pictures!!

[steveie986]

Overrated - all of you. Some artful angles and lighting, that's all.

 

[stevie]

thats what they said about me....until they realised the shocking truth that i am, in actual fact, an alien being sent to earth from the planet zoogaargbodan that just happens to look like a really sexy english guy.

[douxtigress]

you now have my shiny white gooey sticky seal of approval!

congrats

Thank you, I now have my morning hazelnut coffee on my computer moniter.
Oh man. I suppose it's good to have your approval eh? 

[douxtigress]

Greetings.

I see that you practice the Coucou douxtigress. Very good.

Yes yes of course... a piece I got out not too long ago to play again, it's quite fun... obviously decided it was worth being in the photo with me, haha

[douxtigress]

   Man that looks a lot like my Yamaha CLP 155. Great for late night practice 

I have this same piano. I loveeeeeeeee it. As soon as I get more money  I'll do an upgrade.

[pianowolfi]

Me quite pleased after a good private performance



me climbing the Grimselpass (Switzerland)

[lostinidlewonder]

Get a hair cut! 

[jre58591]

I might as well join in.

here is a pic of me sitting at the piano:
https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/8fb34ab4.jpg

heres a pic of me in action:
https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/6860c3f1.jpg

[thalbergmad]

I might as well join in.

here is a pic of me sitting at the piano:
https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/8fb34ab4.jpg

heres a pic of me in action:
https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/6860c3f1.jpg

Strange, but i expected to see a snake.

Thal

[stevie]

maybe in my next pic...anaconda perhapz.

[thalbergmad]

maybe in my next pic...anaconda perhapz.

That would be the naked pic i guess.

Thal

[stevie]

my reputation precedes me....by about 3 feet.

[lilypiano]

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[donjuan]

me in my room (tired from studying non-piano related stuff for uni):

[jas]

Has anyone else noticed that the photos of blokes are taken by other people much more than those of women? It's too hard to get the angle right...

Overrated - all of you. Some artful angles and lighting, that's all.

Yep, stop posing and be normal!

[letters]

heres one of me at my school prom

[steinwaybaby]

here's me

 

[Waldszenen]

heres one of me at my school prom

Nice 

[steveie986]

LHOOQ

[jre58591]

heres one of me at my school prom

good. now my ugly pics look even uglier, lol.

[alwaystheangel]

Just got my grad proofs back. I'm pretty happy with them,

Not sure which one to order, what do you think?
Sorry about the size... They're a little big but it was either that or thumbnail size.

[bananafish]

one of the left.

[donjuan]

i say the one on the right; i hate that bookshelf thing they do..

[instromp]

Career day pictures from Friday. It was five of us that played about an hour and 45 minutes at the luncheon for the guest speakers and teachers.

I couldnt believe i had to go 1st , i played Chopin,Bach,Schumann and my own compostion.Nervous I was
Bad side pic

My friend Rubie went second, she's very good.she played Bach inventions.Along with Debussy and Pastel.


My bud Ken on right,played jazz pieces,pathetique sonata 1st mvt and he improvised some cool stuff.The other guy[Calvin] on the left drifting off into space played 3 Chopin preludes:1,4,and 15


My friend william played Bach:solfeggieto,2 Chopin preludes,To Zanarkand(full version),And John Legend:Ordinary Peolple, while i was goofing around.



Then my teacher Mr.Clary and I,played this cool Ave Maria version that he arranged  for duet.It sounded pretty cool, i wish i had the recording of it to post in the Audition room.

[pianistimo]

i've played for luncheons and dinners - it's like you're playing but your not.  you try not to give them a real sfz because you don't want anyone to choke suddenly.  but, it's nice because if you make a little mistake, noones listening that hard.  in fact, they might not clap after every piece.  and, you might get to the end, and transfer to another person - and the wrong person get the applause.  that's ok.  it's good practice.  bet they finally clapped for the teacher.    

instromp, you look like you're a  good improviser and that people will listen to you no matter what -even when appearing to talk.  i think you have that 'jazz look' and will go far.  you look relaxed and easy going.  when ur ok with the setting - then you can tweak ears as the evening goes on and they start noticing, right?!  (unfortunately for me, i can't play jazz - but i bought a book and am experimenting with some chord combinations to add to the end of mussorgsky's pics at an exhibition in case anyone falls asleep).

lostinidlewonder, is that you needing the haircut (looks fine to me) - or are you referring to someone else on the board?  i was just wondering about this for the last week or two.

[steveie986]

I wish I had myself some Negro piano friends.

You know, like Art Tatum or Oscar Peterson or that 10-year-old black kid on youtube who plays the Chopin etude.

[instromp]

i've played for luncheons and dinners - it's like you're playing but your not.  you try not to give them a real sfz because you don't want anyone to choke suddenly.  but, it's nice because if you make a little mistake, noones listening that hard.  in fact, they might not clap after every piece.  and, you might get to the end, and transfer to another person - and the wrong person get the applause.  that's ok.  it's good practice.  bet they finally clapped for the teacher.    

instromp, you look like you're a  good improviser and that people will listen to you no matter what -even when appearing to talk.  i think you have that 'jazz look' and will go far.  you look relaxed and easy going.  when ur ok with the setting - then you can tweak ears as the evening goes on and they start noticing, right?!  (unfortunately for me, i can't play jazz - but i bought a book and am experimenting with some chord combinations to add to the end of mussorgsky's pics at an exhibition in case anyone falls asleep).

lostinidlewonder, is that you needing the haircut (looks fine to me) - or are you referring to someone else on the board?  i was just wondering about this for the last week or two.

Thanks pianistimo, but as for improvising i wud leave that to my friend Ken as in the picture.THe guests and teachers wasnt really paying attention which gave me a sigh of relief if i made a mistake or something which i did but no one knew but myself and my teacher ..Jazz look? Lol i only know one jazz piece and it's called Misty i think. And when i had to play this Schumann piece Knecht Ruprecht I think i got everyones attention,which i wasnt going for and i went into my own world so i didnt kno they were paying attention till i got up and they applauded, i think i turned red ..and yes my teacher finally got his well deserved recognition,lol 

I wish I had myself some Negro piano friends.

You know, like Art Tatum or Oscar Peterson or that 10-year-old black kid on youtube who plays the Chopin etude.

Lmao, is it a "thing" to have negro piano friends?

[pianistimo]

if you're not black, you can't call another person negro.  guess that times are changing and if iran can have a president say he's going to blast the usa and get away with it - then anything goes.  balooiee.  i say keep peace, love, and tolerance going and not hatred and strife.  there's too much of it everywhere!

[steveie986]

Yeah, I'm getting tired of my same old whitie and oriental piano friends. I try to get them to listen to Charles Mingus or Wynton Marsalis or Thelonious Monk or music with Soul and they just don't get it.

[pianistimo]

stevie986, how did you know you would get away with it?  is it sort of like my teenage daughter saying things to get a rise out of me.  i just figure whatever she's going to say next, i shouldn't overreact.  just sort of expect that she'll say something oddball once in awhile.  my sons friends insult each other for fun.  is this expected nowdays?  are you friendlier if you say something really rude to someone else?  does it break the ice?

[steveie986]

if you're not black, you can't call another person negro.  guess that times are changing and if iran can have a president say he's going to blast the usa and get away with it - then anything goes.  balooiee.  i say keep peace, love, and tolerance going and not hatred and strife.  there's too much of it everywhere!

I'm fairly sure "Negro" is not offensive, even if uttered by a non-black person. But we don't need another debate about this. "Negro" is an old-fashioned, affected word but historically it's always been the polite, politically correct term (in the ages before political correctness) for what today would be a called "African-American persons." I was using it in a chummy sort of way, as in "The League of Extraordinary Negroes," which most of my Negro friends belong to.

I don't understand what your reference to Iran has to do with anything.

[steveie986]

If my African-American friend Instromp is offended by what I said, I will apologize. Otherwise, no. I won't be held hostage by mindless legalistic political correctness.

[instromp]

No offense taken at all, so you can be at ease Pianistimo ..Negro is not a bad word or either is black. I wouldnt get offended by someone for saying that.But it is different than being called a "nigg**" which is highly unacceptable and very offensive. We can end the discussion on it for it is irrlevent to the thread.

We must remember that music comes in all colors and not white and black as om paper

Well Stevie986 u can put down in ur journal that u made a black piano bud,lol

[steveie986]

Woot! Ah the wonders of the Internets.

[annoying_airhead]

I thought there was just one...?   =)

[gruffalo]

i think the word itself has a far smaller impact than the context its used in. i could sense straight away that stevie8989bla's comment was in a friendly manner and meant no offense.

no offence meant, but i think that some black people like to take advantage of meaningless situations to call someone a racist. from this i only mean a small minority. i just had this experience with a friend who almost got beaten up for saying a harmless comment.

[henrah]

Yeah I agree gruff, there are some people who will take advantage of anything remotely concerning colour and over-exaggerate it as a racist remark. That situation is similar here in England with rape, as some women use it as an advantage of men to either get some money or enact revenge of some sort (or could be anything really). This is a broad generalisation, but unfortunately cannot be proved as today's British justice system on rape crimes is really poor, and either swings onto the extreme side of males, or the extreme side of females (i.e. believing one over the other, not really finding a middle ground if you know what I mean).

My point is: I think some women like to cry 'rape' just because they can, and in most cases will succeed. This is quite similar to a person of different race than another using a remark that might only slightly concern race (i.e. mentioning the colour of their skin, regardless of the context) to turn it against them, and probably giving themselves an ego boost.


Don't really know the point I was making (if I was making one), but yeah. 7
Henrah

[gruffalo]

the thing about women in Britain is that if you are getting lucky with a girl and you move a further step, she cries rape, so then you step back or go away and she starts begging for it again. the rape laws in Britain are ridiculous. ok that sounds like i am some sort of rapist, but seriously check out the stupidity of British rape laws and you will agree.

also, a modification of what i said before in the other post, i actually dont just mean that some black people try and claim racial harassment, its often common and trendy for british or white people to stand up for other ethnicities and entice some sort of racial tension because of something unmeaning that another bloke may have said. political correctness is also getting way out of hand in this country. i believe 100% in equality between races, but when it gets to the extent where muslim clerics like Abu Hamza can just intice hatred on our streets against "the westerners", inticing violence and promoting terrorism and death, it is just plain ridiculous. he has finally been locked up after what... 15 years of this c rap? they was some politically correct law that meant he could not be deported. in America they dont take any s hit do they? you step out of line in America and your out. thats sensible. after 9/11, drastic measures were taken. and what happens in Britain after 7/7? the extreme muslim protesters in London promoting death and terrorism get a police escort? and then practically get let off everything. absolutely disgusting.

sorry, i had to let it out.

[e60m5]

the thing about women in Britain is that if you are getting lucky with a girl and you move a further step, she cries rape, so then you step back or go away and she starts begging for it again. the rape laws in Britain are ridiculous. ok that sounds like i am some sort of rapist, but seriously check out the stupidity of British rape laws and you will agree.

Well, the definition of rape (per s.1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003) is restricted to intentional non-consensual penile penetration of the anus/mouth/vagina of the victim, which seems restrictive enough in itself to me...

s.3 of the 2003 Act may lead to more confusion in this area (with the net being drawn potentially, according to some, far too wide), but that is not to be confused with rape, being a very specific offence.

[stevie]

how common is it for a guy to be raped?

i used to often fantasize about being raped by a random hot chick, but then, that may not be rape

and again...i dont just wonder how common it is, but how its really possible, i mean excluding a guy anally raping a guy, how does a woman rape a man?!

[donjuan]

how does a woman rape a man?!

well, like it was in Disclosure, I'd imagine.

[gilad]

i've read of it happening here in the news stevie, women gangs raping men at gunpoint. not common at all but i've seen a few cases.

[jre58591]

here are a few of me that were taken after a concert. any idea on who the pianist is ?

https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/100_0467.jpg

here is another after a lecture given by this pianist:

https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/100_0452.jpg

here is a pic of us having a serious conversation backstage about vladigerov and sorabji. note his serious look:

https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/100_0466.jpg

[annoying_airhead]

They probably just get a kick out of it or something... =?

Anyway, this is an old picture of moi reading 'A Solitaire Mystery' on my sister's bed.  Taken about 4 years ago, so I've changed a fair bit.
https://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/annoying_airhead/

[Waldszenen]

here are a few of me that were taken after a concert. any idea on who the pianist is ?

https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/100_0467.jpg

here is another after a lecture given by this pianist:

https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/100_0452.jpg

here is a pic of us having a serious conversation backstage about vladigerov and sorabji. note his serious look:

https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/100_0466.jpg

Wooooow I never knew Hamelin posted on this forum!!! 


ehehehe 

[stevie]

here are a few of me that were taken after a concert. any idea on who the pianist is ?

https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/100_0467.jpg

here is another after a lecture given by this pianist:

https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/100_0452.jpg

here is a pic of us having a serious conversation backstage about vladigerov and sorabji. note his serious look:

https://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c132/jre58591/100_0466.jpg

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA respect DA DOC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[annoying_airhead]

[IMG]

Bah, it didn't work before.  =p

[gruffalo]

here you go (airhead's pic linked)

https://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i95/annoying_airhead/scannedimage.jpg

[douxtigress]

ALRIGHT... so our prom was on Saturday & we had an amazing time.

I went with my gay best friend Roger...
We went out to dinner at Red Lobster with our friends Shawna, & her date Darrick (whom we believe could be gay as well)... 
It was a funnn night. Here are some photos:

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/1prom06.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/2prom07.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/17prom06.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/3prom06.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/5prom06.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/7prom06.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/8prom07.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/9prom06.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/10prom06.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/11prom06.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/12prom06.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/douxtigress/15prom06.jpg

 

[bearzinthehood]

*ahem*

It's getting a little too hot in here.  Time for me to cool it down a notch with an average looking photo: