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kshacklett
Forum Newbie Joined: November 27 2008 Location: Reno, NV Status: Offline Points: 12 |
Topic: ELP tribute Posted: February 13 2009 at 18:19 |
Thanks. Glad you found my videos. I hope to get some or all of the 2nd Impression on soon. Then it's time to bare all and post some original stuff.
I'm surviving right now, but if I get my ducks in a row I'll work on getting a tribute going.
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Greywoolfe
Forum Newbie Joined: February 13 2009 Location: Kent, UK Status: Offline Points: 10 |
Posted: February 13 2009 at 09:33 |
Mate, you're brilliant! I watched Karn Evil 9, Hoedown and Toccata- what can I say, apart from note-for-note perfect. I sincerely hope you find a Greg Lake soundalike and someone who can drum like Carl Palmer. Utterly amazing stuff- keep it up!
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21st Century Schizoid Fan.
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kshacklett
Forum Newbie Joined: November 27 2008 Location: Reno, NV Status: Offline Points: 12 |
Posted: December 23 2008 at 04:29 |
Oops, I thought my last reply would appear under the comment I replied to, like youtube comments. I was replying to Carnival9uk's post of Dec 11.
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kshacklett
Forum Newbie Joined: November 27 2008 Location: Reno, NV Status: Offline Points: 12 |
Posted: December 23 2008 at 04:25 |
I watched the youtube right after you posted about it. I thought I commented but I just now went there and found no comments. I meant to say: Nice job with everything. Must be fun being in the band. I wonder all kinds of stuff...where you play...do you have a nice following...do you ever actually get paid for playing such good stuff...do the young women run screaming when they hear ELP... Has Keith, Greg or Carl ever thrown you a bone... etc.
You're in England, right? Wish I could afford to run over there and sit in.
Keep on keeping the fire burning.
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The Whistler
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 30 2006 Location: LA, CA Status: Offline Points: 7113 |
Posted: December 23 2008 at 02:57 |
You also weren't stabbing knives into your keyboards...but that might hurt the equipment, so maybe it's for the best. Heh.
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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harmonium.ro
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989 |
Posted: December 22 2008 at 16:40 |
excellent stuff!
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micky
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Posted: December 22 2008 at 15:49 |
yep... the classic Emerson style
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kshacklett
Forum Newbie Joined: November 27 2008 Location: Reno, NV Status: Offline Points: 12 |
Posted: December 22 2008 at 12:22 |
Of course to REALLY be authentic I'd have to have keyboards opposite each other. It's slightly easier to play the stuff without having to whirl around. I used to do the two stacks but it takes up too much room in my studio.
Thanks for checking it out.
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The Whistler
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 30 2006 Location: LA, CA Status: Offline Points: 7113 |
Posted: December 22 2008 at 04:32 |
Wow. Real neat, got a big ole kick outta hearing "Thick as a Brick" (a big duh) and "Karn Evil 9;" the latter explaining a lot of how Keith woulda done it on stage.
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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micky
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Posted: December 11 2008 at 18:18 |
that was.. .hahah... impressive Steve.
Need to check out that youtube clip of Rondo... micky love him some Rondo |
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micky
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Posted: December 11 2008 at 16:54 |
awesome Steve.. .checking it out.
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carnival9uk
Forum Newbie Joined: December 11 2008 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 2 |
Posted: December 11 2008 at 16:53 |
Hi,
I play for the UK ELP tribute 'NODDYS PUNCTURE'.
I have been incorporating the percussion section of ELP's 'Tocatta' into the drum solo, including certain keyboard lines too:
Enjoy!
Cheers,
Steve
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kshacklett
Forum Newbie Joined: November 27 2008 Location: Reno, NV Status: Offline Points: 12 |
Posted: December 09 2008 at 13:47 |
Hmm, which to buy? I'm curious about Toccata because ELP used so little of the actual concerto. If a cover doesn't sound pretty close to ELP then it's really not an ELP cover but rather another Ginastera cover. I suppose if they maintain much of the ELP structure, including the synth/guitar duet, you could call it an ELP cover. I always assumed Keith wrote that duet, but then I've never scoured the entire original score looking for it. One thing I noticed right off was that the three piano chords right before the duet are the opening chords of the concerto.
Anyway, it's music: If someone likes it, it's good.
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micky
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Posted: December 08 2008 at 18:43 |
tried to hunt you up a youtube clip.. but in the middle of searching.. I remembered you had searched it and probably would have found it.
check this out though... probably not as good as the album I reviewed (Zeppelin covers for god's sake hahah ). or pertinent to you as a keyboardist... but if you REALLY have to hear that version of Toccata.. here it is for less than 8 bucks on another album http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Rock-Covers/dp/B000M5BD68 |
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kshacklett
Forum Newbie Joined: November 27 2008 Location: Reno, NV Status: Offline Points: 12 |
Posted: December 04 2008 at 22:04 |
Anxious to check out the album. I'm on the road on a borrowed computer so I'll get to it later. Seems like I heard two Japanese chicks doing Tarkus on two pianos recently? Very cool. Thanks for checking out my stuff.
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micky
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 20:43 |
wow... very impressive ...I swoon for Toccata...
as far as covers of Toccata... not sure if you are talking youtubers.. or ANY covers. If you haven't heard this album... do so.. it'll knock your socks off... http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=82986 |
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jammun
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Posted: December 03 2008 at 20:15 |
Spoken as a fellow keyboard player: very nice job. |
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kshacklett
Forum Newbie Joined: November 27 2008 Location: Reno, NV Status: Offline Points: 12 |
Posted: November 29 2008 at 06:41 |
Thanks for checking out my stuff. If you didn't know, Toccata is basically bits and pieces of the fourth movement of Ginastera's piano concerto. I learned the rest of ELP's stuff by ear, but I quickly gave up on the atonal Toccata until I got the two piano score of the original concerto. That was thirty three years ago. I finally put it together just recently. It's easily the most outrageous thing that ELP ever released, which is one of the reasons I like it so much. I've searched youtube and google for "ELP Toccata" and haven't found another cover. As another guy pointed out, it requires a unique case of OCD to cover such a tune.
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chopper
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Essex, UK Status: Offline Points: 20029 |
Posted: November 29 2008 at 04:28 |
That's seriously impressive Kerry. I'll check out some of your other videos.
Surely Tocatta is a cover already? |
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The Quiet One
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 16 2008 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 15745 |
Posted: November 28 2008 at 19:52 |
^no prob, cya.
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