abacab Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) https://eriknorlander.com/video https://eriknorlander.com/equipment Edited March 26, 2022 by abacab 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User 905133 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Based on the videos I have seen of both over the past few years, no. But he is a much better knob turner, button presser, and ribbon sliderer, his house band is better, he does decent Keith Emerson stylistic impersonations, and has better cut-ins of Sandra Bullocks (or whoever that is). Plus, they both play better than me and have more and/or better synths than me, so they both win! 😜 😜 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) Plus Erik co-designed the A6 for Alesis back in the 90's, and more recently sampled all of the synths used in IK Syntronik. I cannot afford a hardware collection like his, so I will have to make do with Syntronik Galaxy (the only Andromeda emulation that I am aware of). Edited March 27, 2022 by abacab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 That last word describes my musical aspirations... 😕 ("Discontinued") 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 4 hours ago, craigb said: That last word describes me. 😕 ("Discontinued") Fixed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Both are truly talented individuals that have excellent playing chops 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 12 minutes ago, InstrEd said: Both are truly talented individuals that have excellent playing chops Better equipment and playing ability then me all around! I guess that Erik is more prog rock, while Jordan is more prog metal... both great in their respective genres... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 5 hours ago, craigb said: That last word describes me. 😕 ("Discontinued") 31 minutes ago, paulo said: Fixed. It would be funnier if it wasn't true... 😔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, craigb said: It would be funnier if it wasn't true... 😔 Truth was discontinued in 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husker Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, abacab said: Better equipment and playing ability then me all around! I guess that Erik is more prog rock, while Jordan is more prog metal... both great in their respective genres... Dream Theater is one of my all time favorite bands. Simply. Amazing. I mean, those guys never met a time signature they didn't like... Edited March 26, 2022 by husker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Oakes Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 I have never heard of them so i don’t know. Am i missing something ? Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Screed Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 16 hours ago, craigb said: It would be funnier if it wasn't true... 😔 Craig, do you need a hug?😍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, Jeremy Oakes said: I have never heard of them so i don’t know. Am i missing something ? Jerry Yes. Erik owns most of, and sampled all of, the vintage synths for IK Multimedia Syntronik. Not as well known as a musician as Jordan, but has released a number of albums. I was a bit surprised by his Keith Emerson-ish style skills in the above video. He was also co-designer of the Alesis Andromeda A6 analog synth, as well as the original IK UNO analog synth. https://eriknorlander.com/bio Jordan is the long-time keyboard player for Dream Theater. These days he can also be found all over the net doing promo videos for other products displaying his keyboard chops (he makes any instrument sound great), as well as promoting his music technology company, Wizdom Music. https://www.jordanrudess.com/ Quote Voted “Best Keyboardist of All Time” by Music Radar Magazine Jordan Rudess is best known as the keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire for platinum-selling Grammy- nominated prog rock band, Dream Theater. Quote REVIEWS FOR GEOSHRED That’s just nuts. You’re [Jordan] the best-guitarist-without-a-guitar of all time” – Joe Satriani Edited March 27, 2022 by abacab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 6 hours ago, Jesse Screed said: Craig, do you need a hug?😍 Does it come with some income to pay my back-rent? 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smith Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 I'm not as familiar with the other guy but Jordan can imagine any genre within 2 seconds and be playing an A game rendition of it, all made up on the fly of course with a precision seldom seen anywhere else. His hands are fast, his recollection of anything in any key is comparable to a walking music library. Dream Theater probably never pushed his abilities. I wanted to see him break into something else. He could have killed it in the classical world and probably made better money or done well as a jacked up sort of progressive player pushing new boundaries. His love of keyboards and knowledge of how they work is unique in most at this level. On another level I'm a little sad for Jordan as a man who's music is his life. Never married, never really did much else other than travel and play. Not everyone would have liked living like that but he seems content in it. Not having these attachments is one of the things that allows him to be so versatile to go somewhere on a whim, play in a well known band, promote new music gear etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Screed Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 1:39 PM, craigb said: Does it come with some income to pay my back-rent? 😁 No, none of that, just a blankey, a glass of warm milk, and a lifetime subscription to Sound Bytes Magazine.😀 https://soundbytesmag.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 49 minutes ago, Jesse Screed said: No, none of that, just a blankey, a glass of warm milk, and a lifetime subscription to Sound Bytes Magazine.😀 https://soundbytesmag.net Good enough! 😎👍 (Do they deliver under bridges though??? 🤔) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Screed Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 I would if the bridge was in my town. I would even bring some clean socks and give you fiver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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