I played that "Rocky" piece and you got it down at 12 better than I did at 20. lol I think you're gifted; it comes so natural for you. Unlike me who always wanted to play as a child, but couldn't afford lessons, but still I have to struggle with every piece. I have absolutely NO natural talent - NONE! Zip! Nada!
:(
So bad , that I gave up piano for 3 years and played violin, something I don't regret, btw. But I'm back with piano because it's my first love.
blazetrm3223, it takes lots of time and effort. Are you wiling to put the time in? Also, it takes patience! You have to practice very, very, very, very, extremely SLOW for a long time until you feel comfortable with the piece. We always want to play as written, and hurry to get there with no foundation, and then it falls apart. Trust me, I know because I do this all the time. lol lol I'm trying to SLOW down while practicing, and take all the time required before gradually going to tempo.
blazetrm3223, keep playing slowly until you really know the piece, perhaps even some parts with eyes closed. It just takes patience. It could take you a year or so to finish a difficult piece, but don't be discouraged and give up. I heard a concert pianist say it took him 18 mos. to perfect a difficult piece. I bet you have lots of talent. That's what I keep telling myself, but we'll see. lol
i dont mean to profile by skin colour but i want to praise blacks for good hand and eye coordination, hail art tatum etc, i just think more of them should become so greatly interested in piano
Regarding your Rachmaninoff performance (and the subtitles regarding your performance) - it's not that you were playing Rach at 12, but rather that you were playing Rach at WARP 9! ;-)
But I didn't notice any mistakes--just great piano playing of technically and musically difficult works. Simply amazing! Thank you for sharing this (and your other performances).
This is great. I can totally relate. I butchered "Claire de Lune" as a kid of about about the same age. If you're familiar with that piece...you know the big chords marked ppp right after the main theme? I loved to play them FFF....I think I drove my teacher CRAZY!!!
Rofl i'm just like you. I'm trying to learn scriabin etude op 8 no 12 at the age of 12. Did you finish the Rachmaninov one. Lol I knew we were alike but not this much alike! Jeez!
u kno what i've been trying to do myself? taking classical songs like this and jazzing it up. You should try it sometime and add beatboxing. Jazz is part of your culture.
hey im 17 and i want to learn rachs prelude, i can play chopins 20 nocturne perfectly, do you think im gonna have a really hard time trying to learn the prelude?
For playing to fast it was still good. You had heart back then too. I listen to you for your heart. Funny how you grab me even at different speeds and styles. You are just plain...fun to listen to. Then and now.
The first piece is Dr Gradus at Parnassum, by Debussy (from his Children's corner). At my school, it was a standard exam piece because there are things that sound easy but in reality are pretty hard to play evenly.
Nice job - the Debussy "Graddus" had good tempo and cross-overs. The Rach C# prelude speed and dynamics were excellent. The Fur Elise was just ok and the Brubeck Take 5 needed work but all in all very amazing for a 12 year old. Your recent recordings are almost professional level. Would love to see this in concert.
well you played much better than what i would have been able to play when i was 12.. btw, what's the name of the jazz piece? cuz i heard it some time ago and then i saw your video playing it on piano and made me wanna play it too,(no i'm not trying to copy you is just that.. ah well i can't explain it).. but god i love you x)
i wish i had a grand . . . lol i only just got a piano, and only six months before i go to college, but then i get to practice on stienway grands haha
it wasn't that bad. and don't blame it on age you've been playing for 9 years. It was a good performance.
you should see me play liszt on my first year playing piano. that's why i'm to ashamed to post videos. but, I've been playing for almost 18 months now. so i'm much better (sarcasm).
That leads to a question, should i learn some basic technique before learning all the songs that give me the enthusiasm to play? Please!
very Interesting to see you as a lill boy. I think it is funny to see you playing the Rach prelude in C # minor and then just then you start playing Fur Elise lol.
DONT READ THIS! In 1997 a girl called lauren was walikng in a forest and then a she just dissapeared no one ever found her untill 2000 when a yoing girl called Mary found her body and markings on her chest saying: I wasnt pretty enough" and now you have read this she will appear in your mirror saying your not pretty enough and kill you. by the way the girl called mary died shortly after.
To be saved paste this to 5 other videos. THIS TRUE
Could you please tell me what the name of the Debussey piece was? I don't remember ever hearing it before. I think it is one that I am going to fall in love with.
Also, did you once say that you were going to take a break from classical to work on jazz? If you did, are you going to post any of those? Thank you! I enjoyed this.
Dang, you're like the American Evgeny Kissin! You rock. I'm a huge fan of your Rachmaninov and Chopin pieces, well, basically anything you play, it's fantastic.
Wow, I'm 31 and I play half as good as you did even at 12! But I'm working on bettering my playing with a very qualified teacher. The piano is my passion! I enjoy all your videos. Keep up the good work!!
wtf...emails? i deleted AIM to keep me from being distracted, yo. I'll get on AIM light, or AIM express...whatever they call it nowadays. that web-based, AIM shit...
Oh My Cambry. Mistakes? Your rocking the roof off at 12 my man. WOW! Holy COW Man! Awesome that you posted this. Thanks man, it's a wonderful performance!
It is really nice to see you play when you are in your younger years! It seems you were already introduced to advanced music at an early age, which is good because I think a lot of teachers don't let their students experiment enough. Wonderful job on all the pieces. You must have had big hands to play the Rachmaninoff at 12!
Hey haven't seen your name in a while ivrykeys! Yeah my teacher didn't really want me playing this stuff either and wasn't supportive of it until I got to high school, I grew up playing the Suzuki method and he was skeptical about me playing anything else that wasn't in those books, I luckily found a CD that had other composers on it around the school and that's how I decided I would look for sheet music for this music
Lol yeah, but I've still been watching your videos! It sounds like you got hooked onto classical the same way that I did. My friend loaned me this CD entitled "CBS Masterworks: Piano Greatest Hits Vol. III" That CD really opened my head up to classical. I didn't have the booklet to the CD, but I found out [years later] that the CD had recordings of pretty good artists. Glenn Gould playing Mozart to Philip Entremont playing Scriabin.
Thanks Tay, the answer is no though, no one else in my family knows much about playing music, especially classical music and they definitely could not name one song that I play at all haha
Interesting. So you had a nice grand piano in your home that nobody played 'til you were born? We are all blessed that you took so well to the furniture LOL.
haha actually that piano was bought when I was 10 when we moved into that house, and it was definitely bought just as furniture, it wasn't regulated or anything, it looks nice and works with the room but played *really* bad until now (as of 2 months ago) since I had a new action regulation on the piano, when I go back to that house and practice it's way better now
also it wasn't bought specifically for me either, my brother and sister did take lessons and didn't continue on with it on that piano for a few more years, and at that age my family didn't really have anyone else to compare me to in terms of my playing so there was no way of knowing if I really had skills or not
you look like a midget, like the piano is on the floor.. and you have no legs, gives it a short feeling fo rsome reason :O, but sweet action piano playing
coool... well I'm going to college WOOOT! UNF (University of North Florida) Ospreys!! too continue studies in classical and jazz, if I ace the audition, so I gots to get prepared ^.^, wish me luck!! stay amazing at the piano :P
My pleasure! Your spirit, self-assurance and Olympian talent are a joy to behold. Your vids bring me great pleasure and have helped my through very rough times. God bless you!
What else can I say but charming! Regardless of the mistakes and the playing too fast, the good thing is that those things happened THEN, and you learned from them. Had you known the video existed all along, or did you just recently discover it?
Haha...loved the Take Five, totally unexpected. By the way, Cambry playing Debussy!? I want more, please, please upload a video of you playing something by Debussy. Children's Corner, L'Isle Joyeuse, whatever you want, just please.
u seem disappointed when u said jazz in ur info on the vid,,,wuts wron g wit jazz, its some of best stuff to play cuz its totally ur own ideas and melodies... man its the greatest,,, get into it
it was definitely not disappointment, it was joy that I had a video of myself playing it, putting it in caps does not mean negative, it's emphasizing the positive.. as far as using your own ideas and melodies, you can compose in any genre to do that as I am right now in classical music
12 years old. Wow. I'm 15 and i can't play nearly as good as that. If you told me that the pieces are easier than they look/sound, then I'd be reassured but that's a far stretch from the truth, isn't it?
Very nice compilation - I can't believe you already knew the Rachmaninoff at 12; I'm just barely getting through the fourth page right now (well... I'm rushing also). Excellent video~
What do you think of Thelonious Monk? I would LOVE to hear you do a rendition of "Blue Monk" AND " 'Round Midnight". Monk was a proponent of Classical music in the early stage of his career until he had to listen to the music that was in him and express IT.
Thelonious Munk was the man, me having a classical background will help with my compositions as well, hopefully I can get to that level of musicianship one day
Ohhhhh Nahh I am not SAYING that you are NOT at that level "playa" I am just saying to let it be KNOWN in that way of expressing YOUR own interpretations of whats in your CORE. You are already great.
Yeah if you're a minor I can definitely understand that, maybe when you're older you can get your music up here, you still can take steps to protect yourself though, just don't give out your name, age, etc., all people want to hear is your music
i wished i had videos of myself playing the piano at 12... then that'd mean i wouldn't suck so bad now, lol. awesome video though. i'm in the middle of considering to learn fur elise actually since i noticed every pianist + 1 seems to know it.
But can you still play 24? Inside Joke This is dope
lvinsonjr 1 year ago
absolutely incredible!
Lennydu92 1 year ago
At twelve I couldn't do this. Maybe I should just give up...
The Funny thing about The Rachmaninov Prélude in c-sharp is that every kid plays it too fast just because they CAN :D
mickeyhoyle 1 year ago
At twelve I couldn't do this. Maybe I should just give up...
mickeyhoyle 1 year ago
You look like a 16 year old. I say you were 16, not 12..
mozart20dlubos 1 year ago
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Pian0O0 2 years ago
Lovely family too.
Sorry I was so long-winded...
Ugh!
TheLovelyPiano 2 years ago
I played that "Rocky" piece and you got it down at 12 better than I did at 20. lol I think you're gifted; it comes so natural for you. Unlike me who always wanted to play as a child, but couldn't afford lessons, but still I have to struggle with every piece. I have absolutely NO natural talent - NONE! Zip! Nada!
:(
So bad , that I gave up piano for 3 years and played violin, something I don't regret, btw. But I'm back with piano because it's my first love.
TheLovelyPiano 2 years ago
Amazing! He should have gotten 5 stars for this video. He's putting it all out there, and it sounds GREAT!
Wonderfully done!
TheLovelyPiano 2 years ago
Geeeze, I wanna hit this kid with a sack of dead rabbits! This is waay amazing.... And I suck more and more every day ;(
blazetrm3223 2 years ago 4
blazetrm3223, it takes lots of time and effort. Are you wiling to put the time in? Also, it takes patience! You have to practice very, very, very, very, extremely SLOW for a long time until you feel comfortable with the piece. We always want to play as written, and hurry to get there with no foundation, and then it falls apart. Trust me, I know because I do this all the time. lol lol I'm trying to SLOW down while practicing, and take all the time required before gradually going to tempo.
TheLovelyPiano 2 years ago
blazetrm3223, keep playing slowly until you really know the piece, perhaps even some parts with eyes closed. It just takes patience. It could take you a year or so to finish a difficult piece, but don't be discouraged and give up. I heard a concert pianist say it took him 18 mos. to perfect a difficult piece. I bet you have lots of talent. That's what I keep telling myself, but we'll see. lol
; )
TheLovelyPiano 2 years ago
i dont mean to profile by skin colour but i want to praise blacks for good hand and eye coordination, hail art tatum etc, i just think more of them should become so greatly interested in piano
callenishss 2 years ago
Muy bien, talentoso!!!
nairigrigorian 2 years ago 2
wow you played better when you were younger!
348Frate 2 years ago
You really don't look like 12.
v4liumfrance 2 years ago
12!? You rock now, and you rocked back then, too.
elsie1313 2 years ago 2
I am so sorry, I am with a friend and he put that. You have a lot of talent, and I think that you are great :).
Please sorry, I don´t put that
laureanobruno 3 years ago
LOL you have to be just as bad to have friends like that
PianoPlaya123 3 years ago
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hahahaha nigger!
laureanobruno 3 years ago
It is Debussy "Gradus ad Parnassum" from "Children Corner" Album
Aquilesv 3 years ago
You don't look 12 on this movie...
v4liumfrance 3 years ago 4
second that
soleonice 3 years ago 3
He doesn't sound like 12 either. He plays with skill a few years beyond his age.
demosj 2 years ago 2
take 5 from the Dave Brubeck band.....nice!!!
gentlesoul82 3 years ago
Regarding your Rachmaninoff performance (and the subtitles regarding your performance) - it's not that you were playing Rach at 12, but rather that you were playing Rach at WARP 9! ;-)
But I didn't notice any mistakes--just great piano playing of technically and musically difficult works. Simply amazing! Thank you for sharing this (and your other performances).
pr1268 3 years ago
You were a grown ass kid.
frenchhustler190 3 years ago 4
hahaha lol
PianoPlaya123 3 years ago
This is great. I can totally relate. I butchered "Claire de Lune" as a kid of about about the same age. If you're familiar with that piece...you know the big chords marked ppp right after the main theme? I loved to play them FFF....I think I drove my teacher CRAZY!!!
MaryRuth72 3 years ago
This is sooo cute
OMG you were ridiculously talented even as a kid
lovelesspierrot 3 years ago 7
Rofl i'm just like you. I'm trying to learn scriabin etude op 8 no 12 at the age of 12. Did you finish the Rachmaninov one. Lol I knew we were alike but not this much alike! Jeez!
tjtheplay 3 years ago
u kno what i've been trying to do myself? taking classical songs like this and jazzing it up. You should try it sometime and add beatboxing. Jazz is part of your culture.
xdbuix 3 years ago
hey im 17 and i want to learn rachs prelude, i can play chopins 20 nocturne perfectly, do you think im gonna have a really hard time trying to learn the prelude?
spartan1081990 3 years ago
it's not that hard, you'll be fine
muggle87423 2 years ago
You were good even at 12! I'm 12 and you played much better than me now.. :)
mayablanca 3 years ago
For playing to fast it was still good. You had heart back then too. I listen to you for your heart. Funny how you grab me even at different speeds and styles. You are just plain...fun to listen to. Then and now.
Tashmere 3 years ago
that is simply amazing!!! How did you learn that fast?!
Essexpianos 4 years ago
That is seriously good for 12 years old only.
LonePianist3 4 years ago 7
excellent job!
nirikku 4 years ago 7
i'm curious to how long you took to learn those...cause you were really really really good for that age!
also, what is the first piece called? i love it!
13243546abcdef 4 years ago 5
The first piece is Dr Gradus at Parnassum, by Debussy (from his Children's corner). At my school, it was a standard exam piece because there are things that sound easy but in reality are pretty hard to play evenly.
depireux 4 years ago
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HOLY SHITT !!! im a 12 yr old girl
and i can only play opologise-timbaland !! ahhahahhahahhaa
maribelleja 4 years ago
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no, your a dirty 45 year old pedofile
marlonclaus 4 years ago
Nice job - the Debussy "Graddus" had good tempo and cross-overs. The Rach C# prelude speed and dynamics were excellent. The Fur Elise was just ok and the Brubeck Take 5 needed work but all in all very amazing for a 12 year old. Your recent recordings are almost professional level. Would love to see this in concert.
JimUSA 4 years ago 2
oh and nice house you had.. well, you have, but with things in different place, anyways, it's nice both ways as far as i have seen on your videos =)
ileana86224 4 years ago 3
hey thanks a lot ileana, I always appreciate your support on my vids, and the jazz piece was Take 5 by Dave Brubeck
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
well you played much better than what i would have been able to play when i was 12.. btw, what's the name of the jazz piece? cuz i heard it some time ago and then i saw your video playing it on piano and made me wanna play it too,(no i'm not trying to copy you is just that.. ah well i can't explain it).. but god i love you x)
ileana86224 4 years ago
AH I Finally found a video of you playing dr gradus!!!
resurrexi 4 years ago
i wish i had a grand . . . lol i only just got a piano, and only six months before i go to college, but then i get to practice on stienway grands haha
himeshiggs 4 years ago
Aw your not playing rachmaninoff too fast for your skill yes, but rachmaninoff played so fast it's scary.
mn30142 4 years ago
it wasn't that bad. and don't blame it on age you've been playing for 9 years. It was a good performance.
you should see me play liszt on my first year playing piano. that's why i'm to ashamed to post videos. but, I've been playing for almost 18 months now. so i'm much better (sarcasm).
That leads to a question, should i learn some basic technique before learning all the songs that give me the enthusiasm to play? Please!
ownage1810 4 years ago
very Interesting to see you as a lill boy. I think it is funny to see you playing the Rach prelude in C # minor and then just then you start playing Fur Elise lol.
I liked it
christian6657 4 years ago
Take Five is a really good song :)
I can play it on the piano and drums, but I'm going to try the sax now ^^
HitokiriDiaz 4 years ago
woooww!! you were amazing even at 12
KarrotKun1 4 years ago
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DONT READ THIS! In 1997 a girl called lauren was walikng in a forest and then a she just dissapeared no one ever found her untill 2000 when a yoing girl called Mary found her body and markings on her chest saying: I wasnt pretty enough" and now you have read this she will appear in your mirror saying your not pretty enough and kill you. by the way the girl called mary died shortly after.
To be saved paste this to 5 other videos. THIS TRUE
kayla644 4 years ago
Could you please tell me what the name of the Debussey piece was? I don't remember ever hearing it before. I think it is one that I am going to fall in love with.
Also, did you once say that you were going to take a break from classical to work on jazz? If you did, are you going to post any of those? Thank you! I enjoyed this.
Tashmere 4 years ago
Hey thanks, yeah i'm going to post some jazz soon, the Debussy piece was 'Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum' from the Children's Corner Suite
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
Amazing dude!!
And this is when you werent 'serious' about playing!!
DimebagCake 4 years ago 2
Even at 12 you were better than me...
Nice work buddy
bjm201 4 years ago 2
nice house
getsomeyeah 4 years ago
Dang, you're like the American Evgeny Kissin! You rock. I'm a huge fan of your Rachmaninov and Chopin pieces, well, basically anything you play, it's fantastic.
Goldenkitten4 4 years ago 2
Sweet.... Rudd
RuddYoung 4 years ago
one word: awesome!
sweetspicyjasmin 4 years ago
Nice job, amazing for only 12 years old! What was that jazz piece at the end?
nimataghavy 4 years ago
Thanks, it was Take 5 by Dave Brubeck
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
My God...from a young age you were exceptional!
kaffum 4 years ago
At f*ckin' 12? Are you kidding me?
xRisingForcex 4 years ago
your family must be proud of you now :) , excellent
d7me 4 years ago
win
Kidiot 4 years ago
Dam Cambry, you were always a genius! I sucked at age 12 O_O
kyle556 4 years ago 2
Wow, I'm 31 and I play half as good as you did even at 12! But I'm working on bettering my playing with a very qualified teacher. The piano is my passion! I enjoy all your videos. Keep up the good work!!
pianochick1 4 years ago
you were already 3 times better than me and I'm 16 lol
nice playing!!
IloveAlexisBledel689 4 years ago
Very nice, kid!
(^o^)
Your house is also lovely.
YGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYG 4 years ago
Nice and clean. and at 12.... not bad at all. I didn't learn tis until I was 17, and I didn't play it as well. Bravo Cambry!
vexorg67 4 years ago
how do you like this?
YOU NOOOOOOOOB!
hahhaha, and on this video too you jumbo dork.
Dude, I forgot to favourite this.
PS. HIIIIIIIIIII ALEXXXXXXX! I LOVE YOU! XD
zmaui 4 years ago
why aren't you on aim??
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
that's two emails you have to check now noob!
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
wtf...emails? i deleted AIM to keep me from being distracted, yo. I'll get on AIM light, or AIM express...whatever they call it nowadays. that web-based, AIM shit...
zmaui 4 years ago
fur elise and take five nice choices
4444matthew4444 4 years ago
doctor gradus!...sweet
4444matthew4444 4 years ago
very impressive for only 12 years old. i espically liked the first piece.
chocotiger 4 years ago
Wow! How long did it take you from day 1 to play at an advanced level? Did you like piano when you were a kid or did your parents force you to play?
gradius55 4 years ago
is that the same piano in your current vids? what's the make/model?
notacase 4 years ago
nice work..wish i had picked up my instrument at age 12.
RonnieShellist 4 years ago
When did you pick the harmonica up? Sounds like you picked it up right when you were born, you're too awesome with it man haha
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
Im very good at piano but good like you. You are very amazing 0_0
jesuislepluscool 4 years ago
wow.. this is amazing stuff!! totally jealous.. even when you were 12!!
nickschmidt 4 years ago
Learn take five so it swings man!
AdamFelix 4 years ago
Hi Cambry, great to see a video of you when you were only 12! You played very well and you looked very tall!
pianogirl98 4 years ago
Thanks Vivian! I'm sure you'll be way better at 12
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
Oh My Cambry. Mistakes? Your rocking the roof off at 12 my man. WOW! Holy COW Man! Awesome that you posted this. Thanks man, it's a wonderful performance!
modernoracle 4 years ago
Thanks Greg and I have also tuned into every vlog you posted about the Original Music Database, thanks for stopping by!
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
WOW! Thanks man!
modernoracle 4 years ago
hey, nice 'Take Five' by Brubeck at the end of the vid.
vivace119 4 years ago
Wow Cambry .. this brings a tear to my eyes for several reasons ..
1- We're that much closer as friends now
2- I play piano .. fairly well .. BUT .. I'll NEVER be able to play LIKE THAT .. and jeez yer 12 :( waahhh .. haha
3- i picture your grandma .. and other family members and i KNOW how proud you must have made them feel ..
5 KAH-ZILLION STARs :) .. from me .. your friend jeff :)
capo420420 4 years ago
Thanks Jeff, I appreciate the compliments, i'll be chatting with you very soon man
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
It is really nice to see you play when you are in your younger years! It seems you were already introduced to advanced music at an early age, which is good because I think a lot of teachers don't let their students experiment enough. Wonderful job on all the pieces. You must have had big hands to play the Rachmaninoff at 12!
ivrykeys 4 years ago
Hey haven't seen your name in a while ivrykeys! Yeah my teacher didn't really want me playing this stuff either and wasn't supportive of it until I got to high school, I grew up playing the Suzuki method and he was skeptical about me playing anything else that wasn't in those books, I luckily found a CD that had other composers on it around the school and that's how I decided I would look for sheet music for this music
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
Lol yeah, but I've still been watching your videos! It sounds like you got hooked onto classical the same way that I did. My friend loaned me this CD entitled "CBS Masterworks: Piano Greatest Hits Vol. III" That CD really opened my head up to classical. I didn't have the booklet to the CD, but I found out [years later] that the CD had recordings of pretty good artists. Glenn Gould playing Mozart to Philip Entremont playing Scriabin.
ivrykeys 4 years ago
I can see that your talent was a family project. Does the rest of your family play?
TayZonday 4 years ago
Thanks Tay, the answer is no though, no one else in my family knows much about playing music, especially classical music and they definitely could not name one song that I play at all haha
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
Interesting. So you had a nice grand piano in your home that nobody played 'til you were born? We are all blessed that you took so well to the furniture LOL.
TayZonday 4 years ago
haha actually that piano was bought when I was 10 when we moved into that house, and it was definitely bought just as furniture, it wasn't regulated or anything, it looks nice and works with the room but played *really* bad until now (as of 2 months ago) since I had a new action regulation on the piano, when I go back to that house and practice it's way better now
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
also it wasn't bought specifically for me either, my brother and sister did take lessons and didn't continue on with it on that piano for a few more years, and at that age my family didn't really have anyone else to compare me to in terms of my playing so there was no way of knowing if I really had skills or not
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
you look like a midget, like the piano is on the floor.. and you have no legs, gives it a short feeling fo rsome reason :O, but sweet action piano playing
Ansel989 4 years ago
haha thanks for commenting Ansel, I think I was too big at 12 for my legs to swing, I was probably 5'3" at that age
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
coool... well I'm going to college WOOOT! UNF (University of North Florida) Ospreys!! too continue studies in classical and jazz, if I ace the audition, so I gots to get prepared ^.^, wish me luck!! stay amazing at the piano :P
Ansel989 4 years ago
very nice! its always nice to reflect on your old playing videos for any musician
sterling729 4 years ago
Thanks for checking it out sterling!
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
Extraordinary at 12! Out of this world now!
Mozmike 4 years ago
Thanks Mike! nice to hear from you again
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
My pleasure! Your spirit, self-assurance and Olympian talent are a joy to behold. Your vids bring me great pleasure and have helped my through very rough times. God bless you!
Mozmike 4 years ago
do you give lessons? where are you located?
evianonly 4 years ago
I give lessons in Chicago or over iChat on Mac
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
dude your house kick some serious ass. and no disrespect to ya but your moms pretty. big ups
kazuya31 4 years ago
haha thanks, she'll be glad to read that comment
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
how old were you when you began taking lessons?
cmessier51 4 years ago
Wow.
Even then you were great at the piano.[:
nyorkgirl 4 years ago
Hey I wanted to hear more !
mjlewis1970 4 years ago
What else can I say but charming! Regardless of the mistakes and the playing too fast, the good thing is that those things happened THEN, and you learned from them. Had you known the video existed all along, or did you just recently discover it?
jimmy2001aus 4 years ago
Thanks, recently discovered it, like a week and a half ago
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
goood stuff especially dave brubecks's take five didn't see it coming!
shelim23 4 years ago
Haha...loved the Take Five, totally unexpected. By the way, Cambry playing Debussy!? I want more, please, please upload a video of you playing something by Debussy. Children's Corner, L'Isle Joyeuse, whatever you want, just please.
prsnth1111 4 years ago
u seem disappointed when u said jazz in ur info on the vid,,,wuts wron g wit jazz, its some of best stuff to play cuz its totally ur own ideas and melodies... man its the greatest,,, get into it
bkgangstapianist 4 years ago
it was definitely not disappointment, it was joy that I had a video of myself playing it, putting it in caps does not mean negative, it's emphasizing the positive.. as far as using your own ideas and melodies, you can compose in any genre to do that as I am right now in classical music
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
also, if I was really disappointed about jazz, why wouldn't I just edit it out of the video?
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
Holy Sh!t thats is impressive. Take 5 seemed a little rushed though :P But thats understandable at 12, lol.
d1molenaar 4 years ago
Hey, whats the jazz piece at the end called? Who's it by too?
queenloopy 4 years ago
Dave Brubeck, "Take 5"
d1molenaar 4 years ago
Crazy!!!
simonwong101 4 years ago
Incredible Talent! You ROCK!
Smallz04260 4 years ago
> < i'm 16 and my fingers could never be as agile... sigh~
youyouooxx 4 years ago
You'll never know that until you do enough repetitions in practice, as far as agility anyone can learn to have more of it
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
This looks as if it were around CHRISTMAS time. WOW what an entertaining son you are for your family. God Bless you.
plainwain 4 years ago
12 years old. Wow. I'm 15 and i can't play nearly as good as that. If you told me that the pieces are easier than they look/sound, then I'd be reassured but that's a far stretch from the truth, isn't it?
Good video.
SX04 4 years ago
The pieces are way easier than they sound SX04, it's definitely the truth, don't get discouraged at all
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
ARE U KIDDING ME!!? at 12 thats awesome...hell at any age thats AMAZING. your amazing.
EKPianoV 4 years ago
Thanks a lot EKPiano, guess I did what I could at the time haha
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
Ur the BEst there is!!!!1
kizzman2 4 years ago
Very nice compilation - I can't believe you already knew the Rachmaninoff at 12; I'm just barely getting through the fourth page right now (well... I'm rushing also). Excellent video~
GermanSeabass 4 years ago
Yeah GermanSeabass haha I didn't really "know" it though, I just played through it not realizing that I was playing it crazy
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
That's outstanding for 12!
LikuX 4 years ago
What do you think of Thelonious Monk? I would LOVE to hear you do a rendition of "Blue Monk" AND " 'Round Midnight". Monk was a proponent of Classical music in the early stage of his career until he had to listen to the music that was in him and express IT.
plainwain 4 years ago
Thelonious Munk was the man, me having a classical background will help with my compositions as well, hopefully I can get to that level of musicianship one day
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
Cool, you like Monk. I wish you would play some of his music, that'd be really great. He's easily one of my favorite Jazz composers.
awatkins69 4 years ago
Ohhhhh Nahh I am not SAYING that you are NOT at that level "playa" I am just saying to let it be KNOWN in that way of expressing YOUR own interpretations of whats in your CORE. You are already great.
plainwain 4 years ago
I want a grand piano. :(
I think the Debussy could've used more pedal. Rachmaninoff, I find it ironical that I just played that and I'm around your age in that video.
Overall, very nice :)
Robotman42 4 years ago
Hey cool, thanks man, you play this too? You should submit your video as a response
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
The internet is a dangerous place nowadays, that's really the only reason I don't upload my own music.
Robotman42 4 years ago
Yeah if you're a minor I can definitely understand that, maybe when you're older you can get your music up here, you still can take steps to protect yourself though, just don't give out your name, age, etc., all people want to hear is your music
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
Now to figure how to keep my messed-up recording of Chopin's Scherzo no. 2 under 10 mins when I played it over 10 mins, haha
Robotman42 4 years ago
I've loved all of your videos that you've posted so far, but this one take teh cake. Dave Brubeck at 12?! I'm Jealous.
diviaxivasi 4 years ago
It'd be cool to see you play some jazz now or ragtime or even blues. Do you do that kind of stuff?
TYSOHN 4 years ago
Great playing! *****
And a really nice house and family, too.
rpmcentire 4 years ago
It's always fun to look back and marvel at how people evolved through the years.
jivjago 4 years ago
i wished i had videos of myself playing the piano at 12... then that'd mean i wouldn't suck so bad now, lol. awesome video though. i'm in the middle of considering to learn fur elise actually since i noticed every pianist + 1 seems to know it.
phrequency 4 years ago
Hi Cambry,
Wow! You were AWESOME then! What happened to you! hahaha.... You're super awesome now.
Your fan, Ben
dabiribd 4 years ago
You haven't changed much since then, with regards to appearance I mean heh.
Morfee 4 years ago
My glasses are less nerdy looking these days hahaha other than that I just got a foot taller, that's pretty much it
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
You're god's given talent man!! wow great vid!! very talented and inspirational vid!!
s0ulpian0 4 years ago
Thanks a lot soulpiano!
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
first is : Debussy - Children's corner - Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
kyromaster 4 years ago
Some people just got it, I guess. Damn you, evil piano-genius.
a06275 4 years ago
Incredible, Jonathan! Really fantastic - I'm blown away again! Thanks for letting us in on an intimate family moment.
Your friend,
Duke
DukeRightious 4 years ago
Thanks Duke! I thought it was more comical than anything though haha seeing videos of yourself younger are so weird
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago
whats that jazz song name. at the end of the video? after you play beethoven?
trunks02 4 years ago
It's take five.
Nielsio 4 years ago
yeah, and nice digs! Love that roaring fireplace while you takin5~
thanks for posting!
EverybodyONEartH 4 years ago
Man, thats awesome! You were so damn good at that age! Even if there were mistakes, that really is incredible!
Thebiggoddude 4 years ago
Thanks a lot for checking it out!
PianoPlaya123 4 years ago