29/11/2004
Proview: How did you get hooked up with the Beyoncé tour?
Joe: My long time friend, Kern, called me and asked me if was I interested in doing the tour. We have toured since 1990 with just about every number number-one artist, like Teddy Riley and Guy, New Kids On The Block, Mary J. Blige, SWV and now the Beyoncé tour.
Luke: The musical director, Tom Brennan, called me along with Jeff (Motley). Actually, Tom and Jeff were both on the line! It kinda happened all of a sudden.
Jeff: Yeah, we've been joking about that. Lately Luke and I have said 'we are going to start selling ourselves as a package.' Basically I just got the Beyoncé gig from the other musicians I've been working with over the years. The musical director for Beyoncé called and asked me if I wanted to do the gig. I've been sticking with it since then.
Proview: What do you like best about this tour?
Joe: We've worked with a lot of artists through the years, but it is incredible to work with a person like Beyoncé, who is in touch with every aspect of her music. She's a beautiful and very talented lady who made it very easy to work with her. Also, she allowed me to do some arrangements on the songs along with her and the band for the tour. That made it so much fun to play every night! She even gave me a keyboard solo at the beginning of the show on the song, Me, Myself and I! On the tour I had the opportunity to work with some of the greatest musicians in the world, who all happen to be from church.
roview: Can listeners hear the TRITON STUDIO on any of Beyoncé's songs?
Joe: There are a lot of patches you will hear on the TRITON STUDIO and other Korg keyboards on Beyoncé's records. On the song Naughty Girl you'll hear patches A115 (Watcher Of The Sky) and A045 (Flute). On Baby Boy patches B083 (Indian Star) and C012 (Sine Switcher - a patch actually taken from the TRITON Classic to be used in Joe's TRITON STUDIO) and on the song Yes you'll hear patch A003 (Legato Strings) mostly every synth string on the CD... just to name a few. If I name every patch this will be a whole page!!
http://www.korg.co.uk/artists/beyonce.asp
Proview: How did you get hooked up with the Beyoncé tour?
Joe: My long time friend, Kern, called me and asked me if was I interested in doing the tour. We have toured since 1990 with just about every number number-one artist, like Teddy Riley and Guy, New Kids On The Block, Mary J. Blige, SWV and now the Beyoncé tour.
Luke: The musical director, Tom Brennan, called me along with Jeff (Motley). Actually, Tom and Jeff were both on the line! It kinda happened all of a sudden.
Jeff: Yeah, we've been joking about that. Lately Luke and I have said 'we are going to start selling ourselves as a package.' Basically I just got the Beyoncé gig from the other musicians I've been working with over the years. The musical director for Beyoncé called and asked me if I wanted to do the gig. I've been sticking with it since then.
Proview: What do you like best about this tour?
Joe: We've worked with a lot of artists through the years, but it is incredible to work with a person like Beyoncé, who is in touch with every aspect of her music. She's a beautiful and very talented lady who made it very easy to work with her. Also, she allowed me to do some arrangements on the songs along with her and the band for the tour. That made it so much fun to play every night! She even gave me a keyboard solo at the beginning of the show on the song, Me, Myself and I! On the tour I had the opportunity to work with some of the greatest musicians in the world, who all happen to be from church.
roview: Can listeners hear the TRITON STUDIO on any of Beyoncé's songs?
Joe: There are a lot of patches you will hear on the TRITON STUDIO and other Korg keyboards on Beyoncé's records. On the song Naughty Girl you'll hear patches A115 (Watcher Of The Sky) and A045 (Flute). On Baby Boy patches B083 (Indian Star) and C012 (Sine Switcher - a patch actually taken from the TRITON Classic to be used in Joe's TRITON STUDIO) and on the song Yes you'll hear patch A003 (Legato Strings) mostly every synth string on the CD... just to name a few. If I name every patch this will be a whole page!!
http://www.korg.co.uk/artists/beyonce.asp