Pro Synth Network LIVE! - Episode 79 with Special Guest Steve Porcaro!

[@iixorb]

Why oh why KZbin, did you only lead me to this channel in 2023 🤷‍♂️. Surely you’ve known for years that this is exactly what I’m into 🤦🏼‍♂️. Would love to have seen this live but thank goodness for catch-up👍

[@thomasekeberg7309]

Steve P, is a Genius

[@markgabriel5797]

Steve Porcaro is a legend. His family is a Dynasty in the music world.

[@scottburns2600]

I've always known of Steve Porcaro but lately I've become a real big fan. He is a lot of fun to listen to

[@sadboi7537]

Pretty awesome to hear him mention Gentle Giant. Probably the most underrated prog bands ever.

[@stephenanthonythomas3533]

Thank you for this! Just chiming in as a drummer, the Rosanna groove is based on "Home at Last" by Steely Dan (Bernard Purdie) and Led Zeppelin's "Fool in the rain" The beat in and of it self will test every bit of musicality of a drummer. What Jeff P. did was to keep the musicality and groove but speed up the tempo. To maintain the groove for the length of the song is incredibly difficult. He ended up inventing one of the highest bars of drumming to play. Then as a synth-geek, to this day I find the synth solo absolutely mind melting!

[@stephenanthonythomas3533]

Thank You so much for this interview and to Steve P. For taking the time. My favorite interview he's done so far!

[@MiddleMalcolm]

Agreed. Great interview. Glad to see him get the much deserved attention. 👍

[@issiewizzie]

I can't believe I missed this thanks KZbin algorithm

[@ProSynthNetwork]

So glad we finally found your feed! 🙂

[@dcafarelli]

Steve Porcaro is one of my favorite keyboard players for all he does. I met him twice when he was touring with Toto over the past 5 years and he is a nice guy.

[@brianmi40]

Steve was one of those guys who recognized that you got gigs half from your talent, and half by the person that you were: someone they wanted around who would be there for the music, not their ego.

[@chandeleerjet5637]

I love how everybody has their best gear and some amazing synths behind them in the screen and Steve just has one KRK lol

[@ProSynthNetwork]

Steve can do more with that KRK than all of us combined ;-)

[@MiddleMalcolm]

Steve Porcaro isn't recognized enough for the contributions he has made to the sound of popular music. His attention to detail was never wasted energy, and as he says... those details add up! Great interview! 👍Glad to see these stories getting documented. Background players never got the interviews they deserved. His solo album is a masterpiece, and I hope he continues to put more out there for us to enjoy.

[@pedrosura]

I would love to see Steve do a Masterclass on synths.. his delivery and persona matches his knowledge. I love this guy

[@ProSynthNetwork]

Then you must check this out...! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGfEdal3gNeYlcU

[@chandeleerjet5637]

1:41:22 is such an important lesson. Took me so long to start thinking this way as well.

[@billstrrojny6515]

Just happened upon this channel and watched this interview. Wow! Great to hear from one my keyboard hero's. Subscribed immediately!

[@ProSynthNetwork]

Welcome aboard and delighted you enjoyed the interview. He's a hero to many of us, for sure! 🙂

[@LisaBellaDonnaMusic]

This is such a precious gift! Steve has been such an inspiration over the years. It’s amazing to hear him share so much wisdom and just enjoy his wonderful impressions of his amazing career. A true, genuine legend of songwriting and synthesis. Thank you gents for this one. ❤️🙏🏻❤️

[@ProSynthNetwork]

SO glad you enjoyed this one, Lisa! :-) And we are super excited to have you back with us soon! Can't wait :D x -Rob

[@ModLifeCrisis]

Love these kind of interviews. You’re creating a great video archive. Thanks 🙏

[@budgetguitarist]

Regarding Yamaha "improving" a product but ending up losing some sound quality - at work, we call that "Unfixing a problem." Great interview - Steve Porcaro is an amazing musician but also a really cool guy.

[@billrebsamen1810]

Looking up the Rheem Organ! Ha!

[@RATCLIFFE-LISTENS]

My first and only

[@nativeVS]

So gutted that I couldn't make today; what a great show and massive thanks to Steve.

[@Neuri]

wow guys what a guest! good lord an amazing family of musicians. Hope this helps grow the channel dudes.

[@ProSynthNetwork]

Thanks, Neuri! I can't even imagine what it must be like to be in that talented family! :)

[@tylerwoods1960]

That was actually a Great show, good luck !

[@ProSynthNetwork]

Thank you! If you like what we do, be sure to Subscribe! :-)

[@DoctorJezz]

This is gold. Just that. Thank you so much 🙏

[@ProSynthNetwork]

Thank you for watching! Be sure to Subscribe! :-)

[@griiseknoen]

I had that exact same reaction to Tommy Mars' wonderful brass sounds with Zappa! Originally he actually did that "Brass with a Blip" sound on his own weird little EML ElectroComp 101 mono synth (super rare these days) that he had when he auditioned for frank's band in `77. It was later augmented with Franks EMU Modular, which allowed Tommy to make a similar sound but with 5 voice polyphony. Then, in the middle of touring the Sheik Yerbouiti album, The EMU Modular started to fall apart and it was later replaced with a Yamaha CS-80. But, and here's my point: All those *lovely brass sounds* we all hear on the Sheik Yerbouti album (like on the "Mama" song) are all a combination of The *EML Electrocomp* and Franks *EMU Modular* plus an even weirder little thingie called *"The POLYBOX"* which could add certain 4 part harmony to all the notes in the scale (on any other sythesizer) and it could be changed on the fly even WITHOUT MIDI which nobody had even thought of yet... The CS-80 is a great and magical synth in it's own right, but it didn't even enter Zappa world until about a year later... If you want to delve even deeper down into the rabbit hole of nerd-dom , I can *seriously* recommend reading the whole story in this brilliant interview with Tommy Mars: www.zappasgear.com/TommyMarsInterview.html

[@chandeleerjet5637]

26:17 ❤️

[@acefstripe]

great interview, enjoyed Steve immensely

[@ProSynthNetwork]

As did we! Thanks, David! :)

[@oholm09]

He and rest of bandmates associated with quincy jones david foster jay graydon etc

[@BirtheLeerbaekJoergensen]

♥️❤🦋🦋🌈🌈🌞

[@SynthAddict]

great show and really enjoying the replay - unfortunately we had some catastrophic IT issues at work this week, and I was in work meetings on Thu night and all day Fri, also an extra meeting even made me leave my appearance on Ranzee's show early this morning... anyway great guest and synth geekery time - Robbie thanks for asking the Dune soundtrack question, love the score and that would have been my chat question :-) @Wagoo I agree about the CGI stuff even though I'm a 3D modeler and animator the miniature and practical FX (even makeup FX) are superior - shows like B5 allowed organic ships and impossible camera angles and epic space battles, but the CGI look didn't age well (still love it though) Manny @Dr. Synth loved your input and comments as usual - Stanford's CCRMA (tech music center) has a GS1 in the lobby with the computer - awesome sight :-) I noticed it when I went to see a Dave Smith lecture (he signed my Evolver desktop)

[@ProSynthNetwork]

Glad you enjoyed it Andy! :-)

[@rodgermingaye]

Wonderful insights but with all that tech knowledge is there nobody capable of turning off notifications....just saying.......?