Hold Your Head Up – organ solo
We visited the incredible keyboard playing of Rod Argent back in December when I recorded the killer solo from the Zombies Time of the Season. After the Zombies disbanded in 1968, Rod Argent formed the eponomously named group, Argent. (I used the word correctly — look it up!). Their third album, All Together Now, released in 1972, struck gold, literally, selling over a million records and catapulting Hold Your Head Up to #5 in the US.
I have loved this solo since the first time I heard it. It was a good bit of work. It’s extremely fast and at times bluesy but very atonal and it moves around in novel ways. I like how it seems like it’s almost going to end and then it turns and builds again, and again, and again. All right, so here we go… Rod in the left channel, me in the right, please enjoy the killer solo from Hold Your Head Up.
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I like them all, but this really is one of the best!!!
Thank you.
Great version..I have to learn this solo for an internet collab so was doing googling & found this..NICE!
Hi Norm, thanks very much for your kind words. If you’d like I can run off some sheet music for the solo or if you use Logic I can send you the project. If you don’t use Logic I’d be willing to run off a couple MP3s that are 50% slower and 25% slower than the original for you to practice with — I find that approach really helpful for learning a complex solo and bringing it up to speed.
That’s very kind! We all use ProTools but an mp3 would be killer..
Slowed down would be awesome!
I use a Nord Stage keyboard & just acquired VB3 software which is great!
Here’s my e-mail
normswwworld@gmail.com
Was a midi ever done for this solo?
jimhump@nutelecom.net
Would you like to be a part of our collab?
We could just use your part & you will be credited for these..
Would just need to know your tempo..
If you want to hear what we do check this out…All the other parts are finished except the solo..
http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_7801001
Nothing short of incredible! Anyway We did an amazing recording of this song but the keyboard player never learned his parts. Anyway you would like to do them? The tempo is like the original and I might be able to plug in the parts you already have. You will have part of the song and you can do what you like with it as long as everyone is credited involved. Thanks so much.
Greg
I sent you the music to HYHU. did you receive it? I just want to make sure it didn’t go into spam.
I didn’t receive it
I think I would your keyboard challenge. If you still remember, where did you get the scores? It’s going to take me as long to find the music as it will to learn it.
gg is my name.