Mike being stoned and just shredding and giving Anthony barely any response half the time was cracking me up. Dude’s in his own world and it’s such a sick world lol
Of course he was impressed and asked questions. Mike knows exactly who Anthony is and just how important Anthony's contributions are to the shape and sound of modern music. But yeah, I totally agree, it was super cool to see that look from Mike over to Rob and Rob's just like, uh yeah, that's it ,told ya! And then... Mike just totally takes quartal and quintal harmony and immediately understands and uses it because he's Mike Fucking Dean!!!! Damn! Great Vid!
its tough to watch anthony try hard to bond with him and he just shrug it off. nothing against anthony, he seems like a great guy, but mike has no time for it.
And this is why analog will never die. You can't walk into a room of plugins. You can't mod a plugin. You can't get two sets of hands on a plugin. So good. Thank you for sharing.
Saving your presets, isn't that pretty much modding a plugin? Also, you can control the plugin with two sets of hands. Midi controller+DAW is pretty much a synth. But I get what you're saying. There's no magic to a DAW.
@@rallerallesson408 I don't see that as a mod, but yeah you could hack the code. It's not the same though. And you gotta midi map all that stuff to something analog even with a digital connection involved, so still analog in my book.
Good point. A simple way to have 2 midi keyboards go to 2 different plugins without spending too much time so you don't lose momentum. That would go a long way.
And I definitely run two different synths on different keyboards at once in the daw, but theres only so much you can map too. There's a mini keyboard I like to use because of a flaw it has where you can get a double note from tapping it a certain way. Cant map that really either. But hey I love plugins too. They aint going nowhere either.@@2face789
The "warning" at the beginning makes it clear it's going to be a fun video. Anthony Marinelli is such a sweet guy to consider that someone might be bothered by Mike Fucking Dean ripping a bong hit like in almost all the other videos he is in.
It seems like there are only two fully functioning sections of his brain that haven't been bonged or shroomed away... 1. the playing music on the keyboard part and 2. the programming synthesizers part. Other than that he seems to be in a near-vegetative state. Fascinating! Great video. I look forward to part two with great anticipation.
Man, this reminds me of my hippy friends in their housetrucks and particularly Mole and Will who had multiple synthesizors at the top of Rama Rama Rd, the epic journeys we'd create after a few bongs and maybe some shrooms just like the man said with all sorts of other instruments of course like my flutes and him on guitar and sometimes his wife singing...Cosmic voyages into sonic landscapes with sounds that the slightest turn of a knob morph into other dimensions.
You can tell Mike is the real deal when he hears something he likes and immediately just goes "hey what was that you just played?". The best musicians are constantly learning new shit even when they're at a high level like he is.
Everyone single synthdemon (and musician in general) should watch Mike Dean's creation of his track Challenger (on his own YT) it is GODLY! The vibe is impeccable. Thanks for doing this Anthony!
Thanks a lot Anthony for bringing this experience to the yt audience. Mike seems to be not the easiest guy to have a serious "interview"... but the way you adopted to the mood and nature of this meeting turned into something so real, so natural that it was indeed an experience not just a yt clip to watch. Moreover... Mike playing on 2 moogs with bass line on the left and lead on the right made me immediately turn on my synths and play around for 2h after watching it :) Thanks again for a great inspiration.
I cant even write anything witty, this is just dope. Thank you for this amazing content and everyone who got this together. The discussion at the end makes me want a podcast on technique in the future.
Mike spoke about adding an Arpeggiator. Recently I discovered the RETROKITS RK002 . It's literally just a midi cable you can plug in MIDI in and OUT that has a chip allowing you to have an arpeggiator. Love the channel!
Literally have seen mike dean like 10 times in person . I was always too shy to ask who he was. Now i respect him more. i overheard a story about Rob Rosen helping him buy and restore a CS80 or CS60 sorry if i have them wrong. It was 3 years ago after synthplex Rob Rosen had an open house. It was the most prolific gear experience in my life outside of Armens in NYC. U cant play synths at armens.
@@anthonymarinellimusic Please dont take offense. I dont recognize anyone in public unless you have a video on youtube or channel. I had no idea who Jimmy Jam was but i sure as shit know his work and after hearing him tell the prince story where he was fired and sign the oberheim for Rob. I had no idea Jimmy Jam made a F ton of my core musical knowledge as well as you Anthony. Most of the Cartoons i saw in the 80s you made the themes or worked on the songs in shows. If i saw you in public the 5 year old me would hug you in Joy for all the happiness you gave me with all the music you have been a part of. SYNTHS , music electronic music. We all have this devotion to out passion of music. We all seek comradery from our peers, knowledge and wisdom and sick tones from our music. Many have talent, few have passion. Some of us were chosen by the universe to create music. The first time i saw met mike Dean was him Recanting the Story of how Rob got Dean a CS80 or CS60 and restored it for him. Rob & Mike look tighter than Tango and Cash. I love the energy around all the passionate people ❤ stay groovy my Brother
The first band Mike was in was a band started by myself (guitar) and a guy named Bob Britton (vocals) in 1980 in Angleton Texas. Mike was 15 years old and just learning to play. He had a Yamaha electric baby grand, Clavinet and some other synthesizer. He was not very good but was very dedicated to the keys and improved greatly. I even took a piano lesson from him in our 16 track recording studio. He produced a couple of rap duo's along with Robert Kelly our engineer and did a great job. I think he may have played for the late Selena the Mexican singer also. I never would have dreamed he would have reached this level of success much less earn 7 Grammy's. Good job Mike!
Since I was a kid, I've always been amazed by music and sound. My father was a musician and so are several of my very close family members. Music is in my blood. The synth has always been the instrument I have been most fascinated by, followed by guitar. Here I am in my 50s and finally just now beginning my synth/ piano lessons journey and I have found a new passion in life. Thank you for this vid Anthony, you and Mike D. are incredible musicians. I am completely inspired by you guys. Thank you for breathing some life into me after all these years thinking I can't do it. Much love
I enjoyed every second of this. It's truly inspiring to see these synth masters having fun and genuinely showing their excitement. I loved the reflections about simplicity, I couldn't agree more. Thanks for this. Brilliant stuff 💜
Speechless... the mood you got there and the way you all get us into... I wouldn't whish I was there, just sitting in the corner in awe, because I was there with you. So immersive, so cozy, so simple... thanks guys. Great video.
@@anthonymarinellimusic That's exactly the point. You have this rare power to embrace your audience and make us feel part of the video. In this case, thanks to the other two, this effect got empowered by the absolute chill and full immersion in music. So simple but so powerful. I can only renew my congratulations for the result. Result that was me sitting on my couch with headphones but with you in that very room.
You know, this idea of showcasing what different synths can do is quite informative, but what really brought special attention was the sound of Elka Synthex.
This is such a great video. I especially liked the midrange quack of the vocoded Moog Subsequent. Shocked Anthony was showing Mike options on what sounds good under 5ths. Mike knows this - maybe high?
Seeing both individuals who played a pivotal part in the music I enjoyed growing up (Michael Jackson to Travis), this is surreal. I hope y’all do an album together.
Fuckin love this. Mikes stuff sounds like a melodical journey, like a story, as opposed to typical dance electronic music which is play, repeat, play repeat. Your a bad ass to Anthony! Inspires me in my latest tracks. Synthgasm! Thanks for the vid 🤘
Thanks for the great music Anthony & Mike and great discussions with Rob ... great team..... the simple Juno is fantastic and the Obx is some power house , loved the 5th chording and bass Anthony ! .... minimoog lines nice ! and well the 4 voice sem dream! .... Jupiter8 (why did i sell it)
Just absolutely glorious. The sound of those Oberheims was incredible. Please Anthony and Mike. Do a synth jams collab album. Just free form jams. Do it!!!
This is amazing to witness. I be doing the same thing as Mike, if I'm in my zone of concentration i will not answer till im done. Normal people won't find this interesting, but as a producer, this is so dope to watch musicians in there natural environment just experimenting and playing around. I would pay just to sit and smoke in the corner listening.
The Geto Boys Brought me to Mike Dean. I've been a fan every since. I love his musical works. He's the reason I bought the Slate Digital VSX System. I saw his studio imulated within it and I bought it right away. Great investment I must say. The VSX helped my mixes tramendously. I'm a Mike Dean Fan 4 Life. Salute!
