Now that I've had dinner and talked and such, I can now continue what I was going to say about the videos I just posted. But..at the same time, my mind is almost a bit blank. Maybe it's because I'm a bit tired. Hmm...
So yea..Skyrim. I liked the piano synthesia solo version I saw on youtube. I haven't played the game 'cos I don't play those types of games. Yes, I've heard all the "arrow to the knee" jokes. Those got oversaid and overplayed about 2 weeks after the release of the game. lol. First time I played this song on piano, my hands hurt 'cos of all the big chords. Wasn't used to doing that. It was the same way with playing Gackt's Redemption the first couple times. All in all, the Skyrim trailer theme is pretty epic. Epic..which is how it's supposed to be played. I kid you not, the sheet music says "Like Epic". LMAO. The sheets are by Taioo.
I re-recorded Sad Romance from the Over the Green Fields OST but this time it's the full version. The full version only really being maybe 30 seconds longer than the first "shorter" version I played. It was a request from a friend so I said "OK". Still a lovely song, but if someone asks me to re-record it again without mistakes..I'll only say "maybe". The arrangement can be found on fiftyvinh's youtube channel.
Denshou from the anime AIR was a really nice song. This is the piano solo version from the RE-Feel Arrange album. The song has this lightness and sadness to it. The whole album does actually. I highly recommend both the original AIR soundtracks (there are 2) as well as the Re-Feel Album. The arrangement I have is by Sperion.
Last but not least, GACKT. Yep, I've got many Gackt sheets. I hadn't really heard this song for a looong time. Years maybe. Really nice to play on piano. The sheets I have are scans and I'm not sure where I got them from. They can probably be found if you search for them.
That's all for now. Time to go into rib and pasta coma. ^^
Monday, January 30, 2012
just a quick post for videos...
Don't have a lot of time to write a lot right now. Making ribs and I have company at our apartment. So I'm just going to list them and write more when I get the chance to.
Over the Green Hills OST - Sad Romance (FULL version)
This was requested by a friend because he wanted to hear the full version play by me..and no one else. So I had to do it.
Skyrim Trailer Piano Cover
Gackt - Love Letter Piano Cover
Air OST - Denshou (Re-Feel Arrange) Piano Cover
More later!
Over the Green Hills OST - Sad Romance (FULL version)
This was requested by a friend because he wanted to hear the full version play by me..and no one else. So I had to do it.
Skyrim Trailer Piano Cover
Gackt - Love Letter Piano Cover
Air OST - Denshou (Re-Feel Arrange) Piano Cover
More later!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
trying new things...
Every now and then I like to try new things out..other than new songs on piano. Things like recipes, food, games, books..etc. New things I tried this week..
Blueberry juice infused Craisins. Neat, right? Yea, that's what I thought too. Need idea for sure. Different, for sure. Good? Um..leaning more towards "not really". It only took 3 of those craisins for me to close the bag and not open it again. This was a couple days ago, btw. The blueberry juice is just too overpowering. I'm sure that if I can get past that, I'll be throwing them back like they're nothing. Maybe I should make muffins with them. Hmm..suggestions, anyone?
New recipe from last week: Vegan Red Velvet Cupcakes. I had to substitute baking powder for baking soda because I didn't have any vinegar for the baking soda to react with. They rose just fine and iced them with some Duncan Hines chocolate frosting. These were made for that Taco Potluck party I had last Saturday. I was told that they were good. I didn't try ANY of them. Didn't feel like it.
Hm..thought I tried more new things than just those 2 in the past 2 weeks. Ah well. Maybe I just can't think of them right now. I'm sure it'll come to me when least expected.
Blueberry juice infused Craisins. Neat, right? Yea, that's what I thought too. Need idea for sure. Different, for sure. Good? Um..leaning more towards "not really". It only took 3 of those craisins for me to close the bag and not open it again. This was a couple days ago, btw. The blueberry juice is just too overpowering. I'm sure that if I can get past that, I'll be throwing them back like they're nothing. Maybe I should make muffins with them. Hmm..suggestions, anyone?
New recipe from last week: Vegan Red Velvet Cupcakes. I had to substitute baking powder for baking soda because I didn't have any vinegar for the baking soda to react with. They rose just fine and iced them with some Duncan Hines chocolate frosting. These were made for that Taco Potluck party I had last Saturday. I was told that they were good. I didn't try ANY of them. Didn't feel like it.
Hm..thought I tried more new things than just those 2 in the past 2 weeks. Ah well. Maybe I just can't think of them right now. I'm sure it'll come to me when least expected.
pizza and piano...
So I had another potluck dinner at our place again. Make Your Own Pizza was the theme. It was the 2nd pizza-type potluck I've held here. Made the same type of dough and the same sauce. Guests brought toppings. They were probably some of the healthiest pizzas I've ever seen made. lol. Watched Spirited Away then started Howl's Moving Castle but we didn't get too far with that movie since it was getting late. Good times all 'round though. Especially since it turned into a pizza/birthday party for one of the guests. They brought a tiramisu cake with them. Yumm!! I'll definitely need to work all that unhealthiness off today! X3
Got more recordings for you, listeners!
This first one is called Sad Romance from the Over the Green Fields soundtrack. I'm guessing it's a Vietnamese drama or a movie. I don't really quite know how I stumbled upon this one. It might have had to do with the title "Sad Romance". I've found that songs with the same title are generally nice to listen to. And this one was. Found this arrangement on fiftyvinh's channel. I played the shortened version of this.
This one's from an anime I watched last year with a friend. Trinity Blood. Definitely an interesting anime. Yes...vampires AGAIN -.- I'm not going to explain myself other than I am not a Twilighter. I really liked the ending song and I got this arrangement from Josh's site. Even though I watched this sometime before the summer, it somehow reminds me of winter. Odd how that is.
Fate/Zero. I liked Fate/Stay Night but this new one..not so much. It was too slow for my liking. I did like the opening song though. lol. I like a lot of songs by Lisa actually as well as songs that have beautiful orchestral openings. Got this arrangement from Animenz. I do apologize for basically trashing the second half of this song. I'll have to practice it more and maybe re-record it. This is also the TV edit version.
This is the theme from the trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. One of my friends asked if I could play something from Deus Ex then linked me to the youtube video for the trailer. It reminded me of the theme "Surface of the Sun" that was featured in the movie Sunshine and season 1 of The Walking Dead. Found the sheets for it somewhere on youtube and this arrangement is by Mitchell Ormann.
Last, but not least, Primavera by Ludovico Einaudi. Someone asked if I had heard of this composer. I had not. So he linked me to this song that he thought sounded nice and asked if I could play it. It was a very nice sounding song and I found the sheets..somewhere. I know I google searched it and found it. They're scans from the piano book, I'm guessing. Got a few others by him as well - all very similar but also very soothing and nice to play.
Thanks to all those who have been commenting on my youtube videos! And thanks to all you listeners who have been viewing my recordings. Much appreciated! ^^
Got more recordings for you, listeners!
This first one is called Sad Romance from the Over the Green Fields soundtrack. I'm guessing it's a Vietnamese drama or a movie. I don't really quite know how I stumbled upon this one. It might have had to do with the title "Sad Romance". I've found that songs with the same title are generally nice to listen to. And this one was. Found this arrangement on fiftyvinh's channel. I played the shortened version of this.
This one's from an anime I watched last year with a friend. Trinity Blood. Definitely an interesting anime. Yes...vampires AGAIN -.- I'm not going to explain myself other than I am not a Twilighter. I really liked the ending song and I got this arrangement from Josh's site. Even though I watched this sometime before the summer, it somehow reminds me of winter. Odd how that is.
Fate/Zero. I liked Fate/Stay Night but this new one..not so much. It was too slow for my liking. I did like the opening song though. lol. I like a lot of songs by Lisa actually as well as songs that have beautiful orchestral openings. Got this arrangement from Animenz. I do apologize for basically trashing the second half of this song. I'll have to practice it more and maybe re-record it. This is also the TV edit version.
This is the theme from the trailer for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. One of my friends asked if I could play something from Deus Ex then linked me to the youtube video for the trailer. It reminded me of the theme "Surface of the Sun" that was featured in the movie Sunshine and season 1 of The Walking Dead. Found the sheets for it somewhere on youtube and this arrangement is by Mitchell Ormann.
Last, but not least, Primavera by Ludovico Einaudi. Someone asked if I had heard of this composer. I had not. So he linked me to this song that he thought sounded nice and asked if I could play it. It was a very nice sounding song and I found the sheets..somewhere. I know I google searched it and found it. They're scans from the piano book, I'm guessing. Got a few others by him as well - all very similar but also very soothing and nice to play.
Thanks to all those who have been commenting on my youtube videos! And thanks to all you listeners who have been viewing my recordings. Much appreciated! ^^
Friday, January 27, 2012
dumplings, cookies, and piano OH MY!
That's right. I made dumplings, soup, and chocolate chip cookies today. Not mixed together. That would be disgusting. Inbetween cookie batches in the oven, I recorded a couple songs - all totally random categories.
First up: Mosaic from Shiki. This anime was GREAT! It's another vampire one. And let me just say this, I am NOT a Twilighter or a Twigh-hard or whatever the hell you call the people obsessed with Twilight are. I dislike most of the vampire shows that are out on TV right now. ANYWAY..Shiki. Yea, awesome, creepy anime ^^ One of the highlights of my summer. lol.
To follow one creepy anime, let's go with another semi-creepy anime. Kuro Shitsuji!! Otherwise known as Black Butler in English. Definitely one of my favourites and a highlight of 2011. So much so that I actually watched this series THREE TIMES. Yes..THREE! BOTH SEASONS. lmao. I'm sure all you Kuro Shitsuji fans out there know the reason why. X3
Anyway, the song's called Si Deus Me Relinquit and it's by Taku Iwasaki. You may know him from his music in Rurouni Kenshin, Witch Hunter Robin, R.O.D, and more. I was so happy to find the sheet music for this on TweedleDee's channel. Sorry that I can't play it as well as most people on youtube though. I guess I just need more practice on this one. Gotta give me SOME credit though. Before recording this, I hadn't played this song for a good 6 months or more.
Now for another sad sounding song. Roxas from Kingdom Hearts. I absolutely LOVE the whole piano collections from this game! Massive amounts of clicking, I must warn warn you - mistakes too. Definitely need to practice this more! I don't remember where I got the sheets. They're scans so I'm sure you can just search for them and you'll be able to find them. And to answer your questions, no, I have not played any of the games. At the time of its release, I wasn't interested in playing it. I'm more of the Street Fighter, Soul Calibur, Tekken kind of gamer. I did play the odd Final Fantasy game (only 2). lol. Without further ranting about Disney/Square Enix, here's the video:
Saved the best for last: VERSAILLES!! My favourite visual kei band EVER. I just jumped head first into this group after seeing a promotional ad for their album Jubilee in an e-mail I got from CD Japan. I love their costumes, music, and how good they are live. That last bit doesn't mean I actually saw them in concert since they've never come to North America. I saw their live sets on youtube. SO amazing!
This piano cover of Serenade isn't complete. It's basically just the first 2 verses and my playing the chorus twice as well..then I end it. I was transcribing (or rather, copying) the notes from the full band score that I had found in a forum. I never finished it 'cos I had other things to do..and the band score was maybe 11+ pages long. It was difficult even though I was just copying notes. I'll finish it one day..maybe. I'd like to play some of their newer songs; songs from their Holy Grail album. Also, there's a song from Jubilee that I wanted to get sheets for. The song is called EPISODE and someone on youtube had it transcribed. All I had to do was PM her with my e-mail address and she'd send it to me. Yea..I don't have it. Unfortunate. Maybe I'll figure that one out sometime. WHOA..hang on there, back to Serenade. THAT'S that song I'm playing in this video. If you watched the music video, you'll find that they have some pretty wicked costumes and that Hizaki makes a pretty girl. And that Kamijo (the lead singer) seems like a bit of a creeper. LMAO.
Versailles actually got me into listening to A LOT of other j-rock/visual kei bands. Some of those include Matenrou Opera, Mannequin, Exist+trace, Blood Stain Child, LM.C, and so many more.
Before I stray off topic even MORE, here's the video:
Thanks to everyone who gave me requests. I'm still looking for sheets for a couple of them. Plumb, Roberto Cacciaglia, ande Peter Bradly Adams. So if anyone has these, can you please help me out and send them to me or let me know where to find them? Thanks! Keep those requests comin'! I'll do my best to fulfill them all. ^^
Goodnight, readers and listeners! :)
First up: Mosaic from Shiki. This anime was GREAT! It's another vampire one. And let me just say this, I am NOT a Twilighter or a Twigh-hard or whatever the hell you call the people obsessed with Twilight are. I dislike most of the vampire shows that are out on TV right now. ANYWAY..Shiki. Yea, awesome, creepy anime ^^ One of the highlights of my summer. lol.
To follow one creepy anime, let's go with another semi-creepy anime. Kuro Shitsuji!! Otherwise known as Black Butler in English. Definitely one of my favourites and a highlight of 2011. So much so that I actually watched this series THREE TIMES. Yes..THREE! BOTH SEASONS. lmao. I'm sure all you Kuro Shitsuji fans out there know the reason why. X3
Anyway, the song's called Si Deus Me Relinquit and it's by Taku Iwasaki. You may know him from his music in Rurouni Kenshin, Witch Hunter Robin, R.O.D, and more. I was so happy to find the sheet music for this on TweedleDee's channel. Sorry that I can't play it as well as most people on youtube though. I guess I just need more practice on this one. Gotta give me SOME credit though. Before recording this, I hadn't played this song for a good 6 months or more.
Now for another sad sounding song. Roxas from Kingdom Hearts. I absolutely LOVE the whole piano collections from this game! Massive amounts of clicking, I must warn warn you - mistakes too. Definitely need to practice this more! I don't remember where I got the sheets. They're scans so I'm sure you can just search for them and you'll be able to find them. And to answer your questions, no, I have not played any of the games. At the time of its release, I wasn't interested in playing it. I'm more of the Street Fighter, Soul Calibur, Tekken kind of gamer. I did play the odd Final Fantasy game (only 2). lol. Without further ranting about Disney/Square Enix, here's the video:
Saved the best for last: VERSAILLES!! My favourite visual kei band EVER. I just jumped head first into this group after seeing a promotional ad for their album Jubilee in an e-mail I got from CD Japan. I love their costumes, music, and how good they are live. That last bit doesn't mean I actually saw them in concert since they've never come to North America. I saw their live sets on youtube. SO amazing!
This piano cover of Serenade isn't complete. It's basically just the first 2 verses and my playing the chorus twice as well..then I end it. I was transcribing (or rather, copying) the notes from the full band score that I had found in a forum. I never finished it 'cos I had other things to do..and the band score was maybe 11+ pages long. It was difficult even though I was just copying notes. I'll finish it one day..maybe. I'd like to play some of their newer songs; songs from their Holy Grail album. Also, there's a song from Jubilee that I wanted to get sheets for. The song is called EPISODE and someone on youtube had it transcribed. All I had to do was PM her with my e-mail address and she'd send it to me. Yea..I don't have it. Unfortunate. Maybe I'll figure that one out sometime. WHOA..hang on there, back to Serenade. THAT'S that song I'm playing in this video. If you watched the music video, you'll find that they have some pretty wicked costumes and that Hizaki makes a pretty girl. And that Kamijo (the lead singer) seems like a bit of a creeper. LMAO.
Versailles actually got me into listening to A LOT of other j-rock/visual kei bands. Some of those include Matenrou Opera, Mannequin, Exist+trace, Blood Stain Child, LM.C, and so many more.
Before I stray off topic even MORE, here's the video:
Thanks to everyone who gave me requests. I'm still looking for sheets for a couple of them. Plumb, Roberto Cacciaglia, ande Peter Bradly Adams. So if anyone has these, can you please help me out and send them to me or let me know where to find them? Thanks! Keep those requests comin'! I'll do my best to fulfill them all. ^^
Goodnight, readers and listeners! :)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
the non-Gackt post
I got a request from a friend to play Fall for You by Secondhand Serenade. I already had the sheet music so I recorded this for her. I think I did a pretty horrendous job at this one. SORRY, K!! :( Got the sheets from Iwillbot. He's got a lot of good arrangements so check out his Youtube channel when you've got the chance. ^^
This next one is the ending song from an anime called Loveless. As screwed up and twisted as it was, I really liked it. Maybe it had something to do with the cats ears. haha. This piece was arranged by Josh Agarrado.
I got another request from that same friend to play a song called "In My Arms" by Plumb. Problem is, I can't really play song unless I have the sheet music. So, if anyone has the sheets for this, can you please share them with me? I'd be ever so grateful, and so would my friend. Thanks! ^^
This next one is the ending song from an anime called Loveless. As screwed up and twisted as it was, I really liked it. Maybe it had something to do with the cats ears. haha. This piece was arranged by Josh Agarrado.
I got another request from that same friend to play a song called "In My Arms" by Plumb. Problem is, I can't really play song unless I have the sheet music. So, if anyone has the sheets for this, can you please share them with me? I'd be ever so grateful, and so would my friend. Thanks! ^^
I Heart Gackt
Yes, I love Gackt. lol. He's like a Japanese David Bowie, but younger and..yea..younger. X3 Difficult not to love his music. That one movie he was in with Hyde was awesome! I'm not usually into the whole vampire movie thing but this one was really good. It's called Moonchild. Great soundtrack too. ^^
This post was only meant to have Last Song since I wanted to play it for my friend. Couldn't at the time 'cos my digital piano was screwed up. Not that it's not screwed up right now, what with the clicking keys, the squeaking of the sustain pedal, and that one messed up key. ANYWAY..I decided to turn this into an all Gackt piano cover post. Definitely got a lot of mistakes in these ones. Without further ado..here they are:
Seki~ray (shortened version)
Redemption - I love the music video. Gackt gets taken out by a giant bird. Lmao. Shouldn't have been standing on that windowsill, buddy. X3
Last Song
This post was only meant to have Last Song since I wanted to play it for my friend. Couldn't at the time 'cos my digital piano was screwed up. Not that it's not screwed up right now, what with the clicking keys, the squeaking of the sustain pedal, and that one messed up key. ANYWAY..I decided to turn this into an all Gackt piano cover post. Definitely got a lot of mistakes in these ones. Without further ado..here they are:
Seki~ray (shortened version)
Redemption - I love the music video. Gackt gets taken out by a giant bird. Lmao. Shouldn't have been standing on that windowsill, buddy. X3
Last Song
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
clicking and squeaking...
OK, so I just realized how bad that title looked. lmao. It has to do with my digital piano, NOTHING ELSE. I do not own a rodent or a bird. That squeaking you hear in the videos is the sustain pedal. And once again, the clicking is due to the age of the digital piano (I'm guessing).
I had planned for my next post to be Gackt piano covers but it seems that I will need to practice those a lot more before I record them and post them. Goal is to get the recorded and posted by Friday this week. For today, I decide to record 2 short theme covers.
First off is the the Ending Theme from 5 Centimeters per Second. Beautiful artwork and animation and a very touching storyline. I highly recommend it. There are similar movies to this one which I love - Kumo no Mukou [Beyond the Clouds], and Hoshi no Koe [Voices of a Distant Star]. In addition to these being wonderful movies, the soundtracks are amazing. All 3 movies feature music by Tenmon. This cover was arranged by lindestinel.
The second video for today's post is "Mebius" from a game called Infinite Space for the DS. I have never played this game, as I don't own a DS. Just to prove how old skool I am, I had the Nintendo Brick and the Gameboy Color Pokemon Yellow Edition..back when it was cool. lmao. I digress... This arrangement was by Marioverehrer.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
The restart of an old blog
So yea..this is a really old blog. A friend of mine told me I should start a piano blog. This was the same friend who got me into recording and uploading my videos to Youtube. So far I have 8 videos uploaded - all of them are unedited so all of them have mistakes. It's not that I don't practice, it's just that I have a lot of stuff to play and I only play each song once. Unless I really like it. The first video I'm posting is one of my newer uploads. This is for the Twilight: Breaking Dawn SOUNDTRACK fans. I really do like this song by Christina Perri - A Thousand Years. The movie...not so much. I only watched it because I have to continue on with the series. I've always been a sucker for movie/anime/tv show/game soundtracks.
Point of this blog? To share my piano adventures with you and to maybe get a few requests from you. I'm willing to play and record any sheet music you submit to me - provided it's not in the most difficult key imaginable (like C-flat major or something only a 12-fingered person could play). Always welcome to comments as well - but please try not to be too mean. I really do try my best when I'm playing piano.
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