Piano World Home Page Forums Our Most Popular Forums Adult Beginners Forum Recital 11 -- August 15, 2008

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">20</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">rustyfingers </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Massachusetts </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/Uploads/files/janeaustenpiano.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">7 years as a child
3 year as an adult </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/20. rustyfingers - Root Beer Rag.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Root Beer Rag </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Billy Joel </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:24 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music (Piano solo, ATV Music, EMI Music Publishing, Hal Leanard) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Charles Walter 1520, PianoDisc 128 Bright Acoustic Piano Output </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H4, acoustic recording (not line out, equalized in Audacity. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">My husband will be sorry he ever requested this one...
Grilled cheese for lunch </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">21</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Euan Morrison </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Scotland </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">2 yrs, 10 months </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/21. Euan Morrison - Piano Ballet.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Piano Ballet </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Eluvium </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:32 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Transcription (no sheet music available to purchase). If that's illegal, apologies to the artist </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha ydp113 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Recorded into Anvil, soundfont added using Synthfont, then final amplification/reverb in Audacity. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I found this piece by accident as I was clicking around the Amazon website!

[credit to Mats Helgesson for creating the Maestro soundfont) </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">22</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">DragonPianoPlayer </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Colorado </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://www.rjmeredith.com/images/dppavatar1.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">2 years + about 5 as a kid </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/22. DragonPianoPlayer - The Mechanical Doll.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">The Mechanical Doll </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Dmitri Shostakovich </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:18 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet Music (Keith Snell: Piano Repertoire Romantic & 20th Century Level Three) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Casio PX310 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Reaper with TruePianos 1.4 plug in using new Amber Module </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">23</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Euphonatrix </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Germany </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">4 years </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/23. Euphonatrix - Sonatina in F, WoO, Anh. 5, No. 2.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Sonatina in F, WoO, Anh. 5, No. 2 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Ludwig van Beethoven </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">05:08 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">sheet music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">rebuilt Weihenmeyer & Co. upright (ca. 1921-1925) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">one Shure PG 81 condenser mic into Sony minidisc recorder into computer using Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I just love Beethoven and I love this piece. It tells many stories and has both joyful/mischievous and melancholy moments. Besides, it shows that Beethoven's music is not always grave as a lot of people seem to assume. This is just one example that he was funny and playful as well and an excellent pianist, too.

Lunch.... since I returned from my holiday today, I had a ciabatta sandwich with mozzarella, tomato and basil at the airport and some pasta with red pesto when I finally was home. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">24</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">AdagioM (Michele) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Oregon </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e204/MicheleLB/mookie2.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">10 years in October </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/24. AdagioM Michele - Adagio from Sonata No. 48, Hob. XVI35.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Home page link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://pdxknitterati.com">http://pdxknitterati.com</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Adagio from Sonata No. 48, Hob. XVI/35 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Franz Joseph Haydn </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">06:12 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">sheet music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Weinbach 170 grand </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Audacity, mono mic hanging from prop stick </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I love this piece. I first learned it in 2004, and keep coming back to it. It feels like it's mine, finally; it's very comfortable.

I'm finding that my current recording setup doesn't get the highest notes at volume. Maybe it's time for a new recording setup? </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">25</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">mlr1899 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">25 years (mostly) off and on </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/25. mlr1899 - Sensation.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Sensation </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Joseph Lamb </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:58 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Samick upright </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Edirol R-09 digital recorder </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I gave myself tendonitis in my left elbow learning this piece and had to give it a rest for awhile. Giving it another try. So far, so good. Incidently, I played piano in church one Sunday this summer. I had never done it before. In part, it was the kind feedback I got from the last two recitals that encouraged me to go through with it when I got the opportunity. So, thanks to you all, and I'm looking forward to hearing some more great music. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">26</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Gary001 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">UK </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">5 Months - Plus a couple of lessons as a child many years ago. Wish I'd never stopped. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/26. Gary001 - Theme in F Major.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Theme in F Major </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Unknown - BWV Anh. 131 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">01:01 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet Music from Succeeding with the Masters, Baroque Era, Vol 1, compiled and edited by Helen Marlais. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Casio Privia PX-720 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Headphone output to iRiver iHP-140 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">27</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">rocky </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Louisville, KY </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j280/rocky-w/image93.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Between 3 and 4 years - self taught </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/27. rocky - Evacuee.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Evacuee </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Music by Enya & NIcky Ryan </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:06 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet Music </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Casio PX-100 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Digital to PC, audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">And yet another simple little piece (because after more than 3 years that's where I'm still at)

I had a "brilliant" recording finished ( LOL to self) and somehow when I went to transfer it to the PC I deleted it!!! So I sat down, hit record, played one time and this is the result. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">28</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Serge88 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Montreal </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://www.pbase.com/image/101194161.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">7 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/28. Serge88 - The Long And Winding Road.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Video link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu284eoaG7k&fmt=18">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu284eoaG7k&fmt=18</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">The Long And Winding Road </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Lennon/McCartney </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:30 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">www.mwmtv.co.uk </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Digital Piano Roland FP-7 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Digital Piano to PC to iMac </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">And don't forget to watch my video. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">29</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">angelojf </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">PA </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Not Long Enough </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/29. angelojf - Here Comes the Sun.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">"Here Comes the Sun" </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">George Harrison </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:21 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Some sheet music and some ear </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha YDP-113 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Recorded directly from piano to digital voice recorder, then to computer </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I've been playing this for awhile, but just added the middle bit. Thanks for listening. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">30</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">kawaigirl1 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Toronto </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q286/kawaigirl1/5906_lg.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">10 yrs as a child. Restarted as an adult since Dec '05 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/30. kawaigirl1 - Leo.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Leo </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Ludovico Einaudi </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">04:13 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Einaudi's Una Mattina Piano Book </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Roland RD300SX </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Digital to PC </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">31</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Orez Eno </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">New England </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">9 months </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/31. Orez Eno - Two Timing, Op.134 No.6.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Two Timing, Op.134 No.6 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Heinrich Lichner </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:23 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">US School of Music Home Study (1945), Lesson 11
http://www.box.net/shared/npegjs60c0 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha CLP-230 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">This piece seems very repetitive, that I play it as it is written in the lesson. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">32</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Undone (Jim) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Connecticut, USA </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="http://home.earthlink.net/~jmartin01234/Page2/Page2_files/squirtAv.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Seven and one-half months as an adult re-beginner. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/32. Undone Jim - Night Song.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Night Song </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Unknown </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:28 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Alfred’s Adult All-In-One Book 2 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha YPG-625 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Line out to mini-disk to PC. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">I had a hard time deciding which of two pieces to submit for this recital. I finally chose this piece because my interpretation of it is quite different from the other versions of it I’ve found posted here. This version just feels more “Nocturne-ish” to me. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">33</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">AnthonyB </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Center City, MN </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/Uploads/files/jojo48.gif"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Started Christmas '07. Self teaching. Currently still in Alfred's book One. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/33. AnthonyB - I due fiumi.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">I due fiumi </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Ludovico Einaudi </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">04:32 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">The Best of Ludovico Einaudi </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Roland FP-7 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Line out to Built in PC Motherboard sound </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">2nd Einaudi piece I learned after learning Limbo. First piece with both hands really working hard and moving around too. Hands aren't always in perfect time with each other but that will come with more and more practice. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">34</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Strat </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">13 months. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/34. Strat - Wind Crest from Final Fantasy X-2.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Home page link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fenderplayersforum.com">http://www.fenderplayersforum.com</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Wind Crest (from Final Fantasy X-2) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Takahito Eguchi & Noriko Matsueda </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:53 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha DGX-620 (a.k.a. YDP-625). </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Digital piano to PC using Pianoteq. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">It's the piece that made me decide to start playing. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">35</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">jotur - Cathy Turner </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Santa Fe, New Mexico </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">2 years of lessons 47 years ago, 30-odd years off, playing for dancing since 1995. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/35. jotur - Cathy Turner - This is Not Your Mothers Black and White Rag.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">(This is Not Your Mother's) Black and White Rag </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">(With Apologies to) George Botsford </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:54 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Fiddler's Fake Book </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Casio PX-100 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">digital to PC thru audacity </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">No</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">Oh, lunch! Maybe that's the problem! No lunch!

I've been playing this for several years. I first heard rags through the Western swing/old-time traditions, so they're not played straight in my recollection. I found this in a fiddle/lead sheet book, so I had to make up my own bass, which took several months. Since most of the rags I had played were Joplin, my bass has Joplin influences. Later I downloaded the original Botsford Black and White from the Lester Levy Collection. This version bears a family resemblance to that one , and I like my bass better .

I will have to admit this is the first time I've been disappointed in my recital submission, but there's just been too much going on at work. Oh well, as we say

I am really looking forward to the other rags submitted for this recital - ragtime forever! </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">36</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Eighty8 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Dayton, OH, US </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">Lost track of years </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/36. Eighty8 - Letter From Home.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Letter From Home </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Pat Metheny </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:05 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Countless viewings of the youtube video and other youtube covers of it. See YouTube video:[Pat Metheny on soprano guitar, Lyle Mays on piano] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5-pBkwyUxc </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Alesis QS8 digital keyboard </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Digital keyboard to PC, Goldwave to set level and convert to mp3. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">The album "Letter From Home" won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1990 for the Pat Metheny Group. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">37</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">epf </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">California </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/Avatars/beanie.gif"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/37. epf - Music of the Night.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Music of the Night </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Andrew Lloyd Webber </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:51 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Combination of sheet music and my own arrangement. </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Privia PX-800 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Direct to Zoom H4 and then Audacity to equalize and convert to MP3 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">38</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Copper </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">Virginia </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/Avatars/73.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">3 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/38. Copper - Stardust.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Stardust </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Hoagy Carmichael </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">02:46 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Scott the Piano Guy Favorite Piano Fake Book </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Yamaha P-250 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">A popular Hoagy Carmichael tune played over the years by a wide variety of artists in a wide variety of styles.

Versions of Stardust been recorded by Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Mel Tormé, Connie Francis, Harry Connick Jr, Ella Fitzgerald, The Peanuts, Django Reinhardt, Barry Manilow, John Coltrane, Rod Stewart, Willie Nelson, Billy Ward and the Dominoes, George Benson, and Copper. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" summary=""><tbody><tr><td valign="top">39</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Performer's name:</td><td valign="top">Pevawi / Peter </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">From:</td><td valign="top">The Netherlands </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Avatar:</td><td valign="top"><img alt="Avatar Image" height="48" width="48" src="https://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/Avatars/76.jpg"/></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Experience:</td><td valign="top">1 year of piano, 2 years organ (1 year combined) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Direct music link:</td><td valign="top"><a target="_blank" href="http://abf.make247.co.uk/recital_files/Recital_11/39. Pevawi Peter - Fur Elise.mp3">click to download</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Title of piece:</td><td valign="top">Für Elise </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Composer:</td><td valign="top">Ludwig van Beethoven </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Duration:</td><td valign="top">03:43 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Source of music:</td><td valign="top">Sheet music (Book 3 Alfreds Adult method in the back) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Instrument used:</td><td valign="top">Kawai K6 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Recording method:</td><td valign="top">Zoom H4, converted with Soundbooth </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Critical feedback wanted:</td><td valign="top">Yes</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Additional info:</td><td valign="top">Somehow I can play it better in front of people than I can play it alone with the red dot turned on (turned off I play it way better )... anyway I'm reasonable satisfied. Lunch... good idea.. </td></tr></tbody></table>