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Topic: Superstition - Stevie Wonder - piano cover  (Read 8480 times)

Offline champy1985

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Superstition - Stevie Wonder - piano cover
on: September 16, 2013, 03:22:37 PM
https://youtu.be/snv5ePxtHxI
Here is my arrangement of a famous tune by Stevie Wonder...

People asked me why did I do it so fast, as the original  is not THAT fast...
Well... my answer is the original track is with drum, bass, 3 tracks of clav, brass and so on... So it is pretty dense and groovy... I tried once to do it in the original tempo and it sounds thin and not very groovy... So I had too speed it up...  maybe the feels is differrent from the original... but I think sounds OK to me...
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well let me know if u guys have something to say...
In any case, thanks for listening...

Offline awesom_o

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Re: Superstition - Stevie Wonder - piano cover
Reply #1 on: September 16, 2013, 06:02:57 PM
I think it's sounding super groovy.

You're absolutely correct about the density of the original. With 10 fingers we just can't produce the same amount of energetic rhythmic groove that a full band can.

We can get very much the same effect by using a subtle tempo shift.

It's all about getting the 'feel' of the original without matching it note-for-note, or click-for-click either.

Bravo!

Offline champy1985

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Re: Superstition - Stevie Wonder - piano cover
Reply #2 on: October 03, 2013, 09:43:49 AM
Thank you very much for complement, awesome_o.
As an artistist, I'm glad that somebody appreciate my work. :)

btw, I acidentally delete the video from my channel. Now, I have uploaded again. So if you want to watche it again for the second time. Here it is...

https://youtu.be/snv5ePxtHxI
 

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