Name: Ten Seconds by Martin Herzberg
Duration: 5 min 17 s
Description: This is one of the VIP-tracks from my debut album "Silent Mirror Inside". available on amazon, iTunes etc....

In 2004 the song "Dragostea Din Tei" by the Moldavan Pop Band O-Zone became a huge hit all across Europe. It was covered hundereds of times and some versions were realeased simultaneously to the original. Thats why lots of fans didn't even know who wrote that heavy colored pop-art track in the first place. The americans instead, didn't  recognized this song until it became famous by a youtube user who shot a video of himself trying to lip sync to that song, calling it the song by the name "Numa Numa" as he didn't know its original titel (just type in "Numa Numa" at youtube, and you'll find it for sure). In result, the song blew up in the states and also became a hit. Even Rihanna picked it up, using the hook melody in the song "Live your Life". 

So when I accidentely stumbled across this song in 2009 again, I tried to play the chords on piano, just for fun. But the simplicity of chords and melody instantly changed my view on it, as it suddenly sounded kind of classy and deep. I knew I had to make a New Age Piano Cover of it. After a year, I was finally happy with the outcome of my version. So here you go, and hear for yourself what one of the most covered Pop-Hits sounds like, when its played on Piano.

If you want to see me playing this song live, just type in "variations on dragostea din tei" on Youtube, and you'll find a video.

Variations on Dragostea Din Tei / Numa Numa

composed by YOSHIKI
Handbell : Japan Handbell Players
guitar ＆ arr. : JUN
supported by Gflat Japan

ENDLESS RAIN ~X JAPAN~

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This is one of the VIP-tracks from my debut album "Silent Mirror Inside". available on amazon, iTunes etc....

Ten Seconds

In 1999, Martin Herzberg started to work on his first LP Silent Mirror Inside. In the beginning, he didnt expect the project to take him four years to finish it, but it did. In the Quest for the most homogeneous compilation of tracks, countless changes were made during the process of song-selection. But at last, 14 songs were chosen to create an album which is powerful, deep and melancholic at the same time. Chill-Out meets New Age, Trip-Hop touches Filmmusic. Now, he is often asked what term describes his music the best and the answer is: Chill-Score. Grown up in a musical surrounding of the new age-solo pianists George Winston and Ludovico Einaudi, Martin was also influenced by Chill-Out musicians like Moby or Air. Simultaneously, the work of Composers for Filmmusic, such as Thomas Newman or Hans Zimmer became a crucial part of his passion for music. As follows, it became obvious that his own work would try to combine at least two genres in the most perceptive way. The result was Silent Mirror Inside. An album which includes the most personal and emotional songs Martin has written till that day. Luckily, the album became an independent-music success in his hometown Berlin and a few hundred copies were sold without the help of expensive advertisement. Now the first voices from overseas are rising and the reviews are very positive. Theres a lot to discover!...thats why the album is now available at CD Baby...to continue its way across the Atlantic.


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