I've been inactive on Soundcloud for nearly a year. Each time I put up a track, I kept saying uploads would be more frequent, but I never anticipated the number of changes I'd be going through in my personal life. The amount of time it takes to adjust to college and living away from home is immense, and it barely leaves you with time for things you really want to do.
In other news though, I wouldn't have been able to record good quality anyway. 

I hope you enjoy this cover as much as I loved playing it. I actually listened to a couple of covers on YouTube prior to recording my own, and there are a lot of borrowed elements from those. I really appreciate those arrangements, but I've attempted to add stuff with a bit more freestyling in the middle. 

A lot of people have been arguing over whether this track is overhyped or underappreciated, and while I understand that, I genuinely believe we should just enjoy the music these amazing artists put out.

Cheers. Hope everyone's doing well. 

Adele - Hello (Piano Cover)

It's been a while. I love this song, and I love hearing about how this one was produced. Here's my favourite video about it: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaAv5AiBRgY

Hope you guys enjoy this. Do give me feedback! 

Also. Props to Niko Koutolas, and YoungMin You, on YouTube. Used references to figure out rhythms.

Zedd - The Middle Ft. Maren Morris & Grey (Piano Cover)

Covers :D
Learnt partially by ear, and Youtube. 
Peace out. 

Skrillex - Bangarang (Piano Cover)

This year for my birthday I gifted myself a Launchkey Mini. This is the first song I've recorded using Ableton Live Lite and that device to correct certain parts.

I'm hoping to record a piano cover version of the entire album. Let's see if that works out. For now, here's a song I've really enjoyed.

Vampire Weekend - Sunflower ft. Steve Lacy (Piano Cover)

Second cover in the series, I hope you enjoy it!

Vampire Weekend - This Life (Piano Cover)

I started attending piano classes again, and I thought maybe it would be worthwhile for me to document each piece I learn. Relearning how to play after a gap of a few years means understanding technique a lot more than just playing things by ear or at random speeds. I'm having to control tempo, and play with dynamics, and read sheet music again - things I have not done in a while, but things I am enjoying. 

This was recorded on a Launchkey Mini (each hand separate) with Ableton Live 9.

J.S. Bach - Minuet in G Major BWV Anh. 114 (Petzold)

COVID-19 gives me more time to record piano covers so I'm back to finish up the Vampire Weekend series. Many thanks to Neon Beings on YouTube for the excellent filming of his cover - particularly helped me figure out the middle portions.

Vampire Weekend - Unbearably White (Piano Cover)

While I continue trying to figure out covers of the Vampire Weekend album, the classical training is making headway. This is the theme to Tchaikovsky's ballet, Swan Lake.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Theme from Swan Lake

This arrangement is found in John Thompson's Modern Course for the Piano, The Fifth Grade Book. Recorded using a Novation Launchkey Mini and Ableton Live 10 Lite.

J.S. Bach - Prelude In C Major (No. 1 from the Well Tempered Clavier)

I discovered Lin-Manuel Miranda's performance of "Alexander Hamilton" at the White House only in early 2016, and I've been obsessed with Hamilton, the Musical ever since. The concept, the multitude of genres, the story, all so gripping - so well-made. 

I wanted to cover a song with rhythm and melody, rather than providing just the rhythm to which the song is sung per the show. Scribd is a great source of sheet music, and Reddit a great source of rhythm suggestions. An acknowledgement is also due to Nathan Schaumann's YouTube cover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RGFkAZ5ymc) which helped with the bridge. 

Recorded using an Oppo F7 and a Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-620.

Hamilton: An American Musical - You'll Be Back (Piano Cover)

Celebrating the Styrian Grand Prix, the first time Formula One has raced at the same venue for two back-to-back races.  

Recorded on a Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-620 using FL Studio 12.

Feedback and comments welcome. Thanks to Marla Kishimoto and PrimePiano (YouTube) for their videos, which served as useful guides for transitions.

Tejas Rao

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