Sun by Mae piano cover by Robert Perez

[jknightglfr]

I'm pretty sure I'm about 200 of those 9500 views. lol

[jknightglfr]

2:00 to 3:00 is just epic. How this doesn't have more views is beyond me. Bloody good work this is

[nastybutler224]

AMAZING , this is the ONLY good cover of this song I found on youtube .

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[beautifullybroken221]

you are so talented! would you mind sending me the sheet music? ive been desperate to learn this since i first heard it! my email is its.morgann@yahoo.com

[mwray1331]

is there anyway i can get the sheet music from you? please please please.

[NaiveChloe]

thank you this made me happy

[dkim3927]

ROBERT!! I finally remembered to watch your videos. They're amazing man. 

[ginnadas2118]

Does anyone know if Mae has a song book out of sheet music? I looked EVERYWHERE and I've managed to find just "We're so far away." I don't mind paying for it; I'm just having a hard time finding it if it even exists.

Thanks!

[facefail]

Man, this is incredible.

[renze26]

You know what? YOu're one of the best musicians who have inspired me to continue playing the piano and put our emotions and soul to its music. kudos to you! I'm also a pianist like you..:D

[ginnadas2118]

BEAUTIFUL! I just want to learn the piano solo at the end!!!!

[beautifullybroken221]

omg amazing! where did u get the sheet music for it???????

[phantomsgirll]

Wonderful...i love what you did :)

[lymphoid]

ever heard of a tripod?

[sevenlovesyou]

I thiiiink I just fell in love with you.

[WhiteCheddarISbetter]

I loveeeeee the live version of Sun mostly because of the piano intro. This was beautiful. Beautiful.

[kaityangst]

completely incredible. you deserve a lot more views, comments, kudos, etc.

[sssheik]

it's the destination b-sides sun! you played amazingly!

[marieexcore]

and your responses to that other comment were amazing...i can tell you really love the music. piano isn't my "instrument" but i'm sort of playing by ear right now....guitar is my main thing. but the same goes with that. you get the basics...the chord progressions and the scales used over them and you can just improvise. it's the best part to just show people how you feel with music.

[marieexcore]

i love you. basically.

[troykeenanguitar]

You have the same metronome as me. Excellent playing man, really liked it.

[Kevinread68]

wow... i don't know what else to say... props man

[tango999987]

newjerseydevil6 aim please let me know if i can have sheet music

[PoserHaterKiller]

I am a pretty avid guitar player and i must say you make me wish i had the talent to play piano as well, If you actually read this could you maybe answer one question? What goes through your mind during those quick beatiful note runs and melodic scales? Is it the notes or the tempo or are you just listening to yourself play? I have trouble as a muscian visualizing long extended runs and they seem to flow effortlessly from you, anything you can advise to help with this would be invaluable to me.

[TheSoapOfHope]

Wow. I really appreciate the comment =]. Thank you.

Anyways to answer your (tough) question, whenever I play the piano, I sort of just listen to the music as I play. To me, the music makes me feel or imagine certain things, and I kind of just continue playing from there. Combine that with where my thoughts and feelings are prior to playing the song, and you get something different every time. However, this doesn't just come without practice. (more on the next post).

[TheSoapOfHope]

I'm pretty sure you know that a lot of time and dedication is needed to become great at something. You have to at least be proficient with the basics and be able to apply them effortlessly without thought. Now, when I learn a song, I of course learn its basic notes, melodies, and patterns; but then I also listen for the feeling it creates in me. After playing songs by ear for about 4 years, it's all become a quick process, allowing me to put more emphasis on emotion and creativity.

[TheSoapOfHope]

Well that is the best I could explain my musicianship. It's really hard for me to explain something that to me is based on feeling and emotion.

Now for some quick advice, stay dedicated to your music and have fun. While you do have to put some thought into the notes you play, don't let the thinking part detract from the emotion of the song. (I always have trouble with this when recording myself.)

I hope that helped. That's such a tough question to answer =P.

[PoserHaterKiller]

Thankyou SOO much!! That was a great answer, i definately understand what you mean when you say to listening to the feel of any given piece of music is just as important as being proficient enough to play the notes properly. I thank you for all the music you have posted it all speaks to the soul when i listen to it, I look forward to all your future releases. I hope you consider offering a CD of some sort because i would definately buy one.

[TheSoapOfHope]

I finished the sheet music for my arrangement of the intros for you people that want em. Just PM me your email or AIM.

[ElizabethInLove]

sheet music please! this is amazing!

[TheSoapOfHope]

just finished with the intro (my version). I'll probably have the rest of it done next weekend if I'm free. =D

[kevlarp15]

Yeah sheet music would be very appreciated by all! :] please

[togeatherfootball]

Amazing, I love mae

love the cover :)

keep it up

[perfectscene0591]

what the hell. you're fucking amazing.

[Sui89]

I just want to say I cannot BELIEVE you picked this all up by ear. The version you have on your MySpace profile is really excellent. Keep up the excellent work.

[jjguerra48]

why are you SO AMAZING!?!?! It bothers me! ha.

seriously you should hit up MAE so you can be their permanent piano player!

[bucarodrigues]

i'm from brazil and i really love this song, so i am your new fan now. awesome!! hugs,

[ZoZexy]

OMG this is awesome!!!

i love this song =)

[peteinablanket]

You know this is a little easier to play if you just use two hands in the beginning

[TheSoapOfHope]

heh i got a bit nervous in this video. im surprised i didn't stop myself at the beginning. I honestly just felt like showing off just a little. I did the one hand thing much better in my new recording so give that a listen too =O

[hella0livia]

that's impressive

most people who do covers actually kinda suck

[akhiljhaveri]

you're so good

:D

-Ashleyy

[writeneat]

post a cover like this twice a month and in a few weeks you'll be in the top subscribed musicians of YouTube

[evtacq]

holy fuck

[christmy1savior]

Awesome, I haven't heard the other intro version. But that's awesome how u combined the two.

[jleath13]

did u just figure it out or get sheet music?

[TheSoapOfHope]

just figured it out

[preslnxidor]

can you please send tabs/chords/sheet music for this? :) message if you need my email :)

[TheSoapOfHope]

sorry i have no sheets. but i think i'll make em soon considering the amount of people asking for them. maybe even by this sunday if I'm lucky enough =D.

[xdemoisellex]

can you somehow make a video teaching some parts of the song? i mean yes i have perfect pitch but not good/fast enough to catch the notes...

[guitarpunk105]

wow nice job man. sounded awesome.

[davideleo80]

genius

[watchout4katrina]

yay robert!

[JennaLL]

niceeeeeeeeeee do you have sheet music for it??? i REALLY want it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheSoapOfHope]

sorry pretty much everything i play is learned by ear.

[racerdm]

wow, i really like what you added, you have very quick hands, keep it up!

[MikeN00b]

dude, your awesome, almost makes me wanna put mae on my ipod again, but that song makes me randomly depressed.

[ryderchik21]

This is AMAZING...You are incredibly talented. Is there any way you could send me the video or sound file for this? I would love to have a form of this on my Ipod.

[TheSoapOfHope]

I just recently recorded a somewhat new rendition of this song. Just check the video info.

P.S. wow i can't believe how much better i've gotten after seeing this video again XD

[chawks0708]

Nice!

[Moodky]

lovely :]

Brilliant!

[bikiniiiqueen]

what's the title of this piano piece?

[TheSoapOfHope]

Its called Sun. The intro is my arrangement of the piano intros for the live versions. I made the other parts based on what felt and sounded right. oh and the original music is from a band called Mae. search em up if you haven't heard of em yet =D.

-RobertPerez

[bikiniiiqueen]

you played really nice! even the the intro u made =)

[cow9898]

he didnt make it..

its on the live version.

[axy93]

robert, you're the sex.

[crapdoo]

sounds friggin identical its great

[portemw]

how did you even begin to sound all this out - this is one sound that has perplexed me forever

[stagegirl40]

Oh my goodness. You are SO gifted! Amazing.

[SchaunsMusic]

Awesome bro, makes me wanna go jam on a piano. I miss those days.

[santashead]

I love Mae and that was amazing!!! i can't even imagine doing that by ear! are you planning on writing sheet music for that? That would be really cool.

[jblade14378]

wow thats amazing... i wish i could be like that. youre extremely good, seriously thats awesome

[CristalClear]

you're hot.

[JennaLL]

true, but is that all you care about? lmao

[JennaLL]

very true...

[shred444]

un fucking believable