Crazy good bro! People here tend to forget the famous saying : Ludwig van Beethoven - 'To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.'
Don't listen to the negative comments even though I'm sure you don't. The fact you pulled off these incredibly difficult pieces in front of an audience this size is beyond what most people can do. I can't believe you're sitting at 938 subscribers. I can almost guarantee the rude statements are from people who couldn't even do half as good as you just did. Bravo!!
I always have tons of respect for people playing on random pianos in public. I once played Rachmaninov prelude op. 23 no. 5 on a full size grand that was sitting in the center of the shopping mall, and my heart was pounding from nervousness.
why isnt this viral yet edit after the vid: wow bro 4 YEARS ? SELF TAUGHT, i went to music lessons for 3 years and is barely anything like, question, how did you find the motivation to keep learning the piano and other hard pieces and please give me some tips about mastering hand coordination Thanks and keep playing
People have important stuff to buy, no time to listen to a live artist. Freaking unbelievable. I would have sat on the steps and watched the whole set!!
Awesome job being self taught, playing from memory and only 16 years/o. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Keep going!!! Question: how many years did it take you to become this good?
Hi Micheal, great question and thanks for asking! My journey with the piano has been quite a rollercoaster ride. I’ve been casually playing since primary school - whenever I had a break, I’d sneak off to the piano rooms (I still do, haha) and mess around with a few pieces I picked up by ear and RU-vid tutorials, like bits of Passacaglia and the first movement of Moonlight Sonata, as I have not yet acquired sheet music. The real learning began about four years ago, around 2020. I dove headfirst into the deep end by starting with Beethoven’s 3rd movement of Moonlight Sonata, a piece that’s notoriously difficult and a turmoil of sentiment. From there, eventually over time I worked on scales and technique. It’s been a lot of repetition, building routines, and staying consistent and disciplined. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am now, and I’m still pushing to get better, almost every day.
@@DynasticDanny Thank you for your comprehensive answer. You should be very proud of your achievement. I’ve been thinking about teaching myself to play piano and that’s why I was curious about your journey. Best wishes for all your future endeavors.
Hey Danny Boy. Each time I watch I become more of a fan. Love your work and to think you are self-taught and at just 16, playing to that level just blows me away. I love seeing young people, especially through music, express themselves openly and kick goals. I just love it. Please keep it going young fella and don't forget to learn Danny Boy! I suggest anyone, who hasn't done so already, to subscribe to this channel, get Daniel up to at least 1,000 subs and start him on a new journey. I can only see this getting better. Catch up soon Danny Boy.
bro, it's been ages I'm trying to find someone who plays in public with that passion and creativity, a few "mistakes" but it was a 10/10 performance, anyway, glad to find you and keep up, btw hard to see nice looking fellas playing as well haha. peace
Amazing talent. Some bizarre comments from jealous armchair warriors who could never do what you did. Who cares if you are self taught, even more amazing; youtube tutorials these days are better than overpriced in-person teachers. You remind me of a young 'We Are One'. Great mash up with the 3rd movement which in itself is beyond what most can play. Well done and ignore the twats.
Dope work bro. Keep it up. No hate. Just practice well and don’t make mistakes. You play really really good for four years of learning and that took self taught?!? Dope asf bro.
❤ 4 years self learning is possible. I recognized a young man who took 1 year to complete grade 8, and 1 more year to atcl. He also played this Beethoven Sonata 14- 3rd very well. Anyway you are a genius. ❤
That’s beautiful to hear. I don’t often compare myself to my potential. There’s weeks when I don’t even practise. I could be so much higher. 🙌 Thank you
I read your short autobiography....what a beautiful life philosophy you have. Enjoyy the music you are playing/ creating.... your audience certainly does. I wish you all the very best in life.
Bro i get why you play those hard pieces nearing the end, it shows alot of skill. But in my opinion they don’t sound as good as the easier pieces you were playing more in the beginning. And to the audience who probably aren’t piano players will probably be more impressed by the slower popular songs like lalaland and golden hour. Although crazy playing!👏
bro my favoritt pianist on youtube can u post more public classical pieces would be a dream come true, ive watched every single public piano classical and i craveee more! amazing
Brother, I came to notice a few errors.And there's a problem with your time sinking... If you improve on that , you will rock... The overall performance was really good
Bro spawned in from Tik tok only to play 30sec-1min of a few hard pieces with many mistakes. On top of all this he is encouraging the show off pianists and giving me the ick with those glasses. I definitely believe the 4 years statement bc it’s showing in your performance.
No one has to excel in order to enjoy playing piano.. if you were out there and his performance was hurting your ears turn your back on and move on .. no need to hate.. every one is somewhere in learning process.. we dont have to be Beethoven to give ourselves permission to hop on and play in front of people you didn’t even ask to come and watch you… yes he’s done so many mistakes but so what? Regarding his style it’s his choice you might be triggered i might too but who cares man? Move on
@@ab0ude818 it feels mad disrespectful to the pianists who actually put in the work to make their performances perfect. Here’s a perfect example: 2 little school kids, 1(him) 2(me), they were playing tic tac toe. Kid 2 practices tic tac toe everyday for hours on end, but Kid 1 barely even cares. (In this school tic tac toe is very serious and possibly determines social classes). Kid 1 beats kid 2 a single time out of all 200 times they have played. He then goes on to tell everyone in the school how much better he is than kid 2. Kid 2 feels absolutely, rightfully betrayed because kid 2 had thought they were friends. Kid 1 goes on to get all the glory and fame that Kid 2 deserved for his hard work. The teachers give kid 1 a cupcake for being better, while Kid 2 ends up being ignored. If we were to put this in context it would go like: 2 Pianists, 1(him) 2(me), were practicing at home. Kid 2 cares about the quality of his music soo much, that he winds up practicing for 6 hours every day. Kid 1 has not a care in the world for his technique and plays songs well out of his skill limits with no regard to his future performances. Kid 1 is in it for the fame and glory, so he goes to a public piano where he films his playing of popular songs. Kid 2 is at home practicing for some future performance (concerts/competitions). The kids are bound together be their love for piano even if it’s for different reasons. After Kid 1 posts his video to the media, Kid 2 watches it, and is hit by a wave of cringe. Kid 2 knows he deserves all the credit/attention but he doesn’t go around begging for it. Kid 2 would never have the GALL to do such a thing. Kid 1 gets positive feedback from unknowledgeable people about how good his playing was. Kid 2 is not even a known existence to the viewers. That is where his hAtReD comes from…my HaTrEd.
Yo, great question - I’ve been playing for a while, through various parts of my life. In primary school, whenever we’d have break, I was immediately onto trickling the ivories of the pianos in the dark insulated rooms they had. I had known a little bit of Passacaglia, and other stuff which I no longer have retained in my repertoire. Along with moonlight sonata 1st movement through hearing it by ear. However, I’ve been primarily Learning for nearly just over 4 years (2020). I initiated learning the 3rd movement of Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven). It was crazy jumping into a grade 9 piece, and since then acquired scales and other stuff to support the technique. (I have not done sheet music.) Through lots of repetition, routine building, consistency and discipline is how I have got this far and continue to evolve.
Is absolute treason. 😹 After a while the algorithm tends to stop promoting the vids, though I’m noticing a large portion of my viewers are by search regarding some recent videos. I know ppl and have a mate who get Millions, and we do quite similar content so not sure why this isn’t taking off yet. Thanks
Yes. The bright, wavering sound is the clue. Each note on the piano actually is being produced by several strings, usually three, and they all have to be tuned exactly correctly. Otherwise the vibrations clash - imagine one string vibrating at 440 vibrations per second and another vibrating at 442, another at 445. They wouldn’t synch up. . This kind of tuning is more appropriate for honky tonk, saloon style playing, but not classical, and he’s doing some Chopin and Beethoven and mixing in some improv. And he’s using a lot of pedal, which makes the sound even muddier. Pianos in settings like this go out of tune very easily. They get exposed to drastic changes in temperature and humidity, with lots of people coming and going during the day and no one around at night. And they get played sporadically.
Pretty easy to tell that you've never read sheet music before, or at least haven't learned the pieces you played with sheet music. You sound like those who learn piano off of Synthesia videos on RU-vid. With lack of music theory, you're going to make as many mistakes as you did in your performance. Once you stutter, you have to hit the correct notes for your muscle memory to kick in to continue the song. I know because I learned piano that way, thank goodness I learned violin the proper way. Your performance is great for a beginner, but it's time to get a teacher. It's gonna be frustrating because you're gonna have to learn from the basics by playing basic music, but it will make you a much better pianist.
That was very fair, honest and nicest constructive criticism i have read.Everything u said was spot on and if he wants to take his Playing to a higher level he should really consider taking your advice. It's obvious that he has a lot of talent because I don't think I can play mistakes that fast LOL and That's not an easy piece that he played...very difficult.. And you're right it's gonna be hard to go back and do the boring stuff but it will definitely make a difference unless maybe he doesn't want to take it to a different level..and he's happy where he's at.. I don't think everybody wants to Play professionally some people display because of the joy of playing.. I Never get tired of Seeing the way Music can bring people together and break down boundaries .. There's nothing else in the world that touches as many ppl as it does.. I'm glad that he was there to make people happy that day. I don't think I dig the sunglasses though LOL
Tell me why im a self taught pianist and havent made mistakes and got super good ever since then without a teacher and not knowing how to read sheets or taking classes? I have relative pitch. Your advice can be good i guess? But you’re still wrong, No offense tho.
next time maybe you can play famous songs not just only for crowd but also for RU-vid viewers. if you do that for sure I gonna subcribe your chanel. believe me. do it like what other did.
Hmm.. not sure about combining mistakes with showmanship 😂 -and why is the piano cordoned off by the rope barrier? Are they discouraging people from playing it?
@@DynasticDanny i wouldt take it as a compliment since when i heard your music the pieces sounded completly different not just the moddified parts but even the most iconic parts they had their own emotions on them rather than same sounds we hear over and over again.
