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YES YES YES @LoriNelson I agree with @paul1523727 with underestimating yourself but thatā€™s just a meticulous pat of our nature and ultimately what makes us better ourselves!

Your pace I thought was great, it communicated a real nice (but not over the top) level of passion to the piece, keep them coming.

Also - This is a firstā€¦

Top marks for camera shot/angle and audio. You are top of Dr Dans Leaderboard for technical delivery for Pierreā€™s Practice Routine :star:

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:joy:. Thanks Dan, I have to laughā€¦that was an iPad perched on a book and I was worried that my 10ft ceilings and hardwood floors would make my piano ring like an old clunker. :joy:
I want to tell you that I just watched the Facebook link: pianogroove promotional and informative video that you have created, and the quality is astounding.

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Thanks @LoriNelson, glad you like it :grinning: Throughout my video career, you wouldnā€™t believe some of the props Iā€™ve had to improvise withā€¦ folded up card, chairs, boxes, haha, anything to get the right shot :+1:

Thatā€™s brilliant Lori! Serious me gets way too hung up on technicality and I have a hunch that if I lighten up and take a more fun approach like youā€™ve done I could be loving it even more than I already do. And youā€™re so right about how blessed we are to have such a gifted, passionate, and generous master teacher in Hayden.

Your performance of Laura was absolutely beautiful and I applaud your courage for sharingā€¦bravo!

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Thanks Kim, so there you are, itā€™s your turn, you are among friends and fellow self-critical studentsā€¦so just relax and post one small thing you are working on. ( I hated the notion, but breaking that ice has really helped me chill outā€¦ mistakes and all)
I can play Beautiful Love as a ballad, but my next goal is to add left hand voicings and comp and improv on itā€¦ Iā€™ll keep ya posted.

p.s. If you ever take that motorcycle on a road trip to the PNW let me know!

@kim22 Yep itā€™s so easy to get caught up on small technicalities and little ā€˜mistakesā€™ but ultimately, we just play to express ourselves through music. Everything does not need 100% perfect.

I was honestly a terrible critic of my own music and hearing how much our students enjoy the arrangements has been a huge boost in confidence for myself to play in front of others. Itā€™s just so easy to be self critical!

Congratulations @Pierrot for starting this wonderful thread - and to @LoriNelson for sharing that beautiful rendition of ā€œLauraā€ :+1:

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Thanks as always Hayden, for the words of encouragement! And yes, thank you to Pierre and Lori!
I wish we could someday have a Pianogroove retreat where we would all get to meet in person!

I spent a fun day in Loriā€™s hometown several years ago and wish I could have known her then ā€¦we could have had a toast to you!

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Funny you mention that Kim as I think PianoGroove Meet Ups / Retreats would be a fantastic idea. We could have our teachers on stage giving lectures with overhead view projected onto a big screen, and then lots of keyboards with headphones for so that it doesnā€™t get too ruckus :smile:

Perhaps we could host multiple ones as we have students throughout the USA, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

I would be more than happy to spend a few weeks of the year doing this and Iā€™m sure our teachers would be interested too.

Something for us to explore this year for sure!

Yes I was up near @LoriNelson 's hometown over the summer for the Port Townsend Jazz Fest ā€¦ the Olympic Peninsula is such beautiful part of the USA and I had fun cycling/hiking with an old friend of mine.

We have a studio in Seattle for working with our Seattle-based teachers, soā€¦

If you do ever arrange that toast, let me know and i will come and join you groovy gals :grinning:

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WOW!! Iā€™m looking forward to the evolution of that retreat!! Italy would be great fun lol, but wherever it ends up being Iā€™ll want to be there. You are definitely the everything is possible kind of thinker! :blush:

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Nice. Which chord progression are you playing over and key?
6 2 5 1 etc
Thanks
Dr Dean

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Beautiful! You have inspired me to record a video. I will use iPad Pro but not sure how to send it.
Dr Dean

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in this case i was just waking up and playing some kenny Barron voicing which fly me to this little piece ā€¦ nothing about theory send me to this piece ā€¦ just my ears and fingering trying to catch what i had in my head one chord or melody getting me to the next ā€¦ more a ambience to catch than a key at this moment.

diminished harmony is around i think

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I am really a windows guy but it should not be such complicate you can download it in youtube or just on some dropbox or icloud and just paste a link to it .

heres a link to post it on youtube

ļ£æ How to Upload Videos Straight From The iPhone iPod iPad to YouTube

[Hayden Hill]

Yes simply drop a YouTube URL in the thread and it will automatically embed.

We can also do the same with Vimeo URLs.

Now , we are all waiting this video Doctor !

Yes as @Pierrot says, the best thing to do is to upload your video to YouTube, and then simply copy the YouTube URL into the forum post.

When you copy a YouTube URL into the forum post, it automatically creates a video embed.

The benefit is that YouTube can handle big video files, and also ensure the video playback speed is top notch.

@Dan - do you have any ideas here?

We can also use Vimeo, here is an example of me playing over the blues earlier this evening.

Excuse my office/studioā€¦ itā€™s a little messy :grin:

Again, simply drop the vimeo link into the post, and it creates an embed like this:

Hereā€™s what my post looks like:

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Yes the best way is to create a vimeo or youtube channel, upload your videos there from your iPad then copy & paste the links here. Both Vimeo and YouTube offer the feature to keep your videos unlisted so that the rest of the web canā€™t view it but you can post here.

Iā€™ll get some imagery and instructions together if this isnā€™t clear @dr1

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Thanks
I am not very tec savy. Should receive tripod mount for iPad in next few days. I plan to video then as I am finishing arranging ā€œMistyā€ from the lead sheetā€¦ Once that is complete I will need assistance to send it to pianogroove. Step by step instructions may be necessary.
Dr Dean

Pianogroove is by far the best educational experience in piano. I awake excited to practice every day!

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No problem @dr1 Iā€™ll get some detailed instructions for you and this is probably something weā€™ll incorporate into an explainer video for all members going forward.

Looks like we may have a new contender for the top spot on Dr. Dans Leaderboard for technical delivery.

Will get detailed instructions ASAP.

Thanks
Dan

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Thanks I was reluctant to use YouTube, because I didnā€™t want worldwide access to my video. So you can have it unlisted.
Will try that out

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Yes @LoriNelson on your YouTube video, if you click on ā€˜Edit Videoā€™ the option to have your video Public, Unlisted or Private is here (See screenshot)

If you set it to unlisted (then click save) you can still share the link but it isnā€™t visible to anyone else.

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