Matt Johnson is of the funkiest keyboardists on the planet. On a rare tour stop in NYC, he gave KEYBOARD an exclusive tour of his Jamiroquai keyboard rig for 2018. Video by Bojan Hohnjec
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@christiannilsen28355 жыл бұрын
This guy is like 70% of Jamiroquai's signature sounds... kudos to him! Love them!
@DOGOID5 жыл бұрын
The 70's are 70% of Jamiroquai's signature sounds
@jaggass5 жыл бұрын
Toby Smith was in the earlier years.
@iwantahat5 жыл бұрын
@@jaggass Yes Toby Smith really formed that sound. So sad that he's no longer among us.
@kaafaa59443 жыл бұрын
Public love Jamiroquai for Jay, or without him its would be instrumental for ascensor or fashion shop ( ambient music)
@christiannilsen28353 жыл бұрын
@@kaafaa5944 Not wrong man, not wrong haha. Best elevator music in history! lol
@SloppySlapper865 жыл бұрын
Finally a rig rundown that didn't take a decade to get through and actually involved an amazing musician playing while showing you everything! 5*
@gabsauvage4 жыл бұрын
i like how this dude plays like one chord progression with a melody added without even thinking and it's already fire
@R2ROrancid6 жыл бұрын
Dude! the fact he's sidechaining the kick drum and then vocoding an input coming from the back up singers. Makes me understand that I know absolutely nothing, what a great musician.
@CS-sf1rz5 жыл бұрын
R2ROrancid I get the vocoder actually 😂
@considercaption5 жыл бұрын
Nothing about production(mostly electronic music)maybe. But a lot of musicians don’t know some of this stuff especially mostly live players. I know that’s besides the point but, I had to say that.
@BaymondRell5 жыл бұрын
Old school hardware approach with modern gear = COOL....young bucks want to pipe in Ableton Live tracks these days and fudge it all in the name of the "experience".....when LIVE is the experience.
@tjandhuri4 жыл бұрын
@@BaymondRell It's not in the name of experience, it's in the name of finances. Jamiroquai are a big band and they can afford all of this, buying a mac and ableton is far cheaper than all of this gear.
@BaymondRell4 жыл бұрын
@@tjandhuri "The" experience......not "experienced". A live audience deserves a live show period. Problem is, bands know that the average listener does not have a clue, so they save money alright. One keyboard or five, live is live not fake Ableton Live (I'm talking backing tracks used in a so called "live" production - ESPECIALLY bought and paid for original artist tracks like well funded churches use) which is my overall point. The use of these enhanced "experience" tools is in the same league as LIP SYNCING as far as this musician is concerned.
@daiwalters6 жыл бұрын
Talented and humble. Much respect to him.
@nakedhand5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the Ferrari driving "save the planet" singer could take a hint from this guy.
@spookylaundry33263 жыл бұрын
He started a great youtube channel for synths and music theory.
@craseypete3 жыл бұрын
Sold my Seventy three and Hammond
@craseypete3 жыл бұрын
Bought a Nord Stage 3 does everything and easier to lug😜
@oddities-whatnot5 жыл бұрын
Great bloke, great talent. No big ego, just a very nice chap.
@joycechahinepiano5 жыл бұрын
Behind the well-known artist is always a group of extremely talented musicians who bring them up - sometimes you forget! Thanks for the insight ✌🏼🙏🏼
@eskilseter5 жыл бұрын
Jamiroquai is a band, not a solo artist. Matt's been an official member since 2003.
@joycechahinepiano5 жыл бұрын
Eskil thanks for that. My point exactly, we associate the name so heavily with the main act and not the countless people working alongside.
@TheBrightPixel5 жыл бұрын
@@joycechahinepiano I think you missed the point. The BAND is Jamiroquai and they ARE the main act lol. Jay Kay is the singer.
@joycechahinepiano5 жыл бұрын
The Bright Pixel I see that now! When you look on google images and type in Jamiroquai only Jay Kays face pops up 😂
@joachim5955 жыл бұрын
And also it wouldn’t be too much fun listening to a solo a cappella act ☺️
@ec_lkhaa4 жыл бұрын
so humble, he demo something thats wired so simple and its pure funkiness and skills and he make it sound so easy
@scottwylie85685 жыл бұрын
Matt seems like a down to Earth and friendly guy - not what I was expecting from Jamiroqui. Every day is a school day 👍
@tomlangmusic96232 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate the calm delivery and obvious deep knowledge of his synth tools. My new mentor!
@DaniloWimmer6 жыл бұрын
Matt Johnson is such a pleasant and polite person!
@xcy0n5 жыл бұрын
He is a brilliant musician, much respect.
@josegeorge82425 жыл бұрын
Very like
@jimmyfigueras44765 жыл бұрын
Seeing all the things you can do by synth-lead soloing on a montage over comping on an electric piano with effects pedals is so exciting and hints at the limitless possibilities you can do with instruments used together. I learned so much from him in this short video, vocoding input into a montage from a back up singer, and sidechaining, which i had no idead what that was until now. How he uses his instruments is so liberating and so much fun!
@sophia_lazar5 жыл бұрын
What a cool person for someone with such a mastery of the craft. Thats a rig. "Running the montage through the Ob-6 for the analog side of things" and thats why there is a DSI desktop Ob6.
@Princemidi5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely awesome... That he would share his knowledge and his setup with us ....the all the best and God bless him
@maxlapaz51985 жыл бұрын
Matt, you are a Fantastic musician. Thanks for sharing, keep being an Amazing part of Jamiroquai. Your sound is consistently Great at your concerts, I see why!
@evab.20996 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the light and love you bring through your synthesizer vibes!!! Fantastic, genius, brilliant...😍 Can' t live without it!!!!
@speedo67675 жыл бұрын
Thanks Matt for taking the time to go through your kit,
@djlworldwide20125 жыл бұрын
That was an AMAZING show...we partied in the rain with smiles and a limitless amount of positive vibes!! #NYC #Jamiroquai #ComeBackSoon
@janbriggs33872 жыл бұрын
THANKS MATT. YOU ARE SO WISE AND AWESOME. SUPER KEYBOARDIST....
@alainbarre74832 жыл бұрын
Many thanks from a french musician who learn a lot from you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@deancol40805 жыл бұрын
I liked this video 8 seconds in. Isn't Jamiroquai one of the best band ever?
@Deluca-Piano Жыл бұрын
That is the most epic keyboard rig I have seen in a while! Dang! That Rhodes sounds like heaven!
@Blueskies2513 Жыл бұрын
i cant wait to see what this man has to offer in the new album!
@newpolarities4 жыл бұрын
Good stuff! The sounds are one thing. The other thing is this man can play...
@Jonathan-L5 жыл бұрын
At 2:22 ... Matt points out that one of the backing singers connects to his keyboard ... I'd love to see / hear a demo of that.
@kickbiker79203 жыл бұрын
What a top man this bloke is! No matter how many secrets he imparts it's still so difficult to copy. These clips are gems! Love them!
@guyonkeys5 жыл бұрын
What a lovely chap
@Artiscrafty2 жыл бұрын
You’re awesome Matt. Thank you so much for sharing. ♥️
@robertopaolo46253 жыл бұрын
He is the soul, the structure inside band. A real genious
@Digiphex5 жыл бұрын
Excellent combo of old and new equipment.
@YotamPiano5 жыл бұрын
pretty much covered my favorite keyboards: the Montage and the Prophet 6... The vintage Rhodes is also super cool !! :)
@kentstallard65125 жыл бұрын
I'm always baffled when I see a Rhodes on stage. Was so happy to get rid of mine decades ago. Iconic sound, but no need for the Rhodes anymore.
@YotamPiano5 жыл бұрын
@@kentstallard6512 I agree. Do you think the Rhodes sounds in Montage are done well, deserving of the Rhodes name? from your experience with the original
@phillong58083 жыл бұрын
Great demo and lovely Fella aswell, That pad at 3.50 Wowww
@sagauer4 жыл бұрын
Bad ass! I love the side chain idea and vocoder... awesome! Pretty simple setup, but very flexible and great sounding...
@thefool20073 жыл бұрын
Enjoyable rig rundown. I enjoy your videos and appreciate how you share your art and expertise.
@EarlOfMaladyCrescent4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! This Keyboard player has some gorgeous sounds at his fingertips & he plays amazingly well! Jamiroquai always did have excellent musicians.
@johndoggett11384 жыл бұрын
Matt Johnson is a nice and brilliant guy ! Thank you for sharing this video !
@SynthgodXXX6 жыл бұрын
Super awesome rig! Awesome keyboardist!!! Thank you sooo much for sharing this! A++++++++++++++++
@patricegauthier72222 жыл бұрын
Awesome Matt from Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦
@matthewfrostmedia32864 жыл бұрын
Jupiter 8, quite possibly the 'Boss' for electronic dance music. An absolute beast of a keyboard/synth with simply epic sounds
@SPAZZOID1003 жыл бұрын
$12,000
@karinegraham47635 жыл бұрын
So inspired, I’ve watched this several times. Love the detail. More please!
@totaltwit5 жыл бұрын
I am always in awe with people like this.
@jaderene5 жыл бұрын
Me too!!!
@jingleskhanaudioproductions2 жыл бұрын
MaJo is truly humble and great
@777jones5 жыл бұрын
Here’s a guy who is true a badass expert at his craft. And he uses it to make the public happy.
@Maederxtest5 жыл бұрын
A great balanced set up.Great musician.Amazing how the Rhodes cant be duplicated perfectly.I used to hate lugging it around ,but I had to have it.
@ancientmartianunderground64133 жыл бұрын
Tremendous....your blend of tones and ability to explode into melodies is amazing
@deancol40805 жыл бұрын
I love this, thanks for sharing. Matt's an outstanding and creative musician. Please keep it up...
@jcee68865 жыл бұрын
That Yamaha montage looks amazing. A few steps up from the old dx7
@abimonamade50585 жыл бұрын
I think the Montage is supposed to be a remake of the Motif 7 and DX7, but with some newer sounds.
@YamahaMusicUSA4 жыл бұрын
Rocking those MONTAGEs! Love seeing the use case of the live sidechain options and the vocoder... so creative.
@BigBandWolf Жыл бұрын
Wish I could go back and dedicate my life wholly to music..
@MrEcted2 жыл бұрын
He has a really active channel and is constantly sharing his wealth of knowledge. Super nice guy, engages with his fans on his channel and a crazy good talent. I love this setup, but man, that Rhodes... if there ever was a "perfect" sound then that would be it IMO! I want one so bad, no VSTs do the real thing justice.
@nalaeel2194 жыл бұрын
Love this channel. Very talented and great and speaking and informing of whats going on. Such a blessing to be connected to. Thank you for the videos
@whiterottenrabbit5 жыл бұрын
Awesome musician! Thank you for that small insight into your live work!
@DouglasRosser3 жыл бұрын
He’s just fooling around and it’s so apparent his skills and knowledge are incredible.
@albertlopez27622 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience, very cool! I had no idea sidechaining happened outside the studio environment.
@simonlegrec5 жыл бұрын
First class player and gear
@julianpratt96162 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Great to see your now old set up but I dont think its far off of what you use now? Love it!
@miscible215 жыл бұрын
I need to know how to recreate that synth sound 1:26. That is classic Jamiroquai.
@Marcos-pf6rx4 жыл бұрын
Yeahh
@arjanpetersen3 жыл бұрын
Get the gear in the video
@mikemartin57493 жыл бұрын
Portamento, but not too much.
@crlocrlo69002 жыл бұрын
Hello Mr.Matt Johnson... I'm from indonesia..., I like your perform equipment and your videos.. Please more video like this (preparation show and backstage activity)... 🙂👍
@danielortega36475 жыл бұрын
This dude is a legit bad ass on the board's! Amazing player!
@juliojames44703 жыл бұрын
You are a real GREAT keyboard Man❤️♥️
@drewdown82863 жыл бұрын
thank you for this! It really makes such a huge impact on purchasing! plus you guys are genious
@christophermatthias33274 жыл бұрын
Much respect Matt thanks for the insight and footage play on man play on
i thought that looked like the nyc show stadium! Amazing show😝take me backkk
@magicknight84124 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, always cool to see.
@CreativoErratico5 жыл бұрын
If you think about it, Matt is pretty much the whole fucking band.
@maurumsynthwave6183 жыл бұрын
Matt eres el mejor... Nos encanta ver estés cosas...
@zeekanyc3 жыл бұрын
Great tour 👍
@jesdaniels31665 жыл бұрын
Keyboard Mag dudes ! Show all future people who want to show off their gear this video for how to show and tell. Peace out.
@iibuprofene8603 жыл бұрын
I bet the feeling of playing outside with full blown speakers is pure magic, so jealous :)
@marvinkmooneyoz5 жыл бұрын
Pretty darn cool rig, suprised to see two montages. Also wish he had a dedicated monosynth, but he knows what he's doing
@slihrih13404 жыл бұрын
Daaamn I’m so jealous wish I could play like that and use all that fantastic kit!
@aleanaparra16723 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@juliojames44703 жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS GUY , MEN YOU R AWESOME
@anamelesshenchman17753 жыл бұрын
Blowing my mind!
@michaelworsham3 жыл бұрын
One of the best......jam on.
@mannyzagri74513 жыл бұрын
What a charming fella!
@tracyyy994 жыл бұрын
This was great...Still can't get my head around sidechaining...but i will get there...Thanks for the effort of uploading.
@christiannilsen28355 жыл бұрын
I need to start practising my Keyboard skills...
@dieterkalt42814 жыл бұрын
nice rig + just pure skill
@Dan-wq8id5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing buddy!
@danielsandovalpr54475 жыл бұрын
Hola soy de argentina, muy bueno lo que hacen!.. sería muy bueno si está subtitulado en español..🎼🎹🎹
@motorbike6504 жыл бұрын
I love those sounds
@nejomusic77845 жыл бұрын
Thanks Matt it's very nice video 👌👍
@jakp87773 жыл бұрын
Jamiroquai is still around? Remember him from the late 90s.
@okendo0112 жыл бұрын
Please can someone tell me where i can find some amazing music that sounds like what Matt plays at 1:30... amazing chords !
@gtrkid685 жыл бұрын
That is such a bad ass rig. No mac/ipad generated crap.. nothing but the real thing!
@johnnyluna78245 жыл бұрын
the technology thats used on the yamaha workstations is essentially the same as a MacBook. you dont see a REAL Grand Piano, Clavinet or Jupiter 8 on stage do you? they are digital samples of those instruments.
@takeguard5 жыл бұрын
No 1K laptop, just a 2.5K digital synthesiser. Good logic.
@thisisobsolete5 жыл бұрын
That's a bit disingenuous. There's a tonne of proprietary DSP hardware inside those Montages, technology that Yamaha have been refining for decades and in truth, really quite different from what's inside a MacBook. I think the fact that very few of these top-shelf session guys, who tour the world for months on end, actually run laptops in their live rigs, speaks volumes
@zzzeeela5 жыл бұрын
@@thisisobsolete thousands of top notch musicians use computers. the montage is a computer. what are you talking about?! :D
@thisisobsolete5 жыл бұрын
Of course 'thousands of top notch musicians use computers' but to say the Montage is just a computer misses the point. It's a bit like comparing a PC, an iPhone and the autopilot of a 747. They're all 'computers' but that's not really saying much. The Montage is a very specialised computer, configured for a specific task. That specificity runs all the way down to the hardware and software. There's a pile of proprietary DSP chips in it (in that sense, it's many, many specialised computers) and Yamaha have been using a heavlly modified version of Linux (optimised for real-time applications) in lots of their products for years. I doubt there's much inside it that's off-the-shelf. A laptop is just a laptop, a general purpose device (with a general purpose operating system) and requires additional hardware and software (and fiddling with) to become a professional instrument. There's not _much_ difference but it _is_ a difference and as Nord, Kurzweil, Korg, Yamaha and Roland etc are still churning out generation after generation of synths and workstations (that are seen on stages all over the world), the market clearly thinks so too! :) ... and btw, I do think laptops and tablets can sound awesome and there's some fascinating software out there that you'll probably never see in something like a Montage
@anzatzi5 жыл бұрын
Great rig chat--thanks!
@lynx002ca2 жыл бұрын
That was cool, I'd like to see more professional setups
@tommyvaughanhaus2 жыл бұрын
Matt = Awesome
@regulationapp32612 жыл бұрын
Très très fort...!! Quel talent 😲👌
@Lethoscorpia4 жыл бұрын
Awesome set up man !!!
@drumatic3 жыл бұрын
Matt is a true master!
@johnnyguitwithit26145 жыл бұрын
I always wanted him to play in my band
@jasonbull39875 жыл бұрын
MOOOORE...i was just getting into it. Awesome thanks
@dhpstudios20095 жыл бұрын
Great explain, Nice to see this from other Side.thanks