Celebration (A video of my shortcomings)

Hi,

Tonight I was upbeat and inspired (due to the feedback and overall positive reactions to my Christmas EP)... and I came up with a new piece of music.I've called it Celebration, and I also persuaded my wife to video me playing it! I made a few mistakes as I was very nervous being filmed... but hopefully it doesn't sound too bad!

http://youtu.be/VgLunWaJ19s

Also, as I listen to it I can hear how it should really be arranged... with guitars, synths, percussion, etc so it will probably be on a future album with a different arrangement.

Anyway... I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers,
Terry.
PS: Watching the video I can see that my technique sucks... my left wrist is far too rigid and my elbows are too mobile! I sometimes wonder why I get a sore wrist after playing a lot, and now I see why!

Thanks for the compliment!

The sound was recorded via Line Out at the same time as recording the video on my son's low-budget camera... and then I synced them afterwards in Sonar X1.

Cheers,
Terry.

That was fantastic Terry. Loved the song and watching it being performed was dynamite.

If you can play that well live, videos would be a great way to go. But the pros are crazy good at it, so if you want to compete with them, you'd have to put quite a bit of work into it. If it's just for our enjoyment, then carry on as you are. I love watching musicians' hands at their craft. :)

No, no, no....I KNOW you can play that well cause I just saw you do it!  I should have said SINCE you can play that well.  :)

But I don't mean you'd need to do any better at playing. Just the videoing....like that link you sent me of Robert Peeters playing.  You already play fantastically.  :)  

Nice preasentation!  I commented on YouTube (for the first time ever) and don't know if it worked.  You play very well.  It was killing me to watch that technique, WAIT, that's a lie!!  All looked good and sounded good to me. 

If I could play half as bad as this then my keyboard skills would <Think of a stupidly large number and double it> times better than it is now. 

Thanks for sharing.

Just listened to your Christmas CD twice.  It's got to be some of the best Christmas music I've ever heard...and I've heard a LOT Of Christmas music.  GREAT job!  Do some more!  :)

Loved it Terry.

Hi,

@Wookiee - thanks!

@Janet - twice? Go on, make it three times you know you want to! ;-)

@BIABDude - as long as that's not a Billy Joel reference then that's alright (although I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright :) )

@malcolm - cheers Malcolm! Thanks for listening, and the compliments.

@bapu - thanks man!

@Guitarpima - Glad you enjoyed it. It took great skill and attention to detail to get my elbow to pixelate just right. :)

Thanks again to everyone for listening.

Cheers,
Terry.

What an enviable performance and piece!  What if I heard this in a nursing home? 

You made the piano rise up and walk and talk!  Hahah!

All ask: "How much did you practice this beforehand (including the finger sliding)?"

Thanks so much for sharing this!

Hi,

@James - thanks! It comes from years of forced lessons as a kid...!

@philip - it was probably only the 4th or 5th time I'd played it through. The finger sliding bit was only added the time before recording.

@timidi - thanks!

Cheers,
Terry.

Hi Terry,

I loved this. I'm gonna have to listen again, though...I missed the shortcomings

Simply beautiful and enjoy all the changes. Great playing. Merry Christmas:-)

Hi,

@Janet - well, I'd noodled about a bit first before getting it together to practice it 3 or 4 times before recording.

@geeare1 - I guess they're not obvious - I can see that my left hand needs a lot of work before the technique will be good enough for me to be proud of.

@Scoobie - thanks!

@karalie / IJenneh - thanks

@lhansen - thanks to you too!

Thanks again for listening.

I really enjoyed recording this while being filmed (even thought it made me a bit nervous to be 'live' as it were) so I'll probably do it again some time soon!

Cheers,
Terry.