Incocnito's Performance Submission

[incocnito]

Great website! Just came looking for new stuff and found out about this thing here.
I'm playing some stuff from Pokemon, DonkeyKong64 and Animal Crossing, thanks to this website. I've only been playing the piano for about a year and a half, and I'm trying to learn it by myself. These videos are already a year old and obviously not very good, but I didn't want to delete them and maybe this here will make me practice a little harder once people tell me how much I suck at it, so here we go:

Lilycove Museum (Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire)
Arrangement by Dr. Pamplemousse

Really like this one. It's so easy and sounds great. Always play it to warm up.

The Roost (Animal Crossing: Wild World)
Arrangement by The Deku Trombonist

The first song I learned! Haha, didn't even have a sheet for it then, made my own by copying this synthesia-version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOVjPe5d_y8

Littleroot Town (Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire)
Arranged by ShadowOnTheSun

Actually, I found the sheets for this one on a different website, because there's only a two-piano version available. I remember doing A LOT of takes...

K.K. Ballad (Aircheck) (Animal Crossing)
Arrangement by The Deku Trombonist

Lilycove City (Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald)
Arrangement by Dr. Pamplemousse

Gloomy Galleon - Mermaid Palace (DonkeyKong 64)
Arranged by Nico Mendoza AKA Nacho2420

And I would of course appreciate any complaints about my way of playing the piano.

(And by the by, feel free to browse through my channel and discover the magic world of guitar-playing. I learned that by myself, too. Started with these songs I've been recently uploading, I even made tabs for each of them, check the video description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hMlOvW9lzU&list=PLlx-0_t3TeFP3x-ng8RPDEkDC3HsKl_ui&index=1)

[ThatGamer]

Excellent piano playing, I must say! Especially The Roost! Fabulous haircut too! Planning to do any fast paced songs?

[incocnito]

Why, thank you, ThatGamer. I like my hair too.
God, I love the smell of sarcasm in the evening.

I actually can play a few fast paced songs... I just dislike recording, you know, with the equipment lying about in my otherwise totally shiny room. I was so glad to put it all back after recording those 29 guitar videos, I was just happy looking at a clean desk. But what the hell, tonight I'm gonna do another one, just for you.
Fun fact: Did you know I had to put my iPhone between two books in a shelf to record the piano-videos from that angle (and put it back like 300 times because I had to take so many many takes)? Do you have any ideas for an easier way of recording?

[ThatGamer]

Why, thank you, ThatGamer. I like my hair too.
God, I love the smell of sarcasm in the evening.

I actually can play a few fast paced songs... I just dislike recording, you know, with the equipment lying about in my otherwise totally shiny room. I was so glad to put it all back after recording those 29 guitar videos, I was just happy looking at a clean desk. But what the hell, tonight I'm gonna do another one, just for you.
Fun fact: Did you know I had to put my iPhone between two books in a shelf to record the piano-videos from that angle (and put it back like 300 times because I had to take so many many takes)? Do you have any ideas for an easier way of recording?

Honestly have no idea about the recording dilemma. My videos turn out worse then yours. I try taping it to the piano, though it doesn't get a great view of the keys...

[Pianist Da Sootopolis]

IIRC there used to be phone cases that could be mounted on a tripod. Don't know if those are still a thing.

[incocnito]

Just did a little experiment with my mike stand with the most amazing results! So easy. I wish I would've had one when I made those recordings. You can expect the next video tomorrow - I made room on my phone, so I can just let it record for 20 minutes straight and then choose the best take. Also I'm messing around with the midi function of my e-piano, I think it sounds a million times better that way.

[ThatGamer]

Just did a little experiment with my mike stand with the most amazing results! So easy. I wish I would've had one when I made those recordings. You can expect the next video tomorrow - I made room on my phone, so I can just let it record for 20 minutes straight and then choose the best take. Also I'm messing around with the midi function of my e-piano, I think it sounds a million times better that way.

Nice! I will be here, waiting! I'm here all day and night as usual!

[incocnito]

Here we go. Lilycove City. Sadly, I wasted the whole morning to figure out a way to make the midi-function work, but I can't get the video and the sound synchronised... Oh well.

[ThatGamer]

The video and sound seem synchronized! What I don't like however, is the angle of the camera...hurts my head...

Nice piece as well! Played it well!

[incocnito]

Sure they're synchronized, because I didn't use the midi channel. Otherwise it wouldn't sound so bad...
And the angle is perfectly fine (it's the same as before), but I can rotate the video so it looks like the others. Thankfully, Youtube has a built-in rotate function.

[ThatGamer]

Sure they're synchronized, because I didn't use the midi channel. Otherwise it wouldn't sound so bad...
And the angle is perfectly fine (it's the same as before), but I can rotate the video so it looks like the others. Thankfully, Youtube has a built-in rotate function.

Oh, maybe that's just me, idk. If you feel it looks nice, then keep it that way!

[incocnito]

No you're right it makes me a little light-headed too.
Check it out, youtube is finished with editing the video.

[ThatGamer]

No you're right it makes me a little light-headed too.
Check it out, youtube is finished with editing the video.

Oh yeah, looks much better this way! 

[Pianist Da Sootopolis]

Nice job. The melody isn't coming through very well on my headphones, though, so maybe improve on that. You also look like you're holding a decent amount of tension in your hand.
Aside from that, good job!
I always wanted to play this one, but never got around to it.

[incocnito]

Thank you It's nice to be appreciated.
By the way, I'm wondering if any of you think that Lilycove City sounds a little like waltz?

I think I'm going to videotape all the videogame songs I found here. Maybe I'll manage to upload one everyday