ABBA Mamma Mia! 6-hand piano trio arrangement in concert

[littlemaymay88]

Um, I just thought of something. If u cant give me the music piece, can you tell me where you got yours?

[totophi]

@littlemaymay88

It didn't occur to you that, if I were seeking commercial release of this arrangement, that it was actually my own arrangement? I thought I made that clear in both descriptions. These are found just beneath the video windows.

I guess not everybody reads those.

[littlemaymay88]

Thanks anyways for actually bothering to tell us why...

[littlemaymay88]

0.0 Me and my piano teacher are just really upset because we can't find it anywhere else and no other piano piece made as much of an impression on us as yours did... So i can't explain how frustrated we are. :(

[totophi]

@littlemaymay88

You think YOU'RE frustrated? How do you think *I* feel?

I am honored that my arrangement made such an impression. Hopefully the people involved with licensing will get off their butts and we can start the ball rolling soon.

[Swimpboy]

as good as the other vidio of u doing it

[littlemaymay88]

Hi. first of all i want to say that i think your preformance of mama mia was amazing. For my piano recital in december, my piano teacher and friend want to preform mama mia like you did because it was amazing!!!!!! I was surprised it wasn't a professional!!!! But i was wondering if you don't mind- can u send me a copy of the piano sheet? Thanks!

[totophi]

@littlemaymay88

I am glad that you like this arrangement and that you found the performance (by three professionals and one student) pleasing.

If you look in the earlier comments, you will see that I plan to publish this arrangement for worldwide commercial release. Unfortunately, I have to figure out copyright fees to two different rights holders (among other things). As soon as this gets resolved, I will let everyone know how they can purchase a copy.

[littlemaymay88]

@totophi Thanks, but is there anyway that i can get a copy now? Because our recital is in December, and we need time to practice. And your performance is SO amazing that we didn't even CONSIDER anything else! It would be amazing to play it!!!!!! Please let us know as soon as you can!!!! Thank you!!!!

[totophi]

@littlemaymay88

The way to overcome the first major hurdle is to have some mysterious, wealthy benefactor suddenly ring my doorbell and give me the required money to pay both Alfred and Hal Leonard appropriate licensing fees (as the two companies are the rights holders). But even there are no guarantees, since the actual communication has been very slow.

There are many fine 6-hand pieces out there. And maybe you could try arranging other music on your own...

[littlemaymay88]

@totophi We'll just try something else... Thanks...

[totophi]

@littlemaymay88

That's the spirit! Keep the music alive! The show must go on. :-)

Meanwhile, I promise to all respondents in this thread that I will renew efforts to expedite the process this week.

[Calagrace541]

GREAT JOB!



[totophi]

@Calagrace541

Your praise is warmly received. :-)

[AmiCarmen1]

loved it:)

[totophi]

@AmiCarmen1

Glad you enjoyed it!

[Uday2310]

Juliane Gallant,Nicolas Richard,Étienne Levesque And Toto... Brilliant Piece of Work.

[E62Lct]

How much time to train yourself?

[totophi]

@E62Lct

If you're referring to me, the author of this arrangement, I have been playing piano for nearly thirty-five years. I ended formal training at twenty-four, but obviously as a professional I have kept refining, observing and learning (while also teaching).

Unfortunately, I don't yet have any videos that show the wide range of repertoire difficulty I face in my university work. But suffice it to say that this ABBA piece is not a technical challenge for me.

[elikemc2]

Molto bravi !

[rocatro73]

creative,  puts a smile on ur face listening to it

[petunia4ever]

sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooo awesome

[totophi]

Anyone marking this video with "Dislike" and not giving a satisfactory explanation is hereby presented with a YouTube Loser Award. :-)

[vagnard77]

@totophi comments like that encourage ppl to dislike ur video :)

[totophi]

@vagnard77

I thought I was pretty clear: if you Dislike the video but provide a coherent, compelling reason for your disapproval, then at least we have a mutual understanding. And also I can post an intelligent rebuttal, instead of just issuing another YouTube Loser Award.

[Lolloelle]

Love it love it!!!!! I'm are going to ask my piano teacherif she can learn me this song! My mom also said you three are a great couple :D

[waridan]

Nice :D.

[samtheman55566]

This is such a wonderful arrangement. I would love to get a group together and play this at some point if it's published. Keep up the excellent work!

[luma993]

That's fantastic!

[TSRAA]

Awesome, sharing this on Facebook.

[TheKoscube]

That was awesome! Must have been hard work... and it shows!

[SADL00KINM00N]

Wow very cool!

[susieq7mis]

Way ato go! Hope the music gets published!

[totophi]

@susieq7mis

Hello there, and thanks for your interest! Believe me, I want to get this published ASAP, so I can start on a long, continuing string of pop arrangements for 6-hand piano.

So you're a fellow Canuck! Whereabouts? I took a look at two of your videos and like the talent I observed. :-)

P.S. I couldn't send this as a private message because you have Friend Lock enabled.