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Teenage Piano Player
I wrote this when I was about 15 or 16. It’s very amateurish. I found my original notes a while ago and punched it into the piano roll editor. I never came up with an ending, so it just ends. I used Pure Piano and added a second part with Ravenscroft.
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15 year old me was just learning the power chords to “Iron Man” so I certainly wouldn’t call it amateurish. I’d be curious to hear this with different sounds. The sustain on the piano sounds overlapping made it difficult to hear the different parts.
I have to wonder what 15 year old Paul would make of the music you make now. I’m pretty sure he’d be amazed.
@MadeofWax I think I might put a bit of noise gate on this to clean it up a bit. I noticed the same thing.
The original cassette tape sounded a lot different. It’s about 50 years old! I’m surprised it still played in my car.
The 15 year old Paul was a bit of an outcast. Everybody was digging on the Beatles, and I was digging on Henry Mancini. If you ever get the chance, check out “Banzai Pipeline”. That was the one for me.
Pretty awesome composition for a teenager 50 years ago! Doesn’t sound amateurish to me. Hey - We have something in common - I was a Mancini fan too as a teenager, later bought a Mancini arranging course which came with cassettes.
Henry Mancini is one of my piano performance inspirations. Love his music! Yeah, I'm more of a Henri Mancini and Vince Guaraldi guy, although when it comes to the Beatles, I love their music too. Their more experimental works inspire my own experimental creations.
And I love your short piece.
I love how it has this unending energy and flow. I don't know, doesn't sound amateurish to me.
Very good at 0:55. Lol, at 16 I was teaching this 11yr old, Andy Narell, who had just performed on Ed Sullivan with a steel drum band. Andy did pretty good. I found this about him. I was playing in a band.
Whoa! pretty sophisticated for 15! Also, I can hear a kind of thread that goes right up to your current stuff.
Mancini had a real talent for writing catchy melody. If you only play the first four notes of Pink Panther, you immediately recognize it. Same for the first three notes of Moon River. When I would see him on TV, I would say - That’s what I want to do when I grow up! I still say that today. Thanks for listening.
@jwmmakerofmusic I had more Mancini albums than Beatles. I did love the White Album. Lots of great stuff on that one. I remember spinning the album backwards to find the secret messages! My mom thought I was crazy. Have a productive day!
My first band was Dolores Jacklin’s Junior Accordionaires. I was eight. She was a great teacher. Sometimes I would play her one of my compositions. She would sit patiently and say “That’s very nice, Paul. Now let’s get back to work”. She is in her nineties now and still lives in the area. I might just give her a call.
The original sounded a lot different. I just kept the parts I liked and added a few bits. I also added a second pair of hands playing in my current “style”, if you can call it that! Thanks for giving it a listen. Have a great day!
Top , did you follow music academy courses ?
Does not sound amateurish.
Very original, and quite energetic and joyful!!!
Probably ahead of your young years at the time, beautiful memory with some very nice transitions!!!
I am a fan!
I went to Northern Illinois University. It’s known for having an excellent music program, but I studied something more mundane. It pays the bills and my home is paid for, so that’s a good thing. I played in bands for about 40 years, so the lack of a formal degree didn’t hold me back. Now I just have my iPad and places like the Audiobus Forum.
Thank you so much, Rene. I am a fan of your music. You always select songs that bring me back to a kinder, gentler, more civilized time. Have a peaceful weekend my friend.