MiMa's cover of Howard Jones - Equality

[@good_old_80s_90s]

Well played!.one of the best synthi tracks of all time,great melody,great lyrics,great synthi sounds/riffs! #GOODOLD HOWARD JONES! :-)

[@mima85]

Thanks for your appreciation :-)

[@rickclausenmusic6239]

Love it!!! Howard Jones is a hero of mine. I'm also a serious Roland fan.

[@mima85]

+Rick Clausen Music So I got them all :-D Thanks for your appreciation.

[@xulete007]

another great synth song when Howard Jones showed us how play with Rolands thanks you are master

[@mima85]

I don't pretend to be like the great Howard Jones, but at least I play mainly Roland gear too :-D Thanks for your appreciation.

[@ClicheMusic1]

Brilliant, well done on this. I did a cover version of Equality using GarageBand and a usb keyboard many, many years ago whilst on holiday in Miami and yours is the first version I've heard that actually is as originally written and performed by Howard. I do have to commend you on being able to play that lead synth part though, it took me many weeks to get it right having studied Howard performing it on the Old Grey Whistle Test. Well done again. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXiYq6Ofpq2CZqMsi=JNdf23nwekuE-5Xx

[@mima85]

Thanks for your appreciation :-)

[@machiwoomiapoo]

I saw Howard Jones earlier this year and he was just using a computer for all his synthesizer tunes. I was excited to see him play some vintage synthesizers, but I guess it's not cost effective to travel with a Jupiter 8. :) I went to S U R V I V E and they had all their vintage gear up on the stage for all us synth geeks to drool on. And they did an amazing performance with their old school Korg gear. :) I'm going to see Perturbator next month. I love his music, but I believe he only uses a computer too. I guess I yearn for the time when I can watch people play the keys. :) I've seen the Pet Shop Boys many times and the last time I saw them I was so happy because they hired 3 more musicians to play percussion, synthesizers and they even had a Roland TR-8 on stage! Times could get better. Take care and keep up the great videos. Sam.

[@mima85]

Hi Sam, thanks for your comment :-) Well, I guess that for Howard Jones the cost of gigging with a Jupiter 8 shouldn't really be a problem :-) The reason to gig with a PC and/or a modern keyboard is about reliability, not cost. A Jupiter 8, while being a great machine (and I still lust after it even if I have the Jupiter 6), it's always a synthesizer with more than 30 years on its shoulders, making it too delicate and too prone to failure to be used intensively in a live tour. In such cases reliability is a major requirement, and a modern keyboard surely is more reliable than an old beast from the 80ies. There are some bands which take the risk of gigging with vintage gear, but I bet that they're in constant worry about failures which could happen on stage. With old digital synths things are a bit better, especially the though ones like the DX-7, which is truly built like a tank both mechanically and electronically. The same applies with old electric pianos (Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, etc...) and Hammond organs, which electronically are quite simple machines and simpler electronics means bigger reliability, and their mechanics were really built to last. But vintage analog keyboards (synths, transistorized combo organs, string machines) are too delicate. And, but this is a personal point of view, these machines are now too precious and valuable to be used in a live context, exposed to sudden temperature changes, moisture, bad power supplies, etc... To me vintage synthesizers and keyboards, especially the analog ones, should now live just in recording studios, where the ambient conditions are steady and the power supply is clean from interferences, harmonics, voltage jumps, etc. For touring now we have new analogs such Dave Smith's Prophet 6 and Oberheim OB6, the Korg Minilogue, the soon-to-be-released Behringer DeepMind 12, the new Minimoog Model D, and so on. There's again a lot of choice in these days with analog instruments, so, to me, now really there's no need to tour with a vintage analog synthesizer.

[@machiwoomiapoo]

That may be true, but I still enjoyed seeing all those analogue synthesizers on the stage of the S U R V I V E concert. That was SWEET! :)

[@mima85]

Of course seeing and hearing old analog beasts on stage it's always fascinating :-) Kudos to all which are brave enough to tour with old synthesizers. Me I wouldn't. If I'd have a band, being in a situation like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ6kgH-pgquFgNE during a live show for me would be a lot embarassing.

[@machiwoomiapoo]

S U R V I V E did an amazing show with analog gear. I think JMJ was just having a bad day with those synthesizers. :) Take care, Sam.

[@29memyselfandi]

Fabulous

[@gupro68]

great played from you...!!!

[@mima85]

Thank you :-)

[@Tufkad_official]

Simply AMAZING!!! Too good!!!

[@mima85]

Grazie Alessandro :-)

[@Tufkad_official]

What about performing other tracks from that wonderful album called Human's Lib? Conditioning, Pearl in the Shell, Hide and Seek, Natural, Don't Always Look at the Rain, Hunt the Self...?

[@mima85]

Why not, maybe in the future :-) I don't promise anything, but I'm really into 80ies music, so it's not unlikely that some other stuff from Howard Jones will pop up on my channel.

[@JamesMyddelton]

Perfection !

[@mima85]

Hey, thanks!

[@marcoballa]

Juno 106.... uno dei miei preferiti! grande performance!

[@mima85]

+marcoballa Si arringrazia :-)

[@marcoballa]

+mima14031985 :-))))

[@tiergrinder]

Superb! Loving the sounds and playing here

[@mima85]

+tiergrinder Thank you :-) Keep up your epic job on the Jupiter and ARP clones :-D

[@timwiliusa6564]

this channels needs to get viral

[@mima85]

It would be too nice :-) Thanks for your appreciation, and sorry for the late answer to your comment. I don't know what the heck is going wrong with KZbin, sometimes it misses to inform me when a new comment is being posted on a mine video...

[@DaveG207]

Excellent work. :)

[@mima85]

+David Grant Thank you David.

[@thefacultyoffunk]

Top job!

[@mima85]

Hey, thanks :-)

[@starman1969]

Sounds awesome. Well played.

[@mima85]

Thanks Starman Astro :-)

[@jasecox3912]

You are fantastic mate, I can only dream of playing this good. 😕

[@mima85]

Thanks for your appreciation :-) Playing good is just matter of exercise. I'm not a genius, everyone with the right effort and motivation can do it ;-)

[@PaulLinn]

Really very well reproduced indeed. Excellent. If you need a singer in a Howard style ever, gimme a call.

[@mima85]

+Paul Linn Thank you :-) I don't know if I'll do again Howard Jones' song covers, in that case I'll remember of you. Thanks!

[@framax67]

Brilliant cover ! great job !

[@mima85]

+framax67 Thank you Framax :-)

[@dominikczajkowski5571]

Brillant!!!

[@mima85]

+Dominik Czajkowski Thank you Dominik :-)

[@KennnnnnyTucky]

Love it.

[@mima85]

Glad you liked it. Thanks :-)

[@jonathankeane5349]

Perfect!!!

[@mima85]

+jonathan keane Thank you :-)

[@gamesandvlogswithjonnie1825]

Awesome ;-)

[@mima85]

Thank you :-)

[@zlukenothomologated7732]

👍♥️

[@LFOVCF]

Respect!

[@mima85]

Hey, thanks! ;-)

[@miked.9727]

rewelations:)

[@mima85]

+Mike D. Glad you liked it :-)

[@Nord72]

Juno- 106 likes + my respect for this great music :)

[@mima85]

Thanks for your appreciation :-)

[@Draliseth]

Because of Dan Poole's Spider-Man fan film, this song will always make me think of the webhead.

[@WoodyPianoShack]

you nailed this great track! i'm guessing a lot of work went into the sequencing and performance... :)

[@mima85]

Hey Woody, thanks for your appreciation :-) Sorry for the very late answer, I don't know what the heck is going wrong with KZbin, sometimes it misses to inform me when a new comment is being posted on a mine video and I notice it only when scrolling thru all the commentary... Yes, indeed there's quite a lot of work behind this video (and mine others too), especially regarding all the exercise sessions I had to go thru prior to come with an acceptable take.

[@andyg4082]

That's great version 👏👏👏 What's last 2 chords you play with right hand at the end of lead synth I can't just make it out.

[@mima85]

Thanks for your appreciation :-) The last two chords are Bmin7Sus4 (B, E, F#, A) and BminSus4 (B, E, F#, B+1oct). I don't know if their names are correct so I wrote down their individual notes too.

[@藤原文太-v8b]

PERFECT COPY

[@mima85]

Thank you :-)

[@藤原文太-v8b]

MR.mima14031985 IT'S MY PLEASURE.

[@stcezaire06]

super , bass is with the SY77 ?

[@mima85]

Thank you :-) The bass you hear in the background track was recorded from the Jupiter 6. The bass parts that I play live yes, are from the SY-77, and is the famous E. Bass preset from the DX-7 converted for the SY's FM engine. It came from a patch library called "Best of DX" which was made years ago for the SY-77/99.

[@stcezaire06]

@@mima85 interesting So I am going to find this bank for my SY77...

[@stcezaire06]

@@mima85 Just an other question : Drums are from a hardware Drum Machine or Samples like LinnDrum or Oberheim or Tr707 or other ... programmed in a DAW ?

[@mima85]

@@stcezaire06 Samples in DAW.

[@power9007]

Soy el visitador numero 5555

[@Bikerboythousand]

Sampled drums?

[@mima85]

Yes, I sampled them from the original's beginning, where there are no other instruments playing besides the rythm track, and I rebuilt the entire drum part from scratch.

[@АндрійОвчаренко-я2ц]

Do you use jupiter 6?

[@mima85]

Yes, it's my desert-island synth, it'll be buried with me in the grave when I'll pass out :-)

[@amonster8mymother]

That looks like a Wavestation.

[@mima85]

The top-right synth? Yes it is.

[@amonster8mymother]

@@mima85 I have a wavestation.

[@amonster8mymother]

It still looks like a Wavestation.

[@timbaker1920]

What drum machine are you using there?

[@mima85]

No drum machine, just drum samples I picked up from my library sequenced in my DAW (Reaper).

[@Bikerboythousand]

@@mima85 Samples from the actual song

[@mima85]

@@Bikerboythousand If I remember correctly I sampled the kick and snare from the beginning of the song, where they can be sampled individually as they're not layered with any other sound in that part. I took all the other samples from a library of drum sounds I have here.

[@Florian-rf8xr]

Without vocal it’s sounds like modern sinthwave

[@mima85]

Well, that's what synthwave in fact is, a modern take on 80ies music :-)