This song is one of my all time favorites. Even so, this release is a bit of an accident — while working on some other pieces to share I interleaved this into one of my practice sessions earlier this month, and this take came out so nicely on the U4 that I just had to release it and share with all y'all. I'm quite relaxed with the tempo to start, and I also had some fun with the ornaments (not sure why those fell to hand, but I like them). I very much enjoyed how the U4 fills out the soundscape as the piece progresses; to me it fits perfectly with the nostalgia & wistfulness I feel when performing this song.

Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts/moon-river-2025
Listen on YouTube: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnrv...pc9Jk1mBQZ
Also available on Apple Music, Spotify, et al: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/kerri...moon-river

Mastering Chain using Logic 11.1 Pro:
PianoTeq 8.4 (modified U4 Tall Concert, 60db)
Compressor (Vintage VCA, -40db threshold, 1.3 ratio, 0.7 knee, 26ms attack, 48ms release, -12db auto gain)
Quantec Room Simulator (Based on one of the QRS Classics Concert Halls, IIRC, Quantec YardStick, 1.6s, 10^4 m^3 room size, dry 0db, reverb delay 100ms, 1st reflection -26db, reverb level -12db)
Linear EQ (Low Cut 50hz)
Normalized to -1db

Dear Kerry,

Your Rock! I'm still dreaming on your nostalgic and sweet notes of Moon River...
I've always liked this song but you play it really in a superlative, melancholic way. It's like a dear friend who comes back to visit you after 30 years... so many memories.
Thanks for sharing it.
Greetings from Italy
Carmelo

This song is one of my all time favorites. Even so, this release is a bit of an accident — while working on some other pieces to share I interleaved this into one of my practice sessions earlier this month, and this take came out so nicely on the U4 that I just had to release it and share with all y'all. I'm quite relaxed with the tempo to start, and I also had some fun with the ornaments (not sure why those fell to hand, but I like them). I very much enjoyed how the U4 fills out the soundscape as the piece progresses; to me it fits perfectly with the nostalgia & wistfulness I feel when performing this song.

Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts/moon-river-2025
Listen on YouTube: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnrv...pc9Jk1mBQZ
Also available on Apple Music, Spotify, et al: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/kerri...moon-river

Mastering Chain using Logic 11.1 Pro:
PianoTeq 8.4 (modified U4 Tall Concert, 60db)
Compressor (Vintage VCA, -40db threshold, 1.3 ratio, 0.7 knee, 26ms attack, 48ms release, -12db auto gain)
Quantec Room Simulator (Based on one of the QRS Classics Concert Halls, IIRC, Quantec YardStick, 1.6s, 10^4 m^3 room size, dry 0db, reverb delay 100ms, 1st reflection -26db, reverb level -12db)
Linear EQ (Low Cut 50hz)
Normalized to -1db

Thank you again Kerri for beautiful playing, great interpretation. Wonderful slow intro and from about 1,50 coming the growing sublime middle part, then a very nice ending. Interesting that you continue to use U4. I like that, you get so nice sound from it.
Always nice to listen to you playing.

Best wishes,

Stig

Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kerri-shotts/moon-river-2025
Listen on YouTube: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnrv...pc9Jk1mBQZ
Also available on Apple Music, Spotify, et al: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/kerri...moon-river

Mastering Chain using Logic 11.1 Pro:
PianoTeq 8.4 (modified U4 Tall Concert, 60db)
Compressor (Vintage VCA, -40db threshold, 1.3 ratio, 0.7 knee, 26ms attack, 48ms release, -12db auto gain)
Quantec Room Simulator (Based on one of the QRS Classics Concert Halls, IIRC, Quantec YardStick, 1.6s, 10^4 m^3 room size, dry 0db, reverb delay 100ms, 1st reflection -26db, reverb level -12db)
Linear EQ (Low Cut 50hz)
Normalized to -1db