My contention

VicDiesel

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I've always maintained that Bach invented jazz, and Beethoven disco. As proof of the latter half of my contention, I offer the third movement of the Mondschein sonata, slightly reworked.

Ok, yes I know that this sounds really cheap. Hey, it was done on a Roland D-10, about 20 years ago. This was the keyboard version of the MT-32, the first multi-timbral sound module. It was state of the art at the time! This comes of an old tape that I found a while back.

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Comments: 17
Fans: 12
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Uploaded: May 27, 2008 - 08:15:34 PM
Last Updated: May 27, 2008 - 08:33:48 PM Last Played: Nov 22, 2009 - 11:50:02 PM

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Hardware:

Roland D-10

Software:

Super48 (competitor of Steinberg's Pro24)

Comments

Feter	Feter said 547 days ago (May 27th, 2008)
	My contention thats so much work here ...incredible work on the piano ..this work reminds me of many orchestra came out of the 70s ..realy refreshin to listen to my friend ..thnx alot for sharin !!! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

guitapick	guitapick said 546 days ago (May 28th, 2008)
	OK... ...you've made a believer out of me...out under the flashing colored lights with Ludwig... Nice, man. Playing, production, and transposition/composition... ...what did the dog invent, btw? Check out my latest song called Outside the Corral

VicDiesel	VicDiesel said 546 days ago (May 28th, 2008)
	The dog Ok, so I went to my favourite stock photo site (istockphoto.com) and typed "beethoven". For some reason I got lots of pictures of St Bernards.... Check out my latest song called Desert Stars

guitapick	guitapick said 546 days ago (May 28th, 2008)
	Oh.... ....I knew that... ;( I completely forgot about that freakin' movie.... Tune's still kick, though, Mr. Diesel... Check out my latest song called Outside the Corral

LunaTrick	LunaTrick said 546 days ago (May 28th, 2008)
	complete riot... love it! Check out my latest song called Luna Gypsy Heart II (Eternal Firelight)

Scott Carmichael	Scott Carmichael said 545 days ago (May 29th, 2008)
	every sequencing keyboard always came with a demo that showed the chops of that particular unit... you could definately be the guy who programs for all those folks... always worth the trip to Diesel-ville... I've always maintained that these guys where the fisrt pop-rock icons Check out my latest song called Good Morning

VicDiesel	VicDiesel said 545 days ago (May 29th, 2008)
	Old rock stars Oh yes. Do you remember that scene in the first Bill & Ted movie, where Beethoven is rocking out in a music store? I find that totally believable. He would have gone bananas over our music technology. Check out my latest song called Desert Stars

Scott Carmichael	Scott Carmichael said 545 days ago (May 29th, 2008)
	"bananas over our music technology" I can't tell you how many times I've said he same... I guess we should take it for granted Check out my latest song called Good Morning

rsorensen	rsorensen said 545 days ago (May 29th, 2008)
	super mario haha this is awesome! reminds me of playing NES when i was a kid. actually a really amazing performance. love the slappy bass and the pipe organ break. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

DWL	DWL said 544 days ago (May 30th, 2008)
	Made me smile Cheap maybe but not nasty! Very well done. Cheers Dick Check out my latest song called A Good Night's Sleep with Macferret, Sir Dennis Crowther and Pete Young

ledebutant

ledebutant said 543 days ago (May 31st, 2008)

Even Without the Movie...
...the St. Bernard makes sense, somehow. Do you remember all those "Hooked on Classics" albums they used to sell on tv? This reminds me of that concept, but there's tremendous passion and soul in your playing that cuts through the digital tremendously well (plus you don't have a hand-clap rhythm track, which is always a bonus).

I love this arrangement and agree with Ridd that this is really an amazing performance. Those moments of incredibly rapid notes sometimes sound like an uphill waterfall. Wonderful.

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	said 543 days ago (May 31st, 2008)
	My contension Brilliant !! I enjoyed this tremedousely. Thank you for the download. Peace Dee.

dajama	dajama said 543 days ago (May 31st, 2008)
	Excellent This is great. Of course I pictured Ludwig himself playing the whole thing and getting down at the same time. Nice playing, and great idea. Very cool. Peace. Check out my latest song called Across the Wire (MJRF)

	said 542 days ago (June 1st, 2008)
	beneath... every classical musicians lies secretly a jazz artist waiting to break forth! Not cheap sounding... very cool piece of music, and quite a performance. Kudos Vic. Jack

sloparts

sloparts said 519 days ago (June 24th, 2008)

When I read Classical, I'm thinking,
violins, oboe, bassoon, french horns and such as that. As soon as this started, you could have pushed me over with a feather. But then as I listened on, I realized this was a serious attempt to bring Beethoven into the 20th, or make that 21st century.

The funny thing is you made it work in spades. In my minds eye I can see Beethoven sitting there at that D10 and hammering out the score while smiling from ear to ear as he realizes the power he has in his hands. What a vision that is.

This is wonderful Vic, thank you for doing it and sharing it. Kudos my friend.

Ed

p.s.

On a personal note,
I apologize for not coming here to check out your music sooner, it was pretty rude after all the times you checked out my stuff. An error I will try to not let happen again. Please forgive my arrogance.

Respectfully.

Ed

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guygrooves	guygrooves said 510 days ago (July 3rd, 2008)
	Too coooool I am not much of a fan of Disco (publicly) lol. I am a fan of this. You are one eclectic artist. Check out my latest song called Last Day Here

Enrique Gil	Enrique Gil said 486 days ago (July 28th, 2008)
	very nice! I have the Don Dorsey version (Beethoven or Bust) and this one is just as good. I wholeheartedly agree with your thoughts of Bach and Beethoven too. I fell in love with synt-classical as a teenager and my feelings have not changed. Thank you! Check out my latest song called Simple Feelings

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In past lives, VicDiesel was a country fiddler, a shawm player at the Burgundy court, bellows pumper for JS Bach, Geoff Emerick's factotum, and a beggar playing drums in the streets of Calcutta for alms. Unusually, the memories of all that come... [see more]

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