Best synth solo....

[Flip Martian]

MoggieMinor said:

Any favourites? This is mine. Dominique Perrier and Yamaha KX5...

2.36 turn it up loud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aibQMYOiofs

When that solo first appeared on the Concerts In China album, it became my favourite all time synth solo. Years later I found online the original Chinese radio broadcast of the concerts. And that solo wasn't there! It was dubbed on afterwards (as was much else, so I've been told since). Still - fantastic solo, whether it was live or studio originally.

Otherwise - Billy Currie was my musical hero as a youngster and I love his playing to this day. He always used ARP Odyssey for the solos until 1984 when it was retired in favour of an OSCar. When Ultravox got back together in 2009 for live work, the band all play midi controllers connected to Apple Macs and soft synths. Billy's ARP solos these days (live) are him playing a midi controller connected to a copy of a software Odyssey emulation called "Oddity". He also has an electric piano on stage but there are no hardware synths as such.

There have been several discussions on a facebook group I'm on debating the hardware vs software argument. For me, although I mainly use software in my home studio, for live use it would be hardware every time. More organic and physical, I think.

Edited by Flip Martian on Saturday 7th February 10:57

[NDA]

A very underrated album - Sheffield Steel by Joe Cocker. He's playing with Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare with Wally Badarou (?) on keys.

The solo is at 2:00 but the whole track is worth listening to.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqx3YGLDRu8&li...

[Simes205]

Chimune said:

chevy-stu said:

Chimune said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XJ_s5IsQc @ 4:20.
Snarky Puppy, Lingus.

Currently my fave band of all time. If you have 10 mins just play all of Lingus.
Then buy the album (not available on Amazon) which had this concert in HD on dvd included.

I was gonna suggest Cory Henry's solo from around 4 mins30 on this... insane stuff...

They really are a tight band, stuffed full of great musicians, playing my kind of music.
I love the bit where he looks as if he just realised he could play !

I've just discovered these guys recently, my god Corey Henry (and the others) can play. The section where he's playing the lead in octaves across two keyboards, not looking playing the craziest hexatonic scales; I had to have a rest afterwards to recover.

Found a transcription of the solo.......it's pretty good,

Edited by Simes205 on Sunday 6th March 14:48

[Funk]

Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqCkihctr0w

[Bebee]

It Bites, John Beck, 'Screaming On The Beaches' with a hand synth.

[TheChampers]

garyhun said:

MoggieMinor said:

killingjoker said:

Billy Curries synth solo taken from Gary Numan's live cover of "On Broadway".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Xi35JqEDI

Awesome. One of my favourite musicians and a synth to sell your soul for...

I saw Numan (and Ultravox) live back in the late 70s and early 80s a few times - excellent stuff from Currie, always!

Not just a solo, but I watched this today, I think it was a 30th anniversary tour of TPP; totally untouched by time, still a benchmark for any electro/goth hopefuls, genius.

The definitive "early" Numan album, can't choose between Sacrifice and Splinter (probably the latter) from "later" Numan; gawd, what a sound

http://youtu.be/ZwnN3k-nMiI

[Salesy]

There can only be one synth tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dASqLXiuomY

[mp3manager]

Bebee said:

It Bites, John Beck, 'Screaming On The Beaches' with a hand synth.

God, that brings back memories of seeing them at the Glasgow Barralands, front row too, on the Once Around The World tour in 1987.

[Bebee]

mp3manager said:

Bebee said:

It Bites, John Beck, 'Screaming On The Beaches' with a hand synth.

God, that brings back memories of seeing them at the Glasgow Barralands, front row too, on the Once Around The World tour in 1987.

I remember, the lights went out and the sequencer started for 'Kiss Like Judas' then they came in, the power!!
The best live band at the time for me anyway.
I saw them about 6 times in the 80's and Frank was a big influence on me as a guitarist, as was Allan Holdsworth

[Monty Python]

Tony Banks (Genesis) - Duke's Travels/Duke's End, Home By the Sea, In The Cage (live), Firth of Fifth (live), Supper's Ready....

[anonymous-user]

Not my fave style of music but this is impressive (2mins 30 onwards):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05k8DgEXZXM

[Pixelpeep7r]

Great thread. Bookmarked

[vournikas]

Funk said:

Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqCkihctr0w

You mean this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK3qylwd-M0

[countachman]

Rick wakeman in Yes 1978 in the round shows London ...Starship Trooper. ...oh and The Revealing Science of God, Tales from topographic oceans....say no more.

[kuro]

vournikas said:

You mean this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK3qylwd-M0

Good choice, my favourite dream theatre track.

[MitchT]

Love this guy's work, particularly this track. Nice little 'solo' at 3m 48s.

[anonymous-user]

MitchT said:

Love this guy's work, particularly this track. Nice little 'solo' at 3m 48s.

I didn wonder if that was going to link to him. He's Finnish i believe.

Have you seen this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BlGzu6A9p8

Very good and easy to hear where the inspiration came from.

[Simes205]

Anorak mode.

Technically that is a piece played on a synth and not a 'solo' or 'break'.

[MitchT]

DrSteveBrule said:

I didn wonder if that was going to link to him. He's Finnish i believe.

Have you seen this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BlGzu6A9p8

Very good and easy to hear where the inspiration came from.

Yes, I've heard all of his tracks - bought his album too and am eagerly awaiting his new one. It's funny 'cause a year ago I'd never heard of him. In another thread on here about music gear someone had posted about an old Casio keyboard they'd bought. I went on YouTube to see if I could find some examples of one in use and discovered a video about a different Casio keyboard in the search results. When I watched it I noticed in the side bar on the right one of Kebu's videos and clicked on it out of idle curiosity. Totally hooked on his music now!

[popeyewhite]

I offer up the late, great Jon Lord's intro into this little blues number. BTW this is Deep Purple at their best, also witness Ritchie Blackmore's brilliance. On top form, Lord, Gillan, Blackmore, Paice and Glover take rock music to an entirely different level, with Lord holding it all together.

Lazy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6x8GGXrCFQ