Sounds like you found your calling! Super inspiring what you've accomplished, and it's wonderful to see how we've both progressed in our own ways since your request last year. So glad you still enjoy the song and now my cover satisfying!

Fikret wrote the arrangement I'm playing - the sheets I used are in the description of his video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmnSlKivYtl4btE

@@boredPianoAdv thanks!

Ah, so that's the original tuning? I wasn't trying to match it, but that's a good idea for future EATEOT/AEBBTW videos. Here i needed to transpose twice (-1 semitone to get from G major to the original F#, and -12 semitones/ an octave to reach the low notes at the end). I decided it'd be easier to use tuning for the first transposition, and picked something random in the F# vicinity

(and I would have originally done it in F# minor if my keyboard had more space)

Gotta phone up @FikretX (who arranged this) and demand he write more variations haha Thanks!

KZbin algorithm train weeeee

We're on the same page there 💪

and your environment in the video goes beautifully with the music

Too kind!

It is! Been nice to follow your senior recital videos by the way

Was a joy to play

So a felt piano is achieved by putting a layer of felt between the hammers and the strings; you can do that on most acoustic pianos. There are indeed plugins which capture this effect, and I'm using one of them - the same one I use for my normal videos, actually; the felt version is just another preset on the main piano model

P.S. You look familiar! :)

@@boredPianoAdv Oh that is super cool. Thanks for the added info on how you achieve that on your keyboard! AND by the way it's amazing what you accomplish in 5 octaves - truly! I love the calming sound of it.

@@boredPianoAdv Haha. Indeed! I am starting a little experiment with some of the instrumental-only pieces on a separate channel! 'tis just me! Hope your year is wrapping up well!

@@MotifMusicStudios Same to you! That's a good idea for a second channel and I'll be keeping an eye on it

It was wonderful music to play!

Thank you! Goes to show you don't need 88 keys for everything haha

As for something with 88 keys, I'm thinking you might enjoy the latest AEBBTW video I made - though it's definitely more grandiose than reading lol

@@boredPianoAdv I’ll check it out! It sounds interesting.

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Thank you! It was an honor to cover this wonderful song. I'm so glad you found my cover - might I ask how you came across it? Its watch traffic has all but dried up at this point, unfortunately

@@boredPianoAdv I'm very glad that you found your "second wind" at the piano a few years back; you have considerable and impressive musical talent. It is an amazing song; I was happy to see you do this one because it was not a radio hit, but more of an "album track." I'm fairly certain that the KZbin algorithm noticed that I recently watched the Kansas topic's own video of "The Wall" and, because of that, placed your video a couple days later among my suggested videos.

@@boredPianoAdv I should also mention that it was your SHORT of "The Wall" that first appeared in my suggested videos, and since I enjoyed the short, I then navigated to your channel and found the full video.

@@PopHorizonScanner You're too kind! I love to discover and embrace "album tracks" because 1) there's always some magic that people overlook, or that is too daring for mainstream tastes; 2) they haven't been overdone on KZbin, so I feel like I'm covering new ground. The downside you see is that my covers of them get less attention. Thanks for the info - it helps me to know how I get my channel out there

I was going to say there should be a link in the description of Fikret's Stage 2 MIDI video but looks like that's down. I'll send you a link to my personal transcription (it's what I'm reading in the video) in the comment right after this one. Let me know if you can't see it within the next five minutes - KZbin likes to eat links in comments

drive.google.com/file/d/1ZMLgPw8YOEN-LDajyjYl6Y3RyvajAZcu/view?usp=sharing

@@boredPianoAdv omg thanks! It's so difficult to find sheet of this kind of music!! Thanks a lot! 😊

@@erickschwartinsky9746 No problem! Do check out Fikret's channel - he has a LOT of sheets for The Caretaker's music, it just happened that this one of his was taken down

Thank you, commenter who's totally not an alt :)

Exactly!

Heyy you saw this! I'm so glad. It took the most work out of your arrangements but I was feeling for a challenge. Happy that this turned out well, and that it vindicates you from playability concerns (sidenote: those left hand jumps are a bit extra and probably bring more pain than payoff). Of course, these pieces which take the most effort to prepare seem to get the least views on my channel LOL

@@boredPianoAdv Haha yea, that is the unfortunate reality of The Eternal Algorithm. Speaking of which, I'm a few days away from releasing something new (though it's not piano, so you won't be able to cover it haha)

@@FikretX Oooh! Looking forward!

It is! Made my job really easy. Thanks a lot, and by the way I think your quality over quantity decision regarding 30 minute improvs was a good idea!

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The original song has such an amazing intro! I put so much effort into making those first few bars the best I could. Would recommend listening to the original - it's over half a century old but as beautiful as ever

You're so kind, and Lady C is so wonderful. Thank you for coming along & I hope not to disappoint!

It felt awesome! Thanks for sticking around, it means a lot... if there's a video of yours I've missed that you'd like me to see, please direct me to it without hesitation

@@boredPianoAdv Aw, thanks!!! I really do love your videos a lot, and I think you’re really cool! Well, now that you mention it, I would be really interested to see what you think about this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ_Eda1no86rnsUsi=XMS6xaiTxUG-n5vu If you don’t have that much time, hear just the third track. It’s one of my favourite things I ever did!

Means a lot Lady C! Arranging has been something I've nurtured over time (just two and a half years ago I was a complete beginner ) and I'm proud to now be at a place in my progression where so many people can enjoy what I put out! I'm also proud of progress in combatting stage fright since the genesis of your channel a decade ago - can you believe you're even doing weekly livestreams now? I could never cast/commentate live like that...

@@boredPianoAdv Never say never! You have indeed come a long way in a short time, and it's wonderful to see... So well done!! 🙂

Thank you so much! This one developed over the course of several months, so plenty of time to accumulate a pool of good ideas. Haven't had time for much including even this these days; do hope you're doing well!

Thank you! That register / high area of the piano is very nice to play in

SO TRUE BESTIE It really is, though

Yessir! I had wanted to learn this one for a while too. It's not very... ergonomic haha

Couldn't agree more Thanks for following!

More sustain pedal here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWK3ZJKAjMxkf6c

That's such a nice thing of you to say! An unfortunate thing too - I worked a lot of it out in my head. I have a few parts here and there on paper - it's not much but would you be interested? Sorry!

@@boredPianoAdv Yes definitely! (I only learned a bit classical so I’m pretty sheet music dependent lol)

@@user-bl9zu2pk8z drive.google.com/file/d/1yv3xcz708Z-NCW_u2Kf9jvTHEd-zxTWC/view?usp=drive_link Here's what I have - would happily transcribe more of it for you when I have time (the question is when haha)

@@user-bl9zu2pk8z I don't know if KZbin blocked my comment due to it containing a Google Drive link, so let me know if you can't see it and I'll put the link to the excerpt in the description instead!

@@boredPianoAdv Yes, I can see the pdf, thanks a lot!!

Many thanks! That's what something I love about the original song, so credit to it - but of course I'm happy to have done it justice :)

Thank you so much! When initially preparing this arrangement I was definitely guilty of playing everything too flat - glad my attention to fixing that for the final take made the difference for you in the end

Too kind, too kind! Thanks for the visit & follow; I hope not to disappoint :)

You're too kind!

Thanks! They're really great. Since you seem interested, I hope you can check out my full cover of the track - it's the latest video on my channel :)

@@boredPianoAdv I’ll most certainly do! Thank you!

Appreciate it! Thanks for listening as always

Means a lot from you!

Thanks! Had you known of the original song?

Thanks a lot Otmar! Look forward to your next production

WOOOOOOOOOOOO

Thank you very much! Glad this was up your alley. Some Kansas tracks really do it for me - such as this one - others not so much - take a preview and see for yourself! The album art is gorgeous, too