Tony Banks is a fairly heavy influence on my style, so some of these covers are either from his solo work or from his time in Genesis. For aficionados only.

As you can probably tell, the instrumentation is limited to the gear I have (I'm not rich), and instead of all coat and no knickers, it's no coat and no knickers - any trace of talent is luck in this instance.

Genesis/Tony Banks Covers

Maybe time to give the album Calling All Stations some love? No?

Provide your own vocals.

Instruments used:

DX7 (VST)
Padshop
Halion
Groove Agent
Bass Guitar
Ovation Guitar
Yamaha Piano as controller
Wavestation (VST)
Cubase 12 Pro

'Congo' sample taken from the original track, but played around with - everything else either live or quantized!

Bongo the Congo

Got a new(er) DAW. A quick test with a re-rendering of a cover version of Genesis' Do The Neurotic (fixing some of the things I didn't like, albeit missing some of the things I did like).

Do The Neurotic (2021 mix)

Very rough cover of Genesis' Domino pt 1 (In the Glow of the Night).

No singing...I promise.

Sequenced parts - drum machine.
All other instruments played live.

In the Glow of the Night (Genesis - rough) [2016]

Another Tony Banks cover from the Soundtracks album. Done from memory rather than reference, it's not an exact replica (what's the point in that).

Done for a bit of fun. It still needs more work on the mixing and effects.

Probably one of my last Banks covers (A few more in me, but I've done enough, I think, to warrant legal action!)

All VST. 

Considering I'm going from memory rather than using someone else's MIDI file, it sounds okay to my ears.

28-Dec-16 - Changes the drum voice and increased the solo lower octave level.

Smilin' Jack Casey (Tony Banks)

One of my favourites...I wish my playing were better but I'm no pianist. Think of this as more adaption than replication; an exact copy is just a duplicate! I am aware of the parts that are different.

18-May-17 - Sorted out the first chord (F/C#)
16-June-17 - Added synth bass
10-July-17 - Synth bass too loud - reduced level
11-July-17 - Adjusted chorus on piano to lower in the mix
14-July-17 - Other synths added - still not quite complete but complete enough
15-Sept-17 - Additional organ and synth bass enhancement
5-Oct-17 - Synth-bass enhancement (slower attack)

Slight mix adjustment since using the new control surface.

From The Undertow (Banks - A Curious Feeling)

I wanted to give this a go - writing is a bit of a blank at the moment. Varying degrees of success and failure on this, but as a first try I'm happy with it. Certain things are missing and the whole thing is unfinished. There's no guitar solo either - cuz I'm a rubbish guitarist.

All VST apart from guitars and bass.

The drums are VST, albeit played live with an e-drumkit.
There are some Simmons samples in this!! Gotta love the 80s!

Revisions:

2022-07-13 - Synth Bass redone
2023-02-14 - Added DX7 (Dexed), re-eq of snare and some guitar

Tonight Tonight Tonight (Genesis Cover)

Strictly amateur stuff here, folks. What's mine is distinctly average at best, but there's a few Genesis-and-related covers in here, and also a few Genesis-inspired tracks of my own; I have many more of my own but I'm not sure the world is ready for them(!).

I don't really have any equipment (apart from e drums) younger than 20 years old; I'm afraid it doesn't sound as good as I'd like, but never blame your tools!

I may be ending this account soon. For what I pay I'm just not getting the traffic that I feel justifies it...shame.

Bongo the Congo

Matt Hogg