Pumpkin King - June 2011

Pumpkin King · Post by **Pumpkin King** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:07 pm

Ok, so for this month, I guess I'll share two of my youtube videos. I actually did do a composition for this animation project...but the guy I was working with never contacted me back about it. So maybe I'll share that another time.

But anyways, the first song I did was a piano cover from Okami (amazing video game) called Kaguya's Journey. It took me a few hours to learn, and a few more to record it with few flaws. But I was glad that I got it done. I actually submitted it in this little contest thing called Dwelling of the Duels, where every month there is a theme that relates to videos games...and you have to do a song according to the theme. The theme was Sony month, so I did this game. But yeah...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odpn5QxZgKs

Edit: I originally posted one of my keyboard solos, but I think I'll share this other one I uploaded today instead. It's an unfinished song from my triton extreme. And a fun one to play to. I'm not asking for a critique on this one. Since I have two songs, just feel free to comment on the one above. Comments on this one are welcome though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGvYOLZL9oE

CharlesFerraro · Post by **CharlesFerraro** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 7:05 am

excellent job on the okami cover, very well played. Its also relieving that you did a direct line-in for the music in the video instead of recording through a laptop mic or something. The nuances sound great.

Would you suggest Okami for Wii btw? Been thinking about picking it up.

Pumpkin King · Post by **Pumpkin King** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:25 pm

Thanks Charles. Yeah, I always record that way. Though usually it takes a bit of time to line the sound up with the video correctly and convert it properly. It took much longer in that second song. I had two separate video recordings and it just took awhile to make it work the way I wanted.

And YES, I would highly recommend it. Okami is my favorite game of all time and I've only played it on the Wii. Some say that the PS2 version was superior, but I still loved it. Amazing graphics, gameplay, and music for sure. And it's cheap.

ellll · Post by **ellll** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:07 pm

Hi King

Yes This is interesting and I am glad for your placing !

Enjoyed this and the way you played it in general .. A little more expression might have been used in places but its very good as is...

Will check out the game today.... Curious about it

Best Regards John

Pumpkin King · Post by **Pumpkin King** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:34 pm

Thanks for the feedback John.

I agree with using more expression in places. It would have helped if I practiced it a bit more, I learned it in one day so I was trying not to mess up, haha. And I think it would have helped a lot if I played an octave lower in my left hand, it would have added much more IMO. But it didn't sound right with the piano tone I was using. Though on a normal piano, it works perfectly.

And the game is great. The soundtrack is probably the best soundtrack I've ever heard, honestly. Just a beautiful orchestral score.

musical123 · Post by **musical123** » Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:29 pm

Yeah,it was great..............

Pumpkin King · Post by **Pumpkin King** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 5:24 pm

Thanks musical123