So good
The 31st of March, 2015. That is the day when @Phyrnna uploaded an improvisation that was longer than my longest upload thus far.
I knew from that day on, I had to upload something that was at least one hour long. That day, IS today.
Lol, I'm half joking though. Check out Phyrnna's track: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/616784
It's not rare for me to improvise for this long, but it sure is the first time that I recorded myself doing it. I had a lot of accidental technical issues though :(
My piano can only record about 20 minutes of material at a time. So I had to take short breaks (moving the latest, abruptly cut part, to my usb), before continuing. Even worse! I recorded about 1 hour and 5 minutes of material, but one of the files disappeared! D:<
The part that was gone was the original third part. BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE FIRST PART AT FIRST. So I improvised some 20 minutes more, and made a new, pretty identical intro (the only thing I planned on beforehand, was the first chord, which is also somwhere in the middle of this). So the first part you hear is actually the last part I recorded.
You will hear 2 fadeouts as well (the weird people that listen to the entire track), because the missing file caused a lot of trouble with tempo and chords :(
This improvisation also features me playing the piano while talking on the phone. I have no idea where that part is though (I know it wasn't in the missing part though, as it was somewhere in the original first half hour), so I must've covered it up pretty good.
There are like 2 small parts that are old ideas that found their way into the improvisation. I also accidentally started playing already known themes at points (Like "Great Destiny Man" and such), but I tried to as quickly as possible go away such things.
I also wasn't afraid to go completely nuts/experimental. I wasn't really trying to make anything amazing; just show you what an avarage improvisation of mine could sound like (No "Improv on Clarity" quality here). There are a few good parts here and there though. This is also how I sometimes make songs. I actually had a great idea in the third (missing) part, which may or may not make its way into a song in the future!
But yeah. This is meant to be enjoyed as weird background music. I don't think that anyone will seriously be spending an hour listening to this while just staring into a wall or something (well, I did once, but that was to check that everything was okay).
As for keys, the ones I used the most are my trusted G minor and C minor, even if I switched it up now and then.
I think that this long description is enough though.
The piano I played on is my trusted Yamaha Clavinova CLP - 230. Some reverb added with Cubase.
Enjoy!
So good
Thank you!
very good song indeed
Thank you! :)
love this one, feels just as good as your recent works!
Eternity may rule...
Indeed so! Thanks :)
So I was off on hiatus and I come back to this... wow.
Very well done~
Although at this rate, we may singlehandedly force Newgrounds to re-up the file size limit on songs~! xD
I'll most likely have this playing in the background while I work on things. ^.^
Cheers to fellow pianists playing their hearts out on the ivories~! \^o^/ <3
~Phyrnna ^_^ <3
Thank you!
It'd be an amazing accomplishment if we actually managed to up the file size again XD
What's more likely though, is that Tom would just up the limits for the two of us temporarily :p
And oh God, when will this stop? After a day long improv... A WEEK? I'm up for the challenge :D
Don't judge me, but the first time I read this, I read "ovaries" instead of "ivories", and i was like... Wat? o.O
:p
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