Jon Schmidt - Rock meets Rachmaninoff - Piano Remix (BAND MIX link in description)

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"Rock meets Rockmaninoff" is a remix of my previous release "ROCKmaninoff" with more focus on the piano. If you want an extended version with more guitar and drum click here for the iTunes track: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bonus-tracks/id332485531

Or listen to it for free here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0zQq3Pi4Tk

"Rock meets Rachmaninoff" will be available on iTunes in a few days.


Rock meets Rachmaninoff (Inspired by Prelude in C sharp minor-Rachmaninoff)
Piano: Jon Schmidt 
Electric Guitar: Chris Wormer   
Drums: Joel Stevenett
Bass:  Jake Bowen 

Produced by Jon Schmidt
Co-Produced by Chuck E. Myers
Engineered by Jake Bowen 
Recorded and Mixed at Big Idea Studios

Mastered by Barry Gibbons at Platinum Studios

When my son was starting his band at 15 years old, he liked to show me guitar and drum discoveries he found on youtube.  Having never played in a band myself, I now appreciate the coolness of things like double bass pedaling and guitar sweeps because of him.  Rock meets Rachmaninoff combines 2 of my favorite musical influences:

Rachmaninoff and my awesome son, Spencer.

We'd like to also mention that the mp3, Sheet music, 2 orchestral track mp3 options for live performance (minus piano and minus piano for 2 minute pageant performance...), and the midi file for disclavier are all available at http://www.jonschmidt.com.  Plus a bunch of other great tunes and sheet music are available at http://www.jonschmidt.com.

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[MrDrumStikz]

@MuseDuCafe I know a lot about music, and you apparently don't because I'm impressed at the way he goes up and down five octaves or so with little to no effort. Also, he switches from sixteenth notes to sixteenth triplets without breaking a sweat. This guy is making a ton of money doing stuff like this, and you just felt insulted that someone decided to write a new take on a song that the majority have stopped listening to. In the words of Willie Nelson, "Why don't you write your own song?".

[somewhatopinionated]

Have you guys ever thought of doing anything with the Trans Siberian Orchestra?

That would be awesome is every sense of the word!

[SecretsxSugar]

I love these Guys and this is the first Video I don't like .

[ultimatedrummer222]

Honestly, this is an incredible video displaying absolutely marvelous talent from years and years of practicing, and i dont think that anyone that commented negatively (or positively, for that matter) could ever, in their wildest fantasy dreams, hope to achieve HALF of what these musicians have accomplished, and any supercilious bast*** who thinks they're better then them and thinks the pianoguys' music is lacking emotion and depth just because it doesn't make you want to suicide can go to HE**.

[TheJem619]

@MuseDuCafe ornamentation is a good thing to to any GOOD artist and they will agree and you can't say that it is not close to Rachmaninov as i have heard the piece and strongly disagree further more even if it wasn't Rachmaninov it is still awesome

[ultraicon]

@MuseDuCafe I dont know what you said, but if you insult thepianoguys... then you must be a bitch and have no taste in music and you are a bitch with some little logic so also a bitch with no place ditch people call you a dick because you bitch with thepainoguys ....did I mention you are a bitch?

[indigowinters]

Public. Ugh. That took 3 comments to get it right

[Akersar]

@MrDrumStikz First off I totally agree with you. But umm, where is this five octaves? All I hear is him going up three octaves. Also going from the two different 16ths isnt that hard >.>

[indigowinters]

Usually peaceful publis

[indigowinters]

Jaw, Meet floor... Floor, Meet jaw. I'm not getting involved in these chaotic arguments. However, haters, retching your course of action. It's wreaking havoc within the usua

[fierydog]

@123Shankar123 I can respect Jacques Loussier, but this is too much for me! I think it is ok for us to disagree. So I guess what that means is that I am a musical purist.

[fierydog]

@shretsvis No one in the popular musical community has enough knowledge to recreate Prokofiev's Piano Sonata's. I could never see a pop version of Prokofiev's 7th piano sonata.. ever, lol.