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Ren wrote the piano part of Money Game Part 3. and he recorded it (played it) on the LP. In the live video only he needed someone to play it. So you could experience his piano skills earlier already. Also 'For Joe' is singing with piano playing.
Anyone who has watched the extended BTS version by Wolf Johnson, will have seen Ren letting lose on the Piano. He was wallowing in the pleasure of ramping that 150k Yamaha Grand Piano.
Hello from Canada! Looks like Ren is in Drumheller, Alberta, aka The Badlands. It's the largest dinosaur deposit in the world and about an hour west of Calgary, AB.
So what most people consider “classical music” - it too is split into eras, periods, or genres. The genres Ren displayed here are the following in the order they appear in Ren’s song: Impressionist era (Debussy), Romance era, Classical era (Mozart), Early Romantic (Beethoven & Schubert), Baroque Period (Bach). Ren is more of a genre bender than most people might expect, even in this one song.
That’s a very interesting take but there is one part of it I have to take exception to. Bach clearly was writing in the era known as Baroque and whilst some of his music may also be described as Baroque I would argue that the majority of it is not and cannot be assigned to a period, it is effect timeless. He without doubt is the most influential composer who has ever existed and his influence is as relevant to music composition today as it was when he was alive. Quite probably the greatest musician of all time, he was in that sense a complete freak of nature.
Cool, thx for the breakdown. I enjoy some classical music, but didn't realise there were specific types/themes of composition, split by era. Appreciate the info 👍🏻
I love this piece and could easily see it in a movie. Understanding who Ren is, how much he has been through, and the losses he has endured add to the emotion I feel. ❤ R.I.P. Joe and Callum. And let us not forget Lewis Darroch, who perished while attempting to rescue his friend, Callum. Thank you, Ren, for honoring their lives with such love. ❤
Could listen to Ren play piano over and over…….this piece is like that. You don’t need words…..the music says all it needs to say….really enjoying listening to how this piece makes people feel. 💜 and this is no different. Thanks AR.
Great reaction. Thank you. I never get tired of experiencing this. It's very subtle, but a butterfly passes by right toward the end of Ren's song. Magical! Ren has this song available on band camp. He has a short video with the link.
Nice reaction :) There's a video (i think on Ren not Ren's YT) where someone put together many different piano live streams Ren did on his Instagram and it added up to like 28 minutes of him playing different songs on the piano. It's beautiful!
This could easily be a soundtrack. Ren was able to tell a full story without a word. I don’t believe he’s released an instrumental before this. In the live chat, Ren invited us to use this song to remember any loved ones we have lost. He’s been playing piano since he was 13 or 14. I think his next album will include more piano. Sam said this was one of the videos they filmed last summer. It’s in the Badlands of Alberta Canada.
He did and the piece he played was. The first part to the classic composer. Grieg's piano concerto. A very well recognised intro for anyone that listens to classical music. Ren plays just the very beginning of it. After that it's all original.
Enjoyed this the other day on Ren YT and my initial comment was about how much history shows in the background nature alone. It's beautiful just as is the piece he played for us. Thanks guys AR enjoyed Tamara stopping in for the live. Enjoyed the both of you for what time I could catch yest🌹✌️😊
🤣🤣 I’m not crying your crying 😂😂😂🤣 Thanks man Respect you Anthony Don’t cry bro you don’t need to, unless you want to, It’s so so so sad, it’s not just two friends it’s three people, long story but it’s true, also im not a big fan of the monarchy but pAndrew was flying the rescue helicopter that day, I don’t know if it’s true but apparently he was cut up nobody was found alive that day
So far this is the only other classical song that has been able to evoke emotion in me like you are talking about. His music is really a treasure. If you wanna cry check out Max Richter "On the nature of daylight". Right in the feels.
I might be reaching but... in the live version of murderer the opening riff sounded a lot like a Sublime riff... now in this Ren wears a Sublime sweatshirt... Sublime retake coming?
Ren has posted quite a few Instagram's of him playing piano. Of course he's also done Money Game pt 3 and For Joe. Thank you for this reaction Anthony. Ren also has this song available on Bandcamp.
Ren is a rare talent - try & pigeonhole him. Nope, you can't. For Joe (|Live Performance Video) is another absolute beauty. This is beautiful; some things that are beyond words, and he's nailed it, music is beyond words too. The location is perfect, stark beauty.
Ren says new album dropping in the nextcouple months. Gosh I hope this tribute is on new album. Callum passed 6 months after Joe. He was 22. Ren 21. I can't even fathom that . But what a tear jerker for me. Each time I play it. Waterworks. So beautiful....like ,SRV. Music just pours out of him. A gift.
Your reactions are always spot on and valuable, however showing your live chat also gives in insight to some TRASH mentality out there. Do yourself a favour and kick the likes of SYCAMORE who is totally disrespectful to your lady guest. That sort of person brings your channel down to his/her level. Just saying. Kia kaha from NZ
Love Ren, I think he connects with everything music, And he is as lyrical and articulate's his words into lyrics so great, and I think he will only get better.. And Ren is self taught on everything he plays. He did attend Bath Spa University for a bit before he got really sick. And yea he does treatment until end of June in Calgary He said he is moving to LA at the end of the year. That should be a change for him..
Anthony, have you listened to Gorran Kendall solo stuff? ( big push member) his voice more folk sound. Beautiful voice and such a gentle soul. He could use some help with likes and subscribers...
Music is a form of expression. If someone like me doesn't understand and doesn't have an education in the art of music, he will only enjoy this song with 50% and maybe he won't even get to it, that's why it's important to educate yourself in every direction, we don't have to go deep, just slide on the surface. Let's devote ourselves fully to what works best for us, but let's not forget to look in other directions as well, that's the only way we can compare and enjoy things. But it takes time and they try to deny us that, don't have time for anything, just be a sheep.
he plays even better in the video of making of money game part 3 vid on RU-vid he is just in background chilling out playing some classical music and playing dam good
The start of money game three is the only sample you get now I don’t know music theory that well but that snippet in the beginning of game three with the piano camera twirls and you can’t tell which one of them it is but then you can finally tell it takes off the hood because he has the red tie and the rings. So you could tell right there even though it’s only like a 15 second or maybe 22nd intro that played the hell out of the piano to hear it like this with that switch and some of the techniques that he did I don’t know how to explain certain emotion was sick that word I think will be very proud of this. You didn’t see the butterfly halfway through the video he’s there flapping his wings saying goodbye.
I knew he could play piano. But this shows incredible skill, more than I realized. But it's not just his playing that moved us all. It's his skill at composing that reaches into our cores.
What do you mean by that? That he doesn't change keys during the piece or implying playing white keys is easiest. Playing white keys isn't usually easiest. B major or G# minor are more friendly to play lots of stuff like with scales all your longer fingers fall on black keys. Chopin already suggested in his time for beginners to start with B Major since it's easier to finger. He's playing quite well, but he's not technically superior on keyboard. There are some imperfections there, at least in the cross handed arpeggios. But in general he's good enough to express his stuff anyway and I doubt his trying to become some classical concert pianist.
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MG3 and For Joe both show this skill. But you are correct in Ren always seems to surprise with what art he shares. I am grateful for his sharing this piece of music something so very personal to himself and the lads he was friends with earlier in his life.
Prof confirmed collab March 29th on lunch live stream. Ren is going to New York in the beginning of April to film music video with Chris Webby so that's coming (as well as doing birthday stuff in NY since Ren's 34th birthday was March 29 as well.) There's strong rumors of an NF collab in the works as well but no confirmation from Ren or NF at this point, fingers crossed tho, that would break yt!❤ Great reaction! Idk how Ren can pull such emotions from me with just playing a single instrument and no lyrics. This is beautiful
