Hey esoul, this is cool. 
 
I once read a book by Leonard Bernstein, and he spent a lot of time outlining all the famous pieces of music that started out with the same four notes of "How Dry I Am."  All the greats used them.  If Dan the Man hadn't used his encyclopedic mind to discern the first 4 notes, I would never have known.
 
Jesse Q. Screed

Jesse Screed
Hey esoul, this is cool. 
 
I once read a book by Leonard Bernstein, and he spent a lot of time outlining all the famous pieces of music that started out with the same four notes of "How Dry I Am."  All the greats used them.  If Dan the Man hadn't used his encyclopedic mind to discern the first 4 notes, I would never have known.
 
Jesse Q. Screed

I wouldn't have done it if Tom hadn't have asked...
 
Dan

Listening again Tom... A nice bit of playing... I wish I could play like that 

Dig the stride/bluesy excursion.  Nice job.

Excellent playing and very well recorded. I think the tone is perfect for this piece.

Loved it all the way to the very last note.
 
I wouldn't worry about the similarities to other tunes. 

+1 to the above...  great piece!     Was this mostly played or programmed?   Just curious because it comes across so well - the alternate melancholy and jazzy bits are so cool and well done.   FWIW I also hear "familiar" lines weaving in and out, but that made absolutely no difference to the emotion of the piece. 

 Outstanding, Tom.  It's good to go.

Lynn, many thanks for the listen and the thumbs up!
 
SteveC, thanks for the "sound quality" kudos, I sweated that a lot. It's me playing it into the computer, using the Pearl by Impact Soundworks. 99% played straight in, but I will go fix an occasional timing issue with midi if I have to. If you listen closely, I left a lot of mistakes in! I have played piano in restaurants two nights a week for the past 15 years, so the "playing" part doesn't worry me anymore - the real challenge is getting the vst and the effects and all to "sound like a piano" . . . or maybe close . . .
 
Guitarhacker, many thanks for the time and the comments.
 
Jsaras, thanks, I wish I could play better stride, it's really hard for me sometimes!
 
 
cheers,
-Tom

Hey Tom...did you check out the video at Spectrasonics.net for the new Keyboard Collection thingy. Scary good. Not cheap though.

Just did, thanks for the heads up. I know there's another thread in the Software forum I guess, but you know what? Would I like to have it? Yes. Do I already have a lot of those sounds? Yes. Will it play as responsively as Pianoteq? Then I'd buy it immediately. 
 
However, I think 50% of the greatness you are hearing is Spectresonics marvellous effects - chorus, reverb, etc. 
 
The video didn't include the players who came in and said "yeah but I already have these sounds with some other vst's or Kontakt"
 
Still I want it. Is it a 5 million GB download? When is it on sale? Cheap bustard? Yes. Until then, I'm going to try to hate it.  :)