I had a blast making the music for the new Chase Bliss Audiopedaltrailer! This is the Dark World theme from Zelda: A Link to the Past (originally by Koji Kondo). All the reverb comes from the Dark World pedal! Being the big Zelda fan that I am, I also suggested this video concept to Chase Bliss Audio and luckily found the perfect person for the job - Olivier Cléro from Solarus Games, who masterfully created the pixel art, animation and map design for the project using their free ARPG game engine.
Follow the hero's journey. Enter the Dark World. 11.19.18 Music by GLASYS: www.youtube.com/c/glasys Animation by Olivier Clero: Video game segments are made with Solarus, a free and open-source ARPG game engine: http://www.solarus-games.org/
Honored to be part of this demo for the amazing new Sequential Prophet XL! One of the most immediate and inspiring instruments I've ever put my hands on. I’m so glad I got to do this alongside amazing keyboardists Domi Degalle, Nicholas Semrad and Peter Dyer. If you haven’t heard of these people by now, check them out - you’ll be blown away by their skills.
The Sequential Prophet XL is a 76-key version of the acclaimed Prophet X - a potent fusion of samples-plus-synthesis and the most ground-breaking evolution of the Prophet yet: https://www.sequential.com/product/prophet-xl/
I don't play a lot of Jazz these days but this amazing pedal (Generation Loss by Cooper FX) really brought it out of me. The song is Body and Soul, keyboard is a Nord Stage 2 EX. This is different from my usual stuff but I hope you enjoy!
I've been working hard on my album so video content is a little slow, but stay tuned for some cool updates coming soon!
I don't play a lot of Jazz these days but this pedal (Generation Loss by Cooper FX) really brought it out of me. The song is Body and Soul, keyboard is a Nord Stage 2 EX. I've been working hard on my album so video content is a little slow, but stay tuned for some cool updates coming soon!
Here are my live arrangements of some of my favorite tunes from the Legend of Zelda series. I had a blast making this, hope you enjoy it. Download the tracks for free at: http://www.glasysmusic.com/zelda
My live arrangements of some of my favorite tunes from the Legend of Zelda series. Download the tracks for free at: http://www.glasysmusic.com/zelda If you like what I do, please subscribe to my channel and follow me on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/glasysmusic Thanks for your support!
I just had to do a live remix for one of one of my all time favorite artists. Which acoustic (or stripped down) performance would you like to see me cover next? Leave a comment on YouTube and let me know.
Gear used: DSI Prophet 6, SE Boomstar 4075, Yamaha Reface CS, Korg Microkey 2, MWFX Judder, Chase Bliss Thermae, Spectrasonics Omnisphere, Arcadia Keyboard (custom built my Moldover).
I just had to do a live remix for one of one of my all time favorite artists. Which acoustic (or stripped down) performance would you like to see me cover next? Original performance on The Henry Rollins show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1nFB-R-_gI Gear used: DSI Prophet 6, SE Boomstar 4075, Yamaha Reface CS, Korg Microkey 2, MWFX Judder, Chase Bliss Thermae, Spectrasonics Omnisphere, Arcadia Keyboard (custom built my Moldover).
On the last day of the Utopia tour, we stopped by the Jimmy Kimmel Live studios to perform a couple of songs for the late night talk show. Our performance of One World is now on YouTube, check it out!
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For the last couple of months I was on tour with Todd Rundgren's Utopia and it's been an incredible experience! Here are 5 short jams I recorded live in my hotel rooms throughout the tour + some additional behind the scenes footage from my phone and fan footage from a few shows. Catch our Jimmy Kimmel Live performance on July 9th!
For the last couple of months I was on tour with Todd Rundgren's Utopia and it's been an incredible experience! Here are 5 short jams I recorded live in my hotel rooms throughout the tour + some additional behind the scenes footage from my phone and fan footage from a few shows.
I recently had the immense pleasure of performing live at the Spectrasonics studio, using nothing but their incredible software instruments (Omnisphere, Keyscape and Trillian) to create ALL the sounds - including the drum sounds which are all Omnisphere presets! Huge thanks to Eric Persing and the rest of the amazing Spectrasonics crew for having me, and to the wonderful Moldover for building me my dream controller.
Prog-pop synth maestro GLASYS explores the possibilities of using Spectrasonics Instruments together from multiple controllers...all while finger drumming, playing synth bass and keys at the same time! Each of these three pieces was recorded completely live with no backing tracks or overdubs!
I'm absolutely thrilled to be joining the amazing Todd Rundgren, Kasim Sulton and Willie Wilcox for their 2018UtopiaReunion Tour! For a full list of shows, click here.
New place, new studio, new song! Here's my submission for the 2018 NPR Tiny Desk Contest.
All sounds performed live simultaneously (no overdubs or sequences). I used the fantastic iPad app GeoShred (by Jordan Rudess and Wizdom Music) for the first time.
Hope you enjoy!
New place, new studio, new song! Here's my submission for the 2018 NPR Tiny Desk Contest. All sounds performed live simultaneously (no overdubs or sequences). I used the fantastic iPad app "Geoshred" (by Jordan Rudess and Wizdom Music) for the first time.
So excited to be performing at the Spectrasonics booth at NAMM this year, alongside the amazing Anomalie! I'll be playing every day at 12:15pm, 2:45 pm and 5:15pm. We just wrapped up day one and it was so much fun! if you're at NAMM, drop by the booth and say hi. Hall A booth #11602. Big thanks to Eric Persing for having me!
I teamed up with The Secret Sea to record a cover of this beautiful Elliott Smith song, using Polyverse's incredible software! In this arrangement, we run The Secret Sea's vocals through Manipulator (I control the pitch of his voice with my keyboard) and the guitar through Gatekeeper (to create that awesome gated sound). If you're at NAMM 2018, catch us performing at the Polyverse Music booth (9906 B) every day!
I teamed up with The Secret Sea to record a cover of this beautiful Elliott Smith song, using Polyverse's incredible software! In this arrangement, we run The Secret Sea's vocals through Manipulator (I control the pitch of his voice with my keyboard) and the guitar through Gatekeeper (to create that awesome gated sound).
I'm so excited to introduce my new custom MIDI controller, built by controllerism expert Moldover! Check out the short demo video. Expect to see this device in A LOT of my upcoming work! If you have any name suggestions for the controller, drop a comment.
I'll be performing with this new instrument for the first time at the Polyverse Music booth at NAMM 2018. Come say hi if you're there! The Secret Sea and I are preparing a cool set using the company's incredible software.
NEW GEAR ALERT! 🎹🎹🎹 The amazing Moldover built me the left hand controller of my dreams. The guy's a genius. Prepare to see this A LOT in my future videos! Still trying to find a name for it, any suggestions? Check out Moldover's YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/moldover
Special thanks to Moldover for the incredible work, and to Synthtopia and Musicradar for featuring the vid!
Here are the winners of the GLASYS Live Challenge! There were many amazing submissions which made it incredibly hard to pick favorites, but ultimately this IS a competition and I'm happy with my choices! Watch the winning submissions here.
Congratulations Mark Steiner, Korgy & Bass, The Secret Sea and Bobbie Snakes! Huge thanks to everyone who participated, you've all inspired me!
Submissions are now closed for the GLASYS Live Challenge! I received A LOT of amazing last minute videos that I'll be sharing on social media in the next couple of days.
Picking winners feels impossible right now, which is why I'm giving myself 2 weeks to listen to the 50+ submissions over and over and hopefully figure out which ones I like best! I'll announce the winners by the end of the year, maybe before.
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who participated in my little experiment, and thank you to everyone who has watched, supported and shared! Happy holidays!
Introducing the GLASYS Live Challenge! Sing, rap or play your instrument over one of my 3 new ideas and you could win a Korg Minilogue analogue synthesizer, a Moog 108M Cluster Flux or merch from Dave Smith Instruments!
In exactly one week I'll be opening for the incredible Haley Reinhart at Lola's Room (The Crystal Ballroom), really looking forward to this one! Joining me on stage will be two of Portland's finest musicians - Micah Hummel on drums and Alex Meltzer on bass.
I combined a couple of ideas from my Finger Twisters video into a complete piece, and recorded a live piano version using Nord's "Mellow Upright" sample (my favorite). I'm planning to record an electronic version of this tune on my next album. Hope you enjoy!
I combined a couple of ideas from my "Finger Twisters" video into a complete piece! Here's a piano version recorded live using Nord's "Mellow Upright" sample. I'm planning to record an electronic version of this tune on my next album. Which style do you prefer (electronic or acoustic)?
The comments on my Game of Thrones live cover inspired me to create a proper mashup of two of my favorite TV show themes - Game of Thrones and Stranger Things. I had a blast recording this and recreating the sounds using my DSI Prophet 6 and Nord Stage 2! You can download a free MP3 from here.
Download this track for free from http://www.glasysmusic.com/got The comments on my previous Game of Thrones cover inspired me to create a proper mashup of the GoT and Stranger Things themes. I had lots of fun creating this, hope you enjoy! Recorded from scratch using a DSI Prophet 6, Nord Stage 2 EX and Addictive Drums 2.
