparison really. Guus Meeuwis is one of Holland's most famous male singers, and the equipment he uses will be multifold of mine.
His arrangement however is pretty close to the original arrangement of Ralph McTell in the sixties. It is exactly that what I am trying to avoid using my keyboard in the livingroom. Find another totally different arrangement for a song. You may want to check my recent rendition of Brown Eyed Girl simply with acoustic guitar, it makes my point entirely. Whether anyone likes it is another matter of course. There is no accounting for tastes.
Thank you for your swift and sincere reaction.
John

As a neutral party, all I can say is "great job"; I loved it.

Bernie

I really liked it John. Great job on the PA80.
skude

John,

Really loved the rendition you posted.

Gary

John ... nice job ... good to see someone posting some music ...
t.

I liked it so well that I sent it out to all my email list musician members around the world to enjoy also.
This is a fine arrangement.
Thank you for sharing.
Bebop

Thank you for your feedback and compliments.
I guess that over the last twenty years I almost spent more time programming and tweaking sounds than actual playing,which is a shame of course. But these arranger monsters have so many programmable possibilities that one has to be careful not to get lost in them altogether. That is one reason that I am even kinda dreading the arrival of the Korg PA500 that I have ordered, cause knowing myself there will be no stopping me. And God knows how time consuming sound and style programming is.
But having said that I think I also realize that by far too many musicians, most of them far better than yours truly, hardly get beyond the pre-programmed stuff that is in all of these beast. Certainly these days.
I recall that in the previous decade, even if you bought a good Roland arranger keyboard you were immediately forced to try and start programming yourself cause the factory presets were totally awful. But these days, Yamaha is an outstanding example , the default programmes are excellent and do not really invite the musician to truly explore the depths, and therefor musical possibilities , of the keyboard they are playing on. But then again, I guess it's ultimately the music that counts.......

Have send you an email John