navindra Yay! I’m glad you’re in! You’re the host so we need you at the party!

If the takes are equally good musically, I vote for the one with the hat!

    navindra Hmm... should I pick the hat version or the no-hat version? 🎩

    Hats are always nice! 😊

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      navindra should I pick the hat version or the no-hat version? 🎩

      I vote for the hat! The hat the hat the hat! You are sooo ultra cool with that hat 😂 ok you are ultra cool at any time, but I didn't want your head to get too big for the cool hat

        navindra Hmm... should I pick the hat version or the no-hat version? 🎩

        Always the hat!

          See? I'm not the only one who is unanimous in that 🤣

          • Rob

          • Post #53

          I had planned to record my recital piece today, but have other things to attend to, unexpectedly, so I will submit 'plan B', later.

          Here's the mid-week count:

          1. rogerch — Flutter by rogerch
          2. Nightowl — Frankie and Johnnie
          3. Peyton — A Dream of Far Away (part two)
          4. Animisha — To a Wild Rose by Edward MacDowell
          5. keff — Summertime arr. by Brent Edstrom (From Porgy and Bess)
          6. iternabe — Malagueña arr. by Faber
          7. Sophia + Special Guest Star — Just a "Good Old Tune" by Willard A. Palmer
          8. rach3master — Call of Silence: Attack on Titan OST by Hiroyuki Sawano
          9. plop_symphony — A Hermit Crab Surfing by Akira Miyoshi
          10. Player1 — Legend of Madrid by Nancy Faber
          11. MarieJ — I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi
          12. hebele — Minuet in G by Christian Petzold
          13. Pathbreaker — Op. 116 No. 6, Intermezzo in E major by Brahms
          14. Calavera — Antipyretic by Hitoshi Sakimoto
          15. WieWaldi — Frisco Blues by Christian Fuchs
          16. Sam — Schumann op 15-6 - "An Important Event" from the Scenes from Childhood
          17. SalmonJack — Just Mist by SalmonJack
          18. Rob — Pembrokeshire Promise by Rob
          19. BicBic — Mazurka Op.6 No.2 by Chopin
          20. Sgisela — Danza de los ñáñigos by Ernesto Lecuona

          I'm glad we reached 20. There are still a couple of more days for last minute performances!

          Still working on mine... but at least one artistic decision was easily made! 🎩

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          Here's the final update before the recital goes live tomorrow!

          1. rogerch — Flutter by rogerch
          2. Nightowl — Frankie and Johnnie
          3. Peyton — A Dream of Far Away (part two)
          4. Animisha — To a Wild Rose by Edward MacDowell
          5. keff — Summertime arr. by Brent Edstrom (From Porgy and Bess)
          6. iternabe — Malagueña arr. by Faber
          7. Sophia + Special Guest Star — Just a "Good Old Tune" by Willard A. Palmer
          8. rach3master — Call of Silence: Attack on Titan OST by Hiroyuki Sawano
          9. plop_symphony — A Hermit Crab Surfing by Akira Miyoshi
          10. Player1 — Legend of Madrid by Nancy Faber
          11. MarieJ — I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi
          12. hebele — Minuet in G by Christian Petzold
          13. Pathbreaker — Op. 116 No. 6, Intermezzo in E major by Brahms
          14. Calavera — Antipyretic by Hitoshi Sakimoto
          15. WieWaldi — Frisco Blues by Christian Fuchs
          16. Sam — Schumann op 15-6 - "An Important Event" from the Scenes from Childhood
          17. SalmonJack — Just Mist by SalmonJack
          18. Rob — Pembrokeshire Promise by Rob
          19. BicBic — Mazurka Op.6 No.2 by Chopin
          20. Sgisela — Danza de los ñáñigos by Ernesto Lecuona
          21. Gooseberry — Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues
          22. bSharp — Open Arms by Journey (arr. by Dan Coates)
          23. Greta99 — Berceuse, Op. 23 No. 1 by Mel Bonis

          It's going to be a lovely recital! 💐

          I'm still working on my own submission, but I'll get it done. 🐢

          I'll aim to publish the recital tomorrow morning before piano lessons!

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          PianoTell Recital #3 is now live!

          Please comment on the performances directly on the recital thread.

          1. rogerch — Flutter
          2. Nightowl — Frankie and Johnnie
          3. Peyton — A Dream of Far Away (part two)
          4. Animisha — To a Wild Rose
          5. keff — Summertime
          6. iternabe — Malagueña
          7. Sophia & rsl12 — Just a "Good Old Tune"
          8. rach3master — Call of Silence: Attack on Titan OST
          9. plop_symphony — A Hermit Crab Surfing
          10. Player1 — Legend of Madrid
          11. MarieJ — I Giorni
          12. hebele — Minuet in G
          13. Pathbreaker — Op. 116 No. 6, Intermezzo in E major
          14. Calavera — Antipyretic
          15. WieWaldi — Frisco Blues
          16. Sam — "An Important Event" from the Scenes from Childhood
          17. SalmonJack — Just Mist
          18. Rob — Pembrokeshire Promise
          19. BicBic — Mazurka Op.6 No.2
          20. Sgisela — Danza de los ñáñigos
          21. Gooseberry — Nights in White Satin
          22. bSharp — Open Arms
          23. Greta99 — Berceuse, Op. 23 No. 1
          24. ShiroKuro — Wind
          25. navindra — Over The Rainbow

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

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          I was messaging with @ShiroKuro and I said, aside from not having anything ready to share right now, that I don't want to be the person who posts a video and then doesn't take the time to listen and comment to everyone else. She said (hope you don't mind me quoting you, SK): "as I recall, this was discussed at PW many years ago, and at the time the consensus was, it's better to submit even if you can't listen/comment on everyone."

          Any thoughts? @navindra I would especially like to hear what you think since you're doing the bulk of the work to manage the recitals! And, whether I join or not, I love that the recitals exist and I think it's a wonderful thing 🙂

            twocats Another person who might comment on this is @Sam btw, since I'm sure he was part of those conversations at PW.
            Obviously PT doesn't have to take the same approach at PW, but it could be helpful to know what the considerations were. My memory is that people were ok with the idea that some recital participants wouldn't listen to all the other participants.

            @Sam am I remembering wrong?

                twocats I don't want to be the person who posts a video and then doesn't take the time to listen and comment to everyone else. She said (hope you don't mind me quoting you, SK): "as I recall, this was discussed at PW many years ago, and at the time the consensus was, it's better to submit even if you can't listen/comment on everyone."

                I agree with SK!

                Submitting a performance is a significant contribution all by itself already and I don't think anyone should feel like that obligates them any further. Sure, feedback is nice and motivating in general, but it's completely optional. Everyone can contribute by listening and commenting at their discretion.

                Else, just enjoy!

                For me personally, the recitals have been very motivating and it has definitely been a net positive for me to participate, listen, and learn from others as well. I definitely find huge amounts of inspiration from folks here in more ways than one.

                Do what's fun, what's motivating, or what works for you. PT is here to support the community. 🙂

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                    navindra thank you, that was a very thoughtful and inspiring response! I won't overthink it then 🙂

                    navindra Do what's fun, what's motivating, or what works for you. PT is here to support the community. 🙂

                    ❤️

                        • Sam

                        • Post #62

                        twocats ShiroKuro

                        As I always said at PW, there are no recital police. No one wanted the job of policing them anyway. Lots of people over the years just showed up for the recitals and never posted or commented. No one kept track of them or cared if they were not commenting. That's fine.

                        Part of the value of the recitals is hearing other people play and learning to listen critically. Maybe someone will hear something that you play and want to play it someday. Maybe someone will learn something by listening to your performance and making decisions about what they like and don't like. Maybe you will inspire someone! There is also the value of keeping the recitals going. If you have time to record and submit that is great, since it boosts everyone else and helps keep the recitals alive.

                        And the biggest value of the recitals is the discipline required to learn something, polish it, and go through the trauma of recording, knowing that someone is going to listen. That is a value you get without making any comments.

                        I just did my 65th quarterly recital at PW - you would think I would be a better player than I am...

                              Sam @twocats Just wanted to add a +1 to Sam’s response.

                              I will add — I do listen to all the recital pieces. I try to respond, but I don’t always get to everyone. My life right now is a little crazy and there’s a lot that feels overwhelming. I do appreciate everyone who comments, but I also more than understand that not everyone will be able to comment, and I just appreciate whatever level of participation anyone is able to bring to the table. I hope that others feel similarly about my participation.

                              I do enjoy hearing everyone — from beginners to semi-pros and full professionals.

                                  • twocats

                                  • Post #64
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                                  Sam And the biggest value of the recitals is the discipline required to learn something, polish it, and go through the trauma of recording, knowing that someone is going to listen. That is a value you get without making any comments.

                                  Thank you for your insights, especially this one. Trauma is very accurate!

                                    I am very happy with this discussion, because, even when it was clear for me at PW that no comments were required, I still felt many times that I should at least comment those who commented me.
                                    The problem for me with commenting is that unless I see the notes and listen to several people playing that same piece, I cannot come up with any good comments - except when a piece really captures my heart. And that is not very often the case.
                                    But just like Sgisela, I do listen to all the pieces, and I enjoy listening! So thank you all of you who submitted. 😍

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                                        • Sam

                                        • Post #66

                                        Animisha There is no need to make profound comments. I pay professionals to tell me how bad I play, so I don't want, or need, critical comments from my peers. I am just happy if someone listens and says "thanks for playing!".

                                            Sam I pay professionals to tell me how bad I play

                                            OMG this comment made my morning! 🤣🤣🤣
                                            It’s so true though!!

                                            I don't want, or need, critical comments from my peers.

                                            This was always my feeling at PW so I was happy we when implemented the thing where you state the kind of comments you want. Which we’re now doing here as well, of course.

                                            I have a teacher who knows where I’m at, what I’m good at, what I struggle with. And who knows the best of my playing as well as the worse. But one time at PW someone made a comment about one of my pieces that, to me, sounded like they thought I didn’t know some detail about how to play. I did, in fact, know that thing they were telling me, but wasn’t able to do it in the recording (red dot syndrome and all that). So rather than being helpful, the comment just made me feel frustrated and bad.

                                            I also always wanted to treat the recitals as a recital, not as a piano lesson. So if someone liked the piece, liked my playing etc., then I would love to know that. But feedback? No, thank you, that’s what I pay my teacher for.

                                            For those who do treat the recitals more like a piano lesson, great, I have no problem with that. So that’s why specifying the kind of comments we each want works so well.