MiMa's cover of The Doors - Riders On The Storm
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- This is for you, Ray. May your music live forever.
This is the first song which really impressed me in my whole life. It was like a lightning strike in my mind and I liked it from the very first notes. This happened when I was at the tender age of 3.
And this is the first song I began to work on when I started to seriously think to play keyboards, 17/18 years after (a bit too late I know).
In other words, this song started it all. And now I covered it, all by ear as my habit :-)
That haunting Ray's keyboard line it's so ipnotic, a true masterpiece, together with the interaction of Robbie's guitar. Well, this whole song is a masterpiece, one of the Doors' top songs.
I played it over a base given by a person which sent to me some Doors' bases without the keyboard lines and Jim's voice (Thanks mr. Claudio G.!). To make Jim singing in the song again, I searched on UA-cam for a video of Riders On The Storm with Jim's voice only, I took the audio part from it, sliced the individual verses and put them on the base. Finally I played the keyboard line, which I panned left in the stereo field, like in the original song (on the right there's the guitar).
The Rhodes piano sound it's being played thru the Electro 3's onboard Fender Twin amp's simulation, with a bit of overdrive and some EQ to approach the original sound.
I hope you like my cover. I still have to improve my dynamics control, so the piano it's played a bit rough in some parts, sorry for that.
As usual, constructive comments and criticisms are welcome :-)
Link to the base without Rhodes piano:
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its a little scary how accurate this sounds. unreal!
+Evan Wright Thank you Evan :-)
mima14031985 sounds great!! Do you know what is the best sheet music i should look into? Like books with many many doors songs for keyboards with accuracy. It would be a big help if you could recommend one. Thank you
i fucking hate journ al bearings like in 2 strokes, boy dew they survive furtive
It’s the original Audio from the 60s
@@G_A_Z_23 I think it’s Behind Closed Doors alternative takes and rarities tapes but that’s definitely not Ray’s piano that’s @mima140311985 playing it can tell the Nord emulation from the Rhodes a mile off
One of the most atmospheric, haunting pop-rock melodies ever put to vinyl. It was so weird in the Summer of 1971...the first time i heard it on CKLW was the day Jim Morrison died. I'll never forget it. I was 13 yrs old.
Oh yeah, that's for sure one of the best songs from The Doors. It's this precise song, which I heard for the first time at the tender age of 3, that started my passion for music.
I don't consider it pop at all, I feel that it is classic rock in its entirety, it even has psychedelic overtones. I would even go so far as to say that it is a post-psychedelic song.
A melodia dessa música fala por si só; antológica, magistral, transcendental
Damn - awesome job. Ray Manzarek was a genius and one of a kind. R.I.P. Ray.
Dave Bogusky Thanks Dave.
Yes Ray was one of a kind, and will be sadly missed :-(
ray manzarek must have been struck dead by lightning because i had the pleasure to see him live less than half a year before he passed away and i swear the dude was rocking it like he was 25, his foot up on the keys an everything :) LEGEND!!! rest in peace
FSUweightroom song
I love that Ray made a mistake on the original recording, it makes it human.
robby krieger too
idk why lol but its still perfect
What was the mistake?
This song is absolute art it took a genius to come up with this RIP Ray
Of course, this is one of the finest examples of Ray's genius.
I love your work and it is teaching me more than you can imagine. Thanks for your contribution
Thanks to you for your appreciation, glad you liked my video and that you're finding it useful.
I could listen to the solo starting at 2:34 on repeat forever!
Glad you like it :-D
This is incredibly well done! Best cover solo of this song on YT. Thank you for sharing this with the world.
Thanks to you for your appreciation :-)
the reason the doors resonated and still resonate with people is because of how unique each member of the band was. none of them were the same in terms of talent or style
Absolutely true. And they blended together perfectly.
This s song is just legendary. Excellent playing!
Indeed, it is. One of the best Doors' songs. Thanks for your appreciation :-)
Fantastico ❤
E grazie mille per la condivisione della base senza tastiera 🙏 🎉🎉
Grazie a te per l'apprezzamento :-)
This is unbelievably accurate. Such a great perception and ear! You found the right tone, that's just perfect
Thanks Soan. Indeed this required quite a lot of work, but as substantially this song is what started my passion with music at the age of 3, I just had to do it :-)
🙌💛💛🙌
Me llevo al espacio y me dejo alla! Un fenomeno tocando! Gracias por mostrarte y hacer lo que haces!
Gracias a tigo por tu apreciacion :-)
!!!! Absolutely fantastic playing.
Thanks, glad you liked it :-)
Helllll yeah man the respect for the tune is evident in the quality of your playing. Cover gigs ain't so bad when you love the songs!!!!
Of course, this song have a special place in my heart. As told in the description, this is the one that started my passion with music at the tender age of 3 years old. Thanks for your appreciation :-)
Great job... ray’s keyboard work captures my attention every time even though I’m a guitar player .. you did it justice my friend
I hope this :-)
Thanks for your appreciation.
Dammit boy!.........coming from a keyboard player's perspective, you hit it note for note. Truly amazing! Rock on my brother.
Thanks for your appreciation :-)
Keyboard solo is grand sir, even while playing the bassline. Mucho impressive
Hey, thanks! Glad you liked my video :-)
amazingly played man, respect
Thank you :-D
BRAVO! What a job, simply superb!
Thank you man :-)
You carried that baseline and solo with finesse, great cover 👏👏 Sounds like Ray
Thank you :-)
I effing love this.
I effing thank you for your appreciation :-D
This is very helpful thank you. Excellent work.
Thanks to you for your appreciation. Glad my video was helpful :-)
One thing, I'm noticing in this cover that makes it stand out, is that you have added either reverb or chorus in the keys and that gives out an ethereal feeling in your sound, which is exactly what Ray went for back then. You sir deserve a bigger audience and way more views!
Thanks for your appreciation :-)
The main effect I used here for the Rhodes is tremolo (not chorus) and just a bit of reverb. This was how Ray did it at the times. I used also the Fender amp simulation which is embedded in the keyboard (Rhodes pianos at the times used to be recorded by placing the microphone near their amplifiers, usually such amps being Fenders) and did some EQing to approach as much as I could to the original sound.
Wow , amazing production and performance of a rock classic. Great tribute to an immortal band
+Hugo Kenyon Thanks. I put a lot of effort on this one, but the result deserves it.
I’ve just learned this directly from your video it’s almost parallel to yours I use a Kronos 2 88 with a ‘Riders’ setting with the perfect Rhodes and Vibrato tone I can’t play left hand good so I looped it but it sounds identical to yours !!!!!!!
Thank you for such a fantastic video and teaching me to play my No 1 song of all time ❤️
That's great, glad my video was useful for you. Thanks for your appreciation :-)
@@mima85 Not just appreciated i was completely in awe you absolutely got that tone spot on so eerie how close you got it to the original ✌️✌️✌️
@@scottptolomey3498 Many thanks :-)
Your execution is really impressive and it makes me want to watch it 1000 times.
Thanks for your appreciation :-)
🙌
Dude, you're a wizard!!
what a master piece
Thanks for your appreciation :-)
Absolutely killed it
Thank you :-D
That was just beautiful!
I am a guitar player, looking to get into keyboard playing and viewing this song from a very different perspective now (the keyboard) is exciting. I've always admired Ray Manzarek's ability and to compose this amazing music, is incredible...even just playing it, is highly admirable. For me, I don't know how you seperate the bass side from the melodic side, surely it must be very confusing to start with. I guess you just practice and wait for your brain to do the muscle memory thing. Anyway, is highly impressive that you have accomplished this feat, you are an inspiration to an aspiring keyboard novice!
Thank you! 🤤
Indeed, Ray was a genius with a lot of musical taste, and there's plenty of that in every song he wrote.
Of course learning a Doors' song, or any other song with a bass line to be played with the left hand while the right hand does its thing is quite confusing at the beginning. Parts have to be learned and exercised separatedly, then slowly brought together. And when you start to be confident at playing the two parts together, exercise, exercise and again exercise, until you reach the target level of skill. It takes a lot of time and patience, at least for a non-professional, amateur keyboardist like me.
Thank you for your appreciation :-)
@@mima85 You're welcome my good man...keep jamming!...
Mind blown in 2023.
Glad you liked it :-)
It seems when you are searching for lessons, you find different levels of lessons... 1) basic singalong. 2) trying to immulate the actual artist, and 3) finding the actual rendition of the song. Sometimes 1 or 2 is good enough, but sometimes you want #3, and this is it. It's as difficult as finding the REAL way to play the simple John Lennon "Imagine"!
Yes, I did my best to make this like the original as much I could. I really have this song in my heart, actually this is the song which started my interest in music when I was 3. It's a great pleasure for me tributing this fine musical piece.
You killed it man. Thanks for sharing. Love this
Thanks to you for your appreciation :-)
Naughty sounding work on diamond icy keybord .
Outbloodystanding , if you'll pardon me french here .
Your french is much appreciated :-D
Thank you, glad you liked my video!
Amazing performance! Thx for share.
Thanks to you for your appreciation :-)
You take it perfectly, it's incredible !
Thank you Zéphir :-)
added to my favorite videos
No me canso de ver y escuchar a este crack! Mas de los Doors!!! 🙆🏻♂️🎶
Gracias :-D
That was a pleasure.
Glad you liked my video, thanks for your appreciation :-)
This is so accurate! Rock on!
I did my best :-) Thank you Tiago for your appreciation.
Couldn't help commenting on your work. It sounds and your playing is amazing! Excellent! Best regards.
Thanks for your appreciation Joey :-)
You, sir, are an inspiration.
Thanks for your appreciation Aashi :-)
Man, you blew me away. Ray would be pleased. Well done!
I hope so :-)
Thanks for your appreciation.
profesional :P You have talent :) big TALENT
+Mike D. Thank you for your appreciation :-)
dude i neeed that backing track! oh and of course this is an absolutely beautiful rendition. nobody can be 100% manzarek but you pretty much nailed it. this is by far the best cover i´ve found on youtube! keep on the good work!
Backing track is here: www.dropbox.com/s/v4xmmyw4g2ezupy/Riders%20On%20The%20Storm_base.mp3?dl=0
Thanks for your appreciation :-)
awesome, thanks really much! :)
Thank you very much that's eavy one ! ;)
Best gift given ever on you tube!! Been working on this for a few weeks... your track is much appreciated...
Awesome cover! And thank you so much for sharing the backing track link. It still works!
Is very hard the part of the rain
Well, not really that hard, it's just a Emin doric scale played in reverse. It's just a matter to find the right fingering, exercising it a bit, and there we go.
The really hard part is to play the piano and "bass" parts together. It's a quite challenging hand coordination job, which for Ray (and probably for most professional keyboard players as well) was a natural thing to do. For me, as I'm a novice, it's a matter of a lot of time spent in exercising and trying to get the things right.
@@mima85 I know its a bit late, but i would start by having the E min A maj on the left hand reflex so that you can be comfortable with it.
@@lukarancini1630 Actually I already did that :-)
@@mima85 nice job mate. Ray has some incredible licks, improvisations I absolutely love how he is so in love with his music. That is the only way to be like him, loving what you are doing.
Italian?
@@lukarancini1630 Thank you. Yes, I'm italian :-)
Damn...that was one great song.
Indeed it was (I mean, the original song, not my video :-D)
Effortless!!!!!! Absolutely loved it
sptol Thanks for your appreciation :-)
Awesome! How long did it take you to get enough independence in your hands to play the solo and the bassline? I'm taking piano lessons and I can't wait to play like that
+Diego Morales Hi Diego and thanks for your appreciation.
Well, it took a lot, actually still today I have to work quite hard when figuring out how to play the keyboard lines of a song keeping the independence of both hands. I play keyboards since 2007 and the road to become a proper keyboard player is still long :-)
Bellissimo brano e bravissimo tastierista! Davvero complimenti :-)
Grazie Generale. Mi fa piacere il tuo apprezzamento :-)
Wow, that also sounds awesome.....GREAT Cover and playing.
Hey, thanks :-)
@@mima85 Welcome sir
Bravo 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Thank you :-)
Perfect!!!!!!!!! Great!
Thank you :-)
Awesome job!
Thanks :-)
perfeito parabéns pela bela apresentação já vi a light my fire e esta bastante vezes!! Ray me influenciou a começar tenho banda cover de the doors ele é demais!!
Gracias por el tuo comentário :-)
Ray would be proud. That was damn good.
Thank you :-)
Actually tt's mainly thanks to Ray if I started to play keyboards.
In my opinion, Ray Manzarek's best piece of work.
Absolutely one of the pinnacles of The Doors' production.
Woooowwwww 😦😦👏💪
:-D
Brilliant
Thank you :-)
Thats awesome dude
Thanks for your appreciation :-)
Excellent!! You nailed this one as well. Bravo!
The Cebu Kid Thanks for your appreciations, here and on the Light My Fire video :-)
Beautiful. Fantastic job!
Thanks for your appreciation :-)
perfect
Thank you :-)
Perfect ! Bravo
Thank you very much :-)
Note for note...now that's a lot of time at the board. Well done.
Yes indeed it was quite a challenge for me to put together the song. Thanks for your appreciation :-)
No me canso de escuchar esta obra de arte!
Thanks, glad you like it :-)
Well done, you’ve done a great job on this. I’m learning this song at the moment as a novice player, I love the song and thought it’d be a good challenge for left and right hand independence. It is a challenge, but it’s getting there. It’s a good inspiration watching you play it. Cheers
Thanks for your appreciation, glad you liked the video and that it's being useful for you to learn the song. Cheers :-)
fort ,tres fort,vraiment top .merci
Merci beacoup :-)
This is so cool. Thankyou
Thanks to you for your appreciation :-)
Great . Like 👍 !!! Recpect you and your best cover in all youtube from Russia! The Doors and CCR - is most favorite band for me!
Hey, thanks for your kind words man :-)
Fantastic!!!!
Thank you :-)
Excellent !!! Congratulations !!!
Thanks for your appreciation :-)
Perfect man... really good job!
Thank you :-)
Beautifully done.
Thanks for your appreciation :-)
Exellent
Thanks :-)
Super travail. Bravo!!
Merci beacoup :-)
me gustaria tocar asi, felicidades hermano
:-)
Nice sound!
Thanks :-)
por la musica de jim me empesó a gustar el piano ♪♥
This was exactely what happened to me too :-D
Lo mismo me pasó a mi :3
I love that you have the bass line, but do you also have the keyboard with song?
This is incredible
Thanks you for your appreciation :-)
Cool. Nice playing.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
Thanks for your appreciation viahard :-)
Wonderful execution, just Shine and no fraud!!!...
Thank you :-)
@@mima85 Good luck in your work and let the musicians how do you charge us with your magic atmosphere of notes!!!
Wow. Wow !
Thanks Ariel :-)
Good job! very accurate.
Ray would have loved it
I truly hope, he's the main reason why I got into keyboard playing.
Thanks for your appreciation :-)
Where can I find the back ground track? Would really appreciate. Great job this is the best i ever seen, great job.
Thank you :-)
The background track is linked in the video description.
Que bacan suena el mismo estilo que ray manzarek esta es una gran cancion
Gracias :-)
this is epic. great job!!
Thank you for your appreciation :-)
Who’s listening this masterpiece in 2024? That too when it’s raining
Love it! Well done!
+Jojoairbus Thank you Jojo :-)
cuanta genialidad i love Ray Manzarek
placer visual y auditivo!
+Ricardo Rubio Thanks for your appreciation, both here and on the Light My Fire's video. Happy you liked them :-)
Brilliant!
Thank you :-)
Bravo
Grazie :-)
AWESOME !!!
Thank you. Glad you like my video :-)
come sempre.... perfetto!!!!
:-)
Grazie maestro!
very good
Thanks for all your comments :-)
Bellisimo
Grazie :-)