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  • After All - piano solo (p.6)
2012/11/02 01:58:53
Bob Oister
Hi, Janet,
 
Beautiful playing, as always, and this really has a "live" quality that make me feel like I'm sitting in the front row at a grand concert hall.
 
Nice work, and I hope your shoulder feels better soon!
Bob
2012/11/02 02:01:40
Thatsastrat
You should rename your song,"Playing Through the Pain"
I did enjoy the changes through out the piece.
Lots of elements to this that I have not heard you use in any
of your other postings. I enjoyed the listen.
2012/11/02 08:51:52
cclarry
This is a really beautiful piece....enjoyed it very much!
2012/11/02 18:40:24
Janet
Thanks so much, Bob.  Glad this technology can make it sound live at least.  :)

Thank you Bruce.  I can't believe you even remember any other my postings. :)  Hopefully I'm learning a few new tricks here and there.  Playing Through the Pain...that's a good idea.  :) Where have you been lately?

Thanks so much, cclarry!  :)  
2012/11/02 23:25:31
evadianepug
Beautiful, Janet.  Real piano, right?  It didn't put me to sleep.  I wish it did, I need some.  :-)  Beautifully done!  Crystal clear sound.  Oh, sorry about that shoulder. 
2012/11/02 23:33:34
Janet
Thank you, Warren.  Real keyboard, as always.  Sound provided by Ivory. :)  
2012/11/02 23:39:18
evadianepug
OK, so Ivory is a patch?  The keyboard is not like a grand piano (acoustic) or something?  Pardon my ignorance on piano stuff.  It just sounds so , well, so much like a piano!  :-)
2012/11/02 23:42:53
RobertB
I missed the first version, but with the reverb you have on it now, it sounds spot on.
I thought of your longtime struggle with naming songs. After All is perfect for this piece.
This sounds like the air smells just before it snows. I love that smell.
Don't you just love happy accidents?
2012/11/02 23:51:04
Janet
Yes, Warren, Ivory is a patch, or whatever you call those things.  lol  The piano is just a lowly keyboard that I bought from Reece a few years ago.  Nice touch, but it's not a grand by any stretch of the imagination.  Ivory, on the other hand, is like swimming in chocolate. I love the sound of it.  :)  Some of the guys around here helped me tweak it the first month...I've barely touched those knobs since. :)  And unfortunately, if I played this on a real piano it wouldn't sound nearly this good because I haven't practiced it long enough to play it w/o mistakes.  :) 

Thank you, Bob. :)  I should have said that Rik (Rikkie) helped me figure out that reverb.  What I had on it before, and sent him, sounded terrible, but I couldn't tell that until I heard this version.  So...he's the master of this one. :)   Funny you should mention the title...I have no idea where that came from, but it popped into my head, I figured it was good enough...and it works. :)  You know when you open up a new project...and it won't even let you open it until you name it...well, it doesn't give you much time to consider it, and that's tough if it's just an instrumental.  :)  Another silly thing about this song....I didn't play it long enough to really get it into my head, so I usually can't remember how it starts.  Then a few days ago, between classes, this cool riff came into my head.  I played it on the old piano in the hall, wrote down the notes...and on the way home started humming it...and realized it was this song.  I think I need a new riff.  :)   Anyway, thanks again. :)  You need to write more, btw.  (poetry, songs, etc.) :) 
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