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Peter Rabbit
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2012/08/31 08:56:26 (permalink)

I'm hopping mad!

 
I've been practicing the same solo piano composition for over six months and I still can't play it all the way through without making several mistakes. This morning I happened upon this Youtube video. 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3oNVmSaMsE
 
What the heck is China putting in their water supply??!!!?? I've got to get some!
 
Pete
post edited by Peter Rabbit - 2012/08/31 08:58:42

"Creating a bad song takes just as much time and energy as creating a good one. The problem is that you don't know it's a bad song until someone tells you, and by then it's too late."
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    craigb
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    Re:I'm hopping mad! 2012/08/31 15:10:56 (permalink)
    Well, as a rabbit with an average lifespan of only three years, you'd better get this figured out soon!

     
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    Re:I'm hopping mad! 2012/08/31 17:04:42 (permalink)
    Did you see his Joined date?

    He's well beyond his expiry date.

    My name is Ed. I Am still bapu though.
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    Re:I'm hopping mad! 2012/08/31 17:50:31 (permalink)
    He missed a note.

    And Pete, I've been playing for 46 years and still can't get all the notes right.

    Don't give up.  

    I hate child prodigies too...

    (well, not really. But sorta.) 

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    Re:I'm hopping mad! 2012/08/31 18:06:32 (permalink)
    Holy crap!

    Don't worry mr Rabbit- that kid has probably practices about ten times as much as you.


    I like this GG one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB76jxBq_gQ
    post edited by backwoods - 2012/08/31 18:07:48
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    Re:I'm hopping mad! 2012/08/31 19:30:25 (permalink)
    Yeah, just wait until his hands grow bigger and he discovers video games...

    (I wonder if he can even play chopsticks?  Probably not.  )
     
    Anyone else notice that it looks like he goes from being a little kid to suddenly transforming into someone channeling a professional pianist?  It almost doesn't look real...

     
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    Re:I'm hopping mad! 2012/08/31 19:32:56 (permalink)
    Craig, I noticed his antics too.  I wonder how they ever get him to practice?  Or maybe he doesn't...

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    Re:I'm hopping mad! 2012/08/31 20:46:34 (permalink)
     
    I also noticed how he kind of "zones" into the composition that he's playing as if there's some kind of transformation going on as Craig said. It's almost a bit eerie.
     
    He does make a few mistakes but continues playing as if it never happened. As soon as I make a mistake I am compelled to stop playing and replay that part correctly before proceeding with the rest of the song, which makes the mistake even more noticeable to anyone listening. I am also compelled to shout expletives whenever I hit a wrong note. I don't mean to, it just happens.
     
    Pete
     
     

    "Creating a bad song takes just as much time and energy as creating a good one. The problem is that you don't know it's a bad song until someone tells you, and by then it's too late."
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    Re:I'm hopping mad! 2012/08/31 20:52:35 (permalink)
    :)  You should record that sometime.  

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    Re:I'm hopping mad! 2012/08/31 20:59:37 (permalink)
    Apparantly he has a gift. Sadly I do not have that same gift.

    Practice smactrice, something else is definitely going on.

    I feel like a idiot next to this 5 year old kid.
     
     
     
     
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    post edited by djwayne - 2012/08/31 21:01:14
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