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Story behind the song:
Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson were booked for a Piano Guys show in Hawaii. How could we resist filming our next video in the land of Aloha -- beautiful beaches, green mountains, and fresh pineapple?? We went to our Founders and Facebook fans to ask what song they wanted us to play there. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was the nearly-unanimous response. But you know how we are ... we couldn't "just" do this tune by itself...so in the studio we found a made-in-heaven matchup in the timeless melody from the Shaker Hymn "Simple Gifts" written in the 1800's (also used by Aaron Copland in his Ballet "Appalachian Spring"). We feel it's an especially appropriate mash-up because of our profound love and respect for the Hawaiian culture -- a people who are so good at finding happiness in simplicity. As you probably could hear we borrowed a lot of ideas from Iz's version which has become the stuff of legend. This arrangement is, in part, a tribute to him.
Getting a piano onto a sandy beach and then onto a big hill in a famous ranch within the SAME day (we only had 8 hours to film) was no small feat. The only thing harder would be to be predict Hawaiian weather, which ended up being our biggest challenge.
"We had a little extra help on this one. My mother, Lynne Sanders Nelson -- a main source of my inspiration for pursuing music -- passed away early in life from the effects of a brain tumor. She was an incredibly-gifted musician and taught me to play music passionately rather than just playing 'notes' on a page. 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' was one of her favorite songs. We finished this arrangement on what would have been her 70th birthday. Somehow she helped. I miss her so very much, but when I play songs like this I feel like I get to be with her again. This song is dedicated to her."
-Steven Sharp Nelson
Thank you so much to the Kualoa Ranch who bent over backwards last-minute for us and provided us such a beautiful place to shoot. Visit their site at http://www.kualoa... -- when you visit Hawaii be sure to stop by and take a tour -- its where dozens of huge blockbluster movies/tv shows have been filmed.
This song is dedicated to
Lynne Sanders Nelson, The Hill Family, J. Mueller, & the people of Hawaii
Filming locations:
Beach Scene:
Pounders Beach, North Shore, Oahu Hawaii
Finale:
Kualoa Ranch, North Shore, Oahu Hawaii (This is the place to go for sightseeing on Oahu!)
Toll Free: (800) 231-7321
Tour Desk: (808) 237-7321
http://www.kualoa...
Credits:
Over the Rainbow music written by Harold E. Arlen in 1939 for the movie "Wizard of Oz" -- originally performed by Judy Garland
Published by EMI Feist Catalog, Inc.
Inspired, in part, by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's cover
Simple Gifts written by Joseph Brackett in 1848
Arrangement produced by Al van der Beek & Steven Sharp Nelson
Arrangement written by Jon Schmidt, Al van der Beek & Steven Sharp Nelson
Video produced by Paul Anderson and Tel Stewart
Piano: Jon Schmidt
Electric/Acoustic Cellos: Steven Sharp Nelson
Vocals: Al van der Beek
Percussion: Steven Sharp Nelson & Al van der Beek
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Al van der Beek at TPG Studio
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Kyriina favorited a video
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LAUREN: THANK YU for filming this!! :D I played the piano along with recording myself on Logic Pro for this song, I edited it myself and all that as well as the video end of it, so I'M NO PRO by any means ! :S However, for YOUR GUYS' SAKE, i sang this without putting any pitch correction on it, i wanted the most natural feel possible, as if I were just singing to my camera in my room. Just for yu guys :)
CHRISTINA WHY ARENT YU PLAYING PIANO!?!? well hey, I wanted to do Elton John a little more justice rather than just singing in my room. And I'm out on tour anyway, so this is something fun and stripped down for yu guys to take in. It's all the elements of my regular videos (piano and singing) just TO THE MAXXX !! :D
I hope yu guys DIG IT !!
(((again, HUGE thanks to my amazing friend Lauren for filming this with me last minute)))
TEAM GRIMMIE RAWWKS !!!! \m/
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Kyriina favorited a video
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Become a Piano Guys Founder and get our Limited Edition Piano Guys Album...
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Become a Piano Guys Founder and get our Limited Edition Piano Guys Album (YouTube Hits Vol. 1) here: http://www.thepia...
Support us by downloading this song at one of the following links:
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Original song written by David Guetta, Taio Cruz, Frederic Riesterer, Rico Love, Raymond Usher, Giorgio & Tuinfort
Arrangement produced by Al van der Beek & Steven Sharp Nelson
Arrangement written by Al van der Beek, Jon Schmidt, & Steven Sharp Nelson
Piano/vocals: Jon Schmidt
Cellos/vocals: Steven Sharp Nelson
Vocals: Al van der Beek
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Al van der Beek at TPG Studios
Video produced by Paul Anderson & Tel Stewart
A special thanks to our filming location, Metcom Studios. They have an incredible studio in downtown Salt Lake City! Go check out their website here: http://www.metcom...
Also thanks to our on set engineer
Mason Brewer
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Kyriina favorited a video
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INSTRUMENTAL ONLY VERSION:
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Story behind the song:
For this week we randomly selected a suggestion from our subscribers and challenged ourselves to write an arrangement in less than 24 hours. Thanks to J Rice (The Vocalist) for the collaboration. We've been wanting to collaborate with J Rice for awhile now and it finally worked out! He has an incredible voice and a great YouTube channel.
Arrangement produced and written by Steven Sharp Nelson, Jon Schmidt & Al van der Beek
Piano: Jon Schmidt
Cello & cello-percussion: Steven Sharp Nelson
Vocals: J Rice
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Al van der Beek at TPG Studios
Instrumental video produced by Paul Anderson, Tel Stewart, & Shaye Scott
J Rice's video shot by Chip Sprague
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