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I think that would help me, whit riffs and stuff like that. Ok. I will tell you.dave brum wrote:HOW did you do that, Mariusssssssssssssssss?
I've got two cats and I often talk about them on here, but I don't know how to upload!
Ok, then you copy that IMG Code, and copy in to your post. If you understand? You can choose: Email & IM, Direct Link, HTML Code and IMG Code. Take IMG Code.dave brum wrote:hey Marius - so I've uploaded two images onto Photobucket - so what do I do now? How do I get those images onto the forum like you did?
Thanks
I can try to record, when im playing some boogie/blues. But im not as good as you! So don`t expect something.dave brum wrote:I wish I could hear you play some boogie woogie Marius.
Or jazz. Do you like jazz piano? like Oscar Peterson or Thelonious Monk?
Yeah, you`re right Dave. I got to practise a lot, and get the 2 hands play together.dave brum wrote:Marius DO NOT worry about being good or as good as me! I am not a teacher I won't pick faults with your playing, just appreciate the fact that you have recorded yourself and you are sharing your playing with me, hey!!
Let me tell you something Marius as you're my friend. I used to have a MASSIVE problem with my confidence when I'm playing, sometimes (and I still do in front of my teacher) I get a strange feeling like I've never touched a piano ever in my life and I would feel like that when I knew I was recording myself playing. Going to piano lessons has really helped me with this, Marius!
I am 38 and you are only 17. Just think what a GREATpianist you'll be when you are 38! Or even in twelve months from now you've got to just keep learning!!!
GO MARIUS!!
That would be fun!Their advertisement seems pretty good.. Is it expensive?Marius wrote:But i have looked at this video. And they have boogie and blues lessons dvd. Maybe I gonna buy it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKaI3gSxhjQ
Ok Mark. So the blues scale is important, when you play boogie.markymark wrote:Their advertisement seems pretty good.. Is it expensive?Marius wrote:But i have looked at this video. And they have boogie and blues lessons dvd. Maybe I gonna buy it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKaI3gSxhjQ
In my experience, these video advertisements seem to showcase the best parts and you are left feeling slightly disappointed.
Still... if you have little or limited knowledge of boogie woogie, then it may be okay. Just bear in mind that blues is the core for all those style you are talking about: jazz, boogie woogie, southern gospel, urban gospel, funk. When you start into these things, you will need to cover the blue scales as the foundation for boogie woogie anyway so don't be too close-minded to looking into blues.
Thanks, that you will help me whit it Dave !dave brum wrote:Yeah. And I've got loads of easy stuff that I've found in charity shops or in Hay on Wye (little town about 22 miles from here that is famous all over the world for bookshops - there are about 50 bookshops there!) that just include the five white notes either side of Middle C that will start you off with sight reading!
Can't wait to see your piano, Marius!! (and your drum kit too)
I play in a corps, if you know what i mean. But i want to buy a drum kit! Heheh, no its not exactly the same thing!dave brum wrote:Yeah, I see what you mean with the drum corps, Marius! I used to be a Boy Scout back in my home city of Birmingham (about 55 miles/88km from here) but it's not exactly the same thing, is it!!!
Have a look in your inbox M!
Yeah, Edvard Grieg is famous!dave brum wrote:No, afraid I've not been to Norway! I think the nearest I've ever been to Norway is Whitby, a coastal town on the north east coast of England. I've been to Ireland loads of times though!
I'd love to go and see some of the scenery that inspired Edvard Grieg. I have both his Piano Concerto's on CD. How far are you from Oslo, Marius?
Hello Dave! Im fine, but i have headache. Im sitting to much in front of the computer! Hehe.dave brum wrote:Hey Marius! How are you today? What are you doing?
Yep, I'll record another couple of songs for you and mail them over to you. OOOh, I have a fan of my piano playing in Norway - how cool is that!!!
Yes, it was a safe journey!dave brum wrote:I am here Marius! Did you have a safe journey home?
I want to scan something that was in the Guardian newspaper today on pianos and keyboards for you - an interview with Jools Holland!!
Stranges!I know a good march from SOUSA! Its: Hands across the sea! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGm665Ue ... re=relateddave brum wrote:You got it right now in your inbox, Marius!
I have just been playing 'Liberty Bell' by Sousa. It is my next piano lesson next Saturday and I want to play something else for my teacher besides the three pieces she has given me as homework!!
I am really itching to hear you play, O Marius!
Im sure you gonna be a good pianist !!dave brum wrote:Hey Marius!
I've got a lot of things I am not sure about. Like when I play at the metronome speed it says in the book I cannot seem to move my hands quick enough. But I'm determined to get it right! Like playing the piano anyway I want to be a good pianist very soon, Marius!!
I can sing. But not sing AND play! Its just a mess. Hehedave brum wrote:Can you sing as well as play, Marius? That is REALLY hard to do!
I've got another Elton song 'Song for Guy' in my Kenneth Baker piano course but I've not got to it yet and it looks really hard
Have you tried your email yet today, Marius?
Hehehdave brum wrote:Okay Marius, no worries with the Email. I have more than my fair share of problems with computers so I think everyone has them at some point. It's a bit like having trouble with cars (but then you would call out Super Marius the Mechanic to fix it!!)
I'd really like to be able to play that piano riff from Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros. It sounds really easy to play but it probably is not as easy as it sounds!!
I love Dire Straits!!dave brum wrote:Yeah, Marius - Sigur Ros have lots of piano-ey sounds in their music.
Do you have any favourite bands? I like rock jazz and reggae. But I take notice of anything that is piano led, like Alicia Keys, or maybe Kate Bush. Keane have a new album out in the UK right now!
But i listen to blues and boogie more and more We have BBC. What channels have the british people then?dave brum wrote:Yeah me too! I have got 2 Dire Straits albums on the shelf, Love Over Gold and Brothers In Arms. I want to get Alchemy as well.
I saw Mark Knopfler on a TV programme about the guitar on BBC1 last Sunday. I think the second part is tonight, they are doing Jimi Hendrix.
Do you get British TV channels in Norway on cable or satellite, Marius?
dave brum wrote:I have just set the DVD recorder to record the guitar programme tonight. It is on at 22.15 UK time (23.15 where you are Marius) on BBC1
There are loads and loads of TV channels in the UK, lots of different 'platforms' (ways of receiving them) and some channels you have to pay a subscription for and some are free to air. The main TV channels in the UK are BBC1, BBC2 and commercial ITV1, Channel 4 and five. If you watch digital TV, and most people in the UK do now, you can also get extra channels from the BBC like BBC3, BBC4, two childrens channels and a 24 hour news channel, all from the BBC - and then you can also get free extra ITV channels ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4, Sky News, and some other extra channels.
The channels you pay for are like Sky channels, UKTV channels, Discovery, Living etc. all the specialist stuff - and if you want to pay an absolute fortune you can watch all the British football matches that are on Sky Sports or watch good movies!
Okey. You most pay for some tv channels here also..Film and football 24/7! But we have: Nrk1, Nrk2, TV2, TV3, TV Norge(tv norway), Eurosport, Discovery, Fox Kids..etc!
I like to watch Discovery! Much fun!
But I think there's too much TV in the UK anyway! I would rather be doing something else than watching TV, Marius - like socialising with my friends!!
What is Norwegian TV like, Marius?
Its ok weather here in Norway. In some countries here, its raining a lot, but i dont live in that part.dave brum wrote:You pay for all the Discovery channels here, they are on cable (where ever you can get cable - there is no cable here) and on digital satellite (which is UK wide)
There is a very good free channel on digital satellite called Channel M, it is local TV for the Manchester area and they have a music show on there late at night hosted by Clint Boon (keyboard player with the Inspiral Carpets - old Manchester band from the 1990s)
It is really warm here in this part of the UK. What is the weather like in Norge, Marius?
But here i live its around 1,5-2 meters! I like winter No, im not in that part Dave. I have never seen the Northern Lights, but i want to see that.dave brum wrote:I'd say it was around 17 degrees outside at the moment. Yeah, we get a lot of everything in this part of the UK - one day cloudy and cold, one day nice but cold, one day nice but hot - the British weather is really un predictable!!
In the winter solstice (21st December - that's my birthday!!) it gets dark at around 16.00 in the summer solstice about 22.00. Are you in the part of Norway where you can see the Northern Lights, Marius?
My wife is home from work now.
Oh, thats cool!dave brum wrote:One of the local free newspapers here are doing holidays to the north of Norway to see the Northern Lights!
But I've just had a look on my Atlas of the World and Oslo is in the south of Norway.
What is the name of the place in Norway where you are, Marius? I will see if I can locate it on my atlas.
Can you try to scan it on your computer? Cool Dave!!dave brum wrote:I found some really good aerial (from the air) shots of Skien on Virtual Earth. There are loads of green spaces there and you have a river there There is a river here as well. It is called the Wye.
It looks a really lovely place to live, Marius! Now you try it with Hereford UK. and also try it with the city where I was born and raised, Birmingham UK. You will find Birmingham very different to Skien!!
Im gonna go on google now, and search for Birmingham! Looks a little bigger then Skien I want to take a trip to Birmingham someday! Oh yeah! I found B67 7HWdave brum wrote:Marius, if you can google UK postcodes, look up B67 7HW. We lived in that neighbourhood until I was 15 and it is where the Tiger Woods photo of me was taken!!
Birmingham is the next biggest city in the UK after London. It is home to many different cultures faiths and races and there is always lots and lots of things to do there. There is a huge concert hall called Symphony Hall just off Broad Street in central Birmingham, and about five years ago they installed a huge pipe organ in there. I saw them doing it!
I really miss living in Birmingham, Marius!
Its a roundabout there? Google earth is awesome Sounds great! I have heard about Cardiff. What you doing this evening Dave?dave brum wrote:We used to live right next to that roundabout, Manor Road!
When you get your Email back I'll give you the postcode of the place where I live right now, and you can look that up too! We are about 55 miles (88km) from central Birmingham where we are now. There is another big city called Cardiff that is 88km in the opposite direction from Birmingham.
I might have some more things that I can scan for you, Marius!
I didnt know that it was a norwegian church there! Most check that !dave brum wrote:You will love Cardiff! There is an old Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay. Aparrently, Roald Dahl was baptised there and the square outside the church is called Roald Dahl Plass. It was built by Norwegian sailors who settled in the docks of Cardiff (it used to be known as Tiger Bay) The church is now an arts center. Look at www.norwegianchurchcardiff.co.uk
I am cooking dinner at the moment. Fish!! So excuse me Marius if I am a bit long between replies, I'll be eating dinner then!!!
What are you having for dinner, Marius? And what are you doing??
Would be great to meet you Dave!dave brum wrote:Well, Marius! if you ever come to the UK and stay with us for a while, I'll know what to cook for you, won't I!!
Dinner will be ready soon. So I'll catch you in about half an hour, Marius!
What are you watching on TV? something in English or Norsk?
Yes, im gonna send more!dave brum wrote:We'd love to meet you too, Marius! You must send some more photos of you!
Johan Blohm is great and his piano sounds good too. It sounds like he's playing it on a concert grand, the bass (low) notes sound really rich and full
I've been looking up the NRK website, there is a section in English I've been reading. Been trying to get NRK-P3 to play on my computer but as the NRK-P3 section is in Norwegian, I do not know where to click (and no symbols either:( )
Dinner was great thanks. I had 2 plums after the fish!!
and it's real frustrating!