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Topic: Wolfi's Cocktail Medley  (Read 2091 times)

Offline pianowolfi

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Wolfi's Cocktail Medley
on: April 05, 2012, 05:59:19 PM
Ronde's improvisation has inspired my to do something similar. I love bar piano, but I don't have the consistency to practice it regularly, though I often would like to, I am rather dabbling in it every once in a while.

In this you will hear me playing around some popular themes that have been meaningful to me during the past years:

Strangers in the Night
Europa (Santana)
Unfaithful (Rihanna)
As time goes by
Memory (Cats)

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Re: Wolfi's Cocktail Medley
Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 06:46:17 PM
yep. nailed it. can totally see myself in an almost empty dark lounge just taking it in...

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Re: Wolfi's Cocktail Medley
Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 06:54:04 PM
Thanks! :) Haha love that Whisky ;D, but I have quit smoking for good  :P

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Re: Wolfi's Cocktail Medley
Reply #3 on: April 06, 2012, 01:28:36 AM
That left me with a smile on my face. You moved between all the different parts with apparent ease and no obvious joins; a sign of a true improviser!
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Re: Wolfi's Cocktail Medley
Reply #4 on: April 06, 2012, 07:15:05 AM
Very nice, Wolfi. I don't know what else to say...I'm out of my league. Don't drink, don't smoke, and don't know any tunes (now I have heard Strangers and Memory). I remember a great guitarist and innovative improvisational genius named David Grier was once asked if he practiced scales on the guitar. He responded, "No, I figured people don't pay to hear scales, they pay to hear tunes, so I always practiced tunes." I always liked that (especially considering it would have to work for a genius).
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Re: Wolfi's Cocktail Medley
Reply #5 on: April 06, 2012, 11:06:59 AM
Thank you both for listening! I hope I can practice more often in this style :) It's very relaxing! But somehow it's difficult for me to stay in time, haha :P

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Re: Wolfi's Cocktail Medley
Reply #6 on: April 06, 2012, 05:17:08 PM
very passonate playing here, beautful and powerful. You blended all the pieces together masterfully, It was a privlage to hear you playing from the heart!
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