What is Love? - Howard Jones (Synthesizers and Vocals)

[@adamjacksonmedia]

The chords in the chorus are majestic! Those Juno 60 are always so fat and warm. Holy smokes!

[@juanmanueltakano7792]

Great job...! Such a young guy...! The future is yours dude...! Go and grab it...!

[@ryanmcardle9730]

This is dope! Cool to see the next generation rocking the 80s classics!

[@christopherbarry2086]

That cut from 82 was dead on!!

[@ghostrider2664]

Great version. I remember when this song came out. I believe I was like...8. Lol im 45 now. This was one of my first favorite songs ever.

[@SunShine-qk4rb]

Loved this

[@kerwinbrathwaite8890]

Very good 👍

[@myleslawler6866]

A far better cover than the number of views suggests. Very well done.

[@TheMrSpaceghost]

Wow, good job dude, playing the music of my teens. Nice to see cool music appreciated by the young. Lets hear some Depeche Mode, The Cure, Ultravox, Communards...

[@RonnieAugeri]

SpaceGh0st I do have a depeche song I’ve noodled around with but don’t have the full thing done. Maybe I’ll upload a tutorial soon.

[@dantonkin91]

You smashed that cover mate. Well done. I'm so impressed. I'm sure HoJo would be pleased with that one. Cheers.

[@RonnieAugeri]

Thanks for the great comment, would be cool if he heard it!

[@culturedslob]

Wow incredible job

[@ruzakrist7315]

you deserve at least 100000x views that you currently have man, great job.

[@calebcustombricks2631]

Amazing cover!

[@jacquespruvot6625]

Almost as good as Howard! Excellent job... You should be pride of this.

[@The12dangs]

Howard would be proud. Excellent composition and vocal.

[@lionelzivanmusic]

Very well done!!! You got the arrangement down, the synth patches were perfect, the vocals spot-on, the mixing great! Looking forward to more!

[@Peter_S_]

Outstanding!!! You absolutely nailed it! 🏆

[@hojosgirl6884]

Howard Jones is my favourite artist of all time, and I have to say I loved this. Amazing job ❤️

[@kfirtsairi3986]

אחי, יופי של ביצוע פגז🏆💯👍🏅❤️🎹

[@jimboBFC1]

Brilliant version 👏

[@scootergreen3]

Amazing and Perfect, synth, drums Singing and Everything!

[@jaykeel7309]

Always loved those dreamy synth strings from the J60. Magnificent man. Vocals are out of this world.!

[@RonnieAugeri]

Jay Keel The J-60 was actually my first keyboard many years ago. I’ll never forget the first time I played and the first preset in line was a string patch. That was the moment the synth addiction began haha.

[@jaykeel7309]

Ronnie Augeri Nice! Hey, Are you running that j60 through any special converters? It sounds so crisp and full! (Not like I remember mine sounding).

[@NightwalkReal]

Baby don’t hu- Wait... wrong song. The vocals sound perfect dude, love the effects

[@RonnieAugeri]

Nightwalk haha maybe that one will come soon. Thanks!! I tried to match the era as best I could.

[@edwarddenton8262]

Wow this is a really great track HoJo is the reason I became a synth player back in the early 1980s. Good job

[@SoundAdviceWales]

Just stumbled on this looking for Juno 60 related material. Don't know why but I wasn't expecting it to be this good! Well played, sung and produced. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Subscribed; keep them coming!

[@neptuno338]

Very good version 😀

[@deadaccount5]

Excellent cover

[@ireare4808]

Que hermoso vídeo y canción, cuanto talento tienes Ronnie Augeri y tu voz hermosa y es la música que Amo!! los maravillosos 80s 😻🎼❤🎼😻Saludos y bendiciones desde Georgia USA🙏❤

[@johnmc3862]

Great, now write your own. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@MacTunesJP]

Wow! What a wonderful cover song! It's full of your love for Howard Jones! Great job!!Cheers!

[@CapitaineSabor]

Hey, you seem to used the Oberheim DMX on this cover... the original was recorded with a Drumulator, but that fine too... and even better the way you did ! I like it, good cover and gorgeous "JP-8 style" brass !

[@christopherbarry2086]

Nailed it!!

[@carrrrrriba]

Absolutely love it. Sounds heavenly. You’re a star. Deffos would have you singing at my wedding or something 😂

[@peterhooftHotfootHits]

WOW what talent you have and an eighties song too. AWESOME THANKS 👍👍😎

[@Tamjam2011]

Nice YT recc 👍🏼💫 Absolutely wonderful to see the much younger generations continue to give tribute to those who came before them (even several decades prior). Well done!!! ☮️❤️💫

[@leprojects7196]

Wow! I really love this song since Howard Jones fist released it in the 80s. Your version just gave it a fresh new boost of live! Great vocals, too - you are really amazing! ⭐⭐⭐

[@harshalnaidu]

You nailed it!

[@Frontier2000AnoDomin]

Nice, very carefully put together. Great attention to detail and authenticity. People don't realise the amount of time it takes to put together a track like this...just recreating the individual sounds so that they sound like the original synths and drum machines.. plus actually playing it, mixing it, mastering it. And then actually recording and editing the video. Keep up the good work. Of course, if you want to make any money you'll have to write your own stuff.

[@lindafader9618]

wow

[@mf2-dd933]

One word for this... Awesome!

[@terbentur2943]

Wow im suprised! Really awesome cover, must have taken a lot of work

[@manuelgonzales6483]

So nice to see the younger generation discovering these great hits. Great cover. ❤🎉💥🎊💥🎉❤

[@MerlinOpeth]

Good job bud

[@elgee2007]

Wow! Great cover dude! Your passion really comes through. Howard would definitely approve 👌

[@dubhslaine2]

The bridge part is fantastic!

[@louistannoury7135]

Are you for real??? this was more than terrific..you made my day..big big big fan of howard jones..i was listening to the cover, never thought you're gonna sing as well...but you did it ..you sound perfect..

[@RonnieAugeri]

Louis Tannoury thank you for the nice comment, it’s one of my favorite 80s songs. I actually wrote to Howard and sent it to him, and a few weeks later he responded. Super nice and down to earth guy, still has his juno 60.

[@Musicology1975]

Slick

[@sonicperformance]

Im a massive HoJo fan and the reason I got into synths back in 1983. This is an impressive cover, the Juno just has that pro warm sound unraveled today, unless you own a Jupiter 8. Whilst I’m a bit late to this post, I would love to hear you cover Equality. I play this all h time using a D50 for lead and an Access Virus TI2 for pad, maybe I should switch the two around 🤔

[@pfgeog9347]

Great interpretation of this beautiful theme. Excellent and spectacular to play those instruments. What a genius 😉😊❤

[@Anochemusic]

That was awesome! You deserve so many more subs.

[@cuteLeaf003]

you are truly amazing, you just made a cover of my no1 80's love song. seriously.

[@mihas101]

I enjoyed just as much as the original Ronnie if not better! Well done you made my day. Look forward to hear more tracks from you.

[@Musicman-dm2ih]

Well done, sounds excellent. Thumbs up. You've got a simular voice as HJ, wow.

[@MartyMcFly__]

That’s amazing!! What a sound!!

[@ERIKOLSONTPM]

Top points, wish I had your talent, mate!!!

[@fillevans]

Love it and love the synths !!

[@ojocritico6105]

Excellent dude!!!

[@antonioalten]

You're a great artist! This sounds great!

[@NostalKeys]

Wow!!! What a great job! I wish I knew your channel before. Keep up with the good work.

[@fensterputzernuernberg]

brilliant ... no idea why you just have 8,000 views and only 934 Subscribers.. brilliant cover . not perfect but as perfect as anyone could get. The singing was also excellent

[@intheskyyofglass]

Yay ! This song is one of my favourites too ! It feels so great to have found you because there is someone in the other side that is enjoying and making music of my like so I don't feel alone anymore ! It seems that most of my friends prefer nowadays well-marketed music, and I don't have words to describe the magic and science in 70s-80s diversity of sounds and the work behind it to them... And you did it so well! Wish you the best of the best and keep going ! Take care. Sorry if I made mistakes, my english is basic.

[@RonnieAugeri]

Thank you for such a great comment, there really is something special about 80s music and the instruments used to create it. Your English is pretty good too! -Ron

[@intheskyyofglass]

@@RonnieAugeri Oh thank you for replying! There are some songs from 80s I'm really immersed on, like Equality and Joy(not an 80 song but oh god it sounds sooo great) from Howard Jones, and bounce right back are so funny for playing. Hide and seek and Even if I don't say are by far my favourites too with What Is Love ? and Things can only get better😜. I must say I do play by ear with one hand but I don't know in which note I am , so I played all of them by heart (?) Hahaaaa 😅 sorry... One day I would love to learn at least by tutorials here in youtube, anyway, I really had and still having so much fun with playing my old keyboard like my way 😄 Some of the songs I enjoy so much playing are : - STARCHILD, 43 , Almost there, Turn it On from level 42 , basically all level 42 he hee. .. - You're driving me out of my mind , it's a long way there : Little River Band - Highly Strung, With the Pride, Gold : Spandau Ballet - Evil Woman , Hold On Tight : ELO - Couldn't get it right : Climax Blues Band ( a 76 song) to mention another 70s song It's a shame. Oooh and Big fun from Kool & the gang, got obsessed with this one , with Equality , Human from The Human League and Starchild from level 42 😄 The One you love (Glenn Frey) and Tell me what you dream ( Timothy Schmit) are some sad stuff I love. All Johnny Hates Jazz songs are for any time. I am so excited there will be a new album from them by the next year 😄 I have many more songs on my mind , and I'm discovering even more... so yeah, that's actually a hobby, a pleasant one! 😉 I became into the conclusion that I prefer listening the whole album in order to get the idea of the artist. and not just picking a song and so on, except for an awesome playlist 😆 Take it as a humble recommendation ... And finally, Ron, keep going !! I appreciate your content and would like to listen more from you! Gretings from Peru ! xx , Maribel.

[@magicmastera]

Wow, this should have at least 100000 Views. Singing is great too.

[@WePair_]

Damn. This is surprisingly close to the original. Great job.

[@strafe777]

Wow nice! Unbelievably great cover.

[@coreycopeland9086]

Amazing! Simply Amazing! Keep up the good work!

[@tomservo1504]

Wow, you are very talented. I have to check out your other videos.

[@mackadresse6095]

Good Job, great singing.

[@promusic50]

Another great job!! Wow!

[@albertobeltran6473]

Holy Smokes! That was amazing!

[@krys1301]

This is just precious. Go 'head little dude!

[@krys1301]

After watching the entire video, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this!

[@robstrabbing7344]

Still after all these years Howard is good but you da man

[@THEKOBE7612]

Wow!! Absolutely excellent!!

[@maccart67]

Well done Ronnie!

[@AdamBorseti]

Why doesn't this channel have more subs? This is some amazing, playing, mixing and production! I gotta' say, I can't remember the last time I found a music channel that really excites me! I'm glad I'm not the only one doing this stuff, and I'm also very pleased to see that you also programmed your own synth patches; it seems that most people don't know how to do that! I am happy to have subscribed to you!

[@RonnieAugeri]

Adam Borseti unfortunately most of us millennials don’t appreciate good music XD it took me a few years to become decent at mixing and mastering but I’ve been trying to get the authentic 80s sound with software (although I have an old lexicon effects unit now). I’m very nerdy so most of the fun for me is programming the synths and effects units haha. Thanks again for stopping by and subscribing!

[@AdamBorseti]

Man! You and I are on the same page! How much was the Lexicon? Is it one of the originals?

[@RonnieAugeri]

Adam Borseti nothing fancy, it’s a lexicon lxp 15 from 89 or 90 I think. It’s got lots of classic 80s presets great for vocals and keys, has that classic sound, but is very affordable. Also has midi sync although I haven’t played with it yet.

[@RonnieAugeri]

Adam Borseti I got mine through doing work for a neighbor but they go around $150 on eBay

[@dwaynecarroll6098]

Fantastic job on this!

[@tonelar415]

blown away by how well you got this

[@synriser6742]

Great performance!

[@ArshadHaroon]

This is awesome reproduction......Love it.

[@emmanuelzamora1602]

Awesome cover !!!

[@jonathanpwoods]

Dude great job. Its a fantastic song

[@good_old_80s_90s]

Hey Ronnie,what a cover!,absolutely awesome!. Not only do you play the song well,you actually sing it great as well,very well done!. This song is also one o my favourites,the melody of the song is brilliant,i love synthis and this has some crackin sounds on it.#Goodold80,s. :D

[@RonnieAugeri]

Thanks for stopping by, its a great song and I'm glad you enjoyed it! Nothing beats the 80s!

[@Macro-photographer]

Great vocal!

[@manoskleides3117]

Excellent !! Εξαιρετικό ! Thank you ! Σε ευχαριστούμε 🇬🇷🇺🇸

[@alexbonfield879]

You have a really good voice!

[@MikeLandicovers]

You're amazing.

[@graflexmusic]

Perfect! Well done!

[@emmanuelsilva1099]

Very good work, I liked very much.

[@ThevonMusic]

Everything sounds great, this should have a lot more views. What did you use for those drums?

[@f.morandis]

Incredible ! 👏🏼 Bravo

[@ArshadHaroon]

Awesome regeneration......

[@grampiangoldprospecting3508]

What a legend

[@irresistible743]

You nailed it! Brilliant cover 😊

[@Skiptondesigns]

Great job mate and awesome studio set up!

[@RonnieAugeri]

Thanks! It's come a long way.

[@intheblink]

Great voice, man! Sounds really nice!

[@sirluke7]

So..... ummmmm is Steve your father? Loved this version of the song btw. Lots of work... but worth it for us listening!

[@pamtufnell6751]

Love it can you do some of numans ?

[@Halligen1972]

Good Job! Nice Equipment, cool video, perfect arrangement! Keep it up.

[@RonnieAugeri]

Halligen1972 thanks for the compliment, I will have more content on the way soon!

[@m0te308]

Dude great job on this! I'm currently remaking this with my Juno 106 and using Korg Volca FM with DX7 presets. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@neilhalliwell-ex8my]

Brilliant my friend x

[@Malandraguem]

Wow incredible!!!