Blinded by Light (Final Fantasy XIII) on violin and piano (duet with joshi3joshi)

[fire1202]

The guy on the violin is really cute! I wanna see more of him!

[TheVilksi]

tone tone and then what a wonderful tone amazingly tone,,. perfect!!

[pillsbery]

wow O.o

[lin99ify]

it would be better if u keep a smiling face....... :D

[TheJamKru]

The one who disliked it is Fal'Cie

[JPili1]

@TheJamKru :O Barthandelus???

[419FFFanForever]

BRAVO! BRAVO! THAT WAS AWESOME!

[firesoal6]

1 people don't have grammar XD

[Shoran000]

This kills me... most epic son after One Winged Angel in my opinion... and I think yours is even better than the original, for real ^^

[ObjectionManiac13]

Thanks for talking about joshi3joshi (I WAS TOTALY CLUELESS about his existence and dam he is awsome , my good how isnt he famous there is no JUSTICE )

[MrBabymack]

that was nothing less than fucking awesome

[RoxasErica]

wow, this is really good, impressive!! =)

[WarriorofDestiny16]

I LOVE´N IT ! YOu´re the Best i see :)

[evilbluebear]

:O m g ... amazing! Absolutely adored it well fucking done! <3

[DanDood666]

Bravo, absolutely fucking bravo!!! I'm actually gobsmacked by how brilliant that was!

[SSCloud001]

Holy freaking crap I just got the omega weapon!!!

[Jsunmile]

Do you guys have sheets for this?

[UncleRob199]

In response to your description, is 1:44 - 1:53 the part with Uematsu-inspired piano?

[SuperRakira]

very good! ^^

[juma086]

0:37 - 0:45 wasnt that part of the battle theme from FFIX?

[Myzushin]

Nice!!! 

[Golbezbajaj]

The guy on Violin is SERIOUSLY talented! this sounded amazing!

1 person who watched this is deaf and jelous

[Golbezbajaj]

The guy on Violin is SERIOUSLY talented! this sounded amazing!

[Srh39208]

Dude... THIS IS EPIC ! Nice job!

[xKurogashi]

im curious, on your main page, you said you've played on and 'off', when you were 'off' does, what does that entitle to? no playing whatsoever? or you were just playing for the 'fun of it' with no teachers/progression in mind? thanks.

[Verdegrand]

@xKurogashi Hi, yeah during those 'off' periods, I didn't play at all. That was for several years, and then I restarted. I would think that during the 25 years I've played, at least 5 were breaks in one form or another. Many greetings

[KayinGD]

One of two standout pieces from FFXIII - this theme and Dust to Dust (Oerba's theme) are easily amongst the absolute best in the series.

[jconnor117]

Bravo

Simply brilliant

[1just12comment]

My request???

Thanks!!!

I love it!

Sorry I was soo late at watching this...

(Focused on studies)

[mozart897]

There's a piece of FF IX Battle theme...Am I wrong?

[Verdegrand]

@mozart897 no, you are right :) so the secret has been deciphered...

[tikachu9999]

@mozart897 I noticed that, too. xD

[TheMrFraz]

Should I ever become rich, I'm hiring both of you to follow me and play this whenever I face a trial, be it a job interview or menial daily decision.

[Verdegrand]

@TheMrFraz haha, you know, with a keytar that would actually be possible :)

[ViolinTay]

Oooh epic video FTW! Awesome job, as usual both of you :)

[bramanaka]

Very well improvised, great!!

[lyoug]

1:44 : piano suggests FF VII Battle theme ?

[joshi3joshi]

@lyoug you got it. :)

[skumskilla]

Youtube truly is an amazing thing. Bringing musicians together that would not have met otherwise. Keep up the collabs guys! I love the piano accompaniment and I love those high notes that you hit joshi. Great work!

[alvin4351]

YES!!! ff13!!!

[accountfor1reason]

Yup. :D

[joshi3joshi]

verdegrand, do you think someone will ever figure out that this isn't just the final fantasy xiii battle theme? *hint hint* lol

[Verdegrand]

@joshi3joshi Haha, well, I think a couple of people might have a vague idea of what's going on, but it might take a while until one of them actually posts a comment revealing our little scheme :)

[daigoro789]

yessss!!!

it's finally here, the completion of the xmas mega video marathon and *POW* what a way to finish with an awesome hamauzu (my favvvvourite!!!) battle theme!

but wait...so that's the end of the it :/

it sounds asthough there may be some changes to the output from your channel for the coming year for various reasons, but i for one, will def await whatever it is that you put up with baited breath!

a million thank yous for all the awesome vids in '10 and all the best for '11 man ^____^

[YeahHahaDude]

wow that was pretty amazing! i think my favorite of this song to be honest!! it was a really good idea to joshi3joshi too it really adds a lot to it

[AeonCommander]

Hamauzu could never replace Uematsu. But he does a damn good job anyway.

[Verdegrand]

@AeonCommander hm you know, as much as i like uematsu, i gotta say, the more i get into this soundtrack, the more i think that hamauzu should have been there in the first place. he is seriously underappreciated.

[TinTinFtw]

@Verdegrand Meh, considering this is just a copy of the battle theme from Unlimited Saga. :P

[Verdegrand]

@TinTinFtw i had never heard the Unlimited Saga battle theme before, but now that you mention it, there are indeed some similarities - Hamauzu seems to like violin in battle themes :)

[Kiwii216]

most amazing thing ever!! this is truly beautiful.

thank you so much for this awesome piece of music!

[lacroixma]

Nice man!

[HollowRiku]

Awesome!!!

[JohannesGoldmund]

Hey verdegrand,

I am watching your videos for a year right now.

Always great videos. And this duet ist "pro-level".

[SongeLeReveur]

Beautiful ! Hope you'll keep up doing this, no matter what... :)

[Verdegrand]

@SongeLeReveur hey thank you :)

[SabrinaValenzuela]

Amazingggg <3

[Ryuzaki1304]

Good execution, Blinded by Light for me is the only great song of FFXIII.

[sqwurtle]

Another great piece of work, you amaze me dude, your like a machine..................

[LoneWolfOnTheHeights]

I'm listening to this in bed right now and I've just realised what you've done! Woah thats really special!

[Verdegrand]

@LoneWolfOnTheHeights haha nice, i'm happy you like it :)

[Arrow9100kj]

Great Job V! It kinda felt like a battle between you and Josh. He does a scale run-you do a fancy scale run, he does some fast vibarto, you trill. Very cool! And Huzzah!!! Ur fingers are still kickass, w00t xD!!!

[Verdegrand]

@Arrow9100kj haha that's nice, well we weren't fighting but it's fitting one might think we would as it's a battle theme :) i need to do a mortal kombat collab with someone, someday, now THAT would be a battle to the death.

[batlin]

Big fan of Hamauzu btw, since FFX. Junya Nakano did some great stuff too, if less widely appreciated.

[batlin]

Fantastic energy in both parts, and such powerful chords. That's got to be difficult! And man is he good on violin. Love it.

[iBab0]

hey, i have a question for you.

somewhere in the future, are you planning to be a piano teacher?

[Verdegrand]

@iBab0 hello, that's an interesting question, i've thought about teaching but tbh i think that teaching comes with a huge responsibility, it is a lot harder than one might think and it's easy to mess up a talented student.. perhaps i've been spoiled by the fact that my first 3 teachers weren't really that great and didn't exactly help me, and all i am today, i am because of my fourth teacher, and it's sad i had to waste 12 years in order to finally begin. i wouldn't want to do that to anyone.

[RinkashiBish]

He...Who has been Moved.

[77katsumoto]

Wow!! When I heard the introduction, I knew I was going to listen to something awesome. I love this soundtrack, and this arrangement was, definitely, worth the waiting!

[Cleanuponaisle11]

This was absolutely lovely. And I agree, this theme never gets old. : ]

[Noelnoel123]

i was half asleep because of homework. but this woke me up.. XD

[Verdegrand]

@Noelnoel123 so you've gotten your focus back? :) haha scnr, i have no idea what focus does but i think it's part of the battle system o something.

[drunyon214]

I recently played through FFXIII, and this theme never gets old. Stays very solid throughout. Nice cover!

[LoneWolfOnTheHeights]

Was wondering what the final Christmas video would be. Totally worth the wait!

[cheapsheep4sale]

nice =)

[MacaroniLololol]

Hey, sounds good.

[kevinvetterli]

Verdegrand, could you please play 'Requiem for a Dream' ?

I just lovee that Songg!!

Btw you're just great!!

[Verdegrand]

@kevinvetterli requiem of a dream is a great piece, i'll consider it for the future. thank you :)