Members russrags Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 WOW [YOUTUBE]4XsYuHbXZUk[/YOUTUBE] This is an eleven year old girl. RussNashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 23, 2009 Moderators Share Posted July 23, 2009 Check out the pedal work!!! Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jason_Dionne Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 Awsome. People in the crowd didnt seem like they were that impressed:S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike Martin Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 Amazing. All on a Yamaha Electone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 Awsome. People in the crowd didnt seem like they were that impressed:SMaybe they were hoping for Mozart. Ultimately what you play -- the musical content -- does have some importance. I was quite impressed by her skill but I found the music... let's say... uninvolving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hard Truth Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 Child prodigies just make me sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cooterbrown Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 Child prodigies just make me sad. Aww, come on, it's just a Rush song. I could play that song when I was 13. (the year it came out) not like that, though...even though she did hit a few clams, and didn't quite have some of the correct notes.The "guitar" solo was real good.I wonder where she got the drum track from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cooterbrown Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 Awsome. People in the crowd didnt seem like they were that impressed:S Rush tends to do that to people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 IIRC, this was for a Yamaha press/dealer event in Japan about five years ago, showing off the capabilities of the keyboard. The same girl has done versions of "Carry On My Wayward Son" and other classic rock fodder. To me, it's obvious that she's aping the notes, but doesn't have any feel for the tunes. She probably doesn't even like the music. And yes, Cooter: I played a lot of Rush in a cover band when I was 14/15. Back then it seemed cool, or something. Anyway, it would be neat to see what she plays like when she's doing something she wants to do, and not being a human robot for a dealer show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 Here you go... same girl, I believe. 9pS5xzOWbwo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whiteop Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 but didn't that gal have a microchip in the back of her head? You know those sneaky Asians.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 I have to say I'm more impressed by the young player in question than I am by the instrument (or the musical selections). There's one guitar sound that's OK but then things drop off pretty quick, sound-satisfaction-wise. I don't hate a couple of the organ sounds. Maybe they should cut to the chase and try having her cover Vanilla Fudge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whiteop Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 who needs a band? Just hire her and a lead singer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GY Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 Who needs her? Just get an Electone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 Who needs actual music? Oh wait, we all do. Never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jotown Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 To me, it's obvious that she's aping the notes, but doesn't have any feel for the tunes. She probably doesn't even like the music......Anyway, it would be neat to see what she plays like when she's doing something she wants to do, and not being a human robot for a dealer show. Wow............ tough room. She is very talented and did an amazing job on the song, especially for 11 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 She is very talented and did an amazing job on the song, especially for 11 years old. Is she? Did she? I don't think those are facts at all. I think she did fine, and played pretty well. I think that I'd be proud of my kid if he practiced those songs and played them as she did, but a lot of us have kids that do things we're proud of. Russ' original post stated his jaw hit the floor, which is fine. Mine did not, neither when I first saw this nor on the repeat viewing. It's pretty good for an 11-year-old, and that's not an insult, Jotown. I'm sure you know there are some 11-year-olds out there who've already learned to also play with feeling, and that's way more impressive to me. But my tastes don't have to be the same as yours, or anyone's. And I also started doing recitals when I was nine or ten... I know how it feels. So, she did alright. Good effort, kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jotown Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 So, she did alright. Good effort, kid. Thats all I was sayin'. Didn't mean to bring back bad childhood memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aliensporebomb Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 I'm liking her stage presence: beret and boa. I can see a future star if shedigs into music more and starts writing her own material and gets a greatsinger. Heck, maybe she's a decent singer. At 11 my parents had an electric organ in the house, I was four yearsaway from getting my first real guitar but had cheap toy guitars lyingaround (an emenee special with a plastic fretboard and and a fake chipboard hollowbody telecaster shaped abomination). If I had parental support from an early age like that there's no tellingwhat I might be playing today. But, might this girl get burned out early and stop playing before sheturns 18? Only time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rekel Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 Amazing. Considering her age it's almost scary. Thanks for posting this, Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted July 23, 2009 Members Share Posted July 23, 2009 Man..harsh crowd... And there always seems to be some Rush hate lurking....WTF? I think the kid is talented. She may not be musical, but she has some skill. And if she is getting paid, it ain't all bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cooterbrown Posted July 24, 2009 Members Share Posted July 24, 2009 Man..harsh crowd...And there always seems to be some Rush hate lurking....WTF?. Rush is probably my favorite band...but you gotta accept and even dish out the stigma that goes with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 24, 2009 Members Share Posted July 24, 2009 Wow............ tough room. She is very talented and did an amazing job on the song, especially for 11 years old. Agreed about the young lady! It just seems like these transcriptions of these works* are a bit of a waste of her talent, kinda novelty stuff. (Appropriate, I guess, for showing off the instrument, although the instrument doesn't strike me as nearly as impressive as the performer.) With re tough rooms: I wouldn't say this thread/forum is as tough as the room they shot the vid in (although I only stuck for the end and splattering of half-hearted applause for the second tune, the Kansas thing -- but I note that someone else commented on a less-than-adulatory response from the crowd on the first vid). *That shouldn't really be construed as a slag on Kansas or Rush, I know they have many fans. But these versions just seem to me to be pretty gimmicky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted July 24, 2009 Members Share Posted July 24, 2009 Rush is probably my favorite band...but you gotta accept and even dish out the stigma that goes with it. I caught an extended interview with Rush a while back and they seemed to be very comfortable with their place in the hierarchy of putative coolness... and let's face it, wouldn't you rather have a small army of really fervent fans for decades than have the momentary adulation of all the hipsters for 15 minutes? Rush seem to have few illusions about their hipness quotient -- and I found that quite winning. They were not only down to earth, they were pretty funny. I quite liked them as people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted July 24, 2009 Members Share Posted July 24, 2009 I don't know about "Rush hate".It's more like "Rush indifference" for me. The music in these clips is not even close to jaw dropping. It sounds very cheesy and "home organish" to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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