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comment by blackfox026

Well I didn't really make this, but I did record myself playing it. It's Chopin's prelude Op. 28 no. 15, the "Raindrop" prelude. Now that I'm halfway through a 12-pack it sounds alright, but usually all I hear are the mistakes. In fact I recorded it with a directional mic pointed right at that repeating A flat and it sounded horrible until I adjusted the EQ in audacity so that everything was somewhat normalized (I can play alright but I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to recording/production). Try to ignore the squeaky sustain pedal if you listen.

EDIT: Woo! It's embedded now. Also, thanks for the kind words :)





thenewgreen  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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humanodon  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Did you edit that comment? Or is it something on my end?

thenewgreen  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I edited it and it borked. It initially worked but when I went to add a shout-out in the comment, it broke. I've emailed forwardslash regarding it.

thenewgreen  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·  

First of all, it sounds wonderful, great job. I listened to it with my 4 month old son and he too approves.

Soundcloud currently doesn't embed in comments and it also doesn't display on mobile. I've shouted out to mk and forwardslash a few times on this but always forget to bring it up in our meeting. insomniasexx is far more disciplined about keeping a list of requests so hopefully she can hold me accountable for remembering.

Soundcloud is being used more and more often and IMO we need to fix these things.

Again, beautiful playing!

user-inactivated  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dig the song! If you click the share button, you'll see an embed code. Let me see if it works.

Okay I can't get that embed code to work, you're gonna wanna ask TNG.

user-inactivated  ·  3799 days ago  ·  link  ·  

One of my favorite pieces of music. Thank you for sharing!

humanodon  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I disagree that the pedal needs grease. At first, I didn't like the creakiness, but now it lets me know that it's really someone playing. It sounds human.

mike  ·  3800 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Beautiful! I'm sure thenewgreen can tell you how to embed that...