This post is dedicated to my friend 1banez. I said I'd record some songs for him on his birthday but didn't get around to doing that yesterday. Sorry!!! :( But here they are!
Star Wars - The Force
I wanted to get the original theme but all of the sheet music was so difficult! So..I went with this one. lmao.
Jim Brickman - Angel Eyes
Got this one YEARS ago and always thought it was a pretty song to play. Most of his songs are, actually.
Now for the game stuff (games I've never played lmao)
Lunar: Silver Star Story - Sad Piano Theme
One of the first game themes I've played on piano. Transcribed by Althea Chia from animescores.com. Would be cool to hear a metal version of this *hint hint* lmao.
Xenosaga - Shion
Just a really nice slow song from the game. ^^
Durarara!! [Rookiez is Punk'd] - Complication
I LOVE this song! It's the 2nd ending theme from an anime I'm watching right now - Durarara!! This is just the shorter version of the song..'cos that's all there was to the sheet music. lol.
Last one.. Gundam AGE - B-Bird
Waited for sheet music for this one for a LONG time. It's from the anime I didn't like. lol. The song is by Earthmind. I know this one definitely needs some work. It's not easy playing a song with 6 flats and a screwed up C and D-flat key. lmao.
I didn't think I'd record anymore today but I figured that I'd have to record these at some point. Won't write too much though.
I've been a fan of Jay Chou since my second semester (or was it 3rd?) in college. I believe it was about in 2002 that my friend sent me a couple of his videos. Anyway, this one is from one of the movies he's in - The Curse of the Golden Flower. SO. AWESOME! I highly recommend this one. The song is the ending theme of the movie.
Chrysanthemum Flower Bed
Another Gundam series came out some time ago - Gundam AGE. Watched half an episode, disliked the animation, disliked the story, stopped it. NEVER AGAIN. BUT, I liked this one piano cover I heard of the first ending song. Sheets are by kapibara. There's another song from the series I like - B-Bird by Earthmind. Kapibara's got it transcribed too.
Kimi no Naka no Eiyuu
Last song is from another movie I really liked. A teacher from a music school I used to work at recommended it to me. August Rush. Really good story, really good music. Definitely something you need to check out! :) This sheet music was purchased from Musicnotes.com and was well worth it!
August Rush Medley
That's it for tonight. It's too late to play piano. Don't want to get in trouble with the other tennants! lol. X3
Only did 2 recordings today. Was supposed to do a 3rd - Light's Theme from Death Note, but I need more practice on that one.
Did another Nightwish song - Moon Dance. It was a request from a friend..again. It's not THAT difficult, but at the same time it is. If that makes any sense. I think this is the shortened version of the song too. Got the sheets from DontWorryBeBiaso's channel.
Black Rock Shooter is one of those animes that I don't typically watch. Some girl with a gigantic gun/sword/magic powers/...issues. Yea, not a fan. But I somehow found this song on youtube and really liked it. The sheets were transcribed by Marioverehrer. Sorry about that huge pause 3/4 of the way through though! lol. X3
Not much else to write really. Started watching the Ouran High School Host Club live action drama. SO FUNNY! I think I'm going to go clean my axolotl's tank now. Have a great night everybody! ^^
As the title states, I won't be writing much today. Haven't been feeling too well in the past couple days. Didn't get much sleep last night either. Ever have those times where you're so tired but your brain just won't shut off? That happened last night. -T.T Managed to get some recordings done yesterday though.
First two are by Nightwish.
Amaranth
Nemo
Another one from Kalafina. This time this is from their newest album "After Eden". Fun song to -OMFG @ the upstairs tenants! STOP STOMPING AROUND!! *ahem* Sorry about that...So yea, this is the first track off their 3rd album. Personally, I'm looking for someone to transcribe "Sandpiper", the 2nd track off that album.
Eden
Here's a another K-pop boyband song. Started listening to them a while back on a recommendation of a friend. This was the song he linked me to. The group is called MBLAQ. Look up what it means. It's quite...interesting.
Cry
Last one. I watched this anime many years ago and always liked the soundtrack. It's called Romeo x Juliet. Lol. It's not AS dramatic as the Leo diCaprio and Claire Danes movie. It's a bit more futuristic yet..they live in castles. This BGM was one of the ones I liked the most.
Deai
So..that's it. My 5 videos for the week. Now, I shall go back to sleep.
People were telling me how they were surprised how there weren't any Final Fantasy songs on my channel. So here it is. The Final Fantasy post. Only a couple songs though. Those and 2 non-FF songs.
Still working on the Durarara!! ending song "Trust Me". It's so difficult! It's getting there though. Not much else has been going on really. Baked 2 batches of chocolate chip cookies yesterday and they're nearly gone now 'cos I gave lots away. One bag for someone's birthday, another one for some friends at the mall, and the rest are at home. Anyway, let's go in chronological order, shall we?
Final Fantasy VII - never played it. *eep* I know! I know! I get the "OMFG WHY NOT??" all the time. I just..didn't. lol. This song was also a request from a friend. I only played it once before recording it so I guess it's sort of sight-read.
Aeris' Theme/Aerith's Theme
Final Fantasy VIII - I DID play this on PC..until I found out that there was a glitch in the game. The FIRST mission location WASN'T THERE. So..yea, I stopped playing it. lol. Liked the music from the game. "Eyes on Me" is a classic, but this isn't the next video. It's one that sort of sounds like it.
My Mind
Final Fantasy X and X-2 - I never finished them. Same with X-2. This is when I started running out of patience with RPGs. FFX and X-2's soundtracks are my favourite out of all the FF series. Someone actually borrowed both games and never game them back. Oh well. Not that I can play them now anyway. Only got a PS3 and a PC. The first song "Sky Theme" isn't actually from Final Fantasy X. Someone just made it "Tidus & Yuna's Theme". It's actually a Korean song by a band named Sky. I wish I remembered the name of that song 'cos it's really good. It was transcribed by Althea Chia and was from Animescores.com. Next is "Yuna's Theme" from FFX-2. I think it's the piano collections version and it was transcribed by Pseudo.
Sky Theme
Yuna's Ballad
Now for the non-FF stuff. I re-did Vector to the Heavens 'cos this version sounded more like the original. The sheets were arranged by HypochondriacPiano and transcribed by PeterG-13.
Here's comes the..typical wedding theme song. LMAO. Canon in D. Had this one memorized for years. Thing is, I can't look at the keyboard when I'm playing it anymore. It'll make me screw up. This is a pretty short version of the Canon.
Not sure what's up next for this blog, but I'm sure SOMEONE will give me a request..or 6. lol. Have a great weekend everyone! ^^
Thanks to all of you who watched my videos and got me to a total of 1000+ views!!! You are all AWESOME! I'm still working on a few requests..like the Zelda Theme. Can't seem to find good sheet music for it. Well, one that I can play without a ton of mistakes anyway. lol. So I've got 5 more videos today for you and they don't really fall under 1 category except "Random". :p
Here we goooo!
First up, 2 songs from Ayashi no Ceres. The first one is "Scarlet" which was sung by Iwao Junko and is the opening song for the anime. This was actually one of the very first anime songs I started playing on piano and that was probably back in..2000? I actually didn't watch the series until 2008 lmao. X3 The series was odd, but I liked it. The sheets were transcribed by Althea Chia and were from Animescores.com. It's not longer a website, but a forum.
The song after this one is "Starless and Celestial Black" by Toshiro Masuda. I got 2 of the soundtracks for my birthday one year - probably around the same time I started playing "Scarlet" on piano. Always thought the BGMs were nice and I used to study/do homework listening to them. Anyway, the sheets for this song were transcribed by Liz Xu Wilson and you can find it on her site.
Scarlet
Starless and Celestial Black
Got another Gackt one for you Gackt fans! lol. I know. The Gacktmania seems to never end, right? X3 It did end actually. I started listening to Marianas Trench, Lin, Matthew Good Band, and Bush. :p This was a request from a friend. Hadn't played this one in a long time 'cos the sheets were buried under the current mountain of piano sheets I have. They're scans and I can't remember where I got them from. You can probably find them on Google though.
Saikai Story
First time I heard this next song, it was a remix by Tiesto. Then I heard the piano cover the other day and got the sheets 'cos it sounded so pretty. It's called "Hide & Seek" by Imogen Heap. This was arranged by ModistOne and transcribed by Kuni Ito. You can find that sheets on tilt1981's youtube channel.
This next one is one song I've been trying to find sheets for for a looong time. Maybe a year or so. It's by Marianas Trench and is called "Beside You". They have such good love songs and I want them ALL for piano! Still looking for "Good to You" and "Ever After". If anybody has these or knows where to get them, please let me know! ^^ The sheets were transcribed by PromisesAreBroken and can be found on her channel. She did an EXCELLENT job on the transcription!
I'm still working on "Trust Me" by Yuuya Matsushita, the opening from Durarara!! Well, that and Bios by Mika Kobayashi. So difficult but still so awesome to play. X3
It's been far too long since I posted for my liking! Today there are 5 videos and I think in a couple of them you'll be able to tell what's wrong with my keyboard. If you didn't notice..AWESOME! X3 One key plays louder than the rest of them in case you were curious to know. And I can never tell when it will happen either.
Started listening to a new visual kei band named LIN. They like Versailles in a way. Meaning, the song style and the costumes. I got the Independent MAZE album and it's a-MAZE-ing. ahaha see what I did there? I just made a TERRIBLE joke! -_-'
Also started watching a new tv show - Grimm. Hunting down demon-like monsters? HELL YEA! I highly recommend that show to anybody who's interested in creepy, mystery action tv shows. ^^
And now for the music!
Wanted to start this off with one of the longer ones I played today. And most difficult of the 5. Uninstall by Chiaki Ishikawa. This is the opening song for Bokurano...and anime I don't recall actually finishing. I know I was close to finishing it though and I also remember losing interest 'cos I started watching Elfen Lied, Loveless, and Spice + Wolf. Only finished the first two of those as well. Too many on my anime plate? *nods* Yes, I believe so. lol. I digress..this arrangement is by Thayne Bohman and you can find a lot of awesome sheet music on Thayne's website. ^^
Next two are by Kalafina, a trio whose music I became obsessed with after hearing the ending and insert songs from Kuro Shitsuji, as well as the ending theme from Eve no Jikan [Time of Eve]. I highly recommend ALL their albums! And if you like them, you'll probably also like FictionJunction and Yuki Kajiura's other works. First song is called "haru wa ougon no yume" and is from Kalafina's Red Moon album. The next one is also off the Red Moon album and is an insert song in Kuro Shitsuji. That one is called "kagayaku sora no shijima ni wa". Both arrangements are from the Kalafina piano sheet book and I got it from CD Japan.
Haru wa Ougon no Yume
Kagayaku Sora no Shijima ni wa
Chrono Crusade. I know I said this a lot, but this is a game that I haven't played. I'm told that it's one of the best games my friend has ever played. I'm *pretty* sure they don't make this for the PS3 and besides, my RPG playing days are over. I'll just stick with the music. This song though, Sayonara Soltaire by Saeko Chiba, is FANTASTIC! I've been looking for an arrangement of this for almost FIVE YEARS!! You can imagine my reaction when I saw it on Stockburn78's channel. The arrangement is by Dave Peppiatt.
I was in my high school choir. For one year. Only. LMAO. I had taken music class in my senior year and was told that I'd lose participation marks or something if I didn't join choir. And that is what I did. I don't regret it though. It was actually fun. I was even on the radio playing the piano accompaniment for Little Drummer Boy when our choir went to Hotel Vancouver to sing Christmas carols! Wow, was that ever stressful! Good thing that song was mega-easy. lmao. Another thing was that I was asked to be an instrumentalist for the school play that the Drama club (or class..I forget which) was doing. Secret Garden. I still had some of the sheet music so I thought I'd play it for you listeners. I wasn't the pianist for the play, if that's what you were thinking. I was just the keyboard player who just played the chords over the piano and violin to...make it sound..fuller? I have no idea, honestly. lol. I also got to play the chimes at certain parts of the songs. You know, the glisten-y chimes that you hear in some songs? Yea..THAT. So here's the exit music for that play.
Looks like I've made this blog long enough. No more words from me. lol. Thanks for listening and watching! ^^
