PianoTell Recital #2 Meta Feedback

Welcome @Cratersmash And yes, I can relate to that too. In fact I posted just the other day how I had recorded a piece and then found out I never pushed the record button... or, as you said. It never fails that if a bad slip happens, it invariably happens in the last few seconds

Cratersmash Trust me, Cratersmash, you're not alone, we've all been there. It's something we often refer to as Red Button Syndrome.
It's good to see a new member arrive, this forum is fairly new and it is taking time for the membership to grow. Have you been playing piano long?

Nightowl I've been playing for quite a while, 8 or 9 years at this point.

Nice! Will look forward to your recital piece

Cratersmash Oh, then you're way ahead of me, I only began last November. Your username makes an impact - are you keen on astronomy by any chance?

Nightowl Nope, I randomly picked this username for something when I was very young and I've been using it since then. No correlation to anything besides me liking how it sounds.

Sophia

Yeah, well, I didn't practice yesterday and today I woke up on the wrong side of the bed so I may not play today either.

The t hing is, it's not a difficult piece, I could play my way through it in an hour. I just don't have much motivation (or a good attitude) right now so don't expect much.

Player1 don't expect much

You know what, I'll set my expectations to "nothing". That way, whatever you come up with will be a pleasant surprise

Player1 Yeah, I get days like that too - sometimes everything feels like too much of an effort (except eating sugary foods - I can always seem to manage that, somehow!). There's still plenty of time, especially for someone awesome like yourself!

Rob I haven't been around for a while, and didn't realise that there was to be a November recital until today.

This was me a couple of days ago. I have nothing for this one. Will there be a holiday one next month? I am working on festive pieces right now.

Didn't like v1 of my submission so made another recording yesterday as v2.

Sophia

This sounds a lot like you saying you wouldn't be surprised if I missed grabbing the brass ring. And we can't be having none 'o that! Not no how, no ways!!

I did manage to play yesterday and the video recorder captured the garbage I produced. Which got deleted immediately so don't ask. I'll probably try again later today. Like I said, it's not a difficult piece so I should have something presentable in the next few days.

Nightowl

I understand. If it weren't for a batch of homemade peanut butter brownies, I probably would have been wondering who to terminate next.

All good today, I slept the clock around last night. Rain has a tendency to do that to me sometimes because we don't get much of it here.

Player1 Oh my goodness, I stand corrected. I realize the error of my ways and shall expect nothing but top notch performance instead

Sophia Yeah, you'd best be careful, as P1 just admitted he has a tendency to "terminate" people who cross him. I hear he's quite lethal with that cattle prod of his!

rogerch It might be nice to have a dedicated thread of Christmas songs - maybe you could start one? (Ideally not before 1 December though... or am I being a Grinch to think that Christmas should stay in December?)

I'm fumbling my way through the piano parts of my eventual submission, but I still need some serious time to learn lyrics ... I'll post whatever I have by the 15th, but don't expect too much!

Worked on a piece that is barely 2 min for 2 weeks (1 min per week) which is as much progress as I can do. For many of us even a 2 min piece is a stretch. Version 1 is usually something that isn’t great so would be recording v2 & 3.