What's on your mind now?

[Bob]

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Well that was mean, she tried so freaking hard to get me to like her at first, and when I wanted to start a relationship, she was like, 'nah, not interested'.  It's like she freaking slapped me in the face!   That's like really freaking mean.  What a dick move.  

Once you get into a school, what's the lowest you can get on your report card without getting rejected in the middle of July?

What the freaking heck?!  I can't freaking stop thinking about what she did to me!  What a low blow...

[chopin2015]

Well that was mean, she tried so freaking hard to get me to like her at first, and when I wanted to start a relationship, she was like, 'nah, not interested'.  It's like she freaking slapped me in the face!   That's like really freaking mean.  What a dick move.  

Once you get into a school, what's the lowest you can get on your report card without getting rejected in the middle of July?

What the freaking heck?!  I can't freaking stop thinking about what she did to me!  What a low blow...

Oooohhhh you dont know the things i did when I was supposed to be a young lady....but not as bad as the girls that were popular...you know why they were popular, now. Anyways. It just depends on the school, and you should check. You know, Ive dropped a class or 2 in the day for sake of avoiding an f on the report card. So, find out when the last day to drop and withdraw is, and ask if they give incompletes, too.

But the girl....dont sweat. Itll be ok, plenty of love out there *cough...yamaha...cough*  haha

But yeah, youll meet tons of girls, just avoid bars and obscene parties, dont look for relationships there!

[outin]

Well that was mean, she tried so freaking hard to get me to like her at first, and when I wanted to start a relationship, she was like, 'nah, not interested'.  It's like she freaking slapped me in the face!   That's like really freaking mean.  What a dick move.  

You know, just like some guys, many girls just like a challenge. They want to see if they can have you and once they can they loose interest. Or she simply changed her mind a bit which is totally ok. Or she was flattered by your interest but not really serious to begin with. Life gets easier when one stops wondering about other people's motives 

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Oooohhhh you dont know the things i did when I was supposed to be a young lady....but not as bad as the girls that were popular...you know why they were popular, now. Anyways. It just depends on the school, and you should check. You know, Ive dropped a class or 2 in the day for sake of avoiding an f on the report card. So, find out when the last day to drop and withdraw is, and ask if they give incompletes, too.

But the girl....dont sweat. Itll be ok, plenty of love out there *cough...yamaha...cough*  haha

But yeah, youll meet tons of girls, just avoid bars and obscene parties, dont look for relationships there!

*reads signature*

Let's revive them along with Scriabin and end the world!!!

[ajspiano]

You know, just like some guys, many girls just like a challenge. They want to see if they can have you and once they can they loose interest. Or she simply changed her mind a bit which is totally ok. Or she was flattered by your interest but not really serious to begin with. Life gets easier when one stops wondering about other people's motives 

I got the impression at that age that SOME of the girls instinctively flirted like mad with absolutely no concept of what they were doing or the implications, then when they realized the impact they'd had they freaked out and ran in the opposite direction.

[chopin2015]

*reads signature*

Let's revive them along with Scriabin and end the world!!!

I like living though! I bought a book of scriabin sonatas just to remind myself to practice reading so I can someday learn his sonaten without getting a nosebleed...and I gotta get way better at music and piano before any of reviving Chopin so I can seduce him with my legit piano skills. And I would probably have to be like 25 yr old or somethin' and revive him when he is 27ish and then we shall wed and I will have his children and spread the Chopin gene. HAHAHAHAH that is so different than ending the world fantasy, and maybe even more psychotic.... I don't hold back...lol

[ajspiano]

I gotta get way better at music and piano before any of reviving Chopin so I can seduce him with my legit piano skills.

You're probably nearly there, he taught a fair number of daughters with rich fathers I believe, that were perhaps not really so piano happy as much as socially elite and could buy his time. He was a freaking expensive teacher..  given he charged about the same amount I do.. just 200 years earlier.

[chopin2015]

I got the impression at that age that SOME of the girls instinctively flirted like mad with absolutely no concept of what they were doing or the implications, then when they realized the impact they'd had they freaked out and ran in the opposite direction.

HEY! flirting should be fun and harmless, and one can do it free from long-term implications, that's why it's flirting. Next discuss long term desires, or go separate ways. LOL
P.S flirting can be non-verbal as well, which is really fun to do, from a girl's position in sensuality.
OR
Can I have your number? I lost mine.

[chopin2015]

You're probably nearly there

AWEEE! That was nice of you.

Thank you.

I'm broke though, if Chopin were to ask. I just bought another piano today. It shall be object of desire. Feelings of passion fill my every thought. HAHA!!

[ajspiano]

HEY! flirting should be fun and harmless, and one can do it free from long-term implications.

Yeh, in an adult world..   teenagers haven't always got there yet and can be a little overly taken by what would be otherwise fairly innocent.

[outin]

Yeh, in an adult world..   teenagers haven't always got there yet and can be a little overly taken by what would be otherwise fairly innocent.

OTOH Some of the stuff the teenagers do these days would freak out many adults...

[ajspiano]

I'm broke though, if Chopin were to ask.

Well I guess if you manage to garner any attention from him he genuinely likes you.. 

his lessons were 20 francs..   the average wage at the time was about 1 franc per day. You had to be a rothschild to afford him.

[ajspiano]

OTOH Some of the stuff the teenagers do these days would freak out many adults...

hahah, yes..  well, that was probably the case with my generation too, it was only 10 years ago.

[j_menz]

He was a freaking expensive teacher..  given he charged about the same amount I do.. just 200 years earlier.

Ah, but you don't have the same expenses.

Gloves and carriages was his excuse:

Kalkbrenner charged twenty-five francs. Today I am to give five lessons. You probably think I am making a fortune, but you are wrong. The cab [carriage] and white gloves cost more than I earn but without them I would not be in good form.

[chopin2015]

Well I guess if you manage to garner any attention from him he genuinely likes you..  

his lessons were 20 francs..   the average wage at the time was about 1 franc per day. You had to be a rothschild to afford him.

Hmm, well I have like 50 rubles in my purse... I could trade for some electronics work...I could fix his amp? hahah
 :/

 World's best page-turner?


**with some electronics work

[outin]

Hmm, well I have like 50 rubles in my purse... I could trade for some electronics work...I could fix his amp? hahah
 :/

 World's best page-turner?

Can you edit manuscripts? It seems he needed help with getting them into shape for publishing...

[ajspiano]

Ah, but you don't have the same expenses.

Gloves and carriages was his excuse:

If I insisted upon arriving by horse I wonder if anyone would have me as a teacher at all.

[outin]

If I insisted upon arriving by horse I wonder if anyone would have me as a teacher at all.

I don't mind, as long as you collect the horse sh-- on your way out 

[j_menz]

hahah, yes..  well, that was probably the case with my generation too, it was only 10 years ago.

The Romans complained about it too.

[chopin2015]

Can you edit manuscripts? It seems he needed help with getting them into shape for publishing...

OHH, I'd ask too many questions. Actually, it would be cool to try sometime.

[j_menz]

If I insisted upon arriving by horse I wonder if anyone would have me as a teacher at all.

If he did teaching at a pupils home, he insisted that they send their carriage for him. You may have trouble there.

[ajspiano]

**with some electronics work

If you shelter him from the world after the revival you be able to convince him that you're some kind of god with the electronics..

I don't mind, as long as you collect the horse sh-- on your way out  

Too bad I'd have some trouble crossing the indian ocean..

[chopin2015]

If I insisted upon arriving by horse I wonder if anyone would have me as a teacher at all.

hahaha as long as it's not a herse...

[outin]

The Romans complained about it too.

OTOH some of the things the Romans did would probably make the teenagers today freak out...

[ajspiano]

If he did teaching at a pupils home, he insisted that they send their carriage for him. You may have trouble there.

Well, I actually refuse to go to students homes. They come to me.

**lets just consider that to mean that I command more respect than chopin.

[outin]

OHH, I'd ask too many questions. Actually, it would be cool to try sometime.

I think you could really impress him by using something like Sibelius for the work

[chopin2015]

If he did teaching at a pupils home, he insisted that they send their carriage for him. You may have trouble there.

Bwahahaha

@ajs
LOL that would be awesome. I would wire up switches everywhere and make sh** come out of nowhere and play Bach P&Fs on giant synthesizers...and yell More UNDERTONES!!! .....
 

[j_menz]

Well, I actually refuse to go to students homes. They come to me.

**lets just consider that to mean that I command more respect than chopin.

He charged 30 francs for it, though.

[chopin2015]

I think you could really impress him by using something like Sibelius for the work

Logic pro, dude!
 Check this out: midi, firewire, quarter inch balanced? gold tip..., Xlr...alligator clips...lol

[ajspiano]

He charged 30 francs for it, though.

That's meaningless - the french franc is an obsolete currency.

[chopin2015]

That's meaningless - the french franc is an obsolete currency.

gold coins. you should charge in gold coins!!!

[outin]

Logic pro, dude!
 Check this out: midi, firewire, quarter inch balanced? gold tip..., Xlr...alligator clips...lol

No I meant you could revive Jean as well 

[chopin2015]

No I meant you could revive Jean as well 

Oh my.... *face palmtree*

[ajspiano]

To be honest, I think that if you were to revive chopin and hold him captive he'd be more impressed if you claimed to have been the sole creator of every (decent) musical style post his death..   and if you could play all godowsky studies, that should be suffice as impressive too..

..you wrote an etude huh? yeh, I can play the same thing with one hand.

[chopin2015]

True, and I will work on that, as I progress. But! I did transcribe Art tatum isnt it romantic...its almost impossible to play, dude! (Probably cause you hear stuff)WHO SAID THAT??

 Rach4....You should compose more! Id like to hear it! I know you talked about it...

[oxy60]

He charged 30 francs for it, though.

It is still money! If you have 30 of those old francs they could be changed into Euros. At the current rate of exchange you wouldn't get much. But to a collector you might get more than the current rate.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Do you guys ever get overwhelmed with emotion when you're playing?  Like, have the shivers go through your whole body, and not be able to control yourself? 

[ajspiano]

Do you guys ever get overwhelmed with emotion when you're playing?  Like, have the shivers go through your whole body, and not be able to control yourself? 

Parts of the concerto make me start to cry a bit. Its a pregnant dog.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Parts of the concerto make me start to cry a bit. Its a pregnant dog.

Pegnant dog?

I totally feel you with the Rach 3!  That's why it's my favorite piano concerto.

But the freaking rach 1 sonata omg...  I just had a moment today, and I was like freaking out!!!  I was learning the last two minutes of the third movement, and my body was like 'nah bro, after a certain amount of time, enough is enough', I was like completely overwhelmed, really felt it in my torso, I thought I was gonna die lol.  But it felt soooo good!

[perprocrastinate]

But the freaking rach 1 sonata omg...  I just had a moment today, and I was like freaking out!!!  I was learning the last two minutes of the third movement, and my body was like 'nah bro, after a certain amount of time, enough is enough', I was like completely overwhelmed, really felt it in my torso, I thought I was gonna die lol.  But it felt soooo good!

The climax of the third movement is just..wow. I'm surprised that the piano isn't supposed to break after such fury.

[ajspiano]

Pegnant dog?

if you write a certain swear word PS filters it and changes it to pregnant dog.

I totally feel you with the Rach 3!  That's why it's my favorite piano concerto.

There's a part in the 3rd mov where the orchestra goes solo for a bit and I'm pretty sure I'd need a restraint prevent me jumping and running around the stage at a performance.

I was like completely overwhelmed, really felt it in my torso, I thought I was gonna die lol.  But it felt soooo good!

yeh, pretty much like that.

..

the ossia cadenza is a problem  for this too..  difficult to control emotionally..  only time I've seen your beloved valentina miss notes, ever.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

the ossia cadenza is a problem  for this too..  difficult to control emotionally..  only time I've seen your beloved valentina miss notes, ever.

Meh, her cadenza is okay...

[ajspiano]

Meh, her cadenza is okay...

Bronfman's "big fat chord" section is pretty okay. LOTS of sound projection.

I like V's opening of the first mov better though.

[j_menz]

There's a part in the 3rd mov where the orchestra goes solo for a bit and I'm pretty sure I'd need a restraint prevent me jumping and running around the stage at a performance.

By that stage, I'd have thought sheer exhaustion (emotional if nothing else) would have kept you to a feeble canter.

[ajspiano]

By that stage, I'd have thought sheer exhaustion (emotional if nothing else) would have kept you to a feeble canter.

..yeh but the best part is still coming at that point.

And if you've been for a 10 mile sprint, and you stop to catch your breath, look up, and see a lion coming at you I'm guessing you start running again pretty quickly.

[chopin2015]

..yeh but the best part is still coming at that point.

And if you've been for a 10 mile sprint, and you stop to catch your breath, look up, and see a lion coming at you I'm guessing you start running again pretty quickly.

Whaaaaaaa??   

[j_menz]

And if you've been for a 10 mile sprint, and you stop to catch your breath, look up, and see a lion coming at you I'm guessing you start running again pretty quickly.

If I've been on a ten mile sprint, I've already seen the lion.

[ajspiano]

If I've been on a ten mile sprint, I've already seen the lion.

There are 2 lions..

and apparently in my case I sourced them, starved them and then willingly set them upon myself.

[chopin2015]

There are 2 lions..

and apparently in my case I sourced them, starved them and then willingly set them upon myself.

Oh, I get it! That's deep, man.