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Ladypane - Great job!! Please let us know how you recorded this as it sounds great!

Stumbler - Great playing!!! You keep a very steady rhythm. I never heard this before but I loved it!

Newman - I am always looking forward to your contributions here and you did not disappoint this time either. I love your Beatles covers!!! Your voice is absolutely golden!! I have never heard this before but after listening to this I don't think I want to listen to the original, your version is so good!

Starr Keys - No, it is not bad at all! It is actually very good. You are very talented that can sing and create arrangements like this!! Me sing? Well, I was actually singing and playing this piece when the recorder was off… I love this tune and I find the lyrics to be great too.

Weiyan - Great performance. This piece is new to me but it sounded great.

Candlelightpiano - Great playing!! The Aristocats is such a cute movie!! What a beautiful piano you have!

BillM - Yet another fantastic contribution from you Bill!! It is so great to come to the bar and hear your songs. I must say that your piano is simply fantastic (and it looks great too). The harmonizer feature is perfect here. Great thinking and execution!!

Wish4THing - What a great start for you here!! I think you played it very well. Thanks for sharing!!

Greener - Great playing!! This piece is new to me but you play it very relaxed and I can tell that you have fun playing it!

ladypayne, nice job on Adagio.

stumbler, well done.

Newman, another fun Beatles' song. Well done.

Starr Keys, not a bad job at all on Till We Meet Again. Quite enjoyable.

Weiyan, nice work on the Musette.

candlelightpiano, I remember this from the movie . . . although it's been a long time now. Fun piece, and a great job.

BillM, that's an interesting effect. It really does sound like you are harmonizing with yourself. I must admit that I too thought of Sesame Street when I first saw the names Bert and Ernie.



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Amaruk, congratulations on your new piano. It sounds great. This is a really pretty piece, nad you play it well.

Wish4Thing, you play the Bach (or Petzold) piece very well. Nice job.

Greener, very nice job on the Beethoben minuet. Very musically played.

Thank you, BillM. Someday I hope to be able to play as well as you do.

Amaruk: I enjoyed the theme from Lord of the Rings on your new piano. I've actually never heard it before. Interesting how you overlaid a video over your performance. How do you do that? Also, how you do post a video cover? I only know how to post a link.

Wish4Thing: Your Minuet brought back memories, all good! There was nothing wrong with it. It was a very good performance.

Thank you! My video editor (FCPX) has multiple tracks in the time line and it is very easy to combine videos this way.

The way to post a video from YouTube here is: click on the monitor icon in the reply window and select YouTube. Then enter the code for your clip. The code is what comes after '?v=' in the link to a clip. The code for your clip is: 6fzWTvJD15s.

Stumbler - excellent arrangement, lovely playing. The piano equiv of Vaughn Williams. And your piano is . . .?

You seem like an encouraging lot . . .what d`ya have to be to join?

Thanks! Yes, the new piano has for sure increased my practicing time!! It has also inspired me to try to play music by Chopin. Here is my first Chopin recording:

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Thank you BillM, KenJazz, Amaruk and TX-Dennis for giving me such a warm welcome back to the Bar this year.

Digging up this old recording of mine has proven to be very prescient. This was the first time my mother had heard me sing since I was in college and I remembered how moved she was by it when she heard it 2-1/2 years ago.

She went into the hospital the day after Christmas in terrible pain, which they haven’t been able to alleviate enough because increasing pain medication has caused other serious complications. My sisters say the only thing that she really responds to now and that seems to sooth her is their playing old standards she remembers from the dances and movies of her youth. The decision was made yesterday to enter her into a hospice program and I’m leaving for New York tomorrow night, but I sent ahead a CD with the audio file of my Till We Meet Again and asked my sisters to play it for her in case I don’t make it in time.

Starr Keys - I am so very sorry to hear about your mother. I hope you both can find peace.

Starr Keys. I'm sorry to hear that.
I wish you and yours well.

Greener, I like that minuet.
I suspect we'll have a minuet thread if we're not careful.

Amaruk, nice playing.

p.s. I didn't know that that prelude had a name.

Thank you Bill and Stumbler. Your good wishes are appreciated.

Great job with the Chopin Amaruk. Fabulous affect with the dancers in the video as well, and in time to boot. I look forward to hearing more pieces from you like this, on the new keys.

Thanks so much Amaruk, Dennis and Stumbler for your kind comments on the Minuet. It could certainly use more work to bring up to snuff, but not where my priorities lie at the moment. Your kind words are very encouraging for me though.


Just a willingness to take the stage, peterws so please do so. I have heard your playing in another thread and you will certainly be raising the bar -- in the Bar -- for me at least. It's all good though, so do not be shy.

Really? You weren't a fan of Bugs Bunny? I think I owe my love of classical music to the Bugs. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find a clip on Youtube with the Beethoven-Minuet in G major (there were several episodes I assure you, and is what it always reminds me of.) Instead, here he conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra;

Starr Keys I am so sad to hear this...

Greener I did watch Bugs Bunny as a kid but I don't recall this minuet from it though (perhaps because it such a long time ago...LOL). Great clip you added with him conducting the London Philharmonic orchestra!! Thanks for sharing!

Hey guys, I'm new on this site, nice to meet you. I just got back into piano playing, here are a couple performances of me

Nobuo Uematsu - To Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X Soundtrack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIfdi1_NlwA

Disney (Alan Menken & David Zippel) - Go the Distance (Hercules Soundtrack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOmCgRh9uYo

I`m new as well. Good stuff. Loved the second; fast bits were great. Piano was too.

I've been absent from the piano bar as I had nothing to post yet, but couldn't resist listening to the Final Fantasy music. Technically correct, Sisler. I would prefer the left hand to be a little louder.

The Hercules was very good!

sislermi - you have these 2 down solid