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| 20 | | | Performer's name: | mattodono | | From: | San Diego | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Several years as a child (but not very seriously). Started again in November 2009. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | http://mattodono.com/piano/ | | Title of piece: | Musette in D Major BWV Anh. 126 | | Composer: | J.S. Bach | | Duration: | 01:08 | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | Casio PS-20 with Pianoteq 3.5. | | Recording method: | Direct to Mac | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I'm been playing mostly on my Kawai US-6X (link) upright, but it's not yet tuned so I'm still recording using my Midi setup. It'll be tuned in 2 weeks! I'll record my piece for the next recital on my acoustic. |
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| 22 | | | Performer's name: | Jazzwee | | From: | Los Angeles, CA | | Experience: | 5 Years + 4 Months | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Stella by Starlight | | Composer: | Victor Young | | Duration: | 03:17 | | Source of music: | Improvised, Based on Lead Sheet of Stella by Starlight | | Instrument used: | Yamaha P-155 Keyboard | | Recording method: | Zoom H4 - Directly connected to Keyboard Line Output | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Since it is improvised, it's a little bit unplanned. I start slow then something told me to speed up. Well, I was inconsistent. And with the Red Dot, you know how difficult it is, especially when I have to go with the flow with this. I only gave it one recording try today, and it is what it is, warts and all  Stuff like this is better played with some rhythm section. Enjoy. In case you're wondering why it doesn't sound like Stella by Starlight, it's because I don't play the melody till the very end. |
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| 24 | | | Performer's name: | TX-Dennis (Dennis Turner) | | From: | Texas (Midland-Odessa) | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Forever and a day off and on, but more off than on | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | When I Fall In Love | | Composer: | Edward Heyman / Victor Young (1952) | | Duration: | 04:58 | | Source of music: | Sheet music plus a bit of my own "arranging" | | Instrument used: | Kawai GE-30 | | Recording method: | Zoom H4 normalized and exported to mp3 with Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | No lunch yet, it's still early. |
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| 25 | | | Performer's name: | ddh - Daniel | | From: | Abitibi | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 3 years and a bit. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | La fuente y la campana (The Fountain and the Bell) | | Composer: | Federico Mompou | | Duration: | 03:59 | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | Pramberger JP208B, 6'10" grand. | | Recording method: | Zoom H4n | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This is my third offering from Federico Mompou, a spanish impressionist composer who died in 1987; he has become my favorite composer and I strive to one day be considered the Monica M. of Mompou ;-). First time recording with H4n; lots of fussing; generally satisfied. Hope You enjoy it. Cheeseburger and poutine. Cheers. |
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| 26 | | | Performer's name: | Serge88 | | From: | Montreal | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 8.5 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owTms-ZJ7ak | | Home page link: | http://www.zenphoto.ca | | Title of piece: | What A Wonderful World | | Composer: | Made popular by Louis Armstrong | | Duration: | 02:45 | | Source of music: | Sheet music, but I changed it a little bit to make it more interesting. | | Instrument used: | Roland FP7 | | Recording method: | FP7 as a controller to Macbook, Garageband with NI Akoustik piano software. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Don't forget to watch my video. Comments are welcome positive or negative. |
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| 27 | | | Performer's name: | AnotherSchmoe | | From: | Arkansas, USA | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Roughly 4 years (never had a teacher though) | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BglLVWzJcEg | | Home page link: | http://www.youtube.com/user/AnotherSchmoe | | Title of piece: | Eyes On Me | | Composer: | Nobuo Uematsu | | Duration: | 03:23 | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | Yamaha P-155 | | Recording method: | Digital Piano hooked up to PC via line-in, saved in Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | No | | Additional info: | Just me playing Eyes On Me from the Final Fantasy VIII Piano Collections. I know there are at least a couple of Final Fantasy fans on here! This is not a perfect performance or recording (what is?) but it was the best that I could do for now. Hope you all enjoy, thanks for listening.
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| 28 | | | Performer's name: | Teodor Tenchev | | From: | Bulgaria | | Experience: | 3 months | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | The Little Shepherd's Song | | Composer: | Alexander Raichev | | Duration: | 01:19 | | Source of music: | It's a little piece composed by a Bulgarian composer and music teacher - Alexander Raichev. It's in the method book I use. | | Instrument used: | Petrof upright | | Recording method: | Audacity + headset microphone | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I made mistakes but hopefully managed to cover them. Tried to use the dynamics as marked on the score but that only made it harder to concentrate on playing the right notes. |
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| 29 | | | Performer's name: | HomeInMyShoes (Aaron) | | From: | St. John's, NL, Canada | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 12 + 4 | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | http://homeinmyshoes.blogspot.com/ | | Title of piece: | op. 15, nos. 1, 4 & 8 | | Composer: | Robert Schumann | | Duration: | 03:05 | | Source of music: | Sheet, Alfred's Masterworks | | Instrument used: | Roland Fantom X8 | | Recording method: | straight resampling, converted to mp3 with WavePad | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | If people don't already know it, I love op. 15. Probably my favourite set of pieces from any composer. If anyone is looking at no. 7 I really suggest diving into some of the other pieces. There's a wealth of beauty in this short compositions.
One take, no stops. A bit of a kludge and out of form to not play the whole set. Maybe some day my repertoire will include the whole set, but for now I'm happy with the four or five that are in decent shape and the three others in okay shape and the rest in various states of giving me the heebie jeebies.
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| 30 | | | Performer's name: | Monster M&H /Les | | From: | Michigan | | Experience: | 30+ | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Misty | | Duration: | 03:40 | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | Steinway & Sons AII | | Recording method: | Inspire/Cubase LE | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This was performed on my new S&S AII, which I recently just finished rebuilding. This was my first rebuild and it still needs further voicing. |
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| 31 | | | Performer's name: | CMohr | | From: | Oregon | | Experience: | 6 months back after decades off | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Gavotte I & Gavotte II ou la Musette from English Suite #3 in Gminor | | Composer: | J.S. Bach | | Duration: | 03:05 | | Source of music: | Henle edition of Bach-English Suites | | Instrument used: | 1906 Wellington upright | | Recording method: | Recorded with the Mikey, converted to MP3 in ITunes | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This piece is really fun to play (except when recording!). My challenge was to learn a piece with trills in both the right and left hands. They're a long way from perfect! The other challenge with Bach is that because the music is so thin any and all flubs stick out like sore thumbs.
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| 32 | | | Performer's name: | NancyM333 | | From: | Roswell, GA | | Experience: | About 15 years--6 as a child, 9 as an adult. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Revolutionary Etude (Opus 10, No. 12) | | Composer: | Frederic Chopin | | Duration: | 04:04 | | Source of music: | Paderewski edition | | Instrument used: | Estonia 168 | | Recording method: | Canon FS200 video camera, converted to mp3 with Wondershare Video Converter. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I started working on this in January 9f 2009 with the Revolutionary Etude Study Group on the ABF, and we had a great time encouraging each other with all the challenging fingerings and the tempo. This piece is about 20% above my ability, so I think my playing of it is labored and tense, but I am glad to have finished it. It's a gorgeous work, and though I am not too pleased with my final product, I truly enjoyed the time I spent with it. |
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| 33 | | | Performer's name: | Ode2Joy1 | | From: | Pasadena, CA | | Experience: | 2 years returning adult (couple of years as a kid LONG ago) | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NalXyDIrmFI | | Title of piece: | Chopin Mazurka in D Major, Op. 33 No.2 | | Composer: | Chopin | | Duration: | 03:48 | | Source of music: | Alfred Masterwork Library
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Flip HD + Zoom audio in iMovie for YouTube link | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I will be playing this piece for my teacher's recital next month so please give me critical feedback. I definitely will need to get the tempo faster and a lighter LH touch.
Blueberry banana oat muffin and yogurt w/almonds for breakfast. |
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| 34 | | | Performer's name: | b528nf7 (Bill) | | From: | Gaithersburg, Maryland | | Experience: | 6+ Years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa9HqwcsKME | | Title of piece: | Someone To Watch Over Me | | Composer: | George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin | | Duration: | 02:31 | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | Roland KR17M digital grand piano | | Recording method: | Flip HD Video Camera video. MP3 extracted by WinFF | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I've always loved this piece. I hope you enjoy this rendition of this classic song. |
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| 35 | | | Performer's name: | PaulMac | | From: | England | | Experience: | Approx 1 year, self taught. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Minuet in G | | Composer: | Bach | | Duration: | 01:19 | | Source of music: | This version of the score found in Fundamental Keys by Rachel Jimenez. | | Instrument used: | Yamaha Clavinovo CVP-403 | | Recording method: | Keyboard to USB stick in wav format, converted to MP3 in iTunes. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | All honest critiques are very welcome, only way to learn. |
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| 36 | | | Performer's name: | mahlzeit | | From: | Breda, The Netherlands | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 4.5 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | http://www.originalsolopiano.com | | Title of piece: | Recital 17 | | Composer: | Me | | Duration: | 02:52 | | Source of music: | The aether | | Instrument used: | Yamaha CP33 digital piano + Ivory softsynth | | Recording method: | CP33 -> MIDI -> Reaper -> Ivory (Concert D Recital) -> MP3 | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | As usual, I whipped something together at the last minute. Not a particularly good performance, but I like it nonetheless. Just for fun, I added strings in the background. |
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| 37 | | | Performer's name: | Alleykatt - Cathy | | From: | Wisconsin, USA | | Experience: | Off and On since childhood | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Theme & Variations From The Moldau | | Composer: | Bedrich Smetana | | Duration: | 04:00 | | Source of music: | Sheet Music arranged by Lori Line | | Instrument used: | Aeolian Baby Grand | | Recording method: | Zoom H2 to Triryche | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I chose this piece because I found it interesting that this Czech composer's music motivated his oppressed people to gain their independence. |
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| 38 | | | Performer's name: | Norah | | From: | BC | | Experience: | Like many people on this forum, I played when I was young and then quit. I have now returned to the piano and have been playing more regularly for the past 3 years. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Le Onde | | Composer: | Ludovico Einaudi | | Duration: | 05:21 | | Source of music: | sheet music | | Instrument used: | Mason and Risch | | Recording method: | Zoom Q3 | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I love this forum. It has forced me to practice pieces and correct mistakes rather than simply to ramble through with no commitment. I am still not happy with my recording of Le Onde but consider myself lucky to finally get through it with only a few mistakes! |
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| 39 | | | Performer's name: | Mark... | | From: | Jersey Shore | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 3 years and 3 months | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Prelude in A Major Op. 28, No. 7 | | Composer: | Frederic Chopin | | Duration: | 01:01 | | Source of music: | Sheet music from Alfred 3 | | Instrument used: | Estonia L190 | | Recording method: | Zoom H2 via Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Just starting to dabble in Chopin, and this one is part of the "Ambitious Section" of Alfred 3. Hope I did it a little justice, because although short and sweet you can really add lots of dynamics both good and bad if not careful. Thanks for listening.
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