There is a limit at PW because you are uploading an mp3 file, and that tales space on the server, so we decided long ago on a limit. Now that the site has been bought out and disk space is probably no longer a problem - well, who cares at this point - I can't change it now anyway.

At PT you are not uploading anything to PT, but storing it somewhere else, so it doesn't matter.

But my experience at PW is that, if your submission takes more than a few minutes to listen to, you won't get as many listens... Or people will start listening and then move on unless it is very compelling or they have a special interest in the piece or the performer.

I'm going to make it easy on myself as well. It takes me quite a while to work on a piece I feel is truly worthy and there's no way I could keep that up on a quarterly schedule. So it's just going to be a piece from my favorite book to hate, Alfred.

I've not recorded yet... and I'm thinking maybe this time I'll do it on Pianoteq so that I could also submit it to Modartt's 2024 contest and make an easy 20€. Or maybe not... but then I'll have to tune one of my pianos and clear the house (of noisy little people) for the recording. I'm waffling, but I'll get it done either way! 😃

Just wanted to give you all a heads up, I'll open up for submissions tomorrow evening rather than morning. This is also to make it easy on myself as it's a work day!

Eventually I'll figure out how to be as disciplined as Sam and stick to a precise schedule. 🙂

Btw, now that we have a proven formula with Recital #1, I was also thinking of posting to /r/piano about Recital #2. However I haven't figured out that place and I always get downvoted to oblivion (if my posts aren't immediately deleted by bots), so it's not likely to be effective.

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    navindra I was also thinking of posting to /r/piano about Recital #2. However I haven't figured out that place and I always get downvoted to oblivion (if my posts aren't immediately deleted by bots), so it's not likely to be effective.

    I'm happy to post an announcement there tomorrow morning if you like. My username might get a little recognition (though just a little).

        I am going to use my Samson C01U microphone placed close to the output from the sound board together with GarageBand. Because I live in a small apartment with wall which are not damped I get a lot of echoes and mushy reverberation if I do anything else. So that produces an mp3 audio file. I'd like to upload that to YouTube but snazz it up with some images in a video format but I don't know if Youtube gives you any tools to do that. If not, I'll just upload an audio file

          Schubertian2 If your Samson mic is recording to a computer, you may consider install OBS Studio. It’s free. It can combine various audio and video recording together in real time. For video you can use a webcam or even phone if it can act as webcam.

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              depends how much time it takes to get a decent recording - I might be recording up until the last minute on this one

                navindra unstickied the discussion .
                navindra changed the title to PianoTell Recital #2 Updates .

                navindra It looks like my announcement post on r/piano is taking off reasonably well.

                For r/piano, 7 upvotes in two hours is pretty good!

                    I’m in! I have been away or very busy for most of October… very little piano… and I still haven’t finished my listening and comments from the last PW themed recital. BUT! I pledge to record something, none of my current pieces are ready but will try something from a couple of months ago!

                    Recital #2 is off to a nice start!

                    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

                    I haven't had any sneak peaks of anything, but I'm already super intrigued by at least one of these submissions!

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                    I haven't been around for a while, and didn't realise that there was to be a November recital until today.
                    Sadly, I have nothing new that would be suitable, due to using non-piano VSTs, but it is great to see that there are already 10 participants!
                    I look forward to listening to you all

                      Rob

                      You still have 13 days to record something and submit it.

                      I'm almost at the point where I can make my 1st recording of the piece I'm working on. It's going to be close!

                          Currently, there is only 1 piece a duplicate in both forums, the rest is entirely different. Some posted different pieces in both forums and one of them seems to be "recycled" from a previous recital. But I am not sure about this recycling thing, as this piece wasn't finished last time, and we could probably hear a newer version.

                          Player1 I'm almost at the point where I can make my 1st recording of the piece I'm working on. It's going to be close!

                          It’s funny, I took a chapter out of your book because last time you had your piece recorded several weeks in advance. I was cutting it fine and worried whether I would have something ready in time. This round it seems we are reversed - I know how you feel 😋