My progress on learning Tchaikovsky First Concerto!

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Is this implying that perprocrastinate and r_4 are the same person? Because a discussion about this occurred in the Winter Break Project thread.

I remember a while ago someone said that Perp and I were the same person.

Or was it ajs, Menz, and perp?

I don't know.

[vsrinivasa]

I remember a while ago someone said that Perp and I were the same person.

Or was it ajs, Menz, and perp?

I don't know.

j_menz suggested that you and perprocrastinate were the same person in the Winter Break project thread, and somewhere else (I don't remember where/by whom) someone said ajs, j_menz, and perprocrastinate were the same person.

[andreslr6]

*conspiracy keanu* what if we are all the same schizophrenic person and we/I just have alter egos that made different accounts so we can let each of them out and talk to our/themselves?

What if we are all the89thkey's alter egos?

[vsrinivasa]

*conspiracy keanu* what if we are all the same schizophrenic person and we/I just have alter egos that made different accounts so we can let each of them out and talk to our/themselves?

What if we are all the89thkey's alter egos?

That's a terrifying thought...

[outin]

You seem trustworthy.    

He actually says he's a lawyer...

So do we believe a lawyer who claims not to be a concert pianist or a concert pianist who claims to be a lawyer  

[vsrinivasa]

He actually says he's a lawyer...

So do we believe a lawyer who claims not to be a concert pianist or a concert pianist who claims to be a lawyer  

Well, THAT makes this even more confusing.

[j_menz]

a concert pianist who claims to be a lawyer  

One of the lecturers at my law school was both, so such a thing is possible.

[pianoman53]

I'm actually doing the same thing! Though, I do all 32 Beethovensonatas. Don't worry about concert hall, since I have many other sonatas, and I have also played them! I have a quite big repertoire in sonatas. I have a bunch of Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, Liszt and Chopin.
I started yesterday, and will have a complete concert in a few hours. So far, I've learned 28 of them. The thing I find most difficult is the trills in the end of Waldstein.
Do you think I should do it?! I practice 19 hours per day, in 18 hours sessions.
...

While writing this, I learned 2 more of the sonatas.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

I'm actually doing the same thing! Though, I do all 32 Beethovensonatas. Don't worry about concert hall, since I have many other sonatas, and I have also played them! I have a quite big repertoire in sonatas. I have a bunch of Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, Liszt and Chopin.
I started yesterday, and will have a complete concert in a few hours. So far, I've learned 28 of them. The thing I find most difficult is the trills in the end of Waldstein.
Do you think I should do it?! I practice 19 hours per day, in 18 hours sessions.
...

While writing this, I learned 2 more of the sonatas.
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Hahahahahahaahaa lol!

Hey guys, what if be actually does post a video of his Tchaikovsky 1 on piano street.

All of you guys are gonna feel SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO salty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't want any of you guys band wagoning either!

[pianoman53]

I took the liberty to add a few variations of op 110... Just cause I had time.

What if I post all 32 sonatas. you'd feel sooo salty, wouldn't you?! 

[the89thkey]

I took the liberty to add a few variations of op 110... Just cause I had time.

What if I post all 32 sonatas. you'd feel sooo salty, wouldn't you?! 

I doubt you have the capacity to learn Mozart sonatas from the way you talk...

I'm starting to learn the last few Rachmaninov preludes so I can maybe perform the cycle in a recital coming up sometime.

[pianoman53]

I doubt you have the capacity to learn Mozart sonatas from the way you talk...

I doubt you're anywhere near a concert pianist, if you consider Mozart sonatas as easy pieces.

[thalbergmad]

I'm starting to learn the last few Rachmaninov preludes so I can maybe perform the cycle in a recital coming up sometime.

Why not the whole lot??

Only a few hours work.

Thal

[the89thkey]

I doubt you're anywhere near a concert pianist, if you consider Mozart sonatas as easy pieces.

The truth is that they are easier than Beethoven sonatas. No piece is truly easy...these are just some of the easiest sonatas around. None are a breeze...

[hoohah2]

The truth is that they are easier than Beethoven sonatas. No piece is truly easy...these are just some of the easiest sonatas around. None are a breeze...

This just made my day. Mozart sonatas the easiest around? Your ignorance exceeds everything I have ever encountered in my life.

[the89thkey]

This just made my day. Mozart sonatas the easiest around? Your ignorance exceeds everything I have ever encountered in my life.

Which ones are easier? Tell me that. They are easy to play badly and hard to play well. Seems like you must be a pretty bad pianist to think otherwise. Someone struggling to learn Mozart sonatas should not be insulting an experienced professional pianist on a piano forum.

[perprocrastinate]

Which ones are easier? Tell me that. They are easy to play badly and hard to play well. Seems like you must be a pretty bad pianist to think otherwise. Someone struggling to learn Mozart sonatas should not be insulting an experienced professional pianist on a piano forum.

Someone pretending to be a professional pianist shouldn't be doing so. You're a sad, sad man.


..based on the premise that rachmaninoff_forever thinks that someone who he thinks to be a professional pianist shouldn't be pretending to not be one.

[j_menz]

..based on the premise that rachmaninoff_forever thinks that someone who he thinks to be a professional pianist shouldn't be pretending to not be one.

As dodgy premises go, that's quite a doozy. 

[the89thkey]

Someone pretending to be a professional pianist shouldn't be doing so. You're a sad, sad man.


..based on the premise that rachmaninoff_forever thinks that someone who he thinks to be a professional pianist shouldn't be pretending to not be one.

I know you are trying to feel better about yourself. Go right ahead. However, putting down others for that reason is not something an intelligent and secure person does. Find a reason based on your own successes or experiences (I doubt you have many noteworthy successes). But please do not act like a six year old having a temper tantrum in a forum occupied by many people more knowledgeable than you. Maybe actually try to learn something for a change. And by all means continue to believe that I am a fraud. I don't really care what you think, and neither does anyone else. So if it makes you happy, go right ahead. But don't spew ignorance all over this forum. Thank you.

[zezhyrule]

You guys need to stop feeding the troll. It's entertaining sure, but if you keep responding to his fanciful posts he'll never learn that role-playing as a professional pianist will get you nowhere in life 

[rachmaninoff_forever]

I know you are trying to feel better about yourself. Go right ahead. However, putting down others for that reason is not something an intelligent and secure person does. Find a reason based on your own successes or experiences (I doubt you have many noteworthy successes). But please do not act like a six year old having a temper tantrum in a forum occupied by many people more knowledgeable than you. Maybe actually try to learn something for a change. And by all means continue to believe that I am a fraud. I don't really care what you think, and neither does anyone else. So if it makes you happy, go right ahead. But don't spew ignorance all over this forum. Thank you.

The burden of proof is on the positive claim.  Since you said that you were a prossional pianist, you have to prove it.  So until that happens, we're all inclined to call you a liar.

[perprocrastinate]

I know you are trying to feel better about yourself. Go right ahead. However, putting down others for that reason is not something an intelligent and secure person does. Find a reason based on your own successes or experiences (I doubt you have many noteworthy successes). But please do not act like a six year old having a temper tantrum in a forum occupied by many people more knowledgeable than you. Maybe actually try to learn something for a change. And by all means continue to believe that I am a fraud. I don't really care what you think, and neither does anyone else. So if it makes you happy, go right ahead. But don't spew ignorance all over this forum. Thank you.

Oh no, now I have to defend myself! No, not really. The gleaming coat of irony on you stinks so bad, I will just have to watch you get eaten alive by other people who let loose their self-restraint just for fun.

[the89thkey]

The burden of proof is on the positive claim.  Since you said that you were a prossional pianist, you have to prove it.  So until that happens, we're all inclined to call you a liar.

And how exactly am I supposed to prove it? I can offer insight on most music related subjects that only a professional could give, but these would not be convincing enough for a lot of people on this forum who are determined that I am faking it. Anyway, why do I care whether people think I'm what I am or not? It's an Internet forum. Doesn't matter very much to me. Probably I should ignore all claims that I am lying...as I intend to. If you want to accuse me of being a fraud, be my guest.

[zezhyrule]

It's simple, really. Record a small section of a fairly difficult piece, small enough so that you won't risk anyone 'stealing' it from you. It would take no time at all and would make everyone stop badgering you about it all day. Then everyone's happy.

If you refuse, of course, that will only further show that you are a fraud.

[j_menz]

I can offer insight on most music related subjects that only a professional could give

The please do so. It would be most welcome, and a rather pleasant change to the opinionated,pompous, self serving drivel you have been serving up to date.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

And how exactly am I supposed to prove it?

Step one:  get a camera.

Step two:  get a piano.

Step three:  record yourself.

Step four:  post it in the audition forum.
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But knowing you, you'll probably ignore this, because you're an arrogant loser who has to pretend to be someone else on an Internet forum because you can't deal with the fact that you suck at piano, and ultimately at life.

I genuinely can't find one act of yours that has been helpful to ANYONE on pianostreet, yet you boast about how you can share your valuable "insight" on music related subjects.  Well, we don't want your "insight".  All you've done on this forum is insult everyone by telling them that they suck, so you can brag about your false accomplishments.  And that's not something we appreciate.

Loser.

[hoohah2]

And how exactly am I supposed to prove it? I can offer insight on most music related subjects that only a professional could give, but these would not be convincing enough for a lot of people on this forum who are determined that I am faking it.

Funny you say this. Until this far, you have gone around making various (ridiculous) claims, yet you  have failed to back up/substantiate each one: why you think Rachmaninoff is superior to Bach, you have failed to give insight as to why Rach 3 is so great etc etc etc...

[p2u_]

Step one:  get a camera.

Step two:  get a piano.

Step three:  record yourself.

Step four:  post it in the audition forum.

Well, actually I understand the topic starter's problems in trying to do that, especially if you are really VERY good. Case in point: I recorded myself playing Blumenfeld's op. 36 for the left hand alone while simultaneously typing messages on pianostreet.com with my right hand. Can you believe it?
I couldn't upload my million-dollar video clip to the audition room here. I got a service message from the server saying: "Too good to be true".
I tried on YouTube, but there they blocked me instantly on several accounts:
1) the intonation in bars 34-35 sounded too much like Hamelin's (reported by the Hyperion label)
2) my nose looks too much like Rubinstein's (reported by Sony Masterworks, the owners of RCA Victor)
3) the contents of my right-hand board messages were found to be "wrongful appropriation of somebody else's language, thoughts, ideas and expressions" (reported by anonymous)
They called me a loser and suspended my account. I guess my mother was right when she taught me to be modest, so I'll just stop trying to prove myself... Sniff

Paul

[leroy199]

So how did it go yesterday? January the 4th right, that was the big day!  where you finally able to perform with the Orchestra?  how was it? hope it all went well and was a great success

[rachmaninoff_forever]

So how did it go yesterday? January the 4th right, that was the big day!  where you finally able to perform with the Orchestra?  how was it? hope it all went well and was a great success

Oh yeah, he did say that he was gonna post his performance on piano street.

[j_menz]

Well, actually I understand the topic starter's problems in trying to do that, especially if you are really VERY good. Case in point: I recorded myself playing Blumenfeld's op. 36 for the left hand alone while simultaneously typing messages on pianostreet.com with my right hand. Can you believe it?
I couldn't upload my million-dollar video clip to the audition room here. I got a service message from the server saying: "Too good to be true".
I tried on YouTube, but there they blocked me instantly on several accounts:
1) the intonation in bars 34-35 sounded too much like Hamelin's (reported by the Hyperion label)
2) my nose looks too much like Rubinstein's (reported by Sony Masterworks, the owners of RCA Victor)
3) the contents of my right-hand board messages were found to be "wrongful appropriation of somebody else's language, thoughts, ideas and expressions" (reported by anonymous)
They called me a loser and suspended my account. I guess my mother was right when she taught me to be modest, so I'll just stop trying to prove myself... Sniff

Paul

 

Can't help with the rest, but if you hold down the CTL DEL and F6 with your nose while you do the posting and the Blumenfeld, the  service error message will go away. At least that's what I found with the Ravel concerto, though I was doing the Alkan RH Etude with my foot at the time as well). 

[49410enrique]

nm

[lelle]

Does anyone remember the "little girl", "Becky" or whatever "her" name was, and the "retired army guy" who "learned" Pathetique, though he was only a "beginner", through his iron hard discipline that he had learned in the "military"?   Maybe there was another assortment of characters as well. I wonder what happened to that poster...

[austinarg]

Can't help with the rest, but if you hold down the CTL DEL and F6 with your nose while you do the posting and the Blumenfeld, the  service error message will go away. At least that's what I found with the Ravel concerto, though I was doing the Alkan RH Etude with my foot at the time as well). 

I tried the same thing with the Busoni concerto yesterday, but I got another error message saying "You are not a professional pianist". Whatever, I'll just learn Schumann's and try again tomorrow.

[the89thkey]

Oh yeah, he did say that he was gonna post his performance on piano street.

Can't post performances on internet forums. Actually, I don't remember saying that, so if you can point out in which forum I said it I would be surprised. And the performance went well. I did miss a bunch of notes in the last few minutes, but hopefully the audience didn't notice

The orchestra expressed interest in me performing the Liszt 2nd concerto with them later this year, but I admit I never learned Liszt 2 (Liszt 1 I did, I used it for several competitions actually) and really have too much on my plate at the moment to learn that. Won't be posting much in the near future because I'm practicing the Rachmaninov preludes so I'll know the whole cycle ((they aren't really a cycle in the same way as Chopin's but whatever).

[zezhyrule]

The orchestra expressed interest in me performing the Liszt 2nd concerto with them later this year, but I admit I never learned Liszt 2

And here is where your lies break down:

Rach 1
Rach 2
Rach 3
Rach 4
Tchaikovsky 1
Beethoven 4
Beethoven 5
Mozart 25
Liszt 1
Liszt 2

Those are some of my favorites. Probably missed a few (I'm not sure if the Mozart or Liszt 2 are in my top ten...but whatever.) I have performed all these concertos except the Tchaikovsky which I am making good headway on learning currently.

Then again, considering all the impossible feats you've boasted about on these forums, perhaps you performed the concerto without first learning it? Makes sense, I guess.

[drexo]

Don't feed the troll like I'm doing right now. This thread can bleed to death until the OP posts a video recording. I want to see a video of you holding a paper with your PS name on it. After that - impress us with your amazing piano skills. Good luck.

[49410enrique]

[hoohah2]

Ahhh, and so the plot thickens.
Your posts are indeed quite contradictory. First, you say you've learnt Liszt 2 and then you say you have yet to learn it. Seems as though the lies have finally caught up to you.

The orchestra expressed interest in me performing the Liszt 2nd concerto with them later this year, but I admit I never learned Liszt 2 (Liszt 1 I did, I used it for several competitions actually) and really have too much on my plate at the moment to learn that. Won't be posting much in the near future because I'm practicing the Rachmaninov preludes so I'll know the whole cycle ((they aren't really a cycle in the same way as Chopin's but whatever).

Contradiction appears in the above quote and the below thread:
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=49135.msg535905#msg535905

AND, you say you learnt the Rach 3 in a mere week, surely it will only take several days to learn the Rach preludes.

[cmg]

Did I tell you that I transcribed the Godowsky Chopin Etudes for left foot alone?

Here's what MARTHA ARGERICH said of my New York Carnegie Hall debut last night:

"Never in my born days have I heard such virtuosity!  And what a pedicure!!!"

Here's what BENJAMIN GROSVENOR said of my Wigmore Hall debut, just 30 minutes AFTER my Carnegie Hall debut (phew, what jet lag!): 

"I'm tempted to give up the damned piano after hearing this.  His left foot alone expresses more than both my hands can -- and faster and more musically!!  And what a pedicure!!!"


Hate to brag here, but when you got, you got it.   

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Hate to brag here, but when you got, you got it.   

I'm totally gonna steal that from you!

[the89thkey]

gosh this thread has gotten so screwed up, I'm not even going to post in it anymore. Done posting in this thread. See you in the others...but better go practice now

[perfect_pitch]

gosh this thread has gotten so screwed up, I'm not even going to post in it anymore. Done posting in this thread. See you in the others...but better go practice now

Continuing on with 49410enrique's Meme about cats:

[zezhyrule]

gosh this thread has gotten so screwed up, I'm not even going to post in it anymore. Done posting in this thread. See you in the others...but better go practice now

Running away because we pointed out one of your lies? 

[the89thkey]

Running away because we pointed out one of your lies? 

Actually if you read the whole post, I clearly stated that the Liszt 2 might not be in my top ten, and therefore it was not included in the statement I made afterwards...so my "lie" was really not one after all, was it?

And no, I was "running away" because it's a waste of time to post on threads which go off topic and add nothing to the original idea of the thread. And I clicked back into this one with the hope that maybe people started talking about the original topic again, but of course not. Won't be doing that again...

[perfect_pitch]

Actually if you read the whole post, I clearly stated that the Liszt 2 might not be in my top ten, and therefore it was not included in the statement I made afterwards...so my "lie" was really not one after all, was it?

You CLEARLY claim to have practiced AND PERFORMED all of these Concertos (except the Tchaikovsky):

Rach 1
Rach 2
Rach 3
Rach 4
Tchaikovsky 1
Beethoven 4
Beethoven 5
Mozart 25
Liszt 1
Liszt 2

Those are some of my favorites. Probably missed a few (I'm not sure if the Mozart or Liszt 2 are in my top ten...but whatever.) I have performed all these concertos except the Tchaikovsky which I am making good headway on learning currently.

And then only a fortnight later claim you've never learnt it???

The orchestra expressed interest in me performing the Liszt 2nd concerto with them later this year, but I admit I never learned Liszt 2

You DON'T JUST FORGET that you spent months learning a entire Piano concerto and forget that you performed it as well. You're stories full of as much crap as a reclusive cat-ladies house.

If you WISH to retain whatever dignity you have left, then just shut your trap and let this thread die a natural death. It was fun while it lasted, we all had a laugh (except for you), but it's OVER!!!

I clicked back into this one with the hope that maybe people started talking about the original topic again,

You're the one who wasn't taking this forum seriously... it's you're own damn fault.

It's times like these that I wish there WAS an ignore function where you could have posts of users omitted from threads. That way, there would be less of the crap to put up with.