This is the short and simplified video sample of Closer Prelude, based n Closer (Year of the Gentleman official CD / Universal Records). Neyo 's song was featured n So You Think You Can Dance, Gossip Girl, and Season 8 American Idol auditions & group performance w/ Kris Allen and Adam Lambert (ft: Bill O'Relly Factor; Time For Miracless ). Other songs: Part of the List , Mad , Be On You , Can't Stop the Rain , Russian Roulette, His Mistakes (Usher ) Roll With Me , My Diamond , Miss Independent ( w/ Keri Hilson) So You Can Cry Take a Bow , Single , Breaking Up , She Got Her Own (Jamie Foxx) Because of You , So Sick. Performed for President Barack Obama ; on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with Letterman, Katie Couric , Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Late Show with Craig Ferguson , Jimmy Kimmel Live interview, Regis and Kelly, Saturday Night Live ( snl ) 60 minutes, 90210 , Dancing With The Stars , 2009 MTV VMA (Video Music Awards) Unplugged , Kennedy center Honors, BET special tribute performance in memory of the late Michael Jackson ( Man In the Mirror, I'll Be There, The Way You Make Me Feel, Thriller , Billie Jean, Bad).
Neyo Worked w/ Beyonce (Sweet Dreams, Single Ladies / Glee; Obsessed (Ali Larter , Jerry O'Connell ) Jay Z, Kanye West , Rihanna, Will.i.am, Ciara ( Love Sex Magic) Whitney Houston ( Million Dollar Bill ) Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Usher, Jonas Brothers ( Give Love a Try / Disney, Joe, Leona Lewis , Lindsay Lohan, Jennifer Hudson, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Backstreet Boys, Enrique Iglesias, Usher, Leona Lewis , Lindsay Lohan; Venice Beach ( film soundtrack ) Rosie (with Alanis Morissette , Alec Baldwin ( 30 Rock ) Conan O'Brien, Gloria Estefan , Kathy Griffin ); appeared with Ryan Seacrest, Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift , Pussycat Dolls, Will.i.am ( Yes We Can ) Natasha Bedingfield, Jesse McCartney, Fall Out Boy.
Performed w/ Bono / U2, Sean P. Diddy Combs, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rick Rubin , Ringo Starr, Usher, Radiohead, Pink, Blink 182, Keith Urban, LL Cool J, Jason Mraz, Adele, Miley Cyrus, AC/DC, Green Day, Tricia Yearwood, James Taylor, Jordin Sparks, Neil Young, Carrie Underwood, Stephen Colbert, M.I.A. Motley Crue, Neil Diamond, Smokey Robinson, David Gilmour, Rascall Flatts, Robert Plant , Allison Krause , Meryl Streep, Tony Shalhoub, Peter Gabriel, Jack Black, Craig Ferguson, Steve Martin, Trace Adkins, Moby, Frank Zappa, Jay Mohr, Randy travis, Duffy, Beck, Boyz II Men, Brad Paisley, Cyndi Lauper, Kylie Minogue, Kenny Chesney.
Closer Prelude is a part of a NEW CONCEPT:
"Immortalizing" selected series of songs ( hip-hop / rap , R&B, pop, rock, dance ) presenting them in classical forms of music. Among the artists and playlists songs arLady Gaga, Coldplay , Madonna, Timbaland), Justin Timberlake, TI , Rihanna, Jay-Z ), What I've Done ( Linkin Park , ft. in The Transformers ) Britney Spears, Star Wars theme ( George Lucas ) Mad World (Adam Lambert) Star Trek ( J.J. Abrams ; Winona Ryder, Leonard Nimoy ) Don't Speak ( No Doubt ).
His concert tour includes New Orleans, London, Dublin , Liverpool, Manchester, New York, Chicago , Atlanta, Washington, Las Vegas, Boston, Philadelphia.
This version is not intended to sound like a copy of the original song. The music might be A MIXTURE OF GENRES, WITH INTENTIONAL CONSTANT CHANGES IN TEMPO AND RHYTHM (personal interpretation).
This original concept is presented, arranged and performed b Marrina.
Award-winning concert pianist/composer Marrina 's styles of music are pop, dance, R&B , hip-hop , alternative, rock and others.
After her performance in the Super Bowl Halftime Show Marrina appeared in the film Face/Off with John Travolta ( Pulp Fiction; Quentin Tarantino ) and Nicolas Cage , producers: Michael Douglas, Barrie Osborne, Director: john Woo; Bad Lieutenant Port Of Call New Orleans ) and on television shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Today Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Entertainment Tonight, Extra; ( ABC, NBC, CBS , Fox, PBS ). She conducted and performed in front of presidents and royalty, in Olympic games , special events, and with or in front of well-known artists and personalities such as Sting, Natalie Cole, Whitney Houston, Jessica Simpson, John Travolta, Tom Hanks ( Angels & Demons ) Brad Pitt ( Benjamin Button ) Tom Cruise, Robert DeNiro, Leonardo DiCaprio , Warren Beatty, Robert Downey Jr. ( The Soloist ) Rob Reiner , Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion ( My Heart Will Go On / Diane Warren , Taking Chances ), Rob Reiner ( Sleepless In Seattle; This Is Spinal Tap, Cher, Ed Begley Jr. Billy Crystal, Dana Carvey ) Josh Groban, Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, Billy Bob Thornton , Crosby , Stephen Stills , Billy Ray Cyrus , Will Smith , Bruce Springsteen, Smokey Robinson , Ashton Kutcher, Gary Marshall.
In appreciation of their artistic and humanitarian contributions, Marrina has written special compositions in honor of Steven Spielberg, Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, Sir Paul Mccartney.
I'm a late bloomer on the piano, but I made it.