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so i& #39;ve talked about this before, but i wanted to say it here too. there& #39;s a reason why none of my piano songs longer than 1 minute have performance videos: their "recordings" are exremely meticulously edited patchworks that severely over-represent my actual piano abilities 1/
it took a full day& #39;s work, going back and forth from keyboard to computer, to produce the 10-minute "recording" of my latest composition. among other things, i have zero sense of rhythm or tempo, my fingers are weak af, and i have no control over how loud i play any given note 2/
having to use a relatively cheap keyboard with a two-state sustain pedal doesn& #39;t help, but if i recorded on an actual piano i wouldn& #39;t be able to do multiple takes for each little fragment and then go through and tweak the timing and velocity of each note in garageband 3/
i do these kinds of tweaks for the instagram etudes too, but i& #39;m limited there because the audio still needs to sync up with the video. it& #39;s also a lot easier to play at a constant tempo when i can use a metronome at double time, which i did in my new piece too for some parts 4/
i have an overactive conscience, and i feel guilty whenever the thought occurs to me that someone might hear one of these recordings and think it& #39;s just an unedited clip of me playing piano, and not the equivalent of a tool-assisted speedrun or an insane photoshop touch-up job 5/
my goal with these recordings has never been to display my piano skills; it& #39;s to show off the composition in its best light, and to create a pleasant listening experience. but the more work i put into that, the less i can reasonably say that it& #39;s actually me doing the playing 6/
it would take years of grueling work for my skill in classical piano performance to even approach my skill in composition. as it is i& #39;m never satisfied, even when i do perform my pieces live, and my hope i guess is that some day a better pianist than me will do them justice 7/
til then, if you want an actual sense of how unreliable i am at hitting literally any note properly you can listen to my improv weekly series with fresh uncut piano recordings every week at http://youtube.omaitzen.com"> http://youtube.omaitzen.com ! hah bet you didn& #39;t think this thread would end in a self promo 8/
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