I never "got into" Genesis until the mid-1980's... But then I bought the back catalogue & listened to them all quite intently. *_"In that Quiet Earth"_* had always reminded me of the theme music to the Leonard Nimoy Television series, *"In Search Of"* ...
Fabulous to watch and hear this. You've got these parts nailed, and it's so enjoyable to see someone this gifted and clearly passionate about what he does. There are so many appalling YT videos of truly misguided attempts to recreate Tony's parts, but you're the real deal! Unfortunately I sold my RMI, Mellotron, Pro Soloist and Hammond as they were becoming too hard to maintain, but I still have my clutch of Phase 100s, CE-1s et al, and I can recreate all those sounds for my 'Genesis jam' nights! All power to you, mate.
Another great effort, this song medley was one of the last truly Genesis moments, before they went in a different song direction. Can't wait to hear your next cover.
Loooove this tune and the 1977 version! Phil killed it on drums every time - and they left that out on the Seconds Out album (together with other fantastic live renditions) 😕. Very interesting scales here. The ProSoloist might have been a little spartan by then, compared to the rich keyboard textures of the WAW album, but it has such a beautiful tone and fits so perfectly with the Hammond organ. Haha, I guess this is one of the very rare instances where Tony improvised. Wonderful job as always!
Interestingly, this very Pro Soloist patch was used, an octave higher, for the preceding section they did NOT play live, “Unquiet Slumbers…”. Just like Entangled.
@@mattthomasoverdrive4514 Yeah, Unquiet Slumbers is also a gorgeous tune. Would have been a moment for Steve Hackett to shine on the classical guitar. You have an excellent ear for synth patches! BTW: how did you figure out all the Hammond drawbar settings? A lot is too hard to figure out in the mix and drawbar settings are rarely shown in visual media. Most film or video footage is of too low resolution and only a few photos show the drawbars (or tone tabs, since Tony played spinets) - with the added problem of figuring out what tune this was from. But I consider you THE source of Tony's keyboards. I don't take it for granted that you share all this very valuable information.
In the past year I had found a manual for the T series Hammond organs in an online archive. It lists the drawbar settings for both manuals (3 on upper, one on lower). That unlocked everything for me!
@@mattthomasoverdrive4514 Awesome! Thank you for the information! My humble opinion still stands: I know they are too big and heavy, but Tony would have sounded even better with a console Hammond.
@@truefilm6991 I'm not so sure about that. I think that Tony was never into being a proper Hammond player. With this i'm just saying that in my opinion he saw the Hammond Organ as more of a polyphonic synth, instead of an electric church organ. He never cared for the fast leslie setting, only the slow speed (as a matter of fact, in the earlier years he had 2 leslies that were hand made, because real Leslies were too expensive for them. And these ran even slower than real Leslies. You can hear this info in the radio interview with Rick Wakeman) He also never used their vibrato settings. And never did the "typical" Hammond techniques such as changing drawbars on the fly (he always opted for the tab presets right?) or sliding up and down the keyboard for that crescendo effect. Maybe because of all of this the spinets were the perfect match for him (?
fun fact: In That Quiet Earth is the most-performed Genesis song that has never been released live. This includes the Archive boxsets, but not video releases.
I am making a documentary on RMI. I interviewed their parent company Allen Organ but they didn't have much from RMI. Sadly their CEO wasn't interested in the idea of making any VST's or emulations in the foreseeable future. If it isn't inconvenient I'd like to hear your thoughts on the instrument and maybe some photos to better understand the instruments circuitry.
When he moved to the Prophet 10 he used a double organ patch tuned an octave apart, giving him four “drawbars”, but only 5 note polyphony. That’s why he uses one manual in the concert videos from the 80s.
What are you using for the Mellotron? I have the Streetly Electronics Mellotron plug in for iOS and they included the "Watcher" preset (all from the original tape sets).
Im like a kid in a candy store. Thanks ever so much Matt. You're theeee best.
I never "got into" Genesis until the mid-1980's... But then I bought the back catalogue & listened to them all quite intently.
*_"In that Quiet Earth"_* had always reminded me of the theme music to the Leonard Nimoy Television series, *"In Search Of"* ...
pls dont stop posting these masterpieces
Beautiful playing Matt. Bravo man!
All in a mouses night please.
Joyful - The mysteries and inner Banks secrets are cleared here, wonderful work Matt!
Tony had such a unique organ sound.
Fabulous to watch and hear this. You've got these parts nailed, and it's so enjoyable to see someone this gifted and clearly passionate about what he does. There are so many appalling YT videos of truly misguided attempts to recreate Tony's parts, but you're the real deal!
Unfortunately I sold my RMI, Mellotron, Pro Soloist and Hammond as they were becoming too hard to maintain, but I still have my clutch of Phase 100s, CE-1s et al, and I can recreate all those sounds for my 'Genesis jam' nights!
All power to you, mate.
All the other missing Instruments and voices are playing in my head, but I don't really miss them....#goosebumps 😊
Ohhhhhh wow! Thats amazing! Goosebumps!
Another great effort, this song medley was one of the last truly Genesis moments, before they went in a different song direction. Can't wait to hear your next cover.
The organ sound is killing' AWESOME ❤
welcome back! great to see you again. 😃
Absolutely fantastic. Thanks Matt
Excelente cover de génesis ❤
Such a great video. I listened to Tangerine Dream last night. I LOVE Rick Wakeman. Mike Oldfield, Tomita and Kraftwerk
Loooove this tune and the 1977 version! Phil killed it on drums every time - and they left that out on the Seconds Out album (together with other fantastic live renditions) 😕. Very interesting scales here. The ProSoloist might have been a little spartan by then, compared to the rich keyboard textures of the WAW album, but it has such a beautiful tone and fits so perfectly with the Hammond organ. Haha, I guess this is one of the very rare instances where Tony improvised. Wonderful job as always!
Interestingly, this very Pro Soloist patch was used, an octave higher, for the preceding section they did NOT play live, “Unquiet Slumbers…”. Just like Entangled.
@@mattthomasoverdrive4514 Yeah, Unquiet Slumbers is also a gorgeous tune. Would have been a moment for Steve Hackett to shine on the classical guitar. You have an excellent ear for synth patches! BTW: how did you figure out all the Hammond drawbar settings? A lot is too hard to figure out in the mix and drawbar settings are rarely shown in visual media. Most film or video footage is of too low resolution and only a few photos show the drawbars (or tone tabs, since Tony played spinets) - with the added problem of figuring out what tune this was from. But I consider you THE source of Tony's keyboards. I don't take it for granted that you share all this very valuable information.
In the past year I had found a manual for the T series Hammond organs in an online archive. It lists the drawbar settings for both manuals (3 on upper, one on lower). That unlocked everything for me!
@@mattthomasoverdrive4514 Awesome! Thank you for the information! My humble opinion still stands: I know they are too big and heavy, but Tony would have sounded even better with a console Hammond.
@@truefilm6991 I'm not so sure about that. I think that Tony was never into being a proper Hammond player. With this i'm just saying that in my opinion he saw the Hammond Organ as more of a polyphonic synth, instead of an electric church organ. He never cared for the fast leslie setting, only the slow speed (as a matter of fact, in the earlier years he had 2 leslies that were hand made, because real Leslies were too expensive for them. And these ran even slower than real Leslies. You can hear this info in the radio interview with Rick Wakeman) He also never used their vibrato settings. And never did the "typical" Hammond techniques such as changing drawbars on the fly (he always opted for the tab presets right?) or sliding up and down the keyboard for that crescendo effect.
Maybe because of all of this the spinets were the perfect match for him (?
Superb! Thanks for this!
The ProSoloist sounds great - but it can't quite manage the multi-oscillator 2600 sound required for the solo at 2:35.
The Synclavier during the 80s tours definitely came closer.
fun fact: In That Quiet Earth is the most-performed Genesis song that has never been released live.
This includes the Archive boxsets, but not video releases.
I guess the closest we have is the Mama Tour concert video. Not too shabby!
I am making a documentary on RMI. I interviewed their parent company Allen Organ but they didn't have much from RMI. Sadly their CEO wasn't interested in the idea of making any VST's or emulations in the foreseeable future. If it isn't inconvenient I'd like to hear your thoughts on the instrument and maybe some photos to better understand the instruments circuitry.
Sure, I’d be happy to take part. Please contact me at mattthomasoverdrive@gmail
Can you do all in a mouse's night next?
It will happen eventually!
Never realized the chords were dual-register in Afterglow.
When he moved to the Prophet 10 he used a double organ patch tuned an octave apart, giving him four “drawbars”, but only 5 note polyphony. That’s why he uses one manual in the concert videos from the 80s.
What are you using for the Mellotron? I have the Streetly Electronics Mellotron plug in for iOS and they included the "Watcher" preset (all from the original tape sets).
Check out my closing credits, I always list what I’ve used. GForce M-Tron Pro with Streetly libraries. AudioThing Outer Space for Space Echo.
Man, thats complicated stuff. As most of the old Genesis music. If I look at the music that comes out nowadays....
Mr Thomas
Not a fan of that keyboard sound, but played well!