Great interview Steve

Saw Asia 10 days ago, Harry did a great job, and he does sound similar to Wetton. Thanks Harry for helping to keep the music alive!

Awesome the mushroom stories outside the studio, I really laughed my head off😂😂😂

Saw Asia this week…Harry, thank you for bringing back these songs we grew up with. You honored John’s memory. I hope you will continue to tour with them. Amazing!

Just curious on why you would hook up a midi controller to your Roland? Does the Alesis have any controls on it or is all the information just being received from the Roland? And if so then why even have it? Thanks!

Hope you and the band play some songs besides the given ones from Asia. How about something from XXX and Omega, not just the first 2 or 3 albums. Looking forward to seeing you up close in Spartanburg!

What a humble and hugely talented chap!

I saw the Seasons End tour at the Bierkeller in Bristol (R.I.P). December 1990. They came on late because the Atari 1040 ST which handled sequences. Mark came on and played it all live. A true keyboard genius.

Mark is great. Puppets from the Marathon album is amazing.

2:21 I have Juno DS, Korg Kross and I'mh thinking about Keytar. How this wireless midi connect works? When can I buy it?

Hi nice video, I'm curious about how you went about finding these holiday park gigs? Do you book them directly with the park?

Brilliant

Oh excellent 👍

Thank you for helping spread the word on Harry. I know now that Asia vocals are going to be honored.

I’m very much looking forward to hearing Harry in concert in Evans, Georgia, USA this July!

Well done. What a fascinating interview.

awesome insightful video, and a nice guy to boot

I picked up a mint secondhand SK1 a fortnight ago. Wow what a sound!! So worth the £150 I paid for it

Great video, mate! I can’t play but love to sample. Heavily influenced by The Prodigy Experience. Some great piano and synth on there. I could listen to the piano from The Game by Queen on loop for days.🙂

Kansas and Asia are definitely on my list. Also Greg Rosie and Jonathan cain inn journey. Styx without a doubt. Paradise theatre being a great keys album Rush 80s synth albums Currntly the work of art albums a a very strong reminder of those times

Just found your channel. Can't wait to explore more. If you'd like, see if you can grab an interview with Mark Kelly of Marillion. I'd love to see in an depth, deep dive into his sound design and system. And he uses Main Stage as well I think. Thanks for the vids!

great drumming! nice vid, too.

I dislike the plastic keys but the sounds are elite.

Thanks for sharing

i struggle not to get drongo band members.

Have you looked at using gig performer?

Mixing station is a great app!

I appreciate your reflections on the instrument. Thank you for making this video. So often we see KZbin content only on the latest models. I know that Hammond has made some improvements on their latest models, especially on the Leslie sims, but the SK1/SK2 is still a good instrument. You can get under the hood and customize it quite a bit. I installed Jim Alfredson’s tonewheel (from the Hammond site) set too. That is a worthy customization. TBH, I am not one of those guys who is constantly seduced into updating an instrument every couple of years. If someone has the cash to do that, good on ‘em. That’s probably easier to justify when a person is NOT married. 😁 I tend to get a bit more bang for the buck by updating my playing skills, more so than by updating my instruments. I agree that the main reason to own one of these is to play organ. I always considered myself an organist first, so the SK2 became my workhorse. I also agree that many of the “other” sounds in the SK2 could be better, but they are not unusable. When I would just play a small stage in some local blues bar, I could always make do with using this one keyboard. The acoustic piano is probably not as good as the one in your Roland and the limited range can be a pain when you play a boogie woogie thing, but with a careful touch and a bit of eq, I could make it work and never got any negative comments from anyone, including the other musicians. I actually like the acoustic piano more than the plastic sounding Wurli. Clavs are good. I have a Clav, but that stays home. The accordions are good enough for a Zydeco tune or two. I have used one of the basses if I am covering left hand bass. I would not use any of the winds, but with a bit of blending and some imagination, I suspect that someone could get any of the sounds to work in certain contexts. One workaround that I sometimes did in those smaller space gigs if I wanted better non-organ sounds was to bring an iPad or a Motif rack. One of my ten “favourites” is a patch that puts organ on one manual and sets the second one as a midi controller so that I could play the external sounds. I do play the SK2 through a Leslie 147 at home, but for gigs I route the organ through a Ventilator and the other sounds are routed to an independent channel. I have used the SK’s internal Leslie, but I find the Ventilator to be more satisfying. If you like to put the Leslie in the brake setting, however, nothing beats the real cabinet, IMHO. Thanks again for your content.

One of the engineers at Seal Bay here, recognised a few of the clips!

Nice. Pretty much the same setup as us. Love the xr18. Used it for about 7 years now. External router too. We got caught out with the internal one at the beginning and could not connect! 🙈 I just use one single Kronos 73 worn lots of splits and layers. Two mackie tops and one 18" sub. All running in ears.

I wanted that interview to never end!! 💕💕

I love my SK2!!!

Love the vid. I recommend putting the band's x air in a rack with a power strip with a router so you can have it ready to go.

Step 1: Listen to the track once, possibly twice, paying particular attention to the drums, bass, lead and rhythm guitar, vocals, and vocal harmonies. Step 2: Play song live.

Great video on the rundown of your setup I'm in the process of upgrading my pa I've stayed with a passive system

Great video on the rundown of your setup I'm in the process of upgrading my pa I've stayed with a passive system

Great video. Do you this as a full time?

Enjoyed your video… sure seems like an awesome keyboard!

Agree mostly. However, I try to recreate the recorded version (rather than live) since that is what people know best.

Nice work. Cool to hear from someone on the circuit that seems like a top bloke. I’m in a few tributes and trust me, not everyone is that way. Keep up the great interviews.

Great watch. Proud of my hubby 😘💕

If it works it works. When my band is not playing i run sound for other bands. If enough people see your post they will tell you things like don’t use the alto speakers and It’s never a good idea to run sound from stage but a lot of us have to. I run sound from the stage. in my band I have a p16 With only the inputs of left right. I use high quality in-ear buds (1200.00) and this way I can hear volume changes or if somebody does a little break out solo and make changes. Having the guitar players go out front to try to adjust volume is probably not the most desirable and things will change as the night goes on which may be problematic doing it that way. Like I said I run sound for bands when we’re not playing but for example I’ve gone through five different sound guys even with the last one lasting 10 years, but they never stay lol. But it seems like what you’re doing is working and the bottom line is if it does more power to any band that does it. The biggest thing is to enjoy playing music and make people happy. Enjoyed your video , Keep doing what you’re doing

Good stuff gents 👏 👍

Love the run down. I'm surprised you haven't all gone to IEM's to clean up the extra stage noise from the wedges. It's a small venue issue mostly but would also be less to load in. I'm a drummer and love my IEM's for ease of use, for sound blocking of guitarists who won't give up their amps on small stages, and to help hear the right mix. I use them for either my Vdrums or my Acoustic sets and love getting my own mix just right with no competition from neighboring wedges on small stages. Keep on rockin!

I work songs out exactly as you do. I could read music at school but never Kept it up so for me it’s more by ear now. KZbin has made life so much easier. We also have a XR18 and i record our gigs and rehearsals with the band going through it, then take out my keyboards at home and this allows me to rehearse with the band without them being there. Nice to see a lot of familiar venues in your vlogs.👍

This dude really needs to be in asia -hes fantastic!

Wonderful grandson of mine xx

Great interview

Harry really is a top bloke.