An up-beat song played on piano

Ozzie · Sat 09/07/2005 00:19:54

Hm, I post for quite some while more or less regularly in this forum so I thought I should present my abilities a bit.
This is a quite short song from me played on piano, the length is about 1:28.
I have sometimes problems to hit the keys properly, I think you can hear that. I also get a bit fast towards the end.

Don't want to say too much negative, I just hope you like it!

http://www.fileupyours.com?nr1.OGG 1,36 MB

Candle · Sat 09/07/2005 08:13:31

Very nice Ozzie , You have a style like my xwife and I would sit for hours listing to her play .
Do you have one of those things that tick when it moves back and forth may help you with the timing.
But very nice , makes me want to get a chello and start playing again .I'm to old for Rock&Roll.

Ozzie · Sat 09/07/2005 18:05:10

I think you mean a metronome...
...I know, a friend of me tells me quite often that I should use it, but it wouldn't work for me because I like to be dynamically with the tempo.

It was just that I was a bit upset at the time of the recording because of the many problems occuring with the computer and not having much time. But I always tend to get fast.

Candle · Sat 09/07/2005 20:02:57

Yes that is what ius called .
I tend to forget things now because of my short term memory loss .

ThunderStorm · Sun 10/07/2005 13:17:49

I like that song, it starts with some kind of ragtime feeling and turns into something that makes me think of a sailor playing accordeon

And by the way - I feel that a metronome is good for practicing and training your timing, but not for the actual playing. That's why I keep mine next to the drumset and rarely by the piano.

Gregjazz · Tue 12/07/2005 20:10:29

I know it's more ragtime-esque, but you may want to try to put more dynamics and time feel into the song...

Ozzie · Sat 16/07/2005 13:53:14

Hm, recently I'm playing the song a bit slower and more at a steady tempo, also I gave it some kind of intro (there's no new melody, though). Maybe I will make a new recording on monday and upload it then.

But actually I don't understand what you mean with more dynamically. It's not a song which would benefit when I would vary the tempo very much, I only could play the middle part a bit slower and calmer.
Normally my songs are very dynamically, this one is a bit different of the rest.

Ozzie · Fri 22/07/2005 23:52:29

The new recording of this song is up:
http://www.fileupyours.com?nr1(new_version).OGG 1,73MB, 1:54

I played it a bit slower overall, I think the song benefits from that. But besides that you can hear sometimes that I don't hit the keys correctly... $:-\$
There are also some other notable changes.
Personally I like this version much better.

I'll await criticism!

Gregjazz · Sat 23/07/2005 08:18:50

Much better! How about that second part (starting at :19) that's faster -- what if you made the first 8 bars loud, and then the next 8 bars very quiet (without changing the tempo, of course) in contrast, and so on. And then the sustained part at 1:02, what if you made that 16 bar phrase so it starts out soft, gets loud in the middle of the phrase, and then gets quiet again for the end of the phrase. Then at the part at 1:29, you could make it kinda stacatto and light -- yes, light and airy. Then do some dynamics for the ritardando at the end: maybe make it crescendo (get louder) or diminuendo (get quieter)...