Topic: Ravel Ondine (Read 1663 times)

rachmaninoff_forever · on: July 29, 2013, 10:06:44 PM

Alright SO...

This is how it is...

I sent a few people on here personal Ondines like a month ago, and it's pretty shitty. So you know, a month later I'm like 'yo! What if I tried recording it again!'. This piano is SOOOOOOOOOO good for Ondine!!! Like what the heck is going on?! This is SOOO good! Anyways, I know... Both of them kinda suck, but trust me, it sounds better in real life. I recorded the first one on an iPhone and the second one on an iPad. I need to do this in a freaking concert hall with like 8 mics the same increment of distance between each other. Anyways, I tried SOOOO freaking hard to get these two done! Well they were only one try, but during my playing I'm like sweating and stuff (not really), but you know what I mean. Mentally it's freaking exhausting. I tried soo freaking hard to make these. So anyways, here you go. This is what I have so far...

Yeah I know, I kinda lost the melody in some places, but whatever... I can fix it. Oh yeah, what the heck is up with the climax?! I freaking nail it every time I do it alone, but when I do it in the piece, I die for the first half then bring it back to life the second half. That's freaking jank man... Uuuuh... I think I need to do more rubato in some places? Oh and half way through the piece it gets like super loud all the sudden, I don't know what the heck is going on. The beginning where the right hand figure gets split apart into like 3 octaves is really hard for me. I know... But I'm trying dude, just give me a minute okay?

This is the second one...

So I like this one better. Dude I tried SOOOOOOOOOOO hard on this one! I freaking died! You can hear voices in the background because I was playing this for some house guests (not my house) and my teacher was like, 'Yo homie! Whip me up a fresh Ondine real quick!' and I was like 'alright, gotchu bro!'. Oh and you can hear me talking after measure 84 because I don't know what to do there and I forgot I was being recorded. There's this long ass fermata there and I'm like, 'dude I should get a brick and put it on the pedal and go to the kitchen and grab a glass of orange juice or something'. And then my teacher was like 'shut up you're still recording!' and I'm like 'oops sorry!'.

SO ANYWAYS... Down to business... The second recording, I like better than the first. I don't know if the iPad has something to do with it, but whatever. I think I had more mistakes on this one but whatever dude, I tried. Yeah especially at the end... That sucked.... Uuuh... Dude why the heck does the first glissando SUCK!!! It sounds like a freaking industrial pressure washer!!!! You know one of those things that shoot out water really fast and it like charges up? Yeah, that sucks major Bach...

. Uuuh... Yeah, I think I need some more rubato here and there... And there were a few spots where the melody sucks. But whatever, I'm working on it. Oh yeah! And in the beginning of that piece where the right hand figure splits into three octaves again! That sh*t is freaking hard!!! I know it sucks, but give me a minute okay?

Yeah, I'm really inconsistent with this piece, as you can see measures 58-62 on the first recording is better than the second. I can usually nail it like 60.277777777777% of the time but whatever... Damn it what the heck I wish I nailed it this time! Whatever dude... And I feel like for both pieces I need a little better right pedal work. But whatever dude just give me a minute, I got it...

Alright guys, you know the drill. How is it? Go ahead.

Oh I found another one! It was recorded between the first and second one, but I didn't upload it to YouTube until later...

This one is my favorite. Never mind... There's a little girl screaming in the background...

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