Finally playing again...

[demimondegirl]

After many years away I have had to play again. It's too much of a heartache when my heart bleeds for it, and life is so painful. All this winter I have tried to help myself, to teach myself. I have tried tonight twice to record myself on a Yamaha digital piano that's too high, tethered to my laptop with a midi interface feeding Garageband.

Bach Fugue.

[emill]

It's too much of a heartache when my heart bleeds for it, and life is so painful.

Hello, I just hope that whatever pain has been inflicted in your life, you will not have lost hope .... "with all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams .... it is still a beautiful world". 

I did enjoy and like the way you handled these Bach pieces.  THANKS!

[demimondegirl]

Thank you, beautiful sir!

[cbreemer]

Very respectable playing, maybe a little hard-driven. You seem to have a habit of placing accents in strange places, which was more disturbing in take 1 than in take 2. Are you used to playing jazz ? You seem well aware of the voicing and are doing mostly right with it, though in places it could better. I thought I heard one or two some tiny misreadings/slips but nothing serious. I can't say I like your ending, it's like the fugue simple deflates. All in all, promising Bach playing. You should keep working at this a bit more.

[demimondegirl]

Some progress, though I need to even it out, some fingers stick out (I'm trying to build a reliable technique).

P.S.

I also tried the prelude this time, and included it if you like. Anyway, it all needs (so much) work!

[demimondegirl]

I haven't been here in some time...here's another update.

[demimondegirl]

Hmm...the file seems to have been corrupted after (or by) conversion. I'll investigate.