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Glen - Now this sounds like real Piano Bar music! Very nice phrasing and a cool, playful ending. Nice!

Ed - An excellent arrangement and performance. I'm a big fan of your playing and your ability to produce such professional recordings.

Thanks for the kind words, all.

Bill,
Your style and sensitivity to the music is a treat for the ears! You are a fantastic talent! Love those S&G tunes!

Glen

TB - I agree with the others who have posted that is past time for you to change your screen name to reflect your skill level. How about TrulyAwesome?

Glen and Ed - two really really nice laid-back tunes this morning - a little toe-tapping, a mellow mood before a too-busy day. Thanks! They were great.

Cathy

Andy - Very nice. Your piano has an almost harp-like tone quality that is perfect for this piece. Well done.

Thanks - I'm glad you liked it. I got the lyrics and chords from a guitar book of Simon and Garfunkel songs. I improvised the fills and the rest of the piano accompanyment by ear.

Thanks, Cathy, et al!

Aside from piano bar music, here is something not often heard at your local embibery...

Still lots to work on, but such a beautiful work of art:
Thanks for indulging me...it's good to try to get past the red light on this one. It's just astonishing he wrote this and so many other timeliess works and could not hear one note of 'em.

Mvt2 Pathetique
http://www.box.net/shared/static/hzbijavq95.mp3

Glen

I loved it as it was - you are right: It's so beautiful!! And I have no doubt Beethoven heard every note - just not with his ears

Just got back from vacation for a week. It's nice to play again!

Turkey in the Straw

Yee-haw, LadyPayne ... I guess you could say you are back in the saddle alright!

TB: Very pretty! I enjoyed that one. Nicely done
Peyton: Very beautiful and you sing great too
Andy: very nice!
Rickster: great job. You're a very talented composer!
Inlanding: Nicely played on all of your songs
Riddler:Very cool!
Elssa:That one was kind of bouncy! Very nice!
Bill: Excellent playing and singing

Hey, I don't want to change my username and lose my identity on this forum . Next time when I choose a username, I have to think about that.

Elssa, I don't know how I missed your piece the first time. But wow, that a hard one to keep up with the tempo and you played very well.

Ladypayne, that piece put a smile on my face after a long day from work.

TB

Bill, I like your stuff, but I couldn't get this one to play continuously so I listened in 2 sec sound bites, so I think it's much more fun than what I heard

ladypayne - that's a tune I've tried to get my band to play but with no success

Cathy

GLEN-Nice work on the Beethoven! It's a real finger stretcher. It's the last piece I worked on before starting in on the jazz. I could never get the whole Adagio down smoothly.

LADYPAYNE - I agree with Andy - yee-haw, what a knee-slapper! I liked that arrangement, too.

Glen, I think your interpretation is very sensitive and well played.

Cathy - Thanks for trying - I'm also having trouble with YouTube today. I've been waiting for Lady Payne's video to load for quite a while. Something is not quite right with them.

Elssa, that was so good! You are so good with those rhythms!

Oldtimers (namely, me) are fond of saying some piece of music has brought back old memories. Well, this one really did, especially since you mentioned playing it on an organ. Here is a recording of yours truly playing this song on a Hammond Organ in (hold onto your hat) 1979!

http://www.box.net/shared/je5ezuuc2b

Pedals are fun aren't they? My organ recordings were made with a $10 cassette recorder, sitting on the floor, using the cheapest cassette tapes from Kmart, so there is an excessive amount of ooh pah pah, and a bit of hiss. But that's ok, covers up the mistakes!

I wonder why I ended in on a major chord?

Ed

Well, I think you put your heart and soul into that one, Bill. It does recreate a time and place. Well done!

Ed

Glen, If I could hear that at my local embibery, I'm afraid I'd develop a really bad drinking problem! That was very, very good.

Yes, the saddest scene I've ever seen in a movie was Beethoven with his ear down on the piano as he played, trying desperately to hear it.

Ed