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Piano Place Hold in Am

Published 2025 June 24

I recorded and edited some footage yesterday to make my first music video for my first published song.

While learning to play piano I was pressing keys without paying conscious attention to my fingers, letting the sounds flow and listening. This came out, “wrong” notes and all. An ambient audio track recorded by a creek was then layered on top, with an audio pitch experiment mistakenly added in the end.

See the video on YouTube and subscribe to my channel. Listen at:

Thanks to Dan McBride for video technical advice. Make sure to visit his trailer project.

Thanks to Matthew Florianz for audio instrument information and inspiration via his work in Elite: Dangerous.

Thanks to Matt De Ver for the field recorder and inspiration.

Thanks to Tori Amos, Aurora, Wolf Alice, Buddy Guy, Pink Floyd, Nina Simone, McCoy Tyner, Blonde Redhead, and so many others who have inspired me.

Thanks to dad for my first guitar and love of nature, mom for my first computer and bringing me up in the wild, and Amber and my friends for everything.

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