To Mrs. Sherry Barrett, the lady who played piano at my church back in the late 80s. I asked her to play the piano on a song I had written (one of my first.) And she said "sure, where's the sheet music?" and I explained that I don't read music, but the song was easy, I could tell her the chords and show her how it goes on the guitar?

:-( She said right away and matter of factly, "I can't play it without the sheet music..." So I went out and bought a synth and taught myself how to play that song. I just translated the chords from guitar and learned the positions and how to play it on piano. I've done that over the years, and in so doing? I've become a pretty decent piano and organ player :-)

So I dedicate my latest to Sherry! God bless that woman! She doesn't know it? But she taught me how to play piano :-) Sometimes "no is the best answer for us..."

It's at the top of my pages; a song about a very special woman that I've known for quite some time. I think others may know her as well. Featuring me and the piano.

https://soundcloud.com/rockinrobby

and

http://www.reverbnation.com/rockinrobby

Nice! Rosie palm and her five sisters?

I did hear that you were quite an organ player. LOL

accomplished...

Well, good for Sherry!  Some church pianists inspired me too, but not quite the same way. Actually, it was a guitarist that said, 'Play it in E!'  And I said, 'say what?!'  And I went home and learned how to play by chords.  If I could remember his name, I'd tell him.

Anyway, now for the piano crit, cause you know that's about all I know how to comment on.  For starters, it's not bad...














and well, it's actually pretty stinkin' good. You've even got the pedal right!  And you played it extremely well.  







I guess I'll go play tiddly-winks or somethin...




:)  Nice job!  I really like the song too.  Sounds slightly like one of your older ones, kinda sorta...but that's fine by me cause I enjoyed it too.  


Shoot...now we'll never hear the end of it...

Thank you Janet, you flatterer! I could make the piano better? (It's not quantized, or really played with a tempo map or anything.) But perfect is the enemy of the excellent, and excellent is the enemy of the good. However, Good is the enemy of the OK? And OK I guess is the enemy of the "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!??" That's a bad thing to be saying to yourself in the morning... (trust me) I'll say it was between OK and good ;-) But it was fun! I like playing the piano. As a guitar player, I write on guitar and usually sit and play guitar. I play keys as an accompaniment instrument, which is one reason why I wanted to do this (no place to hide!)

That's the problem with the piano...you can't exactly carry it around with you and just play it at random times.

But anyway, you done good. :)  

I'd spread those BVs and put some verb on 'em 


Very reminiscent of that Jackson Brown medley with "Stay"

Thanks Ed, I agree. I wettened, and widened the BGV and made the lead just a bit wetter too. I may pull the lead back to where it was? But I was feeling in a moist mood...

Thank you very much for your insight.


**And IT SHOULD sound like Stay! It's off the same album! LOL! I'll take that as a compliment. :-)

Wow Robby!!!

Loved it all the way around.  

I could listen to that over and over while just messing around the house.

:-) Thanks Mike. Now I'm between projects and have some decisions to make, I hate that!