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BrentRichards
08-14-2007, 07:16 PM
I can't decide whether this is more amazing, amusing, abnormal ... you decide. Talent is clear, instrument choice is, well, very NE PA firehouse.
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andrewlittle
08-14-2007, 07:28 PM
The first made me remember hearing Steve Morse play that on electric guitar.
The second is amazing, but more mechanical, I think.
The instruments - well, go figure. Very little competition in their ability range, I would think.
keltic63
08-14-2007, 09:31 PM
Flight of the Bumblebee, Rimsky-Korsakov! I actually had a piano arrangement with a boogie setting....called Bumble Boogie.
the Bach! amazing. it reminds me of the Switched on Bach done by Wendy Carlos (a member of our "denomination" ) in which she performed several Bach pieces on a moog synthesizer. Bach sounds good on almost anything!
BrianB
08-14-2007, 10:11 PM
The Accordian-- It's not just for polka music anymore.
The first person seemed more familiar with his instrument than the second man. Perhaps it was just because the second man was sight reading from sheet music.
elcharrom
08-15-2007, 02:28 AM
That was coo, I wish I could play acrodion, then I be playin cumbia music on it, haha:D
u-dog
08-15-2007, 08:39 AM
The Accordian-- It's not just for polka music anymore.
The first person seemed more familiar with his instrument than the second man. Perhaps it was just because the second man was sight reading from sheet music.
NO WAY was that guy "sight reading" !!! He knew both his instrument and his music inside out. He was just ... totally getting into the music. He was transported and totally UNAWARE of where he was looking or what he was looking LIKE.
tocatta and fuge in d minor on the accordian? amazing, i do miss the bass you get from a pipe organ, still, that's quite amazing.
u-dog
08-15-2007, 08:49 AM
The first made me remember hearing Steve Morse play that on electric guitar.
The second is amazing, but more mechanical, I think.
The instruments - well, go figure. Very little competition in their ability range, I would think.
MECHANICAL ????!!!!!???? How can you say that? that was PURE SPIRIT!! TOTALLY EMBODIED SPIRIT !!! I have never seen ANYONE who was more IN his body than that guy. And at the same time he was OBVIOUSLY having an OUT OF BODY experience! That was JS BACH himself being channeled through an Accordian player... I am speechless. This guy is a god! I want to BE HIM.
u-dog
08-15-2007, 08:55 AM
Flight of the Bumblebee, Rimsky-Korsakov! I actually had a piano arrangement with a boogie setting....called Bumble Boogie.
the Bach! amazing. it reminds me of the Switched on Bach done by Wendy Carlos (a member of our "denomination" ) in which she performed several Bach pieces on a moog synthesizer. Bach sounds good on almost anything!
I love the switched on Bach albums. I still listen to them actually. But remember that Wendy laid those down track by track. she didn't actually play the whole piece as you would in a concert. This guy played the entirety of the Pasacaglia and Fugue in c minor (that was what it was wasn't it?) ON THE F***** Accordion!! Every single note and chord. Amazing!
Nope: Paul is right. Its the fugue from Toccata and fugue in d minor
andrewlittle
08-15-2007, 08:58 AM
MECHANICAL ????!!!!!???? How can you say that? that was PURE SPIRIT!! TOTALLY EMBODIED SPIRIT !!! I have never seen ANYONE who was more IN his body than that guy. And at the same time he was OBVIOUSLY having an OUT OF BODY experience! That was JS BACH himself being channeled through an Accordian player... I am speechless. This guy is a god! I want to BE HIM.
I agree. When I viewed the original post, for some reason the attachments were reversed. The Bach piece is the "first" one I was referring to, while the "Flight of the Bumblebees" was the second. The person playing the Bumblebees is very mechanically adept - incredibly so, actually - but lacks the artistic expression that I saw and heard in the Bach piece.
It is also the Bach piece I heard Steve Morse (Deep Purple) play on electric guitar, with similar emotional feeling and virtuosity. I am sure finding that artistic would push some people to the limit, though.
In my little musical world, the other is like Yingwie Malmsteen - incredibly gifted mechanically, but with little emotional or artistic investment.
Oh yeah - I forgot - u-dog, who the hell are you calling Andrew?
Office conversation:
[Jay] "Lisa...got a minute? Look at this!"
**starts Flight of the Bumblebee**
[Lisa] **gasp!**
...one minute later...
[Jay] "Pretty amazing, huh?"
[Lisa] "I hope he doesn't neglect his family!"
:lol::laughing::rofl:
BrianB
08-15-2007, 01:40 PM
NO WAY was that guy "sight reading" !!! He knew both his instrument and his music inside out. He was just ... totally getting into the music. He was transported and totally UNAWARE of where he was looking or what he was looking LIKE.
Okay, yes he is very talented. I do know that Bach is extremely difficult.
I'm sorry but he was looking at the exact same spot where the sheet music was. I'll even go as far to say that he played the much more difficult piece. I just don't believe that he memorized his piece. I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.
Okay, yes he is very talented. I do know that Bach is extremely difficult.
I'm sorry but he was looking at the exact same spot where the sheet music was. I'll even go as far to say that he played the much more difficult piece. I just don't believe that he memorized his piece. I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.
Hi Brian,
It wouldn't be that unusual for this guy to have memorized the piece. I learned the same piece (on pipe organ) 33 years ago as a kid. I haven't played for many years, about 32 years. I'm a nominal musician at best and can still visualize the piece in my mind, sit down to a keyboard and play a great deal of it. A musician like this guy could do it with ease really. By the way, the whole piece takes about 17 to 19 minutes to play.
BrentRichards
08-15-2007, 04:35 PM
Didn't mean to start a andy-u-dog fight (Not to be confused with "Andy, you DOG!" which you must hear all the time, right tiger?) ... I switched the videos after my initial post ... just because the Bumblebee is much shorter, and I thought it would draw you in to watching the second video ... my marketing side, I'm afraid.
My reaction to both of these is similar ... Bumblebee for downright prowess, Fugue for "Who-knew-you-could-get-that-kind-of-richness-out-of-a-polka-instrument-ess." Getting Andy and U-Dog to call each other names was purely a bonus.
keltic63
08-15-2007, 04:43 PM
Okay, yes he is very talented. I do know that Bach is extremely difficult.
I'm sorry but he was looking at the exact same spot where the sheet music was. I'll even go as far to say that he played the much more difficult piece. I just don't believe that he memorized his piece. I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.
actually, I think the sticking point was the use of the term "sight-reading" which is an entirely different skill than playing the piece with the music in front one. Sight-reading means that the musician has NEVER seen the music before and is playing it for the first time. It's a good skill to have; I am fortunate enough to possess it. Unfortunately, I often rely on it to the point that I fail to practice some pieces because I "know" I can play it. I get caught occasionally and flub some phrases.
So, there is no way the guy is sight-reading, but he may indeed have the music off to his right, just out of camera range. Organists (the instrument that the piece was originally written for is organ) are unlike other performers in that it is acceptable practice for the performer to NOT memorize the music.
andrewlittle
08-15-2007, 05:23 PM
Organists (the instrument that the piece was originally written for is organ) are unlike other performers in that it is acceptable practice for the performer to NOT memorize the music.
... organists are also the only ones who can get away with saying, "Hey, wanna see my organ?"
u-dog
08-15-2007, 07:53 PM
Okay, yes he is very talented. I do know that Bach is extremely difficult.
I'm sorry but he was looking at the exact same spot where the sheet music was. I'll even go as far to say that he played the much more difficult piece. I just don't believe that he memorized his piece. I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.
I don't see any sheet music. What makes you think there is sheet music? How would he turn the pages?
keltic63
08-15-2007, 11:17 PM
I don't see any sheet music. What makes you think there is sheet music? How would he turn the pages?
are you always this difficult?
like a dog with a bone! drop it! :rolleyes:
besides, you're gonna see him Friday night, you can just pop him one in the mouth and put this whole thread behind you, forget about it, like it never happened.
u-dog
08-16-2007, 08:05 AM
are you always this difficult?
like a dog with a bone! drop it! :rolleyes:
besides, you're gonna see him Friday night, you can just pop him one in the mouth and put this whole thread behind you, forget about it, like it never happened.
I'm just sayin... I don't see no f***** Sheet music OK?? Sheesh! And Brian? You can just forget about dinner tomorrow night !! If you can't find a way to HONOR the person who is probably the FOREMOST ACCORDIAN PLAYER IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE then I, frankly, don't have time for you. :mad: Harumphhh !!
Ok... I'm kidding. Looking forward to seeing you and Andy tomorrow!!
BrianB
08-16-2007, 11:53 AM
I'm just sayin... I don't see no f***** Sheet music OK?? Sheesh! And Brian? You can just forget about dinner tomorrow night !! If you can't find a way to HONOR the person who is probably the FOREMOST ACCORDIAN PLAYER IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE then I, frankly, don't have time for you. :mad: Harumphhh !!
Ok... I'm kidding. Looking forward to seeing you and Andy tomorrow!!
I already admitted that he was very good. I already admitted I could be wrong. What the H*** do you want from me.:mad: Am I not allowed to express an opinion different from your own? You know what... Don't bother coming. I have better things to do than argue with a music snob.
u-dog
08-16-2007, 01:08 PM
I already admitted that he was very good. I already admitted I could be wrong. What the H*** do you want from me.:mad: Am I not allowed to express an opinion different from your own? You know what... Don't bother coming. I have better things to do than argue with a music snob.
OK... I just want to clarify here. We ARE joking right? I personally don't care AT ALLL whether this guy is reading the music. You knew that right? :love:
BrentRichards
08-16-2007, 04:25 PM
... organists are also the only ones who can get away with saying, "Hey, wanna see my organ?"
Which, sadly, reminds me of the guy with a tiny little Steinway and a twelve-inch pianist. :eek: What ever happened to Vaudeville? If gays were in charge, Vaudeville would still be huge, agreed?
BrianB
08-16-2007, 07:22 PM
OK... I just want to clarify here. We ARE joking right? I personally don't care AT ALLL whether this guy is reading the music. You knew that right? :love:
:o Well, I was upset but I'm better now. :) It was stupid for me to get that worked up over a youtube video. Yes I would still like to meet you and Andrew.
andrewlittle
08-16-2007, 09:28 PM
Looking forward to it. I took u-dog way more seriously than he meant one time, too, Brian. Ah, the difficulties of virtual relationships - that's why I'm looking forward to yet another face-to-face encounter. Put flesh on dem der words. It helps, I think, when you can see the humor played out live and the gentleness in other people's eyes.
You will be my third 3-D Soulforce friend, and you join some stout - oops, I mean shining - oh crappe, um, wonderful people in u-dog and keltic.
How do you feel about being just another notch in my belt?
BrianB
08-16-2007, 09:43 PM
Looking forward to it. I took u-dog way more seriously than he meant one time, too, Brian. Ah, the difficulties of virtual relationships - that's why I'm looking forward to yet another face-to-face encounter. Put flesh on dem der words. It helps, I think, when you can see the humor played out live and the gentleness in other people's eyes.
You will be my third 3-D Soulforce friend, and you join some stout - oops, I mean shining - oh crappe, um, wonderful people in u-dog and keltic.
How do you feel about being just another notch in my belt?
Hey! Smilie when you say that.:D
I'm sure we will have a nice supper. Bring a big appetite. Uno's serves big portions.
I'm looking forward to meeting you all!
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