Roaring '20s Hits On The Player Piano-CALIFORNIA HERE I COME

[@robertharris1195]

Music like this they don't make anymore. Beautiful!

[@timd7782]

What a happy song and a wonderful piece of Americana. And what a great piano sound! So full and rich.

[@jockhamish]

I'm a big Jolson fan and plonk away doing some of his songs with my guitar. The total transformation of my voice and energy when I sang along to that great piano sound,took me by surprise! I definitely think we are missing a lot of real music sounds in this technological age. No michrophones! Thanks!

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Very insightful comment. I am a teacher. Keep on accessing the energy and other virtues of other times. Good luck.

[@chrisring123]

Love the rendition, and I can imagine people gathered 'round, watching the lyrics go by, and singing along! (Also, having watched a piano roll scrolling down for three minutes, my eyes are tricking me into thinking that the images and words on my screen are rising, lol!)

[@inflatedginger8778]

The way how it works and plays I just love

[@joshuasingleton6835]

Awesome song

[@bluegrassbanjopicker1972]

NUMBER #1! This is nothing more than great music!

[@a320214]

Fantastic !! Thanks for sharing !!

[@Chraf415]

I like the stars in between the holes. Very cool!

[@jim02026]

The stars printed on the roll are a guide to follow the melody while you sing. :-)

[@PiotrBarcz]

@@jim02026 Pretty clever, I have a few Vocalstyle rolls myself.

[@LawyerCalhoun1]

On the night of the last Dodgers game played in Brooklyn in 1957, they played this on the Ebbets Field organ after the game was over.

[@grblade]

The original karaoke! Very cool

[@reneeproud5273]

The sound quality is amazing

[@leemclaury6251]

Who would give this 7 thumb down ? I remember this being sung on “I love Lucy” when they all left driving to California .

[@20alphabet]

Public school products who think it's too fast for a ballad.

[@spitwhatsreal]

This is amazing!!

[@TheCoreyJ1993]

AMAZING!

[@Jukeboxfixer1]

i want this roll i cant find one thats like it....i really like how its played

[@sa21g22g23]

I like hear this music

[@centciti12]

WOW!!!

[@PiotrBarcz]

I love this roll!!!! I'd break into Fort Knox for this!

[@Igloo3471]

"Seagulls! Seagulls! That's our name. We're the boys that play the game! The Tigers, the Robins, we've beaten them too, The Eagles, the Magpies and even the 'Roos. So come on, come on White and Blues. It matters not if we win or lose. Seagulls, Seagulls flying high! May the spirit never die!"

[@Renenko]

Now everyone is trying to leave California!

[@PiotrBarcz]

Woo, that is a fast tempo!

[@jim02026]

Yeah, a great tempo to do the Charleston to! 😎

[@PiotrBarcz]

@@jim02026 Oh yeah!

[@Bsnsobscuregames]

Would it be ok with you if I used this as background music for my videos if I link to this video onscreen at the end of the video?

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Set the playback speed at .75.. makes for a much more singable song..

[@KawhackitaRag]

@jockhamish This is another reason why the old Vocalstyle rolls are great. If you follow the breath and phrase markings properly, you learn how to sing some of these great old songs of yesteryear (that, plus of course listening to a lot of old recordings of singers to get styling down).

[@PiotrBarcz]

Can you tell me what camera you used in this video? The sound quality is superb and I also would like to know how you light the piano roll, it makes the video look so great!

[@gregoryagogo]

The tempo feels like it got faster on toward the end! Love this style very much... Some songs, the player piano roll is the vest version!

[@MrCrowebobby]

This is probably self-evident to people who know more about piano playing than I do, but is this a single take or did he play a second-hander over the first too make it a four-hand rendition? Anyone?

[@Corndiet]

I asked myself the same question, I'm not that big a piano player, but I can't imagine playing a song like that alone...

[@jim02026]

+Robert Crowe Here is a video from the late '80s explaining how piano rolls are recorded. Enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2SphZR9rMuLhq8

[@MrCrowebobby]

+jim02026 Thank you! Really interesting and informative. But part of me wishes I could still believe some musical genius was knocking these out in real time. Oh, well, I was lucky enough to know a woman who could produce a reasonable facsimile of any of these rolls. (A ragtime pianist -- woman -- who played in Teddy Roosevelt's favorite restaurant, The Little Hungary, at the age of 15 and in speakeasies all through the 20's and 30's. Knowing her was one of the highlights of my life. Not an original thought, I know, but she always said: "Knowing what you want to do from the very beginning and being able to do it" was the greatest gift imaginable. )

[@kevinceniceros1690]

I wonder what happens when you play the song in reverse?

[@Mr.Peetersen]

Satanic Panic

[@TheBill3333]

This seems to be playing a bit fast. It misses some of the interesting harmony changes.

[@cb4516]

If you listen to it at the "0.75" speed option, it sounds just perfect!

[@claytinadoumblehore5513]

nay nay

[@ischeele7203]

I kind of like when it's too fast, has big manic episode vibes

[@Yaledmot]

Nice roll and piano, though the tempo was more than a bit too fast.

[@isopath1]

Whatever meds you are on keep away from your computer!!! This is perfect tempo.

[@20alphabet]

Tempo was fine.

[@georgewilson7432]

It is quite fast, indeed. Sounding really different from the original, at least to me.

[@jim02026]

It's a Charleston! The tempo is just right! BTW, this IS "original"!

[@JeffHendrie]

I have an old Al Jolson record book, almost perfict condition, and on the racord of this, the song's name is "Golden Gate". I think. Maybe that's a differant song. But to me, this sounds a lot like it... I'll have to listen to the record again. XD Just to see if it's the game song. lol. :) Justin Beiber=2-4 notes, 1 (real) word. "Baby" VS. Any older music=about 40 or more notes, at least 10 words, and, completely musical in every way. Rap=poor grammar & talking with no music.

[@MichaelJohnson-]

So...they had guitar hero back when...the more things change... the more they stay the same.

[@glennrank9229]

Too fast

[@jim02026]

It's a Charleston! It's supposed to be fast!

[@PiotrBarcz]

I have some Vocalstyle rolls and I actually dislike a lot of them. Too many waltzes.