Get the Piano Guys YouTube Hits Album here: www.thepianoguys.com Support us by downloading on iTunes itunes.apple.com Support us by downloading on Amazon.com here: www.amazon.com Be the first to see our NEW VIDEOS WEEKLY by subscribing to our channel here: www.youtube.com Follow us on Facebook: Piano Guys www.facebook.com A special thanks to one of our Founders 1LAW.com www.facebook.com If you liked this video you’ll LOVE our version of these tunes: Adele Rolling in the Deep: www.youtube.com David’s Guetta’s Without You: www.youtube.com The story behind the song: Each time we write/arrange a tune we take a journey. We have to admit—this journey took us a lot further than we expected. Retracing our steps reveals several factors that made this a reality. As we started arranging it we had serious writer’s block. Perhaps some of the worst we’ve ever had. In fact, one day instead of writing we went around the entire studio with a can of WD-40 and coated every piece of metal to ensure that we were a squeak-free studio. Then on a whim we decided to back away and take an entirely new approach to the song—an African approach. It may seem random in retrospect, but at the time it was an exciting way to restart the arrangement. It was working, but our journey still was on foot until we called in Alex Boye, one of the most talented people we’ve ever met. Alex has this contagious energy that gave new life to the song and to us. He sings the tune in 4 different languages: Swahili … Video Rating: 4 / 5
Download this and other great hits of Jon Schmidt ‘s on iTunes itunes.apple.com Pachelbel Meets U2 itunes.apple.com Also you can find Sheet music, mp3s, minus tracks of all his music at www.jonschmidt.com Look for Love Story Meets Love Story, ROCKmanioff, Pachelbel Meets U2, All of Me, Waterfall and so much more! After our Taylor Swift Coldplay mash-up, lots of people wanted more song combos. This led us to the creation of a cool hip hop mash-up, but again we could not get permission. Instead of scrapping the great ideas, we used them to create an original tune. You will hear influences and inspiration from other artists. Try and guess them. On the recording, Steven Sharp Nelson laid down over 100 tracks including cello textures never known possible. Every single sound on the video was made using only the instruments shown: piano, cello, mouth percussion and kick drum. We utilized some cool effects on lots of stuff…for example the U2-style delay on Steve’s pizzicato at the beginning. The extra string on the electric cellos (the black cello has an extra high string and the white cello has an extra low string) allowed us to cover the full range of the orchestra. The deep bass drum sound is a bump on the body of the cello with a little help from some effects. The shaker sound was created by Steve rubbing rosin on his bow. The record scratch is Steve scratching a quarter on the strings…you get the idea. Special SPECIAL thanks to Paul Anderson and Tel Stewart “The Piano …
Bow Valley Chorus performing Agnus Dei from the Mozart Requiem. 2006 Video Rating: 4 / 5
