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Shoals (Binaural)

from Trials of Figueroa by bensingermusic

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When it was first released on SoundCloud I got lots of comments about my piano playing being amazing. I felt guilty and took it down, because this is a midi piano, and I can't play this fast in real life. Well, maybe once, a long time ago on a good day when I was a piano student. In honor of those days and because it seems to make people happy and I like it too, I am reposting it with this written caveat and explanation.

The original version was made on the iPad in GarageBand, you can hear it with synths not piano. Maybe that is more honest? It can be heard as one of the bonus tracks on this album.

It brings up a good question: what is fair to play as midi and what as live? Is the piano sound reserved for live? Are there any rules, or is the final product the only thing that matters, no matter how it was constructed?

There is something of a thrill imagining someone actually playing this in front of a big piano, sweating for days practicing, getting it just right. I think of the soundtrack to the movie Shine, which I love-- if you heard that and knew it was midi, not actually performed, I think it would lose its appeal. The person behind the music. and what they are struggling with, really matters during that Rachmaninoff Third Concerto. So although my instinct is to say, "The only thing that matters is the end product", I have to hesitate and say, "It depends."

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from Trials of Figueroa, released April 4, 2017

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