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Wed, 18 October 2006 18:03

Deeej

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Location: Berkshire, UK
Registered: March 2005
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Well, I said I'd record myself improvising, and I have.

Unfortunately it's not on a real piano -- I don't have easy access to one at university. It's on a Yamaha PSR-292 electronic keyboard.

I admit this does not sound like improvisation. I assure you it is -- I recorded a couple of hours of myself making noises along a certain theme, and then went through afterwards and cut out the bits that worked and stuck them together to form the "piece" you hear here. It comprises something like 12 separate "takes", of literally hundreds that didn't work. You can hear a few mistakes even in those takes that did. None of this music has ever been written down and I'm not sure I can even remember how to play it now!

I used it as a project to teach myself a piece of software called Nuendo. It's a test mix because it's not really finished -- audio levels need tweaking and there are a couple of other things I can hear that could be improved slightly. I might submit it for a (film) sound design class -- not because it's really sound design, but because I've wasted so much time on it I might as well see what other people think.

I know it's not professional standard, but piano-playing is one area in which I am happy to call myself an amateur. I'd appreciate comments.

The file is here (2.2 MB, two and a half minutes, MP3):
http://www.davidjoy.org/music/deeej-testmix4.mp3

Best wishes,

David

[Updated on: Wed, 18 October 2006 18:06]

		Piano playing By: Deeej on Wed, 18 October 2006 18:03
		Re: Piano playing By: ZeroGrav on Wed, 18 October 2006 18:08
		Re: Piano playing By: Deeej on Wed, 18 October 2006 18:35
		Re: Piano playing By: ZeroGrav on Wed, 18 October 2006 18:44
		Re: Piano playing By: jack on Wed, 18 October 2006 18:18
		Re: Piano playing By: Deeej on Wed, 18 October 2006 18:29
		Re: Piano playing By: kupuna on Wed, 18 October 2006 23:19
		Re: Piano playing By: Deeej on Wed, 18 October 2006 23:41
		Re: Piano playing By: kupuna on Thu, 19 October 2006 17:47
		Re: Piano playing By: Deeej on Thu, 19 October 2006 19:12
		Re: Piano playing By: Aussie on Thu, 19 October 2006 22:10
		Re: Piano playing By: kupuna on Fri, 20 October 2006 22:00
		Re: Piano playing By: Deeej on Fri, 20 October 2006 23:13
		Re: Piano playing By: Brian1407a on Thu, 19 October 2006 02:40
		Re: Piano playing By: ZeroGrav on Thu, 19 October 2006 03:40
		Bravo, David! Bravissimo! By: JFR on Thu, 19 October 2006 10:55
		Re: Piano playing By: marc on Thu, 19 October 2006 22:57
		Re: Piano playing By: Deeej on Thu, 19 October 2006 23:15
		Re: Piano playing By: Rana Turbatus on Fri, 20 October 2006 12:19
		Re: Piano playing By: Deeej on Fri, 20 October 2006 12:36
		Re: Piano playing By: Rana Turbatus on Fri, 20 October 2006 16:57

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