Play "Lean On Me" Your Way! (PIYW #6, March 2026)

rsl12 · 2026-01-16T11:14:29+00:00

PIYW #6: Play "Lean On Me" Your Way Play It Your Way is a quasi-monthly event for beginners, professionals, classical, jazz, or pop pianists and everyone in...

diretonic

WieWaldi What about @diretonic , will he contribute as well or did he only share the notes for the intro?

Could that be my ticket out of this or will arthritis come to my rescue?

rsl12

diretonic Could that be my ticket out of this or will arthritis come to my rescue?

I'm glad arthritis is at an ebb. I don't want you or twocats to feel any pressure, but whatever you can produce will add to the fun.

WieWaldi Together with rsl and a maybe from @twocats we get 4½. It is more than I expected we get in the least participated PIYW.

I'm satisfied if there are at least 3 participants. Two is nice, but three feels like a group project.

rsl12

Nightowl I'll be honest, I don't think your voice is a good fit for this song,

That might be true for now, but I'm working on it!

but I applaud you for giving your all to this piece.

Thank you!

rsl12

5 days left. 3 submissions so far: Nightowl, Keff, WieWaldi. I'm not happy with my progress, but I need to submit something!!

WieWaldi

rsl12 Back to work!!!

twocats

rsl12 I submitted! I thought I should since @diretonic went though the trouble of writing me a nice score in my requested key. I can't believe I'm putting a video of myself singing on the Internet 😆

rsl12

WieWaldi Back to work!!!

If you look at the actual cartoon, she's forcing the lions to sing, and appropriately, they sound just like my singing!

diretonic

twocats Looking forward to hearing it but please don't feel any obligation, writing out the notes was a small task - my contribution will hinge on condition of hands nearer the day.

twocats

Also the other reason I'm submitting is because @rsl12 has done such a great job with PIYW and it's really more fun if more people participate, so even though my singing and playing are both terrible I still submitted the video. I hope this encourages any others who are on the fence to join in as well. It's all just for fun! 🙂

twocats

diretonic your written score wasn't the sole reason I submitted, I think PIYW is a nice group activity and it's fun to be a part of it 🙂

Sorry to hear about the arthritis, I've found that Theracurmin helps a TON with any inflammation related issues (really has worked miracles for me and others, originally was suggested by a rheumatologist), in case you might want to try it. It's a blood thinner but no other adverse effects as far as I know.

Hope you will feel up to making a submission but understand if it's not in the cards!

diretonic

twocats Sorry to hear about the arthritis, I've found that Theracurmin helps a TON with any inflammation related issues (really has worked miracles for me and others, originally was suggested by a rheumatologist), in case you might want to try it. It's a blood thinner but no other adverse effects as far as I know.

Appreciate the thought twocats but my meds are conflict risks (e.g. I take xarelto, a blood thinner which, along with others, would present a platelet risk).

rsl12

I need to edit the video, but I am done! I know everyone is complaining about this one being boring--for me, this one was frustrating and difficult because of the singing. But I learned a lot, and I'm happy I did it!

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