(average: 4.93 out of 5)
Loading ...Respect this man. Mr. Ronald Jenkees is not your typical beat-maker. He’s even got a mild case of the crazies. Regardless of his weird mannerisms, there is no doubt that this dude has an unbelievable ear for the keyboard (think Polow da Don meets Capcom). Not only that, but he can make me question my tastes in music, which is admittedly hard to do. Where was this guy when everyone in the world was making Jay-Z Black Album remixes?
Jump: ronaldjenkees.com (This particular song is called ‘Throwing Fire’)
Count of Barcelos
April 24, 2009 at 8:11 pmPure, delicious, awesomeness.
Bizzle
April 24, 2009 at 8:17 pmHoly crap!
alastair
April 24, 2009 at 9:39 pmYAY!
Jason
April 25, 2009 at 2:12 amRonald Jenkees is the fucking man! mad props to jenkees http://www.youtube.com/ronaldjenkees for more awesome shit like this!
nurotek
April 25, 2009 at 2:15 amwhat synths / workstations are these ? i love the sawed bass synth u got going on the top there
godzilla complex
April 25, 2009 at 3:03 ampretty sure this is photoshopped.
pipyopi
April 25, 2009 at 3:26 ammotivational poster.
PHOTOSHOP
its invaded our videos
pipyopi
April 25, 2009 at 3:42 amMOTIVATIONAL POSTERS
they’ve invaded our comments
kuwabatake
April 25, 2009 at 3:48 amsure he’s got technical skill and and ear for music, but that doesn’t mean his stuff is good. i would only listen to it if it was in a video game.
Janine
April 25, 2009 at 11:46 amWhy say it’s photoshopped? Can’t your brain understand that somebody can be this talented? Stop stealing his thunder!
dlck
April 25, 2009 at 12:27 pmBlew my frontal lobe
ESVNSCR
April 25, 2009 at 1:44 pmI totally agree. This is way ‘Shopped, you can see the pixels on the lower right at 2:21 and the shadow is all wrong. I’ve seen a lot of shops in my day.
Freshfade
April 25, 2009 at 3:33 pmI agree with ESVNSCR, I too have seen some shops in my days, but THIS is the cake!
Llama
April 25, 2009 at 4:29 pmphotoshop trolls…ugh. go find something else to do, like hang out on 4chan where no one gives a damn if you’re a little bitch.
this video fucking rocks. extreme talent. i wish i had his skills.
buttraider
April 25, 2009 at 9:15 pmtoadally shoppen for sure
asdfasf
April 25, 2009 at 9:30 pmoh my god,
YOU CAN NOT PHOTOSHOP VIDEOS
fucking twats
r_lez
April 25, 2009 at 9:35 pmsearch “ryan leslie making addiction” and you’ll see that it isn’t just this person with amazing talent.
giggals
April 26, 2009 at 12:35 amthis guy ripped all his music straight off the atari lynx, he can play alright but so can a lot of people, my opinions are better than anyone elses and the video is definitly photoshopped, no-one really wears that kind of orange.
SNOPESFAN
April 26, 2009 at 1:21 amHE’S A FAKE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlXJsd9BT20
Ched
April 26, 2009 at 9:41 amThanks for the comments everyone!
Also, as SNOPESFAN pointed out, Ronald Jenkies (like 99% of all artists) is a persona. The music itself is NOT fake.
test
April 26, 2009 at 3:09 pmWhere can I get a hat like that?
Trevor
April 26, 2009 at 5:07 pmFirst of all, you can not photoshop a video. And no graphics or video effects program that are available to consumers would be able to create something even remotely close to this. Programs like Shake, Maya, and Adobe After Effects are simply not powerful enough to do that.
This guy has talent! Get over it!
And so what if his name is really Benjamin Feltus. Welcome to the world of entertainment. People put on a show, and act for their audience. And even if he was Big Cheez before, who cares? He rebranded himself, and got popular.
Great video, I was blown away.
PHOTOSHOPPED
April 26, 2009 at 5:24 pmThese comments are photoshopped. I can tell by some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops at my time.
Zaicolainen
April 27, 2009 at 4:41 pmI realy cant understand people say photoshopped at a VIDEO!
bobo
April 27, 2009 at 5:48 pmso what. what he’s playing sucks ass
doyathinkhesaurus
April 28, 2009 at 1:56 ami applaud everyone who truly sees this is shopped. you are truly higher beings. its not going unnoticed
sincerely,
frustrated educated
Mark
April 28, 2009 at 3:14 am“oh my god,
YOU CAN NOT PHOTOSHOP VIDEOS
fucking twats”
lmao guess he doesnt get its a joke xD
insane video though
COde
April 28, 2009 at 6:43 amYep, he’s very talented but his chacracter is made up. so.. just a regular guy who kicks ass at organ.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlXJsd9BT20
benjamin Button
April 28, 2009 at 2:57 pmNo doubt this guys has some talent.
But there is no way in hell that this guy is cool. That hat hes wearing he looks like a fucking tool
Debb
April 28, 2009 at 5:54 pmAWESOME!
DrKelira
April 29, 2009 at 2:37 amWow, this is really groovy.
james madison
April 29, 2009 at 11:48 pmyo is it possible to appreciate talent and not be a judgemental bitch based on what they wear? sure he wont be the flyest dude at the club but id sure as hell buy him a drink
potatolver
April 30, 2009 at 4:08 pmi really like potato salad
hardon
May 1, 2009 at 4:33 amAmazing what you can do with photoshop nowadays. I didn’t realise for a while but after some careful examination, i’m 100% sure that this IS photoshopped!
bear
May 1, 2009 at 12:57 pmPixels big as radishes.
madman
May 2, 2009 at 1:58 amFlocken awsome!
Tonedeaf
May 2, 2009 at 9:42 amWaw, this guys owns Jay-Z, Kanye West and Daft Punk on his own, using a keyboard and only two hands…
Insanely nice work my man, keep it up and we’ll see your name on an albul very soon I think
Dan
May 2, 2009 at 1:59 pmOh man, thats what music is about. Just have fun and let the instrument do the talking. Props dude.
PS I love the hat, being called eccentric is a compliment in the highest form. It means your different, unique. Thank whoever it was who labeled you, because everyone knows that whoever it was is just jelous that you have your own look which your comfortable with and they are just one of the herd. Way to stand out man. Props again.
Samm
May 2, 2009 at 4:34 pmOh my god that is craaaazyyyy
Ahaha this guys a beast!
PAT
May 2, 2009 at 7:56 pmYo that video was good, and for all you fuck tard who think your so awsome you can spot photoshop, while he is playing you can clearly SEE THE PIANO MOVING from the force he presses the keys with! so congratz on reaching a whole new level of retardism!!! so if anyoff you have some solid proof that this is photoshoped or how to photoshop a video of this kind, id be glad to see a link posted because your arguments are lacking. meaning one of two things, you are a prepubecent little boy who thinks hes the shit or your some 40 year old tool who has learned to give himself head while posting bullshit… you take your pick.
As for the video and everyone who thinks its awsome, i concer and keep it real.
Peace out, fucktards
Herbie
May 2, 2009 at 11:22 pmMad respect. id love to jam with you sometime
P-Wolf
May 3, 2009 at 12:56 amobviously shoped, but thats beside the point, this song is quite gay and tasteless, especially that big gay trance stab thing going on in the background
me
May 3, 2009 at 4:25 pmits not shopped. dont be such dickheads.
DJ STARR
May 3, 2009 at 4:51 pmFREAKIN SWEET!!!
Here I Be
May 3, 2009 at 7:54 pm@P-Wolf, I think the gayness might have been shopped in as well. This is funny because I was just in the middle of writing a tutorial on Photoshopping videos and I can now save myself some time and just use this as my main example. The only really noticeable shopping is the hat, there’s no way someone could wear that hat, even indoors without it be shopped.
retard
May 4, 2009 at 1:42 pmThe video is awsome, but I think the music in it is photoshopped
:P:P
Evan Guillette
May 4, 2009 at 5:10 pmThe keyboards are A Yamaha Motif XS8 (on the bottom and which i personaly own. EPIC keyboard) and i believe the keyboard on top is a Korg triton. not exactly sure which version of it though. this guy is epic. and i only wish i could play improv like him
emily
May 5, 2009 at 1:33 amsweet nastiness
Photoshopped 4 Sure
May 5, 2009 at 8:40 amthis ’shopper is talented
ken
May 7, 2009 at 7:29 pmi thought it was a load of cold trype tasteing dog fish banbaln gtryexalo
Koom
May 9, 2009 at 10:00 amYeah it is shopped.. The pixels are all wrong, i can tell because ive seen a lot of shops in my day.
crackacracka
May 10, 2009 at 12:58 pmNot that hard. His drum beat is mediocre at best.
Dellazice
May 12, 2009 at 6:29 pmI think this is what heaven sounds like
Huh?
May 13, 2009 at 8:13 amPerhaps I’m alone in my opinion here but I’m not all that impressed. It sounds like video game music for the SEGA master system. He brings a lot of things in late too.
RIPTOSE
May 14, 2009 at 7:14 pmILL KEEP THIS SHORT BUT THIS GUY GOT HIS FIRST BREAK WHEN ESPN ASKED HIM TO MAKE A SONG FOR ONE OF THEIR SHOWS. SO AS FAR AS THE FAKE COMMENTS GO THAT TOTAL B.S.
Seriously
May 17, 2009 at 2:19 amSounds like video game music…….??? Just like any art one must have a muse to create from. Who is to say that early video game music wasn’t the goal here? He is labeled as eccentric and he backs it up by playing eccentric music….open your minds. Music is more than your shitty top 40 and MTV. Perhaps its time to start listening to something other than lil wayne, or maybe pick up your own instrument and try to create something.
Seriously
May 17, 2009 at 2:19 amSounds like video game music…….??? Just like any art one must have a muse to create from. Who is to say that early video game music wasn’t the goal here? He is labeled as eccentric and he backs in up by playing eccentric music….open your minds. Music is more than your shitty top 40 and MTV. Perhaps its time to start listening to something other than lil wayne, or maybe pick up your own instrument and try to create something.
Bob Thanis
May 18, 2009 at 4:13 pmthis guy is fuckin sweet! hell, even if it is photoshopped, it’s still a fun watch.
Nesboi
May 24, 2009 at 4:04 pm“throwing fire”, eh? i suppos these synth beats really do belong in a video game. pretty awesome tune though. hes got a wicked ear for music!
Aaron
May 26, 2009 at 8:07 pmFantastic tune. I looked for the mp3 on his album, but it’s not there. Would like to use it as my ringtone.
Switch Theory
May 29, 2009 at 10:00 amIf this is photoshopped that would mean that he is both a genius at photoshop as well as a music transcribing expert. He would have to transcribe every note in the track and painstakingly manipulate each finger to hit the right keys at the exact right time( and believe me they are the right notes, I’ve been playing the keys for 25 years).
so…
he is a photoshop genius and musical transcription expert,
or
he is a talented keyboardist.
I choose the latter.
Garfield135
May 29, 2009 at 10:00 pmNot trying to be a dick, but the music in itself doesn’t sound that hard. Remember, he has the drums put in separately… but no matter what, it still sounds really good XD
Frank
May 30, 2009 at 7:47 pmI have been a musician for over 30 years, he is playing what you hear, no doubt. Second, shopped? Really? Give that a try dorks, see how far you get. Your lives are shopped. My guess is your hat is even more disturbing then this dude’s. Not that I care about his hat. He probably gets more girls then any of you ‘it’s shopped’ pussies. But as they say, ignorance is bliss, so I’m preaching to the the happiest people on the planet.
bradrian
May 31, 2009 at 11:28 pmbadass level
OVER 9000
i like fish
June 8, 2009 at 4:41 pmyes, its true, i do like fish.
Rose
June 9, 2009 at 12:17 amnice glasses haha
i enjoyed this
Jordan
June 10, 2009 at 5:23 pmWow, oh wow wowie wowzerz. Ra-ta-tat move over.
jade
June 13, 2009 at 4:30 pmholy molly this guy is cool and is the greatest at the keyboard and PHOTO SHOP MEAN PPHHOOTTOO shot not video you craps
TheJebby
June 23, 2009 at 3:02 pmBUY HIS CD. and look up “Stay Crunchy”. thats his best song.
and his 56k rap
The Verdict
June 26, 2009 at 9:55 pm“Janine”
“Llama”
“asdfasf ”
“Trevor”
“Zaicolainen”
“PAT” (it’s spelled concur btw)
“me”
“Bob Thanis”
“Switch Theory”
“Frank”
“jade”
These are the names.
The virtual names.
The names of the people who have been trolled by the photoshop joke.
The joke which has popularized many a comment box across many a webpage.
The fail..nay epic fail of those sucked into the trap of such a troll..well..it is to be pitied.
The knowledge of this troll should be held within everyone, but alas ’tis not.
One can only wonder why such internet insolence can occur.
One can only facepalm in the face of these people’s falling for the long old joke.
A joke..a meme really..that will last for a long time to come and what will unfortunately last is also those who get angered at it..the utter failure just makes one cringe…..but I digress. Suffer, survive, I suppose…
Hmmmm
July 4, 2009 at 11:04 pmWhat The Verdict said….
sweets
July 10, 2009 at 2:41 pmJust give the guy his due respect and move on..Didn’t your trailer park parents ever teach you any manners??? Nothing nice to say ? Say NOTHING !! This was not shopped,,
dinu (ro)
July 10, 2009 at 8:32 pmgreat performance!
amyswhimzyfl
July 21, 2009 at 11:18 amI’m a retired music teacher and I love it. It seems to power me up for the day. I’d love to do house work by this stuff. Great brain-pan man. Should have had this stuff in the 60’s
Shabazzist
July 24, 2009 at 7:31 amphotoshopped!!?
You morons, that is the effect of the bright light source off camera (right).
Both keyboards on the stand react to the force of his playing by wobbling/ vibrating as he hits the keys, but appropriate to the force he uses.
You’re pathetic.
If you like conspiracy theories you are on the wrong site. Loosers
Mike Litoris
July 25, 2009 at 6:23 amFIRST!
Jamos
July 25, 2009 at 4:29 pm@The Verdict. Maybe you were the one being trolled by these people that were pretending to fall for the joke to give the trolls a false sense of accomplishment and laugh at their idiocy to themselves
bibbletang
July 25, 2009 at 7:35 pmthis is what all this modern ‘euphoria’ and ‘ministry of sound’ sounds like to me, dodgy 80’s computer theme tunes
anyway, well done
Poliranus
August 2, 2009 at 12:11 pmI simply fell in love with this song as soon as i heard it. It is completely mind blowing. LOVE IT .
Giorgio
August 4, 2009 at 3:46 pmJesus, have any of the commenters ever listened to a jazz or classical pianist before?! This guy couldn’t make it into music school with his “Throwing Fire” “composition”. Most musicians I know fart more musically than this guy. Listen to better music and you won’t be some easily impressed with pathetic attempts like this.
Thom Blake
August 4, 2009 at 4:42 pmThis is totally photoshopped.
Thuggles
August 4, 2009 at 11:45 pmI photoshop music professionally, and now you can too! Check out my free introductory youtube tuitorials, and you too can photoshop your music as well as this guy.
http://bit.ly/4kb77v
Thinker Mcgee
August 5, 2009 at 11:46 amWOW!!! Screw the haters man. You’re awesome. WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Orbulas
August 17, 2009 at 12:18 pmAs a fellow keyboard player I can verify that this is a fairly talented player wasting his talents on some really shitty music.
Ryaaaan
August 18, 2009 at 6:44 amJesus Toasty Christy on a Bicycle.
Saint
August 18, 2009 at 3:22 pmPeople, when others make the comment “This is shopped” or anything similar to that, they are doing something that, if you can’t understand why they would say that, is called a JOKE. They know that you can’t shop a video, and the comment, “I’ve seen a lot of photoshopped pics in my day” just drives home that they are joking, so please, don’t get offended, or get defensive for the retard on the keyboard. (Whom is obviously a fucking idiot savant) They aren’t taking a stab at your little keyboard playing rainman, they are just enjoying their slice of teh internets.
FUCKING OBVIOUS
August 21, 2009 at 3:49 pm“slice of teh internets”
GROW UP, you useless illiterate fucktard, the day you can do anything more than slag people off better than this guy, i will EAT my fucking piano. Either you’re all just twats with nothing better to do, or you’re failed music critics, either prospect isn’t exactly great, so why don’t you just all FUCK OFF to whichever IQ 10 level of ‘teh internets’ you got dragged up from and go back to jerking off to your 4chan posts:
THAT WAY WE DON’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOU
FUCKING OBVIOUS
August 21, 2009 at 3:52 pmand in case your all wondering, i DO KNOW what the ‘photoshop meme’ is, and my only argument is that its not clever, it doesn’t make you cool, its getting old and it WASN’T EVER FUNNY
Kevim
August 22, 2009 at 2:24 amYou cant photoshop a video. if anything you would use adobe after effects. but in this case this dude is just to fuckin rad! great music and talent.
MIZZY
August 27, 2009 at 12:28 pmSHOPPPED!!!!!!
I was abouts to bone my girlfriend outs at the lakes!
But suddensly shes yellds so i looks up and its was biggfoots
Then i for to goes back toos bonings
then the mosquitos came
and she saids there whas no whay
Staz
August 29, 2009 at 11:45 pmAhaha. I was listening to this song on Pandora when I stumbled this page. I’m glad both sites are starting to understand me.
God
September 10, 2009 at 9:45 pmWow, you ridiculous people. I can’t believe you haven’t seen these videos on youtube already. To everyone who says, “oh it’s obviously shopped, OBVIOUSLY” try taking a closer look into what you’re watching before making accusations. Ronald Jenkees uses FL Studio to make the beats that play in the background. I have played piano for 12 years now and I tell you people, everything other than the beats, he’s playing. And it’s amazing, so show some respect. As for the persona thing. I’m sticking to the, “I don’t know” side of the argument, because none of us here, ON THE INTERNET, know him. I’ve met plenty of talented weirdos in my day. Basically, I read a deal of these comments on this site, and I had to comment on the all the bullshit ignorance that was clouding my screen.
HORUS
September 11, 2009 at 11:23 pmIt’s OK.. I can tell you from a classical pianist point of view, who is also a published soundtrack composer, that his skills are average, and nothing to get overwhelmed by
YahooSerious
October 29, 2009 at 11:41 amwow…he sure knows how to improvise over a sequenced drum track. This would be impressive if he was 5.
YahooSerious
October 29, 2009 at 11:53 amP.S. the top keyboard is a Triton LE. I think the bottom is just a straight Yamaha Motif 8 (1st gen).
And anyone giving props to his beat making skills is a dumbass. But I think the point is that this music isn’t about technical skill, its about vibe, feel, energy, how it makes us feel. Nothing the Beatles ever wrote was technically brilliant, but on this pop-music level they shine. That is the game this guy is in. So having said that, it all becomes relative to our own personal taste and all argument about whether he sucks or not becomes moot. He knows how to use a sequencer. When was the last time someone got praised for knowing how to use a word-processor?
YahooSerious
October 29, 2009 at 12:15 pmactually…I really like the note this guy has at the end of the video. He’s cool. He gets it.
It'sMe!
October 29, 2009 at 12:46 pmI just wanted to say that I have a digital camera from 2005 that creates those pixels when I make a video. And yeah, this guy is a total dork, but I don’t see any of you showcasing your talents. It seems like the only talent most of these people have on here is attacking someone through the internet. Look, if you wanna make your point THAT badly, go to this guy’s house and tell him. I sure as hell don’t give a damn about your opinions and you make yourselves out to be spineless little bitches.
It'sMe!
October 29, 2009 at 12:56 pmAnd, yes, his playing skills are mediocore, but that’s why he’s making beats (or whatever, don’t get your panties in a bunch cuz I said the wrong thing) and not out there playing classical piano. And as yet another person on here that has played piano for 17 years, I can tell you what he’s doing compared to actually pianists is cake. BUT, he’s making his own beats whereas I’m playing someone elses masterpiece. That’s what sets him apart.
Claire
November 2, 2009 at 1:46 pmMy three and a half year old said “Mommy – this makes me want to dance!” and that’s just what we did!
Anthony
November 4, 2009 at 10:18 pmYOU CAN’T PHOTOSHOP A VIDEO!
loves_martyr
November 5, 2009 at 2:55 amI want the MP3!!! O.O
Sadie
December 30, 2009 at 9:00 pmI have no idea if this guy is for real or not, but whoever made the music is awesome
orange
January 3, 2010 at 3:14 amfun for sure
kilim Rugs
January 3, 2010 at 8:12 amPure Class….
slav
January 3, 2010 at 2:40 pmI”m blown away!
DJ_BludLust
January 4, 2010 at 3:46 amThis guy needs to start an electro career, he could totally rock a crowd.
Bret
January 4, 2010 at 4:04 amYou know what’s funny is that even though everyone is joking, you actually CAN Photoshop a video now. It has a video editor. lol
But I did love the song. Good work. Anyone can play the piano. Almost no one can create something worth listening to.
L
January 4, 2010 at 6:34 pmCLEARLY SHOPPED
Tony
January 4, 2010 at 11:57 pmIve been watching and listening to your music for a long time now and it fails to amaze me. Incredible. What more can i say, You rock!!
dr dob robinson
January 5, 2010 at 9:12 pmman that shit gave me goose bumps
Garthhh
January 10, 2010 at 2:43 amNothing you can say will convince me that this is not Mix Master Mike in disguise.
vernon marsh
January 10, 2010 at 4:23 pmGood stuff. I don’t see anything particularly weird or even unusual about the performer’s mannerisms–what are you referring to?
Tashina
January 12, 2010 at 4:47 amBased on the music and the hat? I’d totally do him.
Tom Skilling
January 12, 2010 at 5:31 pmhe was working with STS9… this guy is pretty famous
jesus
January 13, 2010 at 4:02 amOMG I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
Jack
January 13, 2010 at 9:35 pmThrowing fire is really really good!!!
Svengali
January 14, 2010 at 1:42 pmHOLY SAVANT
fubar
January 15, 2010 at 10:03 pmSimply asesome……….
Angel
January 17, 2010 at 3:22 pmthats flat out sexi
Wolf
January 29, 2010 at 3:10 pm…………………stunned. very talented. kudos. I’m sure you’re famous by now. if not… you should be. that or very well off with this talent.
anthony B
February 1, 2010 at 12:56 amThis guy is epic………..inspires me crazy……thanx
Juno
February 1, 2010 at 4:32 pmThis is the theme tune to the philip defranco show.
Kibble Tester
February 4, 2010 at 5:34 pmsounds like Nintendo music.
Andre
February 4, 2010 at 8:20 pmits the Like totally awsome theme song xD
Hilary
February 5, 2010 at 1:43 amJust so everyone knows… you can’t “PHOTOSHOP” a video. You can “put music over top a video” … but “photoshopping” is just images. nice try though.
fila
February 5, 2010 at 10:27 amay. i stumbled upon this guy about a year ago. i bought all hist tracks from itunes and i tell you that there is no better music to listen to if you need inspiration for art YOU are creating. graphic design made to Ronald’s music is magic!
DubSack
February 11, 2010 at 7:40 pmThis guy single-handedly gives ratatat a run for their money!
Will
February 14, 2010 at 7:02 pmi cant believe you are saying this is photoshoped its a video and if you look him up on youtube he has a ton of videos and you can buy his music on itunes so sorry but all of you are idiots and can not accept that someone who is a little slow can make music
Srah
February 18, 2010 at 2:34 pmThis is Sound Tribe Sector 9 that he is playing. Best cover of any of their songs I could find.
j
February 18, 2010 at 8:45 pmWhy don’t you dumb shits google his name?
baby jane
February 19, 2010 at 3:12 pmwhy dont some peeps get the ‘its photoshopped’ gag?
its a gag you morons, a wind up, a pun, irony……….
jesus some people are stupid.
Neshquik
February 20, 2010 at 10:09 pmomfg…the next prodigy
Joanne
February 23, 2010 at 10:49 pmThis guy is delish.
pat
March 9, 2010 at 11:05 pmhe is from sound tribe sector 9 its not photoshopped