Jabonator's Piano Covers - The Lounge Discussion and Review on Literature, Arts, Culture

So, I've been playing the piano for 8½ years now, I guess, and recently I've been putting some stuff on YouTube of me playing. I decided to share it with you guys.

This is my newest cover, recorded today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOVUS...er_profilepage

And here are a few older ones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz0iC...er_profilepage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V29Ic...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0hRP...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7DAG...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKLFs...eature=channel

If you like it, check out my YouTube channel. Also, feel free to comment or ask anything related to my playing or music itself (always up for a good conversation about that one). All requests will also be taken into consideration.

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09-19-2009 , 11:29 PM

Eid_USMC

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Very nice!

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09-24-2009 , 06:51 AM

Jabonator

nice piano there

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHBDA...er_profilepage

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09-25-2009 , 04:56 PM

pig

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I wanna learn piano so i can play this i mean i hard can it be?

nice playing btw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwkuS9FlB7M

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09-27-2009 , 05:41 AM

oakton55

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Sounds good man. I'm a professional jazz musician and piano teacher and I really like your use of dynamics within your phrases and like your control over the instrument in balancing the different melodic and accompanying voices. One thought I had is that you might want to try experimenting with using less sustain pedal, as this can open up new rhythmic possibilities and new textures.

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10-03-2009 , 05:28 AM

Jabonator

nice piano there

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Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HuBw...er_profilepage

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10-03-2009 , 12:58 PM

mikekelley

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Some good stuff man...I've been playing for almost a year and this is good stuff. I just gotta keep working on my reading (i'm all self taught) so its slowly coming but is always getting better.

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10-03-2009 , 01:13 PM

Styhn

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There was a piano-request thread a while ago (not sure if it was in OOT or The Lounge) where I requested a piano version of Morbid Angel's "God of Emptiness" but that person never got around to it.

I'm curious to see what you could do with it. Although it's death metal I think the song lends itself well to piano interpretation due to it's slow tempo and clear melodies. Hope you give it a shot

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10-20-2009 , 06:50 AM

Jabonator

nice piano there

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Some Metallica for you, Nothing Else Matters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RWUB...er_profilepage

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10-20-2009 , 02:50 PM

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Count Chocula

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Originally Posted by Styhn

There was a piano-request thread a while ago (not sure if it was in OOT or The Lounge) where I requested a piano version of Morbid Angel's "God of Emptiness" but that person never got around to it.

I'm curious to see what you could do with it. Although it's death metal I think the song lends itself well to piano interpretation due to it's slow tempo and clear melodies. Hope you give it a shot

j/k, everyone has the right to their own musical tastes.

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10-20-2009 , 05:32 PM

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Styhn

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Originally Posted by Count Chocula

j/k, everyone has the right to their own musical tastes.

I'm glad you think so

edit: still, you might give the song a try even if death metal is not your thing. The song is all about the riffs and not so much the singing (which what most people have problems with) and there are some excellent parts in the song.

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10-20-2009 , 07:36 PM

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High Time John

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2 years ago I bought a piano on Craigslist for $1700. I had it moved and tuned and the tuner went absolutely nuts over this piano. He traced the manufacturer and serial number and found out it was over 100 years old. It is really beautiful and in perfect condition. It is an upright. He said the finish alone was worth $3000. I am thinking of getting a cover for it.

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10-21-2009 , 06:08 AM

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Jabonator

nice piano there

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Originally Posted by High Time John

WP.

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10-22-2009 , 06:09 AM

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sards

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nepenthe's piano request thread

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11-06-2009 , 09:49 AM

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Jabonator

nice piano there

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuvn5DJS0Dw

Foo Fighters - Everlong

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11-13-2009 , 10:57 AM

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Jabonator

nice piano there

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTJft6QHVdo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUK5Nl0UQwM

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11-21-2009 , 10:25 AM

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Jabonator

nice piano there

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajE3wDPyFpA

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11-21-2009 , 12:28 PM

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Jabonator

nice piano there

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60DSR...eature=channel

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12-03-2009 , 03:51 PM

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Jabonator

nice piano there

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFG4Z...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g31s1...eature=channel

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12-04-2009 , 11:58 AM

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bbfifas

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Excellent.

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12-04-2009 , 07:05 PM

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TomoDaK

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Very nice! Especially like your cover of the only exception, moar Paramore please

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12-05-2009 , 04:31 AM

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Jabonator

nice piano there

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Like Paramore a lot also, most of their songs are just so hard to interpret on the piano, as they're fast and filled with energy. Hard to come up with a working accompanment. Been playing around with Hallelujah, and it seems to work pretty well. Maybe I'll try to make a version out of it.