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good job man thought this was the original! 

actually 21:04 on Monday with no school cause of staff development

This is a good version but billy Joel dose it better I've been to one of his concerts...

Billy Joel, Elton John - Piano Man (live)

This song has been a favourite in my family for many years. I decided to record my own version of it for a few reasons:

a) It's one of my Mum's all-time favourite songs.
b) I was quite surprised to find out that my mate Tenille loves it!
c) My bandmate Gogs showed me a killer live version of it by Brian May, which inspired me.
d) I wanted to record a song with an insane amount of vocal harmonies.
e) It's just a really cool little tune.

I started work on this track in the middle of January 2013 when I was still on holidays. Unfortunately it sat dormant for over half a year, as I had to engineer and produce a full length album for my brother in my studio, which took a hell of a long time. Basically any little slots time I could find in my busy schedule to actually get into the studio, were used up on that. My part of it is finally all done now though, so I can get back to my own projects. I eventually got back to this song, and finished it off at the end of August 2013.

Like I mentioned above, I was keen to load right up on vocal harmonies. I ended up singing the choruses in six-part harmony, so it sounds pretty sweet! For what I originally thought was a very simple little ditty, there ended up being a hell of a lot of tracks used in the recording. I was pretty thorough, and although I've put my own spin on it, it's reasonably true to the original.

The song was originally released in 1979, when Rainbow had Graham Bonnet on vocals. He has a killer voice, which is a bit intimidating when attempting to record a cover! Although it's definitely one of Rainbow's more "pop-ish" songs, the catchiness is undeniable. I promise my next song will be way more metal!

Since You Been Gone (Rainbow cover)

The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice

Written by  Elton John and Bernie Taupin, "Crocodile Rock" was released on 27th October 1972,

Crocodile Rock - Elton John

Uptown Girl (Billy Joel)

Piano Man - Billy Joel (Cover)

You Make My Dreams

Piano Man (BILLY JOEL)

Number Ones Of The Fifties

Great Balls Of Fire

I do love me some classic Billy Joel!

This was a very quick one. I took a grand total of two hours to do the backing track, record (two takes) and mix it. I admit to a little laziness - most of this is from the second take but there's a couple of bars punched in from the first. The song is a little high for me and I'm not entirely happy with the harmonica patch I used (need to fiddle with the attack for the short notes) but given how quickly I put it together I think it turned out pretty well!

I also tried taking the base off my Yeti and holding it. I think it sounds better and it makes for a nicer performance, but I did have problems with very high levels even with the mic's gain set to minimum. I think on balance it's an improvement, though. It gives me a bit more control.

I recorded this after my audition for the Gondwana Chorale today. Getting to and from the venue on public transport was... an adventure, shall we say... so I needed something to do to relax! The Gondwana Chorale is one of the Gondwana Choirs and auditions nationally each year. If you live in Australia and are into choral singing, you should audition - I totally recommend it! I've sung with them in a few previous seasons and it's always a lot of fun. They have a YouTube channel here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/GondwanaChorale
(There's a nice, lingering shot of me at the end of Water Night!) XD

Song: Piano Man
Artist: Billy Joel
Backing Track: Synthesised from the MIDI at http://freemidi.org/download.html?id_cmp=1284&id=263&Piano+Man&Billy+Joel

Piano Man - Billy Joel

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great balls of fire [Stand By Me, Top Gun] (Oncoming Martian Version)

I sing stuff, record it, then upload it to YouTube. Now I'm uploading it here, too. Occasionally I produce instrumental tracks as well.

Piano Man - Billy Joel

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