Uploaded by Didlybom on Aug 26, 2011
~~~ Update Dec 14 ~ http://youtu.be/oN-X-Oo3fAI nicer version
Rough attempt at playing this beautiful piece from Ryuichi Sakamoto. The title is so bad though, why do soundtracks always have to have down-to-earth titles? There is a version with lyrics called Forbidden Colors, much nicer title (but not a big fan of vocals).
Played it barefoot thinking it would help me to feel more Japanese ;) Yeah I wish...
Only practiced a few times, so I can say "oh with more practice I'd play it much better" and feel good, while practicing and finding my limits would be too depressive. With less practice, it may sound purer too and more fragile too, which I like.
Photo by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/thequeenshall/4155333991/
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I enjoyed this and didn't move on to the 'better' version sometimes sensitivity comes across without perfection and thats fine by me! Thanks for playing.
PDN11141 1 month ago
@PDN11141 Thank you! I'm a beginner at this recording thing, and yes, one of the trick is to get it "perfect" while preserving the beauty of the initial naive pure emotion. Not unlike other things in life.
Didlybom 1 month ago
out of curiosity, do you have sheet music?
SalokinRechra 3 months ago
@SalokinRechra
trio: audiograffiti c0m au / dl / docs / merrychristmasmrlawrence-score pdf
solo: nicolamorali c0m / pdf / sakamoto_merry_christmas_mr_lawrence pdf
solo: scribd c0m / doc / 26050038 / Ryuichi-Sakamoto-Merry-Christmas-Mr-Lawrence-sheet-music
(not as good, that's the one I played)
going to redo it using the 2nd transcription from Nicola Morali
Didlybom 3 months ago