You freakin rock!!! Emulating one of the greatest ever. I am so unbelievably jealous that I can't put into words. I am 58 years old, and I have been a HUGE fan of his my whole life. You should be EXTREMELY justified that you can pull this off. WELL DONE.
I used to have so much fun playing bass to this song, I can only imagine how much fun it must be for you to be able to play the keyboard parts the way you do.
That was great, I'm glad to see young people appreciate the brilliant work Yes has done. I would love to hear Close to the edge. Always been my favorite.
Ya, that was great. Really cool to watch the action of you moving between keyboards, as if playing the parts wasn't hard enough. Just keeping everything straight in your head with which keyboard is played next, while staying in time presents a big challenge.
You obviously have Mr. Wakeman's gift for fluidity ... you set your hands so quickly the camera didn't catch it a couple of times, yet it seemed effortless for you ..... every bit as wonderful to watch you as it was to watch those original Yes shows - and I've seen a LOT of them over the years! Just sayin'
Fantastic work, very nice. Your transcription of the parts looks dead on, and watching them played like that is such fun. I am curious about how the backing track was presented. I expected to notice any misperceptions I had about the keyboard parts watching such a fine keyboardist, but I am hearing background vocals and guitars with more clarity than the "masters" and I am hearing parts I never heard before, especially hard-panned right. I've easily listened to this song over a hundred times in my life with many a different stereo or headphones, I am surprised to hear these other parts.
Thank you! This is a good question - I'm unsure of the exact origin of the stems that I used to make the keyboard-less backing track, but I'd bet those clean, unmastered stems likely ended up making traditionally-inaudible parts a bit clearer. That, coupled with the fact that I likely didn't match the exact stereo image/panning of Rick's original keyboard tracks, which may have made the side channels a bit less cluttered.
Wakeman's ethereal chords overtop the main opening riff give me goosebumps. Imagine the feeling of being able to play it like you do. Looking for sheet music if it exists.
Great job! YES has been my favorite band since 1977 may two favorite Wakeman bits are that piano bridge you play at about 8:05 and the beginning of Awaken.
I think that both parts + the organ parts of I Get Up, I Get Down(CTTE) and the mid solo of Awaken are the most beautiful bits Wakeman ever played at Yes
nice that you can play that. I kinda wish I had a higher quality camera as I can play the bass line to that. Among many other Yes songs. But it's so cool to see a proper keyboard rendition.
I had found you a few weeks ago thanks to the Mega 64 Trailer now I've found you again with this badass cover. Imagine my face when I scrolled down a bit and found out the same guy who did the Mega 64 Podcast theme also made this awesome video! amazing job!
Haha thank you so much! I wouldn't have thought that there'd be much overlap between the Yes and Mega64 fanbases, but I guess there's at least two of us!
Thanks! Behringer really nailed the sound with their Model D, it's great especially for the price. Mine was from one of the first batches, so I'm not sure if they've changed at all since then.
Hola, sos realmente increíble, el espejo de Rick! Te he escuchado tocar otras obras de Wakeman, Quisiera saber si tenés partituras ya que yo no tengo tu talento ni oído y quiero también recrearlas. Desde el fin del mundo, BS. As. Argentina, te sigo. Rubén
This in my fav tune from Fragile albun and im hearing this since de 70's (I'm 62 yo). I play Chris Squire bass part on my Fender Jazz bass but I play instruments by ear since i was 7. I play keyboard too (My Kawai K1) and I say to you, you are an amazing talented musician. Greetings from Chile mate!
Can someone explain why brufords only move on this album seems to be disguising his singles with ghost notes and kicking the accents? It’s on roundabout and south side as well and it irks me, Alan rlly brought this track to life.
I don’t know a huge amount about modern keyboards, but I have a question: how do get the Leslie speaker effect on your Hammond emulation. Do you have a Leslie or is this an adjustable voicing, perhaps via pedal? Great, great cover. Vids like this inspire me to go back and listen to the originals. Because of watching/listening to your performance, I hear bits that sometimes get buried in the mix. Again, thank you for this vid.
Thank you! There are a number of options for Leslie emulation these days; pedals, dedicated hardware units, and that sort of thing. In this video I'm using the dedicated Leslie emulation within the Nord Electro 4 itself, which isn't perfect but certainly pairs nicely with their Hammond modelling.
The Leslie emulation actually sounds very authentic. I never noticed it in the original song, but after listening to your cover several times I’ve learned to listen for it in the original. Your covers of “Roundabout” and “Heart of the Sunrise” have really deepened my appreciation for how unique Yes’s compositional skills were when they were at their best. Nothing else sounds remotely like those songs. And being able to watch you play adds an extra dimension. I know you did these covers four or five years ago and you’ve no doubt moved on to other endeavors, but would consider doing any more Yes/Wakeman (or perhaps ELP) covers? Having been a fan of the band (especially Wakeman) for over a half-century, I really appreciate your keeping the music alive and playing it with such respect and accuracy. And thank you for responding and answering my questions!
I definitely intend to do more Yes and/or Wakeman covers at some point in the future. Its tough deciding how exactly to go about executing them, though. As time goes on, I become increasingly-inclined to want to be as faithful to the originals as possible, which requires a lot of expensive or hard-to-find equipment...it feels like merely just playing the parts doesn't mean much unless the I also can match the original sounds as well. Hope that makes sense!
@@BARxMusic Obviously your ear is better trained than mine or many of your viewers, but your covers sound very close to the originals to me. One could carry original instrumentation to the extremes … finding an original tape-driven mechanical Mellotron for example, but that would -as you note - be quite expensive and probably not worth the effort you’d have to put into maintaining it. I personally thought your “Heart of the Sunrise” cover was an almost perfect sonic reproduction of the original. I am sure your viewers are grateful for the time and effort you have put into these covers, and while I’m sure you are striving for sonic perfection, you also must realize that most of us “ long haul” Yes fans are in our 60s or older. We simply love the music and have done so for a half-century now. Watching you play it adds another dimension to our appreciation of its complexity and compositional detail. When you have the time to do more of these, you will find that we really won’t be critical if you use a Korg instead of a Rocksichord! Thank you, by the way, for reading and responding to my posts. I’m sure your time is limited and I appreciate your answering my questions and explaining your equipment choices. Thank you again.
@BARxMusic DUDE, get the fuck out of here. THAT was amazing. Lifelong Yes fan and musician,started on keys, got into guitar, bass and singing. What you just did, for such a complicated arrangement, with so many key voices and a piano, PLUS playing separated more than Wakeman's spacing...JUST INCREDIBLE WORK. Just the parts running over to play the piano pieces and flawlessly leaning into the part coming off the organ, WOW. BRAVO, Sir.
@@BARxMusic well deserved, lol. Many, even us musicians, listen to a band like Yes, bul pay more attention, granted, to Howe and Squire's fireworks. They may marvel at Wakeman, but couldn't follow his hands, can't "see" what he's doing. You gave a great glance into that world, with the right sounds/voicings, and obvious chops.
Have you ever played in a YES cover band? I did back in the early 80's. I wasn't as good as you, but pretty dam good. (Keyboards were all new and crazy in the late 70's & early 80's) Our guitar player was a Steve Howe clone. It's a shame he died in a motor cycle accident, (R.I.P. Lil' John). Our bass player was also a Chris clone! We sounded just like YES, but we couldn't get the vocals down. We were young and had energy.......kinda looked like you do too. I'm 62 years old now and could keep up with the power and energy. IMO, you should go for it. Before you know it, time catches up with you and you just can't do it anymore. Go for it my friend!
@@MongerOfStrings8222 Are you the guy playing in this video? You're really awesome! I mean that. I'm not doing the band thing anymore...too many of them getting stoned at gigs I'm serious when I play, and I had enough BS with these guys. I'm writing now. I have a Zoom 16 track recorder. No vids of me playing, but I started a new YT page to put only songs on it. My wife passed away October 1st, 2020. It hit me hard, but I wrote the saddest song for her. Check it out. I think I used about 6 tracks. ruclips.net/video/iojJuXU7O2I/видео.html
@@MongerOfStrings8222 Hold up...I do have an old video of a song I wrote for my friend who was a fire fighter on 911. The first tower came down on him, and his body was never found. Sucks, huh? Anyway, I wrote this for him about 10 years ago. ruclips.net/video/Dq3Jbwyikps/видео.html I re-recorded it on my mixing board. I'll upload it and send you the link. Sounds better with a dozen tracks swirling around your head!
Thanks! I got the stems on a website that I unfortunately can't find anymore! Must have gotten taken down or something, which sucks because there were stems for several other songs on there as well.
its probably best to have organ in the middle because its the most commonly used. i wonder if you could fit a mellotron underneath the organ, like a third manual?
Fantastic Job. I'm trying to learn this song right now. How did you get the original stems or the recording with the keyboard stems removed? Those kind of things really help me. Appreciate it!
I found the stems on a website which unfortunately doesn't seem to exist anymore. However, I've uploaded the stems here: drive.google.com/open?id=18PZYeuFBJJwEgu8sPR73Aj9SuD2XGkjO
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FYI…. When you are able to play Wakeman like that, you’re allowed to wear the cape! Well done!
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Well said !!!
You freakin rock!!! Emulating one of the greatest ever. I am so unbelievably jealous that I can't put into words. I am 58 years old, and I have been a HUGE fan of his my whole life. You should be EXTREMELY justified that you can pull this off. WELL DONE.
I didn't know Mr. Wakeman had another son. I'm no musician but I can see that you have talent.
I agree with you.
Definitely has Talent.
I used to have so much fun playing bass to this song, I can only imagine how much fun it must be for you to be able to play the keyboard parts the way you do.
Trust me, as a person who dabbles in keyboards, it is a lot of fun. You should try sometime if you get the chance.
That was great, I'm glad to see young people appreciate the brilliant work Yes has done. I would love to hear Close to the edge. Always been my favorite.
Ya, that was great. Really cool to watch the action of you moving between keyboards, as if playing the parts wasn't hard enough. Just keeping everything straight in your head with which keyboard is played next, while staying in time presents a big challenge.
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Proszę o więcej
Absolutely superb!! Nothing short of utter brilliance!! Well played!! 😊
Yes is alive and well with fans like you!
You obviously have Mr. Wakeman's gift for fluidity ... you set your hands so quickly the camera didn't catch it a couple of times, yet it seemed effortless for you ..... every bit as wonderful to watch you as it was to watch those original Yes shows - and I've seen a LOT of them over the years! Just sayin'
You got the freakiest hands I've ever seen but you play like Hell! Great
Excellent work. However, had forgotten how awesome Bill Bruford’s drum work was on this song. Killer.
That's really good, and although I know I'm going to fail miserably, you tempt me to have a go.
99.9 % accuracy. Well done!! 👍👍
I watch your vids, it inspired me, i bought, i practiced, i sold,.... i failed, but hey i can watch your vids. your the best.
You are a true master of the keyboards. More "Yes" please.
Always love to stop by to this YES song, and listen to you play it again, again, and again!
im in the same situation, i learned how to play this in almost every thing that exists on my home
@@bowgart5567 I'm a keyboard player also. I bought the Hammond SK1/88 and I think you would like it. Check it out if you haven't already.
I can only play the guitar part as I'm only self taught on keyboard and I only have a drum practice pad and sticks
Bravissimo, fantastico!
Excellent!!! You are an incredible musician. Well done.
You are a superb talent. Keep playing Yes, even if you pursue other interests. And I want your Fragile T-shirt 🤣😂
Fantastic work, very nice. Your transcription of the parts looks dead on, and watching them played like that is such fun. I am curious about how the backing track was presented. I expected to notice any misperceptions I had about the keyboard parts watching such a fine keyboardist, but I am hearing background vocals and guitars with more clarity than the "masters" and I am hearing parts I never heard before, especially hard-panned right. I've easily listened to this song over a hundred times in my life with many a different stereo or headphones, I am surprised to hear these other parts.
Thank you! This is a good question - I'm unsure of the exact origin of the stems that I used to make the keyboard-less backing track, but I'd bet those clean, unmastered stems likely ended up making traditionally-inaudible parts a bit clearer. That, coupled with the fact that I likely didn't match the exact stereo image/panning of Rick's original keyboard tracks, which may have made the side channels a bit less cluttered.
And sporting a lovely Fragile cover 👕 - nice touch.
Bravo, magnifique
Wonderful playing. Better than Rick ever played it live.
Magnificent!
Watched the excerpts video then this, have to say you are excellent! Looking forward to more from you . Thanks for uploading this for us to enjoy!
Fantastic job!!
Wakeman's ethereal chords overtop the main opening riff give me goosebumps. Imagine the feeling of being able to play it like you do. Looking for sheet music if it exists.
bro... respect
Woooow perfect, bring closer to the Edge to us
F***king insane perfect cover!!!
One of song that makes me eargasm...
Let's go man!
Beautiful
Great work, Sir. Tried it a lot, but never mastered it like you!
Great job! YES has been my favorite band since 1977 may two favorite Wakeman bits are that piano bridge you play at about 8:05 and the beginning of Awaken.
My favorite part too, when he switching between organ and piano and back
I think that both parts + the organ parts of I Get Up, I Get Down(CTTE) and the mid solo of Awaken are the most beautiful bits Wakeman ever played at Yes
Stellar
Wakeman selected the most beautiful synth sounds! Cover well done sir!
This video deserves gazillions of views. Pretty neat tones and playing. Amazing stuff
nice that you can play that. I kinda wish I had a higher quality camera as I can play the bass line to that. Among many other Yes songs. But it's so cool to see a proper keyboard rendition.
Holy cow! You are fantastic!
You are utterly amazing 😁
Dude.. the only thing missing is the cape! Spot on
I had found you a few weeks ago thanks to the Mega 64 Trailer now I've found you again with this badass cover. Imagine my face when I scrolled down a bit and found out the same guy who did the Mega 64 Podcast theme also made this awesome video! amazing job!
Haha thank you so much! I wouldn't have thought that there'd be much overlap between the Yes and Mega64 fanbases, but I guess there's at least two of us!
Great Work!!!
Great cover, and very attractive mix, as well.
Just found this and love it 👌❤️
Nicely done and great live performance ;)
NIce job. I have considered pulling the trigger on a Model D. Yours sounds nice!
Thanks! Behringer really nailed the sound with their Model D, it's great especially for the price. Mine was from one of the first batches, so I'm not sure if they've changed at all since then.
Jolly good.
Semplicemente STRAORDINARIO. Bravissimo, congratulazioni!!! 😊 👍 🤗
Amazing!! perfect! congratulatons, keep on going for the real music, greetings from Mexico.
Hola, sos realmente increíble, el espejo de Rick! Te he escuchado tocar otras obras de Wakeman, Quisiera saber si tenés partituras ya que yo no tengo tu talento ni oído y quiero también recrearlas. Desde el fin del mundo, BS. As. Argentina, te sigo. Rubén
Hola, podrías indicarme algún Link donde poder bajar partituras de Rick Wakeman? Gracias totales. Rubén, Buenos Aires, Argentina
How did you actually figure out how to play this? Did you do this entire thing by ear? If so that's incredible!
Yup, I learned it all by ear!
Genius! !
This in my fav tune from Fragile albun and im hearing this since de 70's (I'm 62 yo). I play Chris Squire bass part on my Fender Jazz bass but I play instruments by ear since i was 7. I play keyboard too (My Kawai K1) and I say to you, you are an amazing talented musician. Greetings from Chile mate!
BTW , Where did you get that T shirt with the Yes Albun cover?? I love it!
Glad you enjoyed! I got the shirt on Ebay
Without words…
OHHHHH... How did you get that stunning melotron sound??!!!
That was the RedTron MKV software plugin!
What in great fuck could two people possibly have had to gripe about this??
Brilliant!!!!
Brilliant maestro. Really enjoyed that
w o w
Oh, this is delicious... Would you be able to release the Keyboard as a separate track?
Amazing. Thank you
Wow, great job, really very close to the original, performance and soundwise ... congrats!
Genius!
damn dude... get a band! Well done. Btw-- Im using your vid to learn the song myself..thanks!
Buena.Y tienes con quien tocar?
Great, great, great...👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
This is so sick, well done
This was great! Thank you!
Damn
loved the shirt!
Outstanding!
Can someone explain why brufords only move on this album seems to be disguising his singles with ghost notes and kicking the accents? It’s on roundabout and south side as well and it irks me, Alan rlly brought this track to life.
Good job, brother.
I don’t know a huge amount about modern keyboards, but I have a question: how do get the Leslie speaker effect on your Hammond emulation. Do you have a Leslie or is this an adjustable voicing, perhaps via pedal? Great, great cover. Vids like this inspire me to go back and listen to the originals. Because of watching/listening to your performance, I hear bits that sometimes get buried in the mix. Again, thank you for this vid.
Thank you! There are a number of options for Leslie emulation these days; pedals, dedicated hardware units, and that sort of thing. In this video I'm using the dedicated Leslie emulation within the Nord Electro 4 itself, which isn't perfect but certainly pairs nicely with their Hammond modelling.
The Leslie emulation actually sounds very authentic. I never noticed it in the original song, but after listening to your cover several times I’ve learned to listen for it in the original. Your covers of “Roundabout” and “Heart of the Sunrise” have really deepened my appreciation for how unique Yes’s compositional skills were when they were at their best. Nothing else sounds remotely like those songs. And being able to watch you play adds an extra dimension. I know you did these covers four or five years ago and you’ve no doubt moved on to other endeavors, but would consider doing any more Yes/Wakeman (or perhaps ELP) covers? Having been a fan of the band (especially Wakeman) for over a half-century, I really appreciate your keeping the music alive and playing it with such respect and accuracy. And thank you for responding and answering my questions!
I definitely intend to do more Yes and/or Wakeman covers at some point in the future. Its tough deciding how exactly to go about executing them, though. As time goes on, I become increasingly-inclined to want to be as faithful to the originals as possible, which requires a lot of expensive or hard-to-find equipment...it feels like merely just playing the parts doesn't mean much unless the I also can match the original sounds as well. Hope that makes sense!
@@BARxMusic Obviously your ear is better trained than mine or many of your viewers, but your covers sound very close to the originals to me. One could carry original instrumentation to the extremes … finding an original tape-driven mechanical Mellotron for example, but that would -as you note - be quite expensive and probably not worth the effort you’d have to put into maintaining it. I personally thought your “Heart of the Sunrise” cover was an almost perfect sonic reproduction of the original. I am sure your viewers are grateful for the time and effort you have put into these covers, and while I’m sure you are striving for sonic perfection, you also must realize that most of us “ long haul” Yes fans are in our 60s or older. We simply love the music and have done so for a half-century now. Watching you play it adds another dimension to our appreciation of its complexity and compositional detail. When you have the time to do more of these, you will find that we really won’t be critical if you use a Korg instead of a Rocksichord! Thank you, by the way, for reading and responding to my posts. I’m sure your time is limited and I appreciate your answering my questions and explaining your equipment choices. Thank you again.
Superb!!!
EXCELLENT!!!!
Underrated
Excellent, I will also play this song in 2020 at a festival.....the Behringer is so much cheaper😉
Congrats. Do you have this video playing without play along? for i can play the drums over it...
A complex song, which requires mind concentration: what keyboard to play in next 4 seconds.
@BARxMusic DUDE, get the fuck out of here. THAT was amazing. Lifelong Yes fan and musician,started on keys, got into guitar, bass and singing. What you just did, for such a complicated arrangement, with so many key voices and a piano, PLUS playing separated more than Wakeman's spacing...JUST INCREDIBLE WORK. Just the parts running over to play the piano pieces and flawlessly leaning into the part coming off the organ, WOW. BRAVO, Sir.
That's very kind of you to say, thank you so much!!
@@BARxMusic well deserved, lol. Many, even us musicians, listen to a band like Yes, bul pay more attention, granted, to Howe and Squire's fireworks. They may marvel at Wakeman, but couldn't follow his hands, can't "see" what he's doing. You gave a great glance into that world, with the right sounds/voicings, and obvious chops.
Epic
Great !
DAM! You're awesome! (From one keyboard player to another)
Have you ever played in a YES cover band? I did back in the early 80's. I wasn't as good as you, but pretty dam good. (Keyboards were all new and crazy in the late 70's & early 80's) Our guitar player was a Steve Howe clone. It's a shame he died in a motor cycle accident, (R.I.P. Lil' John). Our bass player was also a Chris clone! We sounded just like YES, but we couldn't get the vocals down. We were young and had energy.......kinda looked like you do too. I'm 62 years old now and could keep up with the power and energy. IMO, you should go for it. Before you know it, time catches up with you and you just can't do it anymore. Go for it my friend!
@@joer4822 I'd love to see some vids of you playing, only if you're willing to share of course, really cool to hear that.
@@MongerOfStrings8222 Are you the guy playing in this video? You're really awesome! I mean that. I'm not doing the band thing anymore...too many of them getting stoned at gigs I'm serious when I play, and I had enough BS with these guys. I'm writing now. I have a Zoom 16 track recorder. No vids of me playing, but I started a new YT page to put only songs on it. My wife passed away October 1st, 2020. It hit me hard, but I wrote the saddest song for her. Check it out. I think I used about 6 tracks. ruclips.net/video/iojJuXU7O2I/видео.html
@@MongerOfStrings8222 Hold up...I do have an old video of a song I wrote for my friend who was a fire fighter on 911. The first tower came down on him, and his body was never found. Sucks, huh? Anyway, I wrote this for him about 10 years ago. ruclips.net/video/Dq3Jbwyikps/видео.html I re-recorded it on my mixing board. I'll upload it and send you the link. Sounds better with a dozen tracks swirling around your head!
@@joer4822 No I'm just a kid who appreciates good music
Wow this is amazing, can you please send me the isolated tracks?
Where did you get that Fragile t shirt, It's really nice.
Awesome shirt
I'm more interested in where you got the stems :) Nice job by the way...
Thanks! I got the stems on a website that I unfortunately can't find anymore! Must have gotten taken down or something, which sucks because there were stems for several other songs on there as well.
where to get such nice t-shirt?
Mejoraste muchísimo tu rig desde la primera vez que te vi, te felicito
Nice vid
Intro ducing un dis cov ered Qua ter nar y maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
Does your right hand have abnormally long fingers? Amazing playing!!!
skillz bro
Nicely done! Have you tried it with Wakeman's setup where the Mellotron and Hammond were switched with where you have yours?
its probably best to have organ in the middle because its the most commonly used. i wonder if you could fit a mellotron underneath the organ, like a third manual?
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Fantastic Job. I'm trying to learn this song right now. How did you get the original stems or the recording with the keyboard stems removed? Those kind of things really help me. Appreciate it!
I found the stems on a website which unfortunately doesn't seem to exist anymore. However, I've uploaded the stems here:
drive.google.com/open?id=18PZYeuFBJJwEgu8sPR73Aj9SuD2XGkjO
@@BARxMusic Thanks a million for that! I also use a youtube channel by Jo PH that has a lot of stems on it. Check it out if you're looking for a part.
Didn't know you can shred an organ until today
Super wykonanie ;) Zapraszam do mnie na nowości ;)
Pozdrawiam.
Hey What do you think of the Behringer Model D? Nice cover, excellent job!
Thank you! Honestly I love it, it perfectly captures that classic minimoog sound, and for the price you really can't beat it
Thank you fot the answer! You could make a review of the Behringer Model D? (Prog review haha)
4:11
the guitar does that???????????????????????????
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
im mind blown
It’s a volume pedal I’m pretty sure. She plays a chord than increases the volume gradually