Modartt user forum » Recordings featuring Pianoteq and Organteq » Fun with Video - Dark Matter, weird edition
Sick today, so wasting time out of bed just fooling around with video in Linux.
Dark Matter
Pianoteq Steinway B improv
I like your music Stephen. I also listened to Convolution 1, which i found especially fitting for my late night
Do you play everything live or make some MIDI edits?
I like your music Stephen. I also listened to Convolution 1, which i found especially fitting for my late night
Do you play everything live or make some MIDI edits?
The versions I post rarely have any edits, because I find MIDI editing somewhat tedious and sometimes problematic (syncing the sustain pedal MIDI CC to moved or added notes, for example), and audio editing tiring as well, although it is interesting. So instead, I just take the--I suppose--harder path of practicing the pieces over and over and then recording them over and over until I can perform them in their entirety without any major mistakes (but often include several minor ones). Even then, my cancer-crippled right hand and arm have difficulty with nuance of interpretation. I'm really a very poor pianist, which is why I take greater pleasure in the creativity of composing.
In Blues in C, Convolution 1, I revised the second part of the piece to make the left-hand part easier to play, because I was making too many mistakes. My hands are small with thin, short fingers, the opposite of good piano hands, so I try to compose pieces that fit well or easily under my hands, and simply "enrich" them by packing them with denser harmonies (for example) that don't require a broad reach. I can't play the music of some of my favorite composers including Chopin, Rachmaninov and Ravel.
Sorry to hear about your cancer-crippled hand and arm. But, I have to say, to me your playing don’t sound as a poor pianist at all. And don’t let your small hands bother you. You know, it don’t bother me anymore that they told me when young being a poor pianist. Because some people in this forum like my music. And I have very small hands too, but I learned that J.S. Bach had very small hands and he he was still a great player. Think it this way - We can enjoy playing and make other people enjoy our music. That’s fantastic! Have a great day, my friend!
gasparka wrote:I like your music Stephen. I also listened to Convolution 1, which i found especially fitting for my late night
Do you play everything live or make some MIDI edits?The versions I post rarely have any edits, because I find MIDI editing somewhat tedious and sometimes problematic (syncing the sustain pedal MIDI CC to moved or added notes, for example), and audio editing tiring as well, although it is interesting. So instead, I just take the--I suppose--harder path of practicing the pieces over and over and then recording them over and over until I can perform them in their entirety without any major mistakes (but often include several minor ones). Even then, my cancer-crippled right hand and arm have difficulty with nuance of interpretation. I'm really a very poor pianist, which is why I take greater pleasure in the creativity of composing.
In Blues in C, Convolution 1, I revised the second part of the piece to make the left-hand part easier to play, because I was making too many mistakes. My hands are small with thin, short fingers, the opposite of good piano hands, so I try to compose pieces that fit well or easily under my hands, and simply "enrich" them by packing them with denser harmonies (for example) that don't require a broad reach. I can't play the music of some of my favorite composers including Chopin, Rachmaninov and Ravel.
Those encouraging words seem like good and healthy attitudes to have, Pianoteqenthusiast.