H.D. Schulze´s MIDI Files ...

I'm glad to add, apart to Steve Day, another great sequencer of hits of the 60th's to the 90th's to my humble pages: Heinz Dieter Schulze aka H.D. Schulze - or simply "H.D." ,-) H.D. got my attention when i was cruising the net looking for some Wille DeVille MIDIs which i finally found on Doc Doc's web site. I was not only surprised by the high quality of his Willy DeVille MIDIs - after listening to them i looked for more and found tons of great H.D. stuff all over the world. Within a few days i fortunatly managed to grab all his works and got great responses after posting them to a.b.s.m. Another surprise was the fact, that H.D., like me, lives in Germany which makes the communication and correspondence a little bit easier ,-) After talking for a while we decided to do some teamwork - H.D. continoues making MIDIs, i do the ugly HTML stuff to make the great works of H.D. available for everyone.

Have fun with the results ,-)


H.D.'s musical background...
When the famous UK group "Tornados" in 1962 had their first hit "Telstar", H.D. was lost to that sound in front of his steam radio. Watching the warm tube glow, listening that song, he dreamed that he would play Hammond Organ one fine day like the pros on air. Reality was different, a Hammond was not effordable and he had to build his first organ completely by himself from scratch. After long soldering nights the organ was ready. But the sound never matched the expectation. He practised heavily and played some songs from memory. After some time he took all his savings and acquired his first Farfisa Organ with rhythm section. Later, a friend bought the Farfisa for his daughter and time came for some real stuff - a Technics E66 moved in. This powerful toy enabled the first programmed sessions.

H.D. Schulze playing his beloved Mosrite.
Note the 'humble' guitar collection in the background ,-)

Click on the picture for a more detailed view...
Other friends asked H.D. to install a light show, strobos and effects in their party room. When it was time for them to plunk down the bucks, they had not enough cash and offered a Höfner "Beatles Bass" and another no-name electric Guitar to compensate the difference. He accepted and owned his first guitars. The Höfner's string setting was far too high and the no-name Electric didn't work at all. Guitar body and repair work took place for some weeks. Having two guitars every day in view, it was clear that the famous Shadows song "Apache" was the first song he tried to perform. Playing from memory was a desaster and there was no question he had to purchase songbooks and start exercises. Opening the songbook, full of hope and having not a clue about anything, gave a hard time. It ended with hours, days, weeks and finally years of practising playing guitar. Guitars from different brands, you name them, found her new home in the musicroom. During a USA trip he found a rare Mosrite, made popular by the Ventures.

H.D. performed some gigs with friends where he played the Bass. Even playing Bass was not his first choice, it gave him better musical basic understanding. The other band members found girlfriends and got married. Live went on and childs at home did not allow to have the band playing regularly. Therefore H.D. tried Band In A Box to replace the missing band members. It worked quite well and he had some hundred songs ready after a while. PC's and software improved and he began to enter MIDI files in Power Tracks Pro. The result was better than everything before. Midisoft's Studio and Recording Session software made it complete.

With the excellent sounds from Roland's Sound Canvas SC-55 he was often asked from neighbours - "Who's playing that killer Organ in your sessions?" or the best compliment he got - "Hey man, are you a professional musician? Listened to your session and I was impressed."

How the MIDIs are done...
H.D's songs are created by different technics. Playing Keyboard and real time MIDI sequencer recording with later editing is one possibility. Some songs, especially demanding records like Queen's famous "A Kind Of Magic", are completely entered by Mouse clicks. Power Tracks Pro was found to be the best tool for that time consuming process. For other songs, it was helpful to create basic track's in Band In A Box, convert them to MIDI and finish and polish them with manuell editing. However, a good harmonic, musical and timing understanding is necessary to get good results and avoid MIDI jam.

'nuff said...
You're invited not just to listen to the MIDI files, please change and improve the songs as you like. Your e-mail with the improved songfile is always welcome. For example take the file "I'm A King Bee" where Doc Doc added nice Guitar solos and the bridge. The song is now really lively.

Some notes:


And - pleaze! - don´t forget to send H.D. Schulze a mail and tell him what do you think about his work!

Title Artist Size Time
1492 - Conquest of Paradise Vangelis 46 Kb 5:51
A Horse with no Name2/22/99 America 42 Kb 3:31
A kind of Magic Queen 38 Kb 4:25
A Place in the Sun Shadows 41 Kb 2:58
Albatross Fleetwood Mac 27 Kb 3:18
All my Love8/2/00 Cliff Richard 25 Kb 3:15
Amapola5/25/98 Ventures 44 Kb 2:11
And then he kissed me Crystals 29 Kb 2:06
Apache Jorgan Ingmann 52 Kb 2:57
Atlantis Shadows 43 Kb 2:44
Baby Jane Rod Stewart 42 Kb 4:58
Back for Good5/4/98 Take That 23 Kb 4:00
Back in the USSR4/26/99 Beatles 45 Kb 2:31
Bamboo Road Willy DeVille 29 Kb 3:02
Besame Mucho Jimmy Dorsey 41 Kb 3:08
Black eyed Boy1/15/99 Texas 40 Kb 3:12
Blue Jean4/26/00 David Bowie 44 Kb 3:19
Born Free Roger Williams 21 Kb 2:24
Can´t do without it5/12/98 Willy DeVille 30 Kb 2:50
Come back and stay Paul Young 48 Kb 3:39
Cool Change Little River Band 25 Kb 4:31
Cover me Bruce Springsteen 47 Kb 3:08
Da Doo Ron Ron Crystals 15 Kb 2:04
Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen 55 Kb 3:17
Danny´s Song Loggins & Messina 54 Kb 4:23
Daughter of Darkness2/22/99 Tom Jones 49 Kb 3:30
Demasiado Corazon6/1/98 Willy DeVille 72 Kb 3:48
Desiree Neil Diamond 34 Kb 3:16
Diamonds5/31/98 Shadows 40 Kb 2:38
Eleanor Rigby Beatles 23 Kb 2:09
End of the Line Traveling Wilburys 58 Kb 4:28
Everlasting Love Gloria Estefan 33 Kb 2:36
Everyday Buddy Holly 26 Kb 2:53
FBI Shadows 38 Kb 2:33
Friday on my Mind Easybeats 61 Kb 3:06
Genie with the light brown Lamp8/16/98 Shadows 48 Kb 2:44
Get Back Beatles 48 Kb 3:09
Geronimo4/29/99 Shadows 67 Kb 2:33
Ghostriders in the Sky Shadows 71 Kb 3:17
Groovy Kind of Love Mindbenders 18 Kb 2:10
Heart and Soul Willy DeVille 63 Kb 4:08
Hernando´s Hideaway R Adler & J Ross 42 Kb 2:46
How about us1/15/99 Grayson Hugh & Betty Wright 45 Kb 3:39
Human Touch Bruce Springsteen 53 Kb 5:06
Hungry like a Wolf Duran Duran 41 Kb 3:20
I found someone Cher 40 Kb 3:01
I must be dreaming Willy DeVille 68 Kb 4:06
I´ll be your Baby Tonight5/24/99 Robert Palmer 40 Kb 2:52
I´ll never find another you Seekers 24 Kb 2:39
I´m a King Bee James Moore 91 Kb 3:39
I´m on Fire Bruce Springsteen 28 Kb 2:38
Jealous Guy Roxy Music 62 Kb 4:33
Lay back in the Arms of someone9/2/98 Smokie 53 Kb 4:20
Little Honda 21/8/01 Beach Boys 63 Kb 3:20
Lilly´s Daddy´s Cadillac6/28/98 Willy DeVille 63 Kb 3:37
Lonely Bull Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass 34 Kb 2:43
Lonesome Loser7/16/98 Little River Band 24 Kb 2:41
Love me do Beatles 26 Kb 2:44
Magnificent Seven Theme Elmer Bernstein 42 Kb 3:20
Man of Mystery Shadows 33 Kb 2:20
Maybe Tomorrow5/11/98 Willy DeVille 45 Kb 2:53
Mixed up, shook up Girl Willy DeVille 32 Kb 3:20
Nightshift Commodores 37 Kb 4:43
Nutbush City Limits Tina Turner 72 Kb 4:07
On Brodway Drifters 19 Kb 2:29
Peter Gunn Duane Eddy 14 Kb 2:05
Private Dancer11/11/98 Tina Turner 62 Kb 7:04
Quartermaster Stores Ventures 41 Kb 3:04
Quit playing Games Backstreet Boys 28 Kb 3:55
Rawhide Blues Brothers 27 Kb 2:42
Rhinestone Cowboy Glen Campbell 46 Kb 3:19
Right back where we started from Sinitta 57 Kb 3:16
River deep, Mountain high Ike & Tina Turner 35 Kb 2:46
Room with a View Marty Keil 28 Kb 3:55
Shindig5/8/98 Shadows 20 Kb 2:07
Skin Deep5/7/01 Stranglers 54 Kb 4:36
So you win again Hot Chocolate 33 Kb 3:31
Some Girls2/9/00 Racey 51 Kb 4:23
Some Kind of Trouble10/5/98 Tanya Tucker 49 Kb 3:44
Stainsby Girls11/20/99 Chris Rea 30 Kb 3:44
Still got the Blues5/4/98 Gary Moore 26 Kb 3:51
Telstar Tornados 27 Kb 1:57
The Entertainer Scott Joplin 38 Kb 2:43
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Ennio Morricone 28 Kb 3:04
The Letter Box Tops 27 Kb 1:54
The Message is Love3/13/00 Arthur Baker 44 Kb 3:57
The Sun ain´t gonna shine anymore Walker Brothers 30 Kb 3:24
Theme for young Lovers Shadows 49 Kb 2:52
There goes the Neighborhood5/27/00 Sheryl Crow 66 Kb 4:51
This must be the Night Willy DeVille 48 Kb 2:34
Ticket to Ride10/19/99 Beatles 27 Kb 3:17
We don´t need another Hero Tina Turner 39 Kb 3:08
When Love comes to Town03/15/99 U2 28 Kb 3:58
Wicked Games Chris Isaak 33 Kb 3:52
Wind beneath my Wings7/5/98 Bette Midler 37 Kb 5:14
Wipeout Surfaris 13 Kb 1:14
Wonderful Land Shadows 40 Kb 2:08
You got it6/19/98 Roy Orbison 40 Kb 3:11
You Sexy Thing Hot Chocolate 41 Kb 3:24
You´ve got your Troubles Fortunes 22 Kb 2:57
Young Girl Gary Pucket & the Union Gap 57 Kb 3:57

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