Hi,

Been busy (as always) for the last while but I thought I'd share this 'raw' piano improvisation.

Usually I have an idea, I sit at the piano, I play with it for a while, and then I record it. Then after a few days I revisit it, take it apart, fix it, discard the rubbish, and put it all back together again.

I've seen a lot of pianists posting 'piano improvisations' on Soundcloud where it's straight 'stream of consciousness' playing and so I thought I'd post one of my untweaked, unpolished pieces - recorded straight from my digital piano into my DAW.

http://soundcloud.com/purplerhapsody/unrest

The hardest part was remembering the first part when I got to the end and wanted to revisit it!

Hope you enjoy it.

Cheers,
Terry.

I'm liking it, and since the best I can do on a piano is a few triads with my right hand this feels polished to me. But you must know where the problems are and I'm sure you will fix them in time.

Wow--what cool transpositions from major to minor.  Kept me guessing, which is good.   Great playing, as always.  I sometimes sit and just play for quite awhile, but I'm not sure I ever come up with something coherent that I'd actually want to record.  Anyway, this shows off your inherent talent well.  Bravo!  

Terry, you have a great ear for melody, dynamics, and arrangement.  Do you teach?  If not, you should be teaching.

 Liked this a lot Terry. For being raw I didn't hear much of a problem with it. Great job! 

This reminds me of Jim Brickman. The material is reflective and relaxing.

Thanks everyone for listening and commenting.

bapu - thanks! Glad you liked it.

Janet - well, I try not to be too boring ;-) I get so little time to play the piano these days that I often have a few ideas floating around my head that can be crystallised by sitting at the piano tinkling away.

Lynn - I'd never have the nerve to think I could teach anybody anything. The idea of teaching children makes me cringe (not enough patience) and I know I have a large number of bad habits in both practical and theoretical music so I'm not a good role model like a teacher should be! Thanks for the compliment though!

Starise - Glad you liked it! Not heard of Jim Brickman, I'll check him out. Thanks!

Cheers,
Terry.

oooooo-- i like the tension in the build up. Nice work as always Terry.

Absolutely loving this music purple, I'm going through your souncloud list.
Makes me wish I could play piano.
Your imagination and emotion shine through!
Top notch.

Very effective piece.  I enjoyed that very much.

good stuff Terry - not so long between postings next time please :)