Matt says this beautiful Vibanet make’s him bring the Funk out, whereas I think that it’s Matt who brings the Funk in, whatever instrument he happens to play!
I remember getting turned onto Jamiroquai when I was about 15 by my foreign exchange student from Holland. He told me “man you like funk? You have to check this out.” .... been a fan ever since. Love it!
Someting about the marriage of the clav's sound and that action!! Even the best sampled clav sound on any other keyboard just doesn't cut it. The Clavinet's sound require's that light responsive action. Pure funk. Great hearing you bring it all to life.
Love this sooo much, such awesome playing, the Vibanet is so versatile as well, also love just before the “stillness in time” is that a slow groove of “virtual insanity” there’s so many great grooves here, damm I love funk! Thanks 🙏🏼 Matt awesome 😎 I can’t stop listening to this, but I’m gonna fire up the Kronos and call up a clav it won’t touch this but I can dream ...🎹🎶
Those knobs look EXACTLY like on my old Ampeg guitar amps (VT-22 and V2). Both Ampeg and VV are New Jersey companies. I imagine this can't be just a coincidence.
3:41 Quite "All About Eve' sounding really......... 4:10 Not so much........ !!! :-) Thanks as always Matt - it's a joy to see and hear these classic instruments put through their paces by a true pro. Please keep the videos coming.
Clavinet is my latest tripping joy, happened to see Dr. MIX Claudio play with one, when put through a tape delay it sounds like a exospace atmospheric canvas.. Surreal.. What an instrument
Yes... I will have large order of funk with and extra order of wah-wah please. Thank you Matt.... always enjoy your insights. The Vibanet is such a versatile instrument. 😎
I really love the sound variation you can get from this kind of instrument. It's got more soul than soul, it's ridiculous. Of course synths can 'do more' but like a guitar or saxophone or any number of acoustic/electro-acoustic instruments there's just a magic behind actual physical objects creating the sounds.
wondering about the "tuning issues" .. if at all, it just added some analog spice :) amazing video, amazing playing! oh and this jacket is also amazing. i want it ;D
Cheers Matt, inspiring stuff, just what I need while the shed/studio defrosts this morning. Not a huge student of the Clav but that sounds as good as I've heard. Nice one! :)
Matt, in my opinion good instruments do not have to be blessed by famous people to be worth their salt but if so; this one is already more then blessed by being played by you. :-)
Love your clav playing! Super inspirational (and simultaneously demoralizing!?). Hopefully one day I'll get half way as good as you. I don't have a clav, but I do have Soniccouture's awesome clav VST, which I prefer over the Scarbee one I had used before. Anyone who doesn't have the bucks or the space for a real clav, I encourage ya to check out the soniccouture.
The thing about a clav that people who haven't played one don't realize is the feel. You won't get that on a Nord or on a non-Pratt-Read keybed. The Clavinet key travel is short, followed by the rubber plunger which hammers the string. This creates a feeling that makes bouncy, staccato lines really fun. It IS a funk machine. The question is: What amp do you run it through?
Thanks matt you give me total inspiration fantastic your a genius Just trying a bit of hammond at the moment but it might sound a bit to soul like love it though thankyou sir
I could watch you improvising all day : ) That’s one fine instrument you’ve got there, are you using a wah pedal or is there an envelope follower? Cheers !!
