Modartt user forum - Thanksgiving, George Winston

Re: Thanksgiving, George Winston

null@example.com (VJ) — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 22:28:26 +0000

Very poetic, and yes I can imagine myself too, to see snow falling in the garden ... Thank you for this music !

Re: Thanksgiving, George Winston

null@example.com (HwyStar) — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 19:11:18 +0000

Excellent!

Re: Thanksgiving, George Winston

null@example.com (Kacper_ek) — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:25:33 +0000

Very good job - piano skills, piano sound and interpretation

Re: Thanksgiving, George Winston

null@example.com (dklein) — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 01:16:14 +0000

Excellent job - sounds quite familiar yet with your own accents and ebbing and flowing of the rhythm. Very pleasant to listen to.

Re: Thanksgiving, George Winston

null@example.com (Pianoteqenthusiast) — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:38:23 +0000

What a beautiful song. Very nice tune. Have not heard it before. I read from Youtube it is from his album December. People experience music in different ways, for me it is like snow falling in December (as the album name). And it bring my thoughts again to my son. It’s a masterpiece, painting many scenes…..People speak trough music to touch in many ways. That’s what I think about it.
Thank you for playing and sharing.

Thanksgiving, George Winston

null@example.com (tdunst) — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 01:41:23 +0000

I have been haunted by this track since I was 16 years old when I had the good fortune to purchase a copy of George Winston's December album. In a sense, I have been learning how to play this song my entire life, but only recently have a gotten serious about trying to record it. This song was played during the candle lighting at my wedding and had been my constant companion though many long, cold Wisconsin winters. It has brought me much happiness over the years, and I am so glad to have finally spent the time I needed to get my version recorded.

I originally learned the song by ear, but played this version as close as possible to George's official transcript (a great way to improve my music reading skills!) I voiced the piano using Modartt's PianoTEQ 6 standard edition version 6.5.2 using a modified version of the Steinway D Prelude patch. I recorded my performance using Ableton Live 10 Suite on a single MIDI track. I have applied EQ both pre and post to the reverb (I did not use the reverb from PianoTEQ) on the piano and employed a compressor and limiter on the master bus. Here is the link to the track:

https://soundcloud.com/todd-dunst/thanksgiving

Let me know what you think!