Playing My Fans Pieces - Episode II 

Get Tickets To My Upcoming Concerts (WORLD TOUR): bit.ly/WeAreOneWorldTour Get Sheet Music to this piece and others: musicalbasics.com/collections/all I played 3 pieces written by my fans who are composers themselves. Please join me in applauding them for their beautiful compositions, and support them by liking this video and checking out their channels (see description)! Sheet music for the pieces can be found here: R.M. Rizal - La Melange de Deux Emotions bit.ly/lamelangeSM Spikes - Lycoris Radiata bit.ly/lycorisradiataSM Michael Shen - The Gentle Zephyr (Prelude op 3 no 2) bit.ly/gentlezephyrSM Standalone versions of the videos for your enjoyment: R.M. Rizal - La Melange de Deux Emotions: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xP_1b8WN6Ik.html Spikes - Lycoris Radiata ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IWADSbU1vRY.html Michael Shen - The Gentle Zephyr: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-As_bt59fj8Q.html

His right hand: kalm His left hand: ↔️↔️↘️↙️⬅️↙️↙️↖️↪️↗️

“Left hand jumps are enjoyable to play here” Lies... it’s all lies..

what the hell that 2nd piece actually made me feel an aching in my chest like i had lost someone. its so powerful and incredible, a truly talented composer

Barely any people are talking about the first piece, i think it's so pretty how you can see the contrast between the people.

I can’t believe a 13 year old wrote that last piece. I hope that kid pursues their talent. Incredible

Your fanbase are composed of highly talented, prodigious orchestral geniuses. I'm not one of them, but all of these are beautiful masterpieces, these are mind blowing.

" Lycoris Radiata" This gave me chills I've never had before, it's elegant but angry, dark but bloomy, it's like sunrise but on the other hand it feels like sunset. This is beautiful.

"To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable." -Ludwig Van Beethoven

My friend wrote a piece called “I hate it when I play the wrong note”. I’m sure you can get an idea of what it sounds like

1:09 Right Hand: going moderately fast but not too insane. Left Hand: *_I AM SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED_*

Omg the second piece, the contrast between bitter hurt and attempt to accept it, is so powerful

2nd piece almost made me cry ngl. The composer is talented asf

“I paid for the whole piano, im GOING to use the whole piano”

"two emotions" Right hand: Kalm Left hand: *Panik*

To those that play piano, I'm envious. Piano is such a powerful instrument. It conveys emotion better than any single instrument IMO, and is so complex . To those that compose piano music....just wow.

Coming from the perspective of a former ballet dancer, Lycoris Radiata has HUGE potential for amazing contemporary choreography. I can feel the emotions so deeply.

“Sometimes its not the song that makes you emotional, its the people and things that come up to your mind when you hear it.”

"He wrote this for two of his classmates" What an absolute man

"The Gentle Zephyr" was my favorite. Almost sad.... nostalgic, maybe. At the same time, however, there is a happy and gently comforting lightness to it. A mild aching inside that somehow makes you smile a little. Beautiful.

*If you flipped the order of Spikes and Shen’s pieces, it would be a hauntingly complete life story….* *(1) Rizal’s* is the child at school. Simply having fun with their classmates each day-and likely experiencing their very first innocent crush (or crushes). *(2) Shen’s* is that same child, now as a teenager planning for college/university. They’re no longer in childhood, but they aren’t quite old enough to fully appreciate the loss of it yet, because they’re too focused on being in the middle of one of their most pivotal life transitions-from adolescence to adulthood. The music reflects how they are nervous and unsure about going off into the world for the first time, but those uncertain nerves are always heavily colored with an undercurrent of excited anticipation, hope and dreams of what the future holds for them. *(3) Spike’s* takes place a decade or two later, after the reality of life has thrashed our protagonist around quite a bit. The music shows that they’ve endured enough difficulty in life to fully appreciate how beautiful the innocence of their childhood was -and now the panic-fueled, icy, existential grief of understanding they will never feel that way again, begins to set in. But once they make it beyond the initial mourning period for their childhood, you can hear notes of hope starting to creep back in to the music… Eventually the protagonist realizes that just because they now know too much of the world to ever feel the same type of innocent, safe, and carefree joy of childhood again-they can now do everything in their power to protect that same innocence and unencumbered joy in all of the children in their life. This particular piece of the journey ends with almost the same tune as the beginning, yet is slightly altered. Because our young protagonist faced down their demons and mourned the loss of their childhood innocence, but has now found comfort and a renewed purpose in their life-by fighting to protect those beautifully innocent years of the new generations… Just as their parents/guardians once resolved to do for them, long ago. And thus, the emotionally complex cycle of existence begins anew.❤️

i just realized if you listen closely the lycoris radiata displays the different stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance Edit: sorry for making you cry but thanks for the likes have a wonderful day

Listens to Michael Shen's piece: ahh that's nice Finding out he's THIRTEEN!!!!: THA FUCK

Lycoris Radiata sounds like someone's life falling apart in anger and sorrow, especially when the notes start getting louder and louder and absolutely beautiful piece.

Wow.....The second piece is mindblowing, I actually cried. I can't. That's a friggin masterpiece. THE PART AT 5:55 GETS ME EVERY DAMNED TIME.

Lionel, with no emotion: wow that was tragic

The emotion that “Lycoris Radiata” evoked actually made me tear up

Timestamps: 0:48 Debbie’s Wobbly March 1:54 Anna Sofia’s Blissful Waltz 3:44 Lycoris Radiata 8:28 Gentle Zephyr

Red spider lilies are my favorite flower. Along with their meaning of death and chaos, they also mean "final goodbye". Often i see them blooming for only about a week in patches, but they're so vibrant and gorgeous

"He's only thirteen" To the side: "the next ling ling"

"the left hand jumps are enjoyable to play here" no. there is no such thing as "enjoyable hand jumps".

If Lycoris Radiata is not playing at my funeral, I ain’t dying Edit: Omg- if The Gentle Zephyr had vocals, that song will be perfect. It’s such a beautiful melody. I am in love 😻. ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴡᴏᴡ

I started crying at about 9:28 that is some talent I don’t think I’ve ever cried to a piano piece but I felt every bit of those notes

Spike: Oh this is a cool melody I’m going to make it a full song. Everyone: Bro this guy must’ve been deppresed and went through a lot. This song is so deep,

I fell in love with "Lycoris Radiata" that guy is truly a pro.

Im getting so much inspiration from Lycoris Radiata thats its insane, I can imagine two friends who've known each other their entire lives, but one day one of them notices red spider lilies blooming everywhere their friend goes, but no one else seems to see them. They realise what this means for their friend's fate and desperately tries to change it, or to spend as much time as possible with their friend, or something, anything, they just can't let them go like this. Still don't have an ending for it, but this is just what I imagine, some possible endings could be: - Maybe the friend knew about their inevitable fate, and subtly reassures their friend that it will be okay, and that they will always be connected one way or another, and eventually passes. - The person ends up failing to save their friend, and the story's second half is about their grief and how they come to accept the change in their life. - The two figure out why the flowers had bloomed in the first place, trace it back to something supernatural, and get tangled up in something bigger that neither of them could have predicted, and eventually end up getting separated even more than they originally were. Maybe the one the with red spider lilies becomes ensared in an elaborate trap as just one of many victims, and the person we follow is their friend fighting to save them, doing anything and everything so that they can be together again. (I am inclined to this one haha, I just like the idea of a golden birdcage hidden in the sky, the friend being unable to escape and desperately trying anyway, praying that their friend will come rescue them, and said friend eventually arriving after a long journey only to find they've come too late, their friend in already gone, bleeding out beautifully in a garden of red spider lilies, the flowers being fed with blood as red as their petals, and the protagonist falls in defeat, desperate for a chance to try again, to turn back time, and they just might get that chance. Or not, and they cope with the fact that if they hand just done a few things differently, if they had been more efficient, if they had gathered more information in the beginning and known what to do, their friend would still be alive.) - Or they just get a simple happy ending, who knows lol

The melody for ‘The Gentle Zephyr’ is so amazing, it sounds like it belongs in a Disney movie

The last piece sounds like something that would play at the end of a hero’s journey, where all the characters are sitting in the grass and thinking about the loved ones they lost along the way. A gentle breeze blows and the characters you’ve grown to love say their goodbyes and go their separate ways. The main character turns around at the crest of a hill and watches his friends go. The camera stays as the character walks over the hill and disappears never to be seen by you, the reader or watcher, but you can infer that his story doesn’t end here.

Me: "wow that was really good" "He was only thirteen" Me: ._.

At the end of Lycoris Radiata I was on the ground crying after experiencing what I am going through right now, I felt meaningless and hopeless. I hope more people hear Spike’s music.

Lyrocis Radiata was amazing dude... that makes sense what Spikes said about the first death you encounter would be the end of your childhood self, when my mom died, I felt like I left my childhood happiness behind, and then my grandma died, amazing piece.

Who is this Michael Shen kid??? I was in tears no later than half way through The Gentle Zephyr, and you're telling me he is 13 years old??? I'm speechless...

Lycoris Radiata is so damn spectacular only a few pieces in the world can form images and scenery just from music notes

I love "The Gentle Zephyr"! It's so beautiful- that guy deserves a medal. I can't believe he's only 13 years old, too!

Spikes - Lycoris Radiata, I have no words to describe how much I feel for this artwork, it understands me, more than anyone else ever could

5:58 "when growing up, the first death many go through is the loss of their childhood-self" damn i feel that. This piece is truly incredible.

Sometimes I forget that people actually come up with this shit and I dunno, I guess I always thought that the sheet music for songs like these were just born into existence from flowers and stuff but turns out I’m just too stupid to fathom how amazing someone has to be to make stuff like this

The second one deeply reminds me of that phase where I realized I was growing up. I grew up too early. Lost my grandma to cancer and with that many many memories of her. I can't remember many things in that part of my life and it deeply saddens me I'll never be able to relive those moments at least one more time. Beautiful, soul touching piece. Bravo!

at 10:38 when he states "its like someone whispering 'your going to be ok" i feel this kind of fiercness in the music and its comforting

So apparently Michael is 13 and wrote this masterpiece of a piano score. I can feel a strong Asian aura.

Spike just created a masterpiece Scratch that, they’re all masterpieces

to me, the great zephyr felt like you have achieved something you have always strived for and are now at the end of your journey, reminiscing chasing your dreams. you look back on your adventures with great fondness and although you are happy you have now accomplished your goals, you have a weird feeling of emptiness. you have spent so much time chasing after this one goal, so now that it’s finished, what are you supposed to do? the beautiful melody symbolizes the feeling of relief of it being done now and the sad tinge symbolizes the emptiness that comes with that. i honestly can‘t believe the composer is only 13 years old, that was one amazing piece for sure.

I felt anger and happiness in the second piece as if the composer was angry but managed to balance out his emotions et with a hint of happiness but still feel regretful about something like " it was truly beautiful i'll cherish those memories eternally but still time cruelly never looks back and i feel like dying by anger and regrets"

Me banging away at a keyboard and creating simple melodies when I was 13: hey this sounds pretty good! Michael Shen: *hold my apple juice*

Lycoris Radiata is like a nostalgia that you never had

That second piece really moved me. I find it crazy how some people can just convey so much emotion in music

Lycoris Radiata isn’t just making me feel loss, i’m full on bawling my eyes out over here and i have no idea why edit: The Gently Zephr reminded me of childhood and just looking back on all your happy memories, with a few sad ones. like your life flashing before your eyes

It's been 14 years since my last piano lesson as a kid haven't touched one since. After watching this video I ordered a keyboard, wish me luck boys

The way “Lycrois Radiata” actually has me tears. It’s so powerful. While I may not be musically literate and can’t understand much on a technical level, I still felt such strong emotions listening to the piece.

Fun fact in pokemon omega ruby and alpha sapphire when you fight wally the last time the field is surrounded by red spider lilies. Represnting his metaphorical reincarnation from the timid sheltered child he was to a confident, determined fighter. In a sense losing his old self and finding a new identity amd starting fresh.

I feel like the recognition of great composers of the modern era sometimes gets overlooked for so much focus on the classical composers. Truly, these are works of art

i never wanted Lycoris Radiata to end. it was really exactly how i felt almost everyday in the past. for the first time in my life i felt as if someone actually understood me, even if we have never talked or seen each other.

Well, the beginning of "The gentle zephyr" sounds just as if Studio Ghibli's and LOTR musicians formed an alliance lol.

I can say confidently that Lycoris Radiata has one of the most heart wrenching storytelling from piano I have seen to date. I cannot give enough props to Spikes, well done dude.

I know someone named Debbie, and Debbie's Wobbly March (in the first piece) was honestly a very VERY accurate musical description of her. She would destroy the world with her toy army.

Lycoris Radiata = hiraeth Hiraeth meaning homesick for a place which doesn't exist.

listening to “lycoris radiata” during a thunderstorm hits different

For me, my favorite was the second one. Idk, I could feel the anxiety of wanting to this angsty ends but never does. Also could feel the hurt in the process, as well as the sadness and calm breath and moment. It's possible to feel the emotions put while creating this (master)piece, it's beautiful yet sad. The way I was able to see the flower the entire time while listening to the piece is so... magic. This is the power of music. It's not only "Music to our ears", it's a language, principally for those who can't put into actual words, they put in notes.

The Gentle Zephyr, I don't have words that can say what I want, I only can say that this song is beautiful, in one part I start crying and I'm crying while I am writing this, this song just feel like a boom in my head, a remote control for my soul. This kid just make the best song that I listen in my whole life.

" Lycoris Radiata " made me feel like the feeling of someone you loved your whole life fades away from existence forever even the most bravest man will cry when their loved ones fades away from existence

“The first death is the loss of their childhood self” I immediately panicked and was like “crap, no, take me back 😰”

The 2nd piece is beautiful. It’s like a rollercoaster of emotions from being depressed, to being disappointed to being angry. It’s everything am feeling!

The third piece, to me, is about the past, present, and future. You pass by a familiar place, changed so much, yet still the same. You are hit with a wave of nostalgia, as you remember all the time you spent there, all the marks you made, replaced. You are in a bit of internal turmoil, but still turn your head up from the ground and see the new people, whom you have no connection to, welcome and explore the once-yours house of memories. You think about all the changes and goodbyes you've had, now outside of that place. You realize it is best to let your past run freely instead of keeping it on a leash, so others can make new memories in its place. And you finally can continue the cycle of recreating old memories in new ways. You live a fulfilling life, with regrets and restricting ties easily let go of, and in your last moments, you can't help but think back on your life. Perhaps to relive it once more. Perhaps to do something better in hindsight. Either way, you let yourself plunge into the warm, welcoming darkness of death. Yes I wrote a narrative for it, the song just felt so- aagh now I can't think of any adjectives to describe anything anymore

Lycoris Radiata makes me feel like, this wasn’t a slow loss, but an instant one. The thing they held most precious to them was simply torn away from them. Their memories are all that are left but they can’t stand the memories anymore. They want things to stop. They’re angry at the world, but they know death happens. They eventually begin to slowly know that this person wants them to live, so they do what they can in their memory to keep them alive no matter how it may be possible. But they always have that person closest to them, regardless of what is happening

“The first death many go through is the loss of their childhood self” This hits different when it’s tied to the anger and all the hidden emotions in Spike’s piece. It’s crazy.

Little dude on song three is only 13!? He needs to contact Square Enix and make some Final Fantasy game themes, his piece would fit in the series like a glove.

the final one really sounds to me like it belongs on the soundtrack of a Studio Ghibli movie. maybe it's the final song that plays over the credits. it has such lovely bittersweet notes, it's unfathomable to me that it was composed by a 13 year old. that's amazing, i hope the best for him and the other 2 composers in this video

Director or producer or whatever: So I need a reeaaly sad and solemn song for this really emotional part of my movie, you guys know anything or anyone?? Spike: “Allow me to introduce myself...”

Ok but “Lycoris Radiata” gave me literal chills, this piece was brilliant and amazing in other words a masterpiece

The 3rd piece (gentle zephyr) is very similar to the shire theme from Lord of The Rings. Beautiful and unique but i couldnt think of anything else.

‘the gentle zephyr’ immediately gave me the vibe of childhood. the first part felt like when you were a kid, just enjoying yourself without worry, and as the song goes on it felt like the changing from child to teen; the changing from things being simple to having much more awareness and realising you’re losing your childhood. then it continues onto fighting within yourself to try to keep your childlike self alive and not grow up into someone new. then at the end, when you’re right at becoming a young adult, it’s the bittersweet acceptance that that part of your life is over. part of you is still that child you were, but you have also become someone new; someone mature, y’know?

i feel so bad for spike..it seemed that hewas going through something when he wrote this...or he just wrote it because he wanted to

MusicalBasics: "The left hand jumps are enjoyable to play here!" Google: " _Do you mean: _*_very uncomfortable_*_ ?_

the 3rd one makes me feel so nostalgic even tho i’ve never heard it before, it’s like childhood in musical form

The Lycoris Radiata is amazing and definitely sets the fall and Halloween theme

Is it just me or did that third piece have a hidden undertone of sadness laced in it. Like a gentle sadness almost

Lycoris Radiata is now my favorite piano piece ever written. Spikes is a genius and his music feels like losing your innocence, growing up, and finding happiness again. It’s beautiful

Bruh part two brought tears to my eyes not at the sadness of the piece but the pure beauty and compassion behind it every emotion poured into it and thrown into every direction, beautiful…

5:40 i can imagine this part as the anger stage of greif, the piece sounds so enraged yet sorrowful, truely a beautiful piece

Thanks so much Lionel for having my piece! Rey's and spike's pieces were absolutely amazing and it has been great working with you guys! I spent something ridiculous like 3 months composing this piece before ever putting it in musescore. I guess the melodies really struck me too, since I always forget pieces, but this one really stayed with me. I'm no ling ling of course (if anything I'm closer to 1̶5̶ 22notespersecond sacrilegious boi), just long hours improvising at the piano...

‘Michael’s only 13 years old’ Me, a thirteen year old: i feel useless Edit: good news, i started composing. bad news is i dont know how to continue it. if anyone wants to judge it, i posted it on my channel. im open to criticism :D thanks

The second one was just so amazing it was as if he had lost someone important and shows he constant change in emotions

The melody of the last one is really beautiful. It tugged at my heart. This coming from a 13 yrs old is just exciting.

Lycoris radiata by spikes was insane the emotions that radiated off it was like any other music I have experienced before

The last one sounded like it belonged in a Ghibli movie. I can’t believe that last one was composed by a 13 year old. So much talent, he’s definitely going places.

That last song gave me sad but hopeful vibes. Almost like a “goodbye for now” scenario. It’s very beautiful.

Being a guy, I usually dont cry for months and months on end but somehow Exceptional music does something to my head. It makes me tear up, and Licorice radiata did just that. It made me cry after so long.

“Lycoris radiata” out of the thousands of words in the English language, nothing can describe how that piece made me feel, it was as if as i was born anew and lived my whole life up to this point over again, as if my whole life flashed before my eyes but 1000 times over . I’m mesmerized. Thank you to the composer, you made me feel something I’ve never experienced in my entire existence.

“Wow that was tragic” **In an almost monotone voice**

As I heared the 3rd piece, I've known this one is the loveliest one from these and from so many pieces I've heared. I got shocked when you said the composer of the piece is just 13 yo. So a talented and genius pianist! I wish him success in his life, but it won't be that hard with this skill of composing. All pieces were beautiful but The Gentle Zephyr was far the beset in my opinion. Congratulations for all three composers!