Kyrie - One Man Band Geek Cover

This is my cover of Kyrie by Mr. Mister. I got to see Richard Page play this live with Ringo and the All Stars and it was amazing!

I'd like to thank these awesome companies for help with making this video possible:

Bose - @Bose Professional
Line 6 - @Line 6 Movies
Roland - @RolandChannel
Audio Technica - @Audio-Technica USA
Nvidia - @NVIDIA GeForce

Geek Speak:
For the drums, I used the Roland TD-11 kit to record MIDI into Pro Tools. The sounds are coming from Native Instruments Abbey Road 80's drummer. I'm also triggering a second snare from NI Battery. While recording the drums I used the Bose L1 Pro Portable for monitoring which was awesome because I could actually feel what I was playing. I think the original drum part might have had 16ths on the hi hat, but I changed it to 8ths on account of my lame drumming lol.

The bass guitar is a Music Man Sterling recorded through a Universal Audio 4710D then processed with various Waves and Avid plugins. I also doubled the bass track in the choruses and used a NI Guitar Rig bass synth effect.

All the guitar tracks were recorded through the Line 6 Helix. I used the US Deluxe for the clean sound and the Solo Lead OD for the dirty sound. The clean guitar is a Fender Road Worn 50's strat with DiMarzio pickups. The dirty guitar is an Ernie Ball Music Man Steve Morse Y2D with DiMarzio pickups.

There's quite a bit of synth sequencing going on here. I tried my best to show some of it on screen. For the synth sounds I used a lot of the Roland Cloud instruments. I also used some stuff from IK Multimedia Sampletank, NI Kontakt and Avid Xpand. The live keyboard parts were played on the Roland FA-06.

Vocals were recorded with an Audio Technica AT-4047MP into an SSL Alpha channel preamp. Vocal effects are mainly coming from that new Waves CLA Epic plugin which worked incredibly well for this. There are a significant amount of vocal overdubs on this from multiple takes. I don't know how Richard Page does it. He's super-human.

For headphones, I'm using Audio Technica ATH-M50.

The DAW is Pro Tools. I'm running a Dell Xeon PC equipped with an NVIDIA RTX 3090. Just to give you an idea about how crazy the 3090 is, this entire video rendered in under 3 minutes.

I'm using a MOTU 1248 interface with Genelec 8040 speakers.

I used Zoom Q2n cameras with Adobe Premiere Pro for editing.

Thanks to my buddy Ray Magnuski for suggesting this song. Thanks to Ann Marie Nacchio for straightening my voice out to the point where I could actually sing this song. Thanks to Andy Ascolese and John Castellano for checking my mixes and video edits.

The Band Geeks will return soon! We have some awesome stuff coming your way!

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[jkdbobby]

The thumbs downers must not like the song. No one with an ear that works can seriously say this performance was anything but great.

[dwtt]

He can sing. He can sing harmonies. He can play the drums. He can play the guitar. He can play the bass. He can play keys/piano. He can edit the sound. He can mix it. He can produce a video and post it in YT. I’m probably missing a few others. What can’t he do?

[NorCalPhil]

That is absolutely ridiculous. Amazing job not only musically, but with the editing too.

[AugustusSeeley]

Very talented musician... But you can't deny... He's literally BESIDE HIMSELF! Well done.

[ygstuff]

If I close my eyes, I would think I'm listening to Mr. Mister.
Fantastic!!

[SurferJoe]

UN -- B -- LEE --- V -- A -- BLE
There's nothing like a power ballad done by a one man band!

[lovaboi]

Amazing….Mr Mister would be very proud

[charliegray]

Incredible! One of the most talented individuals I’ve ever seen.

[prairiepiper]

My wife just said it best, "close your eyes and you cannot tell the difference!"

[joeltrejoguerrero]

Once again, thank you for bringing back real music. Míster Mr. Would really appreciate your revival.

[melissamartin]

I couldn't stay silent for long....Every Sunday at 2pm ET, Richie orchestrates a fun, positive, interactive live-streaming ~3 hour show that brings people together from all around the world. What I love about Richie Castellano is that he is a man of such strong character that he thanked US just before revealing this performance for helping him prepare his vocals!! He takes the time each week to personally thank his supporters. He's a class act all the way around!

[gitsome]

Wow. The Castellano quintuplets do it again. Amazing !

[thefiftyyearoldfourtwentyg]

Close your eyes & this Sounds Exactly Like the Original all the way down to the Timbre of His Voice
This was SUPER IMPRESSIVE
YouTube Allows those who are Creative to Share their Creativity

[MicheleKWilliams]

Absolutely killed the vocals! Sounded fantastic. And the studio is gorgeous! So happy for you.

[ramoncruz]

Multi-talented doesn’t cover it! Thank you for sharing your talents with us.

[NOXFPV]

Kýrie, eléison means "Lord, have mercy" in Greek, and is a part of many liturgical rites in Eastern and Western Christianity. Kýrie, eléison; Christé, eléison; Kýrie, eléison is a prayer that asks "Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy." According to Page the entire song is, essentially, a prayer.

[theflyxx]

I was sold from the first note. Spectacular cover. It’s a shame I that can only Like this once.

[ddawson]

This song inspired me. I’m going to carry a laser everywhere I go from now on.

[xxxloutdoors]

LORD HAVE MERCY!! God bless you brother.

[bubblehed]

MAN, you are amazing. A musical chameleon. You can sound like ANYONE. Well done!