So all i need is a Mini Moog, a Fender Rhodes and incredible talent lol

Can we just have an hour-long video of you freestyling on these two? Would be divine.

It's a deeply humbling experience to click on a video and the guy's random noodling is better than the entirety of your life's creative output.

The moog patch as you go lower in the scale reminds me a lot of the moog bass sounds on a lot of the old Stevie wonder albums in the 70s. It would be so cool to see more moog sound design lessons

Made some coffee. Powered up the Nord Stage, selected a Rhodes model and started adding effects and amp sim until I had a nice warm sound. Opened the Moog Mini app on my ipad and twiddled some knobs to get that creamy lead sound. Played some lush m11 chords. A nice way to spend a saturday morning. Thanks Matt!

This how to could have easily just been “have amazing gear and be an amazing player” but you broke everything down wonderfully for anyone who may not have the gear/experience and passed on a lot of knowledge. Thumbs up!

miles above any videos i've seen on youtube, imagine this guy playing keys in your band. He's a genius in his own way. hands down.

moog + electric piano 😍 It doesn't get any better than this And I love the way you explain the sound+music combo. There's a lot of people recommending strict formula that don't take into account the response of the instrument. And both moog and Rhodes are very 'organic' instruments

Damn...17:53 really got to me. A great song but, in the hands of Matt Johnson, it's true soulfulness is revealed...

I came across a nice little idea, especially for VST-users - in case the tremolo/phaser hits too hard all the time, get yourself control over the dry-wet-signal and make the trem come and go while holding on to that sustain pedal. Thanks for inspiring me so much Matt!

I am crying at how beautiful it sounds like. 12 hour version of you playing the same chords

Lonnie Liston smith 😍😍😍

This is incredible to watch a master at work, break down the sounds of the 70's. Thank you!

I really appreciate how you just sound like a guy that I'd enjoy hanging out with.

Ever since I first heard Jamiroquai, I've looked for that minimoog lead sound, I didn't know what it was for so long. So glad now I know, thank you!! btw saw jamiroquai live in 2013, So good!!

There is a TON of demo vids on gear and all.... but majority of them have bad music when they test the equipment. But this here, is perfect! Liked and Subscribed

So good to hear someone slightly reserved with vast knowledge than the usual over confident type with very little to actually say.. love this channel...👍

That Moog lead sound is like a holy grail for me. Thank you Matt for lifting the curtain on that. I feel like you answered my personal request

I had to pump this via bluetooth through my hi-fi. Fender Rhodes is the coolest music instrument sound in the world and you really understand it Matt.

“Let the sound do the work." Yummy. 🤙🏼

Thank you so much for explaining the chords you use and how you combine them. It's like a magician giving away his tricks. I'm not a real synth guy, but really into harmonics, and this was very clarifying to me. Amazing what skills you've developed as an autodidact (if I remember correctly), and how you generously share it with us. All the best, sir!

If you shut your eyes, for a few seconds you are in heaven.

I think this is the video that made me start learning the keys 3 years ago, at the age of 40 (used to play guitar back in my 20s). I've now got to a point that I really enjoy, mostly because this video helped me focus only at things I really like! I can now use freely almost all of these sounds in all keys, including that altered dominant at 15:43. Thank you so much for this!

Over the past nine months, since this video came out, I have been trying to get a Moog sound from a Boog. This video is life changing, excellent, amazing. I obtained a 1965 Crossfield Reel to Reel tube (valve) recorder. The signal was sent into the reel to reel, from there I also used a Roland RE-20 Space Echo (floor model) and a Boss CS-3 Compressor, a dbx120 Dynamic Subharmonic Synthesizer. I ended up buying a Moog Subsequent 37, but not before making very beautiful sounds with the Boog. I was never able to get the sounds in this video but came so close at times it was hard to tell the difference. Thank you Matt Johnson. Thank you.

A little note: my drumset is in the same room where my computer is, tonight I left the strings on the snare tightened, and I absolutely loved how they resonated with the synths! Thank you for all the music, Matt ❤

love how the sound bounces all around my head

my god I'm so proud to be born in the 70s. definitely the best time for music ❤ Matt you rock!!!!

13:40 I’m serious, THIS IS HEAVEN TO ME, pure pleasure to my ears and soul Thank you so much, big salut from France 🇫🇷 Vinz🙋‍♂️

That was a damn artistic masterclass!

Beautiful stuff as always. Dream gear right here.

I love your playing but I mostly love your humility and open-heartedness to share your knowledge and skills, which is exemplary.

Amazing! I love this vibe! Lonnie Liston Smith!!!

owwwwwww that Moog sounds soooooo beautiful!

These videos are SO wonderful. You’re just as skilled at teaching, and pacing your videos as you are a musician! Thanks for putting your time and passion in these vids!

This is the place to stay. Sweet teaching, man.

19.24min of a Synth Masterclass! For free!! Thank you Sir 🙏

8:00 that pun is excusable. made me grin. thank you Matt!

I love how simply and directly you explain what you're doing, and immediately follow your explanation with demonstration. For example, the bit with the minor 9ths as well as the F minor arpeggio and just randomly moving about with it. All the information you're giving is so immediately useful and practical, and you explain in a way I've never really considered before. Excellent video, you've got yourself a new sub :)

The only YT channel where I don't instant skip the ad to support the creator. Great video..

Definitely got some “Trouble Man” vibes at 15:20! Love it!

Way over my head for the time being but the take away: Learn the 7th and 9th chords and inversions, skip the 3rd in the left hand, play around with major 7th and see what happens when I add a 6th. No crazy progressions, just start with 6-2-5-1 G-C-F-Bb and move up and down the keyboard. Thanks a lot!

Maaan that rhodes sounds so sweet! Can listen to it forever. :)

Even without understanding a single word in English, I am here to admire this magnificent sound made for those who really have a gift, Thank you, I will save these melodies one by one. Hugs from Brazil.

Omg!! This is like coming across the holy grail of the sound I’ve been searching for! Thank you!!

I've always wanted a Rhodes, but I ain't got no money, and no money cares for me!

Minimoog price on Reverb just took a nice +1000$ because of you.... ;)

This guy is what you call a G!! Very grateful!! Those packs are minneeeeeeaaaahhhhhhhcacacaca

Jamiroquai, when I first hear and saw that video. ❤❤ I was over a friend's house and no one knew what I was talking about. I kept saying it was a sound I loved and all I could say was Jamariquai and talk about a guy in a top hat walking on a moving floor. They all looked at me as if I was crazy. I didn't care, I found what I was looking for. Lol😅

This sounds absolutely amazing. Very Lonnie Liston Smith indeed. Thanks Matt for the good vibes!

Another quality demonstration Matt! Love it, and yes please more EFX info please :)

Plugged my phone into my 83 Onkyo receiver and listened to this video on my 1995 Pioneer Speakers. Ear candy at it's finest

This takes me back to listening to a radio show called "Dreamtime" here in Australia. It was on late Sunday night and comprised long, dreamy ambient compositions, intermingled with experimental and environmental sounds - sheer bliss. It was like sinking into a soft cloud of serenity.

A Reface CP MIDI'd to a bigger board is a great affordable Rhodes solution too.

Thank you for making this video's Matt! Very inspiring! i always start playing the keys here after watchting you video's ;) greetings from The Netherlands!

I love both of this instruments and this video encapsulates why perfectly. Made me feel high. I mean... even more.

That's what I'm talking about !!! REAL music.

Matt, any chance you could record the whole album of this dreamy, jazz 1970s Rhodes music? I'm dead honest. It's the most relaxing, mood lifting music ever. 😍😍

omg, "before you go" by Lyle Mays (may he rest in peace)

Thanks Matt, I've been hunting this sound for over 10 years! 🙏

This was a game changer for me. Best teacher at it thank you.

Why do I feel emotions hearing this? So strange, normal music doesn’t do this me, the chords and sounds are hitting different!

I don't even know how to play piano but this is awesome

the unbridled realization of talent with skill on display before us is as much an awe as the music itself.

So Full of Love!!!

8:30 I have to say, the auto-pan is making me feel queazy!

There’s an official iOS Model D app out there too that people might be able to try some of this out on.

Thank you Matt! As an ardent analogue man I have really enjoyed subscribing to your gift to music related creatives. And your have such a warm tone and delivery so thank you - much appreciated

Mini moog and fender rhodes, a match made in heaven

that Moog....sometimes i hear a vague Vangelis

Anybody ever told you you look extremely similar to the actor that plays Johnny Lawrence in Cobra Kai? Also great video and incredible vibes

your playing always makes me smile/cry - wonderful - thank you so much - as you say "...it will translate to getting other people going as well..."

It'll take hours for me to find that 'sweet spot' - but at least you get an impression what you could look for (if identical or only similar to your sound). Thank you a lot!

That’s not “a vintage vibe” you’re adding that’s “the dankness”

For anyone with a Korg Minilogue XD, here's a pic with my patch settings to sound like the MiniMoog. If you can get closer, let me know how. Cheers! cp-the-nerd.com/images/Minilogue_XD_MiniMoog_Patch.jpg

Your playing is breath taking

The sound of the 70s were really special, like a dream....

A tutorial on effects for keys would be great when you can get round to it!!

Can someone please help me to recreate the lead patch on the Behringer Model D? I can't get it to sound the same...

This is like a massage for my weary brain. Thank you so much!

God that Mini Moog is a thing of Beauty

Hold my beer... I’m going to make another baby with my wife. I’ll be right back

"How To Sound Black" should be the title...just sayin...

Matt, I'm an amateur guitar player trying to play blues since 1987 and now I'm into funk. And altough I'm a guitarist I absolutely love your videos. It's mesmerizing how how smooth, rhythmic, fluid and yet powerful is your keyboard playing. You are for me a huge source of both learning and inspiration. Also the way you share the sounds, the order of the effects is also really helpful. You are a gifted musician, but also a talented KZfaq creator so please, please, please keep these videos coming. All the best, Oscar.

Thank you! I bought a Fender Rhodes Stage and figured out real quick you don’t ‘play’ it like a regular piano. Listening to old 70 s music there’s a particular way it’s played. You explained it perfectly from how you set it up and which kind of altered chords you’re running. Helped out a lot. Yes, you can buy a Korg SV1 or a Crumar 7 or Keyscape VSTs but there’s something about owning and having the real deal.

Dude you are crazy! That was so good. Classic period Stevie would be diggin it.

E.G.A.B AS BASSLINE IS AMAZING ❤

🎼🎶 When the winter came you were not around Through the bitter winds love could not be found Where were you when I needed you, last winter, my love? Need you baby, I need you baby Our love is at an end But you say now you have changed But tomorrow will reflect love's past, oh Spring will fill the air and you will come around Well, is it summer love that will let me down? Where were you when I needed you, last winter, my love? La la la la la, la la la la la La la la la la, la la la la la

Thanks God for KZfaq. We can meet our living legends now. Matt, love to see your videos.

This was a fantastic tutorial. Especially interesting how you play and combine the effects. Thanks a bunch!

"Flowing, that's all there is to it" - Matt Johnson - Great video! love that Moog sound!

So generous to teach his craft really love how the greats are giving back. Alan Pasqua has a master class out on KZfaq as well. Really great to watch technique but also here you’re getting the music tech, too, and a huggy bear reference

My face is now stuck in a permanent grimace from that intro

geez it's like you read my mind, the perfect video demonstration of this sound. Thank you for the insight of your playing and tones!

Lyle Mays ~18:00. I love that song. The melody sounds so nice on the Moog.

Wow I loved the part of the sweatspot. You just gave us a super tip there, for playing with emotions. Direct from the mouth of an amazing player. I feel you so close now with these videos, I never imagined that the keyboardist of Jamiroquai would teach me something like this. It’s just great in a bizarre way! Thanks for doing these videos!

Matt there just dropping some lovely beddy byes Jazz toons. Ulitmate chill. Like warm milk and valium. Love it.

made the mini Moog patch on iPad app called MODEL D from MOOG used some inboard delay sound very cook paired that w/ ARTURIA labs 4 and the suite case fender prep set patch called CHORUS ME what a great sound thanks for taking me back to the 70"s your channel is great

WARM MELLOW MELODIC SWEET CRISP VIBES ON THE KEYBOARD 🎹🎹🎹

I LOVE these tones. Can't wait to start on a dreamy 70s project. Keep up the awesome work, and thank you!

the beauty of music is improvisation