I just released my new website - www.TimHofman.com

[timhofman]

I just started off on the web with a new website about Piano Music and ... me (ofcourse ) ... please take a look and let me know what you think: http://www.TimHofman.com
You can preview some Videos here: http://www.timhofman.com/videos.php
Or review my already published piano music albums here: http://www.timhofman.com/music.php
I'm also launching http://pianomusicforum.info/ which i intend to mantain as an open forum for the community
All reviews/comments would be greatly appreciated!

[justliam]

No offence, but that's just not right

[timhofman]

No offence, but that's just not right

I'm sorry what is not right?

[justliam]

It's a bit erm poncy, whats with the dodgey captions that go with the videos? Wearing a tux in an empty room is just about acceptable I guess but why do you play in gloves? that's insane

[nicco]

Are you some kind of richard clayderman lookalike?

[ce nedra]

I have just realised that the internet is the biggest time consumer in the history of man, and that I really should be practising. 

[tompilk]

i dont usually badmouth people, but couldn't you be a little less cheesy?
Tom

[Floristan]

Cocktail piano music?   Andromeda in Chains?   That HAIR!   Are you for real, or is this an Onion joke?

[alwaystheangel]

did he get ;aughed out of the forum?  I thought it was cute in a cheesy way.  The gloves and the piano, no idea how THAT works but obviously that's his thing like Britany Spears has her Skany turned trailer park mom look.  A tux is far more pleasant to look at.
The hair is as little crazy, I'll give you that.

[emmdoubleew]

"Tim again displays his ability to infuse timeless music with new emotion through his skillful artistry on the piano and unique collaborations. With songs that touch the heart and soul. Tim Hofman has earned an enduring place in the lives of fans around the world."

Did you write that Tim?

 

[timhofman]

Everybody! I am the web designer/developer of the site wwwTimHofman.com and i placed the info here since i figured that it would be nice to place some info about Tim in a forum like this and eventually bring Tim over closer to people who care to take a look but im amazed by your comments! Beeing a programmer puts me in a position to belong to a quite big community of developers but i have never seen such a "friendly" welcome in a community forum.
Anyhow, about the site - the content is written by other people about Tim.
Please, put aside comments like "i dont like your hair" and give some constructive critics/ideas/comments. i appreciate that you are taking the time to look at it and i am happy that this posting has such a polemic followup in less than 24 hrs thanks everybody!

[Kassaa]

Everybody! I am the web designer/developer of the site wwwTimHofman.com and i placed the info here since i figured that it would be nice to place some info about Tim in a forum like this and eventually bring Tim over closer to people who care to take a look but im amazed by your comments! Beeing a programmer puts me in a position to belong to a quite big community of developers but i have never seen such a "friendly" welcome in a community forum.
Anyhow, about the site - the content is written by other people about Tim.
Please, put aside comments like "i dont like your hair" and give some constructive critics/ideas/comments. i appreciate that you are taking the time to look at it and i am happy that this posting has such a polemic followup in less than 24 hrs thanks everybody!

It's just that we only appreciate real classical music here and not some "wrong" Richard Clayderman or something like that.

[tompilk]

may I suggest he play some Rachmaninov, Alkan, Scriabin and Liszt?

[palika dunno]

 


also notice the fanclub. 

  wonderful.

[timhofman]

yep - Tim did some modeling in his late twenties just for phun.

As for Rachmaninov, Alkan, Scriabin and Liszt ..  he is woking on 4 new projects for albums - im not sure wht pieces are included but i think you will hear Chopin / Liszt pieces in the previews that we will publish on the site when ready.

[Graf Zahl]

When I was having a look at your page for the first time I was quite amused especially by the text. Something like "When Tim Hofmans performs you can feel the love." or "Tim Hofman - the all-time greatest!" really made me smile for some reason.

Today I visited the site again. My screams must have woken half the people in my house! WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE MUSIC? Oh Lord, the poor Heroic Polonaise op.53, it really doesn't deserve to be played that way, with orchestra, extreme textbendings and the most cheesy rubato I've ever heard. The same goes for the waltz and many others. I guess this must be the love... For me it's just physical pain.

If someone plays "candlelightmusic", that's just fine, but please don't rape serious music and post the links in a forum dedicated to this very music.

Seriously, I think you are at the wrong board. And now I really need my morphium...

[sharon_f]

I am speechless.  Or should I say "postless"? Anyhow, this is spam. Or should I say "ham"?

[Graf Zahl]

.......

[justliam]

Well if it's not you fine, but I find it hard to believe anyone is such a huge fan of that guy they would have it as their ID lol.  But you can tell him he plans on doing Liszt, good luck with gloves - he's gonna need the keyboard to have keys twice the width as usual, and be able to move twice as fast, that's if his hair doesn't get caught, and yeh some of the music is terrible.  I showed the videos to a friend of mine who has hardly heard any classical music and the first thing she said was. "OMG, what a div, what's he using gloves for?...........He's not playing that right is he?" the second thing she said was, "all he needs now is a mask covering half his face." I think that says it all, lol.  But hey, I'm sure there's a market for him somewhere

[tompilk]

i think we've found a butcher worse than Maksim...

[stevie]

HAHA


http://www.dasdc.net/viewtopic.php?t=5866

[ahinton]

I am speechless.  Or should I say "postless"? Anyhow, this is spam. Or should I say "ham"?

Not Marc-André Ham, that's for sure...

Best,

Alistair

[palika dunno]

HAHA

http://www.dasdc.net/viewtopic.php?t=5866

***, u wuz fazter dan me. wanted to post that in da cg section too.

 

[crazy for ivan moravec]

When I was having a look at your page for the first time I was quite amused especially by the text. Something like "When Timo Hofmans performs you can feel the love." or "Timo Hofman - the all-time greatest!" really made me smile for some reason.

Today I visited the site again. My screams must have woken half the people in my house! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MUSIC? Oh Lord, the poor Heroic Polonaise op.53, it really doesn't deserve to be played that way, with orchestra, extreme textbendings and the most cheesy rubato I've ever heard. The same goes for the waltz and many others. I guess this must be the love... For me it's just physical pain.

If someone plays "candlelightmusic", that's just fine, but please don't rape serious music and post the links in a forum dedicated to this very music.

Seriously, I think you are at the wrong board. And now I really need my morphium...

oh god, after reading this comment, i decided not to take a look at the page.... this is what i'm totally against, the "rearrangements" of some really good music. that's why i hate maksim, clayderman or the likes.

c'mon, us people here dedicated to the conservation of tradition try our very best to conserve whatever is left of the great tradition so that we don't lose them. as it is, there have been so many changes that we can't even decipher which is "closest" to the real thing.

oh no, not another maksim! that's why people these days mistake maksim for a musician, in fact, he's just an entertainer. he does not contribute anything to the development of music. does not adhere to the goals of a true and good musician in general.

if tim hofman would compose his own "candlelight" music, that would be a better option. that's acceptable, i might even enjoy it. that's why i love jim chapell or david benoit because they are true to being a musician. but maksim or clayderman, yuckk. sorry, really. if you think they bring classical music to the masses, no they're not! that, on the other hand, is our job. excuse me, we are trained to do such. if tim hofman was classically trained, i'm sorry to say but he's trashing his own training to the bin with that kind of music.

i just really hope that tim hofman would either compose his own music or stop altogether. please! you're making our tasks even more difficult. we need the public to know what is classical and what is not classical. if we lose this capability of the people, then tradition will go down the drain because eventually, every aspiring pianist will try to become a maksim or a clayderman.


P.S.

as much as i don't like the Grieg Concerto in am, i still do hope that the public doesn't identify this music to the way Maksim does it, you know, with all the percussions and synths, etc. puhlease... i'm quite passionate about this matter.... so sorry to appear offensive.



don't drive me,

Crazy

[stevie]

wut can i zay

***, u wuz fazter dan me. wanted to post that in da cg section too.

 

[crazy for ivan moravec]

sorry, i couldn't help it.. i checked it out anyway..

the album "Serenade - Dream of Love" totally sucks. my gosh, whatever happened to the rhapsody (paganini theme-rachmaninoff)!!!!!!!!!! seriously... make your own music!

[stevie]

true

[stevie]

hahaha i had a feeling this page needed security, randomly

[justliam]

Indeed,  I highly recommend he tries out john Cage's 4'33", and then plays nothing else ever again

[palika dunno]

my god, the comments to the vids 

"Experience the magic of TIM HOFMANN as his graceful harmonics sweep you away - Tim Hofman's all-time greatest."

"Tim Hofman's passion is his music. And the music is from his heart. When Tim Hofmann performs you can feel the love."


omg, what the *** did you do to that chopin waltz? 

embarrassing! 

[Graf Zahl]

sorry, i couldn't help it.. i checked it out anyway..

the album "Serenade - Dream of Love" totally sucks. my gosh, whatever happened to the rhapsody (paganini theme-rachmaninoff)!!!!!!!!!! seriously... make your own music!

whaaaaa, do NEVER(!) listen to the Rachmaninov PC2 on this album!!!

There so many unknown and poor world-class pianists out there, and the name I learned today was Tim Hofman. So pathetic...

[jas]

You're the "web designer," hmmm? Right... Well, if you are, what were you thinking? And if you're "Maestro Timothy Von Hofman," as the site so modestly says, well ... what were you thinking?

This fanclub review is a particular favourite of mine:
"You have been given an extraordinary gift from above - your unique talent combined with these beautiful melodies has touched my soul."
It destoyed mine. You just know this person's a David Helfgott fan.

Lord, the poor Heroic Polonaise op.53, it really doesn't deserve to be played that way, with orchestra, extreme textbendings and the most cheesy rubato I've ever heard.

I agree. That was the most painful display of misplaced confidence I've heard in a while.

i dont usually badmouth people, but couldn't you be a little less cheesy?

It's funny because it's true.

[maul]

Haha you're not the web designer don't even lie. Thanks for making me laugh my *** off

[tompilk]

i think we've scared him off... we attacked him like... mmm... those things that live in mounds and attack everything that comes near... i forgot the name but thats what we were... hehehe...

[joell12068]

I'm also launching http://pianomusicforum.info/ which i intend to mantain as an open forum for the community

hmmm......  right now it's a "one person" forum.  Only the "admin" who joined on March 26th.

[ce nedra]

"I have spent my entire life surrounded by musicians and I have seldom seen one that had the ability to capture an audience like you can. You have a rare talent!"

That, not necessarily meant positively. Bad pianists capture audiences too. Badly.

[ahinton]

"Hofman" - give or take a second "f" or "n" - is, or ought to be, a good name for a pianist, storyteller or proprietor of a pharmaceutical giant; on the basis of the evidence supplied here, however, "Tim" seems to be little more than four-sevenths of a kettledrum.

The quote from thje site concerned which was mentioned earlier in this thread ought perhaps to read "Tim Hofman's passion is his music. And the music is from his heart. When Tim Hofmann performs you can feel the arteries hardening, the blood clotting and the aorta collapsing."

An earlier contributor wrote of his/her "hope that tim hofman would either compose his own music or stop altogether"; frankly, just one of those two would do, really - and I'm sure no one will have much trouble in guessing which of those two I mean...

Best,

Alistair