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NEWS: Everything Piano Has A New Look!
November 26th, 2009
What Do You Think About The New Layout?
The Everything Piano website has a completely new look! While the site has gone through some drastic changes, everything is still here, although a lot of unnecessary pages and content have been cut and slimmed down to provide for more easier navigation. My favourite feature is of course the elegant sliding menu at the top. Click on one of the photos to be brought to one of the many subpages of the website (the same pages as shown in the lower end of the sidebar).
After much work and hair-pulling, I’ve finally got everything in place. The last step was to actually write a whole bunch of 301 redirects from my old blog and pages to the new domains/sub-domains of the new site. It’s finally been completed.
Feel free to explore the new layout and check up on updated blog posts, which should be coming very soon. If you want to leave any feedback on the new layout, please do so! Leave a comment below or email me at elise @ elisemoreau.com.
Happy piano playing!
Happy Birthday To Me
September 14th, 2009
Today, I am 23 years old. I can hardly believe it. I still feel like I’m a teenager or something.
I’m very excited to say that for my birthday (from my dear parental unit), I am getting a PROPER piano stand for my Yamaha P-70 Electronic Piano. It’s been ordered, but I haven’t gotten it just yet. Right now, I just have one of those “X” stands that prop up the keyboard, mostly used for concerts and stuff because it’s portable and you can heighten it if you’re standing.
Anyways, it’s hard to use while I’m sitting, because my knees can’t go under it very well with the “X” legs getting in the way. A proper stand is definitely in order. Not to mention, I finally got a proper damper pedal as well. This is what I was using before:
Damper Pedal I Use Now
Now, I have a proper damper pedal. The Yamaha FC4.
Yamaha FC4
I thought I get could all three pedals into one built-in unit, but I guess I can’t. No big deal, since the damper pedal is really the only one I really use. I used to use the soft pedal on rare occasions when I was studying for conservatory exams.
Elise’s Musical Tip For The Day:
Your birthday is a great excuse to upgrade on the music equipment. Tell your friends and family that you want new stuff! It definitely worked for me…
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YouTube Update
September 2nd, 2009
Okay, so here’s just a small update. As you may have seen, I’ve got the YouTube account happenin’.
What’s that? NO piano talent videos yet? Booooo.
Well, just wait a minute now. I am WORKING ON IT. In fact, tonight I did a practice run with my camera and amazing Yamaha MIDI recorder USB-port thing for Debussy’s Clair De Lune and it went pretty well.
The only problem is, I’m a perfectionist. I want to play it perfectly. No mistakes, no fumbles, no hard hits on certain keys, perfect rhythm, perfect musicality, perfect dynamics, perfect (ugh) arpeggiate chords… it all just has to be PERFECT. Well, almost perfect, at least.
And I’m getting there. Especially since I’m using this advanced MIDI recording thing, the sound is super clear, so you can hear anything that I do wrong.
Even while it does sound pretty good, I still wish I had a grand piano. There’s nothing like the sound of a concert grand. Someday, when I have enough money (and a big enough house), I will buy a baby grand piano and everything will sound even more amazing.
Thant reminds me, I have to remind my parents to call a piano tuner to get our poor, horribly-out-of-tune console piano back it to shape. I wonder if it can be saved…
Elise’ Musical Tip For The Day:
Well, I already posted before, so this doesn’t count. Are you a night owl? Stay up all hours of the night practicing. I’ve done this on several occassions. I’ll practice right from 11pm to 3am and wonder where the time went. It’s probably not the healthiest thing to do, but at least it’s productive. Happy practicing!
