Sweet Child O' Mine / Black or White PIANO MASHUP - Jonny May

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Story Behind the Song:
I've loved Michael Jackson's Black or White for a long time, and ever since hearing Peter Bence's amazing piano version, I've felt inspired to do my own. Recently, I was playing through the chorus, and when I got to the chords on "if you wanna be my baby it don't matter if you're black or white", I suddenly heard the melody/lyrics "O sweet child o' mine". My jaw just about hit the floor when I realized how beautifully these songs go together. And then I discovered that Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash played with Michael Jackson all the time!! So it felt fitting to do a mashup. Enjoy! (and let me know what song you'd like me to cover next!)
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Arrangement, Recording, & Mixing by Jonny May
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Thanks for watching!

[@bakedwithmagic]

Wow 😍

[@ingamelevi1929]

I cannot express the sheer amount of joy this cover left me feeling

[@MatthewCyUK]

Godmode. Unreal.

[@KevinFordPiano]

I don't care who's better out of Jonny and Peter, we're just very lucky to have them both.

[@jonesmusic_official]

Man, you are a Legend 🙌

[@redribbonzx7207]

Mad genius.

[@prysadabeats4142]

i learn so much watching this man, thx jonny may

[@kensonny8857]

That riff at the end😮😮🤩

[@jonathanblock1359]

Jonny's arrangements are some of the best on YT.

[@KevinFordPiano]

Peter Bence used a black piano, Jonny used a white piano, but really it doesn't matter if it's black or white :)

[@emmankianga9082]

hahahaa.... good one

[@LiehanEls]

this comment is really underrated

[@just_us6120]

Kevin Ford but that vid looks really inspired by Bence

[@DukeOfEarl88]

Johnny has my vote. Raw talent.

[@pancho371986]

But it doesn’t matter that Jonny is also wearing a black jacket whilst playing a white piano But yet peter bence is wearing a white shirt playing a black piano, but ironic but again Doesn’t matter if it’s black or white

[@SLSMusic]

Amazing arrangement! Pre-record or not doesn't matter, it's a Music Video man! Just enjoy!

[@freddy3190]

Thanks for sharing this lovely music...and thanks for sharing your knowledge to the world... I have been following your free info on youtube... You are awesome... as a 68 year old fart... I love learning ... TX

[@Wolf37152]

The most confident pop player I have witnessed. Not a second's hesitation, remarkable.

[@nodangles6983]

That's just effing brilliant!

[@markfowlermusic]

Pre recorded on the yamaha CP4 for everyone asking where the pedals are. This is an excellent arrangement, more advanced than Peter bence, combing 2 completely different songs, not easy. But then you're a much better pianist anyway.

[@DeanHorak]

Thanks for clearing that up.Good job of finger syncing anyway through. I was also wondering where the recording equipment was and how they got that beat up old piano to sound so good.

[@JonnyMay]

Excellent ear Mark Fowler! Yes, it is the CP4 piano sample which you are hearing. This is a music video recorded to track (not live audio for obvious reasons). Thanks for the kind words. Loving your covers man. Hit me up if you ever want to collab.

[@markfowlermusic]

Dean Horak most if not all artists pre record on a different piano too the one in the video. It's the only way the camera man would be able to keep shooting lol, otherwise any mistakes the musician makes they would have to start over again... And again... Too time consuming. This way the camera man only needs the one take as its being mimed not recorded live of course. I record all my videos live but then I don't have a camera man or professional set up as such.

[@DeanHorak]

Thanks and BTW - impressive work - both of you... I do my own (mistake riddled) videos and I'm nowhere near the skill level of you two so I can understand. It's extremely difficult and frustrating (for me) to get a song under my fingers well enough to publish the video, so I wind up putting it up as "good enough". I may circle back around and do them right when/if I ever get these old fingers to cooperate. Great fun nonetheless. Keep up the good work - these videos give me inspiration to keep working at it.

[@markfowlermusic]

Jonny May cool, thanks for that, btw check out garritan CFX vst, it will give you much better recorded audio sound, not saying this is not, but the garritan is in gb memory and not mb rom like cp4 samples, so you end up with this incredible sounding piano sample, although it's hard to beat the connection you get with a hardware piano like cp4.

[@ethanyates60]

Absolutely class

[@stephanied.8505]

Wundervoller Song und die Symbiose beider Lieder 😍 💫

[@logos7logos7]

Beautiful!

[@cjyu2]

Peter Bence is amazing no doubt but this is a whole new level of genius! Jonny's music is always pure and played with love and respect 👊

[@actionau]

Amazing.. the interweaving of both melodies.. Don't think black or white has ever sounded so good on piano. You should soo do some Enya songs. I think that would be the ultimate.

[@bluejay6616]

Please do more mashups!! This is absolutely beautiful

[@davidsalinas7986]

33 seconds in and this song is now my favorite

[@georgiok8337]

"If I could play like this, I'd never go outside."

[@FreakieFan]

what's that from? I remember it from somewhere.

[@abhishekchopra1880]

That's precisely why you can't play this well , yet ;) Everything needs balance :)

[@jamesryan5436]

If you could play like him you wouldn't have seen much outside but it would be worth it

[@BogdanLubura]

It's much easier than you expect

[@BogdanLubura]

@@FreakieFan Guns n roses, m8

[@klazje]

For some reason this just made me really happy.

[@leM0NSTER]

Absolutely impeccable as always.

[@lenir.9580]

Two of my favourite songs combined to one phenomenal piece. Thanks for that🙏❤

[@jetlaw_1]

This is so good that it makes by brain wobble and hurt

[@marcsymons3340]

Anyone else not play or know anything about piano but still listen and love it?!

[@chris1978nl]

This piano mash-up really turned out way much better than i expected. Glad i found this channel.

[@cubejitsu3214]

I love it when pianists do mashups, the dissonance and harmony all come together

[@markE946]

Quadlibets are difficult to master, this is a superb example

[@98aifos]

Are you even human!? 😍😍😍

[@comentarios0016]

Hi Johnny! Thanks a lot for all you're offering in youtube. It's always a pleasure to see and enjoy your videos and performances. I've a question about this video: it sounds like you're using a pedal, but this piano doesn't seem to have one... what's the mystery?

[@mofletes29]

You made me cry sir. Amazing job

[@kimspiano888]

Awesome!!! Love the vintage white baby grand piano in that setting and your playing!

[@JonnyMay]

Thanks Benjamin!! ❤️

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I just checked your pianowithjonny and love how it is set up!! Will definitely recommend it to my customers and friends.

[@michaeljoseph9722]

I am absolutely amazed

[@monicabush5574]

This is hands down my FAVORITE!!! Wow!💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@trellacdl4241]

This is absolutely astonishing to see. Showing human capabilities just by this perfect example of Jonny great job I love your videos🤟🤟🤟

[@ItsDreaxo]

😍 omg!!!!!!!!!! Thank you soooo much for this!!!!!!!! You have reignited my passion for piano again 😌❤ #InAwe #LovePiano #LoveMusic

[@daverrickcamacho8573]

Awesome!!!!!

[@lashinsmusic637]

A brilliant musician.

[@RayMak]

Beautiful

[@Dominic-he3cs]

Amazing

[@nadddey]

WOW! I love it love it love it

[@AntonioGladesPimentel]

Para isso pago minha internet. Linda versão!!!

[@성연-j6p]

Wow! It’s amazing!!!

[@stinakaela]

this is mad mad MAD piano skills that I wanna have! Amazing Mr. Johnny May! I am out of words. WOW WOW WOW! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Creeperboy099]

This is why I love mashups

[@Alamurla]

I've watched about 10 or 15 of your videos... this is the one that made me subscribe.

[@andrewbarrett1537]

Two different ways of making a full-sounding pop arrangement on piano. Jonny May's performance here was all played at once (although the audio is dubbed over on a different piano, although NOT 'overdubbed' as in layering more parts than he could play at once). Peter Bence specializes in overdubbing and looping parts with a delay pedal, kind of like Jon Brion at his live shows. Both approaches require huge amounts of skill and patience (the second one an entirely different skill-set, as one needs to know in advance what all those looped parts will sound like stacked up, and how well they'll harmonize, so they don't horribly clash in performance). I really like that Jonny has instructional videos explaining about how he does what he does on his website. Hopefully Peter may want to put up videos showing about looping, too, in the future, if he feels like it.

[@LMF5000]

I was thinking the same thing, the audio sounds studio-quality but he's shown playing an old piano where probably some of the keys don't work perfectly and with no evident electronic recording devices anywhere.

[@agentredeyes]

Yeah, I could tell it was an overdub being as there was no sustain pedal on that white piano and the track clearly has it. Still amazing though, love what he does

[@johndillinger8830]

Oh god! Thats incredible 😱

[@waiarcti7513]

WOW ... I love it and So Great !

[@GhostPuddle]

This is just SO GOOD

[@jacka3560]

Can you please cover “these days” by rudimental or “Kiss” by Prince. Your pop covers are definitely my favourite. You’re flipping unbelievable to watch man

[@Cici54321]

Esse cara eh mto bom 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@marcsymons3340]

Mind blowing

[@roseliaparecidaalves5021]

Brilhant! Perfect!Thank you for your crativity and arrangements

[@getuliovargas4159]

Awesome!!! Great!!! Perfect!!!

[@herbertvuijk8]

Awesome.. left hand as good as right

[@CorbisVids]

This is as hard as piano gets 😂jokes aside, I just love this arrangement!

[@dimitripopov9331]

great one johhny :D

[@ancaion8484]

AMAZING PIANO PLAYER!!!

[@plectrumdust6871]

It's relaxing

[@PianomanKY]

Holy shit this is incredible

Excellent work, master! Hope someday to be like you in the music, greetings from Mexico!

[@motazyusuf5412]

awesome

[@TopperMIDI]

That was wild!

[@stinakaela]

maddest maddest maddest rendition ever! still watching december 2019 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@dzefdet4800]

Now, i have seen quiet a few things. But i did not expect this... Much respect from slovakia🇸🇰

[@didiersavelkoul2045]

Incredibly

[@karenmccants1439]

Amazing--really enjoyed that Jonny!! :)

[@janetrosemay]

Just amazing! Such a joy to experience your talents - keep sharing!!

[@SoloFlightPinay]

WOOOOWWWWWWWWW

[@tinsiegrl8955]

Love it.... Want more...

[@АзизаОтепова]

Какое мастерство😍 талантище, удачи Вам✨

[@mx.watsongamingvlogsandmor274]

Inspiring

[@n.g.9705]

Awesome!

[@HorrorBoi84]

Amazing, Bro!

[@altairaltair7284]

WOW! Much respect :)

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Such a beat up old piano. But the important part is inside, and it sounds great.

[@metinibrahimli8146]

Jonny is best

[@jaelaanamog6606]

Wow!!!

[@MahmoudHosni]

Awesome 👏🏻

[@Jack-li2ef]

Love it!

[@FreakieFan]

Brilliant job combining two phenomenal songs. How do you come up with what song to combine with what? Does is pop in your head and go from there, or do you think of one song and then brainstorm to find a song to fit into it?

[@JonnyMay]

Thanks!! It depends on the song. For this one, I was originally arranging Black or White as a standalone piece, and then suddenly out of nowhere I heard Sweet Child O Mine on the chords for 'if you wanna be my baby...". So yeah this was just some type of divine inspiration.

[@망고스틴-n1i]

perfect💖

[@syndddd]

Great!

[@bishwashthapamagar3126]

Wow. Nice sir

[@CJon13]

You're awesome

[@karanmatharoo7107]

wow.....I love it bro...✌👍👌 GBU ...

[@knitsandwheyful]

Amazing!

[@derhechtdesmonats9553]

Wow you did an amazing job. I think the location is inspired by Peter Bence. But your arrangement is amazing as always. Thank you

[@SkateZockerGerman]

amazing. you are such a skilled piano player :o

[@petershepherd323]

Cool!!

[@JeffRyan_88keys]

Creative n awesome!

[@DavidTorresPiano]

Excelente interpretación, buen video!

[@ronaldossitanggangs7868]

God bless you😇

[@c.vanlalnghaka9530]

Jonny you have such an amazing gift from God,do you used to play in the church.........

[@markE946]

Awesome, a very clever arrangement, a quodlibet is difficult to play.

[@JojodeBear]

It feels like i'm watching a commercial for house or hotel.. Which is awesome

[@DeveshGiri]

That's Jonny May!! 😎