I'm in! Whew!!

BTW I have totally changed my mind/approach/feeling about participating in online recitals.... After all these years!

In the past, if my piece wasn't ready, I would sit the recital out. So although I participated in a lot of ABF recitals at PW, there were many more of them where I didn't participate.

Now I feel like these external deadlines are really beneficial, so I've decided I'm going to submit whatever my piece is even if it's not perfect. And this submission is definitely one of those!

Anyway, I'm looking forward to hearing everyone else's recordings!

    Schubertian2 I love this last minute dash to the finish line that you and ShiroKuro are making - this is brilliant! I think there is possibly going to be a last minute submission to the other forum as well, but this forum looks likely to have the winning total. It goes without saying that quality is more important than quantity, but looking at the list of participants on this forum I feel certain that we will have plenty of both. 🙂

    navindra You are the hero of the hour, waiting for the last few warriors to make it across the moat before pulling up the drawbridge! 😁

    "Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)

          ShiroKuro Well done! I'm sure your piece will be very enjoyable to listen to and you are probably being hypercritical of tiny mistakes which others might not even notice. My own piece is very much a beginner's piece and the usual slow tempo that I favour, because my fingers aren't built for speed. I did have a faster piece in mind but I need another few months days to get it up to speed.

          "Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)

            navindra
            No don't bother waiting - I'm not going to submit another recording - maybe next recital

              Congrats last minute second participants! I love these recitals as well. Both to listen to and broaden my horizon, but also to have a personal snapshot of progress.

              Thank you for making this possible, @navindra - I'm sure we all appreciate your hard work 💝

              The count's not over until the count is over and ABF is just as likely to pull ahead.

              Here's the latest count.

              1. iternabe — O mio babbino caro by Puccini, arr. by Faber
              2. keff — Over the Rainbow by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg, arr. by Brent Edstom
              3. plop_symphony — The Midnight Ball by Naoko Ikeda
              4. Schubertian2 — Ballade 4 by Chopin
              5. WieWaldi — Quick Five Blues by Christian Fuchs
              6. Nightowl — What A Wonderful World by G D Weiss & B Thiele, arr. by G P Tingley
              7. Sophia — A Classy Rag
              8. rogerch — Slow Steps by rogerch
              9. thepianoplayer416 — When You Wish Upon a Star by Ned Washington & Leigh Harline
              10. Sam — The Never Finished Piece by Sam
              11. MarieJ — Waltz in F minor by Tim Neumark
              12. Player1 — Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar
              13. Rubens — Sonata no.2, Op.36 (1913), 2nd movement, by Sergei Rachmaninoff
              14. Cratersmash — Sonata No. 3 in A Minor by Sergei Prokofiev
              15. Gooseberry — Pigalle by Virginio Aiello
              16. Rob — Lost by Rob
              17. TC3 — Worried Life Blues by Big Maceo Merriweather
              18. lilypad — God Bless the Child by Arthur Herzop and Billie Holiday
              19. BicBic — Prelude no.4 in E minor from Op 11 by Scriabin
              20. javiercorre — Sonatas K. 208 and K. 380 by Scarlatti
              21. SalmonJack — Bliss Ten by SalmonJack
              22. rsl12 — I am the very model of a modern Major-General by WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
              23. Sgisela — Do Tebe (to you) by Vitaly Filipenko
              24. ShiroKuro — Reminiscence by Takashi Kako

              I'm mildly panicking here! I have a draft cut of my video and I think I also have a decent audio track now (thanks to that precious mastering tip from Sam!), so I'll definitely get this done even if I have to cut some corners.

              Here's to hoping we get some surprise submissions!

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              Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
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              I have a busy schedule and I go out of town frequently. The last few years I wouldn't push myself to practice a piece in order to get a recording before an online recital deadline. I'd submit something I'm working that will be ready at least 3 days before the deadline. Otherwise keep working on it and record for the next recital.

              It's not a contest between PW and PT - The more people that participate, wherever they are, the better!

              Sam

                Is #2 now closed for submissions?

                It doesn't seem to be! Go for it!

                Sam True, but it's interesting to compare numbers between the two forums and my post was a way of giving credit to Nav for his achievement in establishing this new forum.

                Sam, you have put a lot of work and effort into running the recitals for the PW forum for many years, that shows real commitment and community spirit. I think that Nav has similar qualities, and I appreciate the work that both of you do to enable beginners like me to participate in the online recitals. Thank you.

                "Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)

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                  navindra changed the title to PianoTell Recital #2 Meta Feedback .

                  PianoTell Recital #2 is now live!

                  Please comment on the performances directly on the recital thread.

                  1. iternabe — O mio babbino caro
                  2. keff — Over the Rainbow
                  3. plop_symphony — The Midnight Ball
                  4. Schubertian2 — Ballade 4
                  5. WieWaldi — Quick Five Blues
                  6. Nightowl — What A Wonderful World
                  7. Sophia — A Classy Rag
                  8. rogerch — Slow Steps
                  9. thepianoplayer416 — When You Wish Upon a Star
                  10. Sam — The Never Finished Piece
                  11. MarieJ — Waltz in F minor
                  12. Player1 — Ashokan Farewell
                  13. Rubens — Sonata no.2, Op.36 (1913), 2nd movement
                  14. Cratersmash — Sonata No. 3 in A Minor
                  15. Gooseberry — Pigalle
                  16. Rob — Lost
                  17. TC3 — Worried Life Blues
                  18. lilypad — God Bless the Child
                  19. BicBic — Prelude no.4 in E minor from Op 11
                  20. javiercorre — Sonatas K. 208 and K. 380
                  21. SalmonJack — Bliss Ten
                  22. rsl12 — I am the very model of a modern Major-General
                  23. Sgisela — Do Tebe (to you)
                  24. ShiroKuro — Reminiscence
                  25. Pathbreaker — Larghetto
                  26. diretonic — Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)
                  27. navindra — The Entertainer

                  Meta feedback on the recitals can be shared here if desired. 🙂

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                  Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
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                  Sam It's not a contest between PW and PT - The more people that participate, wherever they are, the better!

                  +1 Thanks Sam for all that you do and your support for basically everyone here and there.

                  There's also no question that PianoTell was born from Piano World and there's quite a bit to be grateful for, not the least of which is the long running tradition of holding quarterly recitals.

                  As a brief aside, I recently read that VS is doing quite well and I've not noticed any changes to PW since the ads got worse.

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                  Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
                  TIME

                  • Sam replied to this.

                      @navindra im not sure if this has been brought up before or if anyone i\else is having the same issue. When I try to see the videos embedded in the recital page, YouTube tells me I need to log in and confirm I’m not a bot, but it also doesn’t seem to allow me to do this through the embedded video. This happens intermittently, not always.

                      Anyways, if there’s another post on this issue, I’m happy to be redirected there.

                      Thanks for putting this together!

                        Sgisela Oh no, I haven't heard about this roadblock before. I'm not sure why YouTube's bot detection is kicking in.

                        Does this still happen if you go to YouTube directly and sign in first then come back here, or are the embedded videos still broken?

                        Is it possible you may have an ad blocker or something that may be interfering with YouTube embeds?

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                        Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
                        TIME

                            navindra Thanks, but PW is not doing so well, at least in the ABF. Participation seems way down in general. This recital, #76, had the fewest number of performers ever, even lower than the very first recital. The decline started before PW was bought out, but has accelerated rapidly since the ads showed up. I have a post with a pdf graph up on PW showing the history.

                            But it is what it is - I am committed to keeping the recitals going as long as there is someone that wants to participate. We shouldn't think "only 26 performers", but "wow, we had 26 performers!".