• 71 year old piano steamer plays literally any song after hearing just a small portion of it
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This guy is really great, not just musically, he just seems really chill. Great evening entertainment.
Live right now. This guy kicks ass.
I literally have the luck of tuning in to see the final 5 seconds of the stream. Good for him that he gets to be on comedy central though.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/vO8EqCt.png[/img] Figures.
i missed yesterdays stream but i saw the day before, the guy got a monster amount of views (60K) and had donations like very minute, like 20 a minute and it ranged from 1-100 dollars. he seems like a genuinely fun person, i liked this improv of bohemian rhapsody [video=youtube;ku9NsO6gg5I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku9NsO6gg5I[/video]
[QUOTE=SonicHitman;49623660]i missed yesterdays stream but i saw the day before, the guy got a monster amount of views (60K) and had donations like very minute, like 20 a minute and it ranged from 1-100 dollars. he seems like a genuinely fun person, i liked this improv of bohemian rhapsody [video=youtube;ku9NsO6gg5I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku9NsO6gg5I[/video][/QUOTE] before the show went live someone was counting donations on the playlist vid and it averaged like $400 every 3 minutes at that point, even when he was fumbling some songs. It's very generous of people, and you can't exactly blame them for throwing some tips for doing this, between nostalgia for family doing the same, or never having experienced that kinda fun until now. This is hilariously wholesome, even despite twitch chat blowing up like it always does
Seriously, what's a piano steamer? :D I got to watch his first few streams and that man is fantastic. The old saying: "with age, comes wisdom & skill" applies to this guy in giant folds. --- Twitch chat as always: CANCER
This guy is great. The chat was asking him to play Titanic. And they were being dicks and saying PLAY THE RECORDER VERSION HAHRAHRHAHRAR So he plays Titanic on the piano for them, perfectly. Half way through with one hand, he pulls out a FUCKING RECORDER. Then he played it perfectly ON the recorder, WHILE playing the piano with his other hand. THEN he played the recorder with both hands while hitting keys on the piano with the end of it. Fucking knows exactly what he's doing
He doesn't look 71 at all
He has more dexterity at that age than i do at my age
[QUOTE=TheTalon;49624151]This guy is great. The chat was asking him to play Titanic. And they were being dicks and saying PLAY THE RECORDER VERSION HAHRAHRHAHRAR So he plays Titanic on the piano for them, perfectly. Half way through with one hand, he pulls out a FUCKING RECORDER. Then he played it perfectly ON the recorder, WHILE playing the piano with his other hand. THEN he played the recorder with both hands while hitting keys on the piano with the end of it. Fucking knows exactly what he's doing[/QUOTE] He's full of surprises and he's such a sweet sweet man about it all Last night the cancer you call chat got him to do crazy frog and it wasnt... Perfect.. [editline]28th January 2016[/editline] Also his hands are ridiculous. He literally hits the keys and it makes beautiful music
[QUOTE=TheTalon;49624151]This guy is great. The chat was asking him to play Titanic. And they were being dicks and saying PLAY THE RECORDER VERSION HAHRAHRHAHRAR So he plays Titanic on the piano for them, perfectly. Half way through with one hand, he pulls out a FUCKING RECORDER. Then he played it perfectly ON the recorder, WHILE playing the piano with his other hand. THEN he played the recorder with both hands while hitting keys on the piano with the end of it. Fucking knows exactly what he's doing[/QUOTE] I would've loved to see the chat's reaction to that. You know where I can find that timestamp?
[QUOTE=Symwck;49624253]I would've loved to see the chat's reaction to that. You know where I can that timestamp?[/QUOTE] it's not hard to guess the moment he takes a hand off the main piano and touches another instrument: [quote] RUINED RUINED RUINED RUINED <message deleted> Mod: excessive caps is not allowed RUINED RUINED FUCKIMG LMAO RUINED RUINED RUINED RUINED RUINED RUINED KAPPA RUINED RUINED RUINED [/quote] 5 seconds later he gets the hang of what he wants to do with the instrument/synth sound [quote] SAVED SAVED SAVED SAVED SAVAGE SAVED SAVED FUCKING REKD SAVED SAVED RUINED SAVED SAVED RUINED RUINED SAVED SAVED BOB ROSS OF MUSIC SAVED SAVED [/quote]
Oh jesus he plays the H3H3 theme at 1:11:30 in the newest VOD.
This guy lives in the same town as me, and only a 15 minute drive too. Huh
I just found out that he did megalovania a third time, at least
He should do Thriller sometime, its actually pretty good on the piano.
Really nice to see streaming taking off. I guess it hadn't before because of download limitations in tech, but now I await new possibilities.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;49624151]This guy is great. The chat was asking him to play Titanic. And they were being dicks and saying PLAY THE RECORDER VERSION HAHRAHRHAHRAR So he plays Titanic on the piano for them, perfectly. Half way through with one hand, he pulls out a FUCKING RECORDER. Then he played it perfectly ON the recorder, WHILE playing the piano with his other hand. THEN he played the recorder with both hands while hitting keys on the piano with the end of it. Fucking knows exactly what he's doing[/QUOTE] For those looking for the VOD and time [url]http://www.twitch.tv/pianoimproman/v/37799456?t=09h11m32s[/url]
list of things i'd try to get him to play -U.N. Owen Was Her? (can he outdo Asher Roth?) and this prepared piano piece: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg0ViA6Exs8[/media]
thats a pianola, a prepared piano has items inserted between the strings
71 years old and this guy is guarenteed having the most fun he has ever had in his life due to the publicity he is getting. Amazing pianist.
Playing piano is so much fun, I'm really sad I couldn't learn it earlier in my life. Once you learn basic structure and how to find a key, it's really easy to just jam away in a new key or play in an old favorite. Combine that with jazz structures for even more fun, too. [editline]28th January 2016[/editline] What's he's doing is not so easy though. I still sound terrible :D
So he hasn't been online because some kind of pipe burst under his house and he had to evacuate while they repair it. He's currently at a hotel and has been trying to get set up all day. The latest word is his next attempt to broadcast is around 8pm EST, I believe
[url=http://www.twitch.tv/pianoimproman]I think it's a public good to inform this thread when he's live again.[/url]
They were just told to be quiet by the hotel staff or they'll be thrown out. :(
how do you request stuff?
[QUOTE=Aleister;49639426]They were just told to be quiet by the hotel staff or they'll be thrown out. :([/QUOTE] "this guy just won't stop shredding!" [editline]31st January 2016[/editline] Seriously how can you have a problem with that lol
[QUOTE=noh_mercy;49639798]how do you request stuff?[/QUOTE] I believe actual formal requests are Subscriber only. I'm a subscriber myself, so I could request some stuff from this thread when he streams tomorrow @12pm est
It was really interesting hearing him talk about his history with his wife. He taught music in a public school in New York for around 20 years, and played in a restaurant at the top of the world trade center for awhile too.
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