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#339465 - 02/12/12 07:16 AM Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight
Dnj Senior Member Registered: 09/21/00 Posts: 43703	Alan really does this song justice love the arrangement. I've been lucky to do some business with Alan also ... top notch all the way! Enjoy there are many more on You Tube also.. Standard Trax Edited by Dnj (02/12/12 07:20 AM)
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#339468 - 02/12/12 08:30 AM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: Dnj]
hammer Senior Member Registered: 01/27/08 Posts: 2403 Loc: Texas	Now this I can listen to all day long! Reminds me a lot of the early Andre Previn and Peter Nero stuff. Deane
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#339474 - 02/12/12 08:56 AM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: Dnj]
travlin'easy Senior Member Registered: 12/08/02 Posts: 15576 Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA	Love it! _________________________ PSR-S950, TC Helicon Harmony-M, Digitech VR, Samson Q7, Sennheiser E855, Custom Console, and lots of other silly stuff! K+E=W (Knowledge Plus Experience = Wisdom.)
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#339480 - 02/12/12 09:17 AM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: hammer]
Bachus Senior Member Registered: 03/02/06 Posts: 7143	Originally Posted By: hammer Now this I can listen to all day long! Reminds me a lot of the early Andre Previn and Peter Nero stuff. Wehn i am in the right mood, this great played music certainly has its place. Alan allways keeps surprising me. What even more surprises me is the fact that he seems one of the very few keyboardistst that uses 3 keyboards and some modules on top of that... _________________________ Yamaha Genos, Roland Jupiter 80, Ipad pro. http://keyszone.boards.net
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#339487 - 02/12/12 10:38 AM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: Dnj]
Stephenm52 Senior Member Registered: 04/13/05 Posts: 5126 Loc: USA	Excellent right up my alley I too could listen to this all day long!! Thanks for posting.
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#339514 - 02/12/12 04:52 PM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: Dnj]
Mockie Member Registered: 04/05/08 Posts: 310 Loc: Dublin Ireland	This is top quality stuff, great playing and recording sound quality. What gear is Alan using? Are these sounds all coming from modules or from the keyboards we see in the video? Beautiful _________________________ Roland Juno DS-88 Roland BK-7m. Midi Accordion
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#339515 - 02/12/12 05:05 PM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: Dnj]
DonM Senior Member Registered: 06/25/99 Posts: 16735 Loc: Benton, LA, USA	Looks, and sounds, as if at least the styles are coming from BK7M. Maybe lead voices too, not sure, be he seems to be changing Performances from it. DonM _________________________ DonM
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#339524 - 02/12/12 05:59 PM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: Dnj]
ianmcnll Senior Member Registered: 07/27/05 Posts: 10606 Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada	According to his web site, Alan uses: "One weighted Yamaha KX-88 mother board (old but built like a tank and the action is awesome) and two synths with Emu samplers and various expanders plus bass pedals and two drum units - all live - no extra help required!" The other keyboards appear to be a Yamaha SY-99 and a Korg synth (not sure of the model) above it. The drum machines have been the same ones for quite some time...the one on his left, that he plays live fills on with his fingers, looks like a Boss. He uses no auto accompaniment and no arranger modules, but plays all parts live. He is one of my favorite keyboard players...he makes it look so easy...wicked bass pedal playing! I love his arrangement of You Don't Know Me. Ian PS...He says he was heavily influenced by Oscar Peterson. _________________________ Yamaha Tyros4, Yamaha MS-60S Powered Monitors(2), Yamaha CS-01, Yamaha TQ-5, Yamaha PSR-S775.
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#339530 - 02/12/12 06:36 PM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: Dnj]
DonM Senior Member Registered: 06/25/99 Posts: 16735 Loc: Benton, LA, USA	What appeared to me to be BK7m must have been an old black drum machine. He must be really good playing bass pedals. DonM _________________________ DonM
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#339534 - 02/12/12 06:45 PM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: Dnj]
ianmcnll Senior Member Registered: 07/27/05 Posts: 10606 Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada	Yep...the drum machine on the left does look like a BK-7M...probably because it's more than likely a Boss DR-series and they are made by Roland. He's had that same one in videos dating back quite a while. And yes, DonM, the whole performance is made extra impressive considering he's playing all parts "live"...even when he is using just right hand and bass pedals, it never really sounds like it's missing anything. He is so smooth that it looks deceptively easy. Ian _________________________ Yamaha Tyros4, Yamaha MS-60S Powered Monitors(2), Yamaha CS-01, Yamaha TQ-5, Yamaha PSR-S775.
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#339537 - 02/12/12 07:20 PM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: Dnj]
124 Senior Member Registered: 01/01/09 Posts: 2195	Well, whatever gear he's using, the end result is something lovely and very easy on the ear. Thanks for posting the vid, Donny.
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#339544 - 02/12/12 08:16 PM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: Mockie]
ianmcnll Senior Member Registered: 07/27/05 Posts: 10606 Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada	Originally Posted By: Mockie What gear is Alan using? Are these sounds all coming from modules or from the keyboards we see in the video? I hope some of the above posts answered your question, Mockie. Ian _________________________ Yamaha Tyros4, Yamaha MS-60S Powered Monitors(2), Yamaha CS-01, Yamaha TQ-5, Yamaha PSR-S775.
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#339609 - 02/13/12 10:04 AM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: ianmcnll]
Mockie Member Registered: 04/05/08 Posts: 310 Loc: Dublin Ireland	Originally Posted By: ianmcnll [quote=Mockie] I hope some of the above posts answered your question, Mockie. Ian Yes Ian, a bit of valuable but sobering info. He really is a beautiful player with a lovely touch. _________________________ Roland Juno DS-88 Roland BK-7m. Midi Accordion
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#339654 - 02/13/12 04:29 PM Re: Alan McPike Teach Me Tonight [Re: Dnj]
Walt Tenay Member Registered: 12/27/99 Posts: 218 Loc: Rutherfordton, NC	Originally Posted By: Dnj Alan really does this song justice love the arrangement. I've been lucky to do some business with Alan also ... top notch all the way! Enjoy there are many more on You Tube also.. Was emailing Alan about some work and mentioned this posting. He said to tell all interested he is using: Drum machines are an SR16 for patterns and left hand hits and a Boss DR880 plays all the sounds. Keyboards are YAMAHA KX88 mother ; YAMAHA SY77 - both midi-ed to an EMU sampler and a Korg Trinity on top with roland PK5 bass pedals Thanks for the nice comments - Alan Walt Walt Tenay Keyboard Studios Standard Trax
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