Piano Variations

Succession - Variations on a theme

Hi dear Patrons,

Once on a while, I hear a tune and I get really excited about all the opportunities and possibilities there are, and this time I decided to do something without. there is an entire album around this theme from the hit show, and I love all of it. I tried to do it justice, but please let me know what you think! 

As always, I've left the midi and wav file in the attachment, Thank you so much for the continued support, it really means a lot!

James Morrison - Broken Strings

Hi dear Patrons,

Another request filled, and this one was fun to do! Good song, and I realised again that James Morrison made a lot of beautiful songs, which was an added bonus. I hope you like my version, and as always, I've left the wav and mid file in the attachment. 

Please reach out if you have questions or comments, and, thank you very much!

Have a great week,

Marcel

Keane - This is the last time

Hi Friends, 

Hope you like my version of the third Keane song of this channel! Great band with great tunes.  Hope I did it justice. 

All the best, 

Marcel

A-Ha - Take on me

Hi dear Patrons,

What a classic this is, there's classics and then there's the mother of classics category, which I just made up and also I think it belongs to that set of songs. So familiar, so enticing and won't get out of your head. I'm surprised actually I didn't play it until now, but then again, there's so many songs out there, so some will come later rather than sooner. Hope you like my version, the timing is quirky so I tried to keep it 'original" 

I've attached the m...

Creedance Clearwater Revival - Have you ever seen the rain

Hi dear Patrons,

This is probably the longest title of a post :) And a classic that is at least 15 years older than yours truly. Classic for a reason though, and not the only one.. Hope you like my version. Written in C and pretty simple pattern, so a good one for beginners to play along.

As always, thank you for your continued support, I appreciate it!

I've left the midi and wav file attached. Have a great week!

Best,

Marcel

Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine

Bit of a classic vibe these days with some old ones "crossed off" the list. Hope you like my version of this calm but legendary song. I've kept it simple, just like the real version.

If you have suggestions or tips let me know!

As always, I've left the wav and mid file in the attachment. Thank you so much for the continued support, it means a lot!

Have a great week!

Marcel

Tom Petty - I won't back down

Hi dear Patrons,

Love the message of this song, never back down, never! Beautiful tune as well, and got into a royalty dispute with Sam Smith because Stay with me was so similar (also did that one, maybe this is why it sounded so familiar...) 

Hope you like my calm version of this song, maybe more the Johnny Cash version than the Tom Petty one...

As always, thanks for the support, and I've left the wav and mid file attached. 

Have a great week!...

Christina Aguilera - Hurt

Hi dear Patrons,

Happy new year! I started out with a request immediately, and what a beautiful song this is. Didn't add anything because it would only undue the beauty of the chords. Hope you like, it, kept it super simple. 

I've left the wav and mid file attached, have a great one!

Best,

Marcel

Gwen Stefani - Make you like me

Hi dear Patrons,

Christmas edition - and you know I don't do the Christmas songs :-) By very popular request this one, couldn't not do it anymore. Hope you like my version. 

As always, thank you for all the support, I really appreciate. As we all celebrate the holidays, please know your support went to amazing charities, and did a lot of good. I cannot thank you enough for that! 

enjoy the holidays, and I'll be back before the end of the year. 

SIA - Floating through space

By popular demand, one of my favourite songs.. .I listen to it as I leave work almost every day. We made it through another day, those are words that hit home. Hope you like my piano version, as always I've left the wav and mid file attached.

Have a wonderful week all, 

Marcel

Pink - All out of fight

Pink over the years has made some beautiful songs, so it's always a pleasure to see one of those appear. I tried my best here, hope you like it! Maybe I once do a compilation of specific artists. If that's the case, Pink would definitely qualify.. lots of good songs.

As always, enormous thanks for all the help and I've left the wav and midi file in the attachment.

Have a great day!! 

Marcel

One Republic - Counting Stars

Love this song, and I heard a quiet version of it on the radio the other day, which inspired me to try it myself. Hope you like my version, I think it's lends itself pretty well for a piano cover. 

As always, thanks a lot for the help, I really appreciate the good we can do through this mechanism, and I don't take it for granted. Thank you. 

I've left the midi and wav file in the attachment.

Have a great week!

Best,

Marcel

Ronan Keating - If tomorrow never comes

Beautiful song, and a very happy request fulfilled. Hope you like my version, but with time I sort of forgot the beauty of this man's voice.. maybe that's the reason I also liked boy zone.... who knows.. anyway, I really like his sound so I'm not sure if the piano will do it justice, but I tried my best!

As always, have a great week, thanks enormously for the support, it does not go unnoticed, and I am very grateful for your help.

I've left the WAV and MID file attached to this ...

Declan Donovan - Giants

Hi dear Patrons,

A slightly less known request this time, but boy did I like the song, so I made quick work of it! Hope it blows up (the song that is, not necessarily my cover although wouldn't that be something, that my piano version makes the real song more famous... one day...!) 

I left the audio and mid file attached, very curious to hear what you think. Great song no?

As always, thank you very much for the support, I do appreciate it. Let me know if I can help in a...

Lighthouse Family - High

Hi dear Patrons,

It's been a while since my last song, but I've been moving (or put in other excuses for not playing a song). But of course I would never stop playing these songs, and therefore, here's the lighthouse family! Crazy familiar song, and I like it A LOT! I'm considering adding a version where I whisper the "forever" part in the background, but for now I'll leave you with the mid and wav file to just the piano :)

Hope you enjoy my version, and let me know if I can help ...

Billie Eilish - What was I made for

Hi dear Patrons,

The Barbie song, I haven't seen the movie yet, but the Billie Eilish - movie song combination has been successful in the past, so I get they went with her for a blockbuster. The songs are usually high quality too, and I kind of like how her style translates to calm piano songs, so im definitely not complaining!

As always, I've left the wav and mid files attached. Let me know if something doesn't work.

All the best, have a great week and thank you!

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Keane - Everybody's Changing

Hi Friends,

I'm a bit of a Keane trip down memory lane, and these songs lend themselves greatly for a piano version! Beautiful melodies, really, fun to play! Hope you like my version for this one, I've lef the wav and mid file in the attachment. 

As always, let me know if you have questions, and I love the support, really!

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

Old one, 1997 that's more than 25 years ago, which is confronting...

Very sticky song though for some reason, so happy to get it crossed off the long list! If you have more suggestions feel free always happy to add names! Hope you like this version!

As always, thank you so much for all the good we're achieving with these funds. From cleaning up plastic out of the oceans to funding people's final wishes, these songs make me contribute to these beautiful causes because of you. I...

Goldford - Walk with me

Hi dear Patrons,

I was surprised to find out this song was relatively new. For some reason it feels older, which I guess is a good thing! As always I've left the midi and wav file to the post. If you have questions, of course feel free to reach out, I love hearing from you all!

Thank you and have a great week!

Best

Marcel

James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover

Hi dear Patrons,

I doubled down on James Blunt, so here's the next one :) Beautiful song actually in its simplicity, and I tried to put the little theme while stuffing my left hand through the tone of the right in the middle of the verse, enjoy seeing me struggle awkwardly :) Let me know if you manage better!

As always, but therefore not less meaningful: THANK You for the support, it means a lot we can do good while I do what I love. You make that possible.

Have a great week...

James Blunt - 1973

Hi dear Patrons,

I'm gonna be blunt, again! :) Great song, this and for once not a tip or request, but something I heard on the radio! It's from 2007 it turns out, so quite old... more so than I thought. 

I hope you like my version, let me know what you think! I've left the wav and midi file attached - thank you so much for the support, I do not take that for granted!

Have a great week!

Marcel

John Mayer - Perfectly Lonely

Hi dear Patrons,

This one is to remind ourselves that it's very much okay to be alone with ourselves from time to time, and of course it was also a nice song to cover. Hope you like my version!

I've left the wav and mid file attached to this post. Let me know if you have other requests, love to do those!

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

Hi dear Patrons,

Awesome song with a kind of hypnotic left hand, especially in the beginning. Good one to train the consistency of rhythm! Hope you like my version. I have left the midi and wav file to this post, let me know if you have questions! 

All the best,

Marcel

Evanescence - My Immortal

Hi Dear Patron,

I'm taking a bit of a tour through my childhood here with those early 2000's songs. Hope you enjoy the tour with me, let me know if I help in anyway

I've left the mid and wav file attached below. Thank you for the support, as always

Have a great week!

Marcel

I like you so much

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Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah

Another tip from the great unknown, this time a visitor! I heard him play the song and thought, that'd be a good one! And here it is. Apparently almost 20 years old.. which is just a reminder of how old I feel on a daily basis, but that shouldn't reflect bad on the song :) 

Hope you like my version, as always many thanks for the contributions, they do go to a good cause...

I've left the wav and mid file attached

Have a great week! 

Marcel

Adele - Fire to the rain

Her n1 song on Spotify, and I didn't play it so far. I have to be honest and say that I've been bombarded with Adele songs when they came out to the extend that it took me more than a decade to re-appreciate them. This is clearly a shame, because both artist and songs are amazing! here we go then, hope I did the song justice, great one!

I've left the wav an mid file attached to this post, let me know if you need any help.

As always, but therefore not automated and assumed, my big ...

Michael Schult - Waterfal

Hi Patrons, 

This one is catchy, so I could not resist playing when I got the request.. not a hard song at all, great for beginners! Hope you like my version. I've left the wav and mid file in this post. If you have questions please reach out! 

Have a great week!

Coldplay - The Scientist

It's been 3 years since I did a song by Coldplay, but they're playing in my home town tonight. In fact, I can actually hear them perform live as I'm typing this, so this song today seemed appropriate. 

Hope you like my simple version of this classic. I've left the wav and mid file attached.

Have a great week!

Marcel

Rosa Linn - Snap

Snap,

This is one where I really really kept it simple, so not sure what you think of it, but the song itself is not bombastic at all, so to stuff it with many techniques seemed inappropriate. Hope you like it. Let me know if you have suggestions ,they're often really good, and the more songs I play, the harder it is to remember which ones I did and did not do.

As always I've left the midi and wav file to this post. Thank you enormously for the help, it really does mean a lot!