Yiruma

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River Flows in You (Version 2)

I tried to go a little more pro with this week’s Amateur Creativity. After moaning about the sound quality in my first piano recording two weeks ago, I took a trip to the music store to see if there are any convenient solutions. 

Sadly, there were not. But I persevered and dug some old wires out of the cupboard to connect to my little home recording studio that has seen very little action in recent years.

Recording video and sound separately and then putting them together afterwards obviously takes more time. But the resulting quality is worth it!

I also decided to tape my phone to the ceiling to record from a different perspective. Looks pretty cool, I think 🙂 

Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

Have a fun weekend!

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River Flows In You

Today’s little bit of Amateur Creativity is my cover of Yiruma’s “River Flows in You”. It’s one of those great pieces of music that is truly beautiful, but not particularly hard to learn. 

That being said, playing it perfectly is very difficult. Professional performing artists are not paid to play 99% of the notes correctly (this is actually pretty easy). They’re paid for that last 1% (the really hard part). I realized this very clearly when recording this video. 

But even when played imperfectly, River Flows in You remains a beautiful song 🙂 I hope you enjoy!

Another thing I recognized is the need for some wires to record directly from my piano to my phone. The sound over the headphones is just so much better than the sound over the speakers that was actually recorded.

I’ll commit to taking a trip to the music store to check this out before my next piano recording.