Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty Themeġ4. Grand Theft Auto IV: Soviet Connectionġ0. Uncharted - Drake s Fortune: Nate's ThemeĨ. I heard on the radio that in the UK one of the top selling CDs is Orchestra playing video game music. I think those pianists should look at his example and play music which is more popular for the general audience not musicians. It must make a lot of recording pianists sick that Clayderman can make so much money out of music that is so simple by comparison. In the eye or ear of the person that is listening to you play, that person can care less whether you play Chopin or Coldplay. So next time someone asks you to play a Clayderman theme, be professional.don't snarl or complain about it, just play it.and play it right. But a real musician will play anything that is asked of him. Don't say you wont because you would be a liar.Īnd no, I'm not a Clayderman fan.
And yes, even you will perform "Mary had a little lamb" with some orchestral arrangements if you were a working pianist and depended on income from your performances. So next time you sit down and perform a kick ass "complex" piano piece for your family and/or friends, just remember Richard Clayderman travels the world, sits down in front of large audiences and gets paid lots of money to perform the "simple" piano melodies you abhor. You'll agree that this guy is making a very good living doing it too. Simple music or "complex classical" or whatever, the guy is making the money for them. Im not going to disagree with you that Clayderman plays very simple music, but he is a commercial success and record companies don't care whether he plays When it comes down to a commercial pianist, you know, the type the gets "paid" to perform, its about what people want to hear or buy.
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Its not actually about what you know how to play or how complex you play it. Quote from: BuyBuy on June 12, 2003, 03:53:13 PM Hey guys ! Hopefully, at some point in the future the majority of the population will realize where music with rich content lies, and will embrace the classics once again.ĮDIT: Sorry, jumped the gun and made it sound like and advertisement! Even people I have met at the gym told me to give them some CDs after they heard I listen to a lot of classical. You'd be surprised how many people are out there who would actually like to "get into" classical music. Therefore I will be making a website with this aim (first have to learn web programming). I think that it is important to advocate classical music among the youth. Suddenly your eyes and heart are open to the recreation of a time that has passed, emotions that have vanished, landscapes that have changed. Of course, once you are capable of doing this at will, not to mention actually finding meaning in the music, it is the most culturally rewarding experience. It literally takes willpower to overcome the initial difficulties of even being able to sit still for 20 minutes and listen to the same piece.
They are used to 3 minute, abrupt, overly repetetive and narrowly focused music. Most of the population, especially the youth has trouble finding the meaning in "more complex" classical pieces. Well, I guess I just can't stand the guy.
And sure, good composers have taken easy tunes and transform them in magnificent works, but not with a process of adding trills and arpeggios only. Of course, look and showmanship are part of any pianist career (after all, a pianist is payed to play for people), but are not supposed to cover and make lower music attractive.
I think he's trying to appeal to the crowds with a lot of showmanship and easy tunes arranged with a lot of garbage decorations, and people prefer listening to that kind of surface music than to deeper works. I don't like it, I guess, is the best way to say it. But no deeper emotions, no spiritual dimension, no structure. Lots of trills, sweet melodies, glamorous arpeggios. musicality to me, I think it's superficial. I personnally hate that, simply because I don't like what that guy plays. What do you feel when someone hears that you play the piano and tell you : "Oh I love Richard Clayderman ! Do you play any of his songs ? Do you play Ballade for Adeline? I have his CD, I can make a copy for you." well, that kind of stuff.
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