Piano Variations

Phil Colins - You'll be in my heart

Hi friends,

A second Phil Collins song in a row: Once I get into it, i might just do them all, haha. Without kidding, the songs are all beautiful and very well written. The Tarzan soundtrack is a beautiful one, and I hope I did the song some justice with my version. Let me know if I can help in anyway. Appreciate all of you enormously!

Best & I've attached the wav and midi files to this post. 

Marcel

Against all Odds

Hi dear Patrons,

I've attached the mid and wav file to against all odds. Was happy to do this request, beautiful song. Let me know if you want a song to be played, happy to look into it of course, with priority for patrons. 

Thank you and all the best,

Marcel

Rembrandts - I'll be there for you

After requests, I decided to post in the reunion weekend, seemed good timing. I sort of pianofied the song a bit, as it is normally quite upbeat and 'rocky'. I hope that you like what I did with it. I've attached the midi / wav. Enjoy!

Best,

Marcel

Pink - Cover Me In Sunshine

Hi Friends, 

Please find attached the midi and wav of my Pink upload. 

Hope you enjoy!

ZIAN - Show You

Hi Friends, 

Again a somewhat newer song, as I keep being inspired by both suggestions and Spotify Playlist. There are quite some happy songs out there lately, and melodical stuff. I'm very happy with that, its better than all the dubstep stuff.. If its close to not replicable on an actual instrument, that sort of tells you how far It stands from music (my not so humble opinion :) ). Hope you like my version for this one. 

As always, if you have any suggestion...

Zoe Wees - Girls like us

Hi dear Patrons, 

I finally played a new song! I'm getting so stuck into requests and other beautiful old songs, that I'm slowly turning completely oblivious to all the cool music they make today. I liked Zoe a lot when I played control, which is a beautiful song, but I never really followed up enough on her. Now I got her new song through a playlist and it made me super glad I found it! I hope you like my version, and if there's anything I an help out it. Of course, feel free to r...

Mary J Blige - U2 - One

Hi Dear Patrons, 

The original song was meant for helping out charity regarding aids. The cover was a cooperation with Mary J, which brought her career to new heights. Very interesting how U2 has done it over the years, and delivered song after song, done so much for charity and good for the world in general. 

After such an introduction, my cover fades away hard, so I sort of bummed myself out haha. I hope you enjoy my version (just uploaded it on Youtube). I'...

OneRepublic - Apologize

Hi dear Patrons,

I can't believe this song is already 14 years old at this time. I also did not realize Timbaland wrote the thing and its not really just OneRepublic's song. Given that they got famous with this one (is that even true, just heard that somewhere) that's quite the feat for mr. Timbaland. I really like it, and that's because it has a great pattern of chords. If you listen, you can probably recognize Yiruma's river flows in you and Emeli Sande's read all about it ...

James Morrison - You Give Me Something

Hi Patrons, 

Beautiful song this week, so I didn't have to do much to keep it nice :) The video Hope you like my version. As always, thank you for the support.

I've attached the midi and wav file to this post. 

All the best,

Marcel

The Police - I'll be watching you

Hi dear Patrons, 

This week I decided to do an old one. The police (sting) has produced so many songs, and this one always stuck with me as a bit of a death song, because I got to know it as P diddii's I'll. be missing you with Faith Evans. Great cover, but in my opinion not like the original. Sting said some things about the song, that turned out to concern his marriage failure in the early 80s. The man is such a genius. 

Apparently the song grosses 800k in royalties ev...

KC& Jojo - All My Life

Good evening dear Patrons, 

In this long easter weekend I tried to tick the box for another one of your requests, but as the channel slowly grows, so does the number of requests and that makes it at some point not manageable from a being at the piano all day kind of perspective :). I've played this one with much joy as it reminds me of my childhood, so in that regard, this was a cool one to do. Hope you're all enjoying the easter weekend, and if there's anything I can help out with...

Justin Bieber - Love Yourself

Hi dear Patrons,

I'm continuing to tick requests off the box! Let me know what your favorite  is!

Another request, and while the song may sound simple.. it actually is. This is probably on of the songs that a beginning piano player could start out with for quick results. The 'secret' is that the song is very repetitive, but with very small adjustments in every chorus/verse/bridge, so that makes it way more palatable. No surprise the song was a great success. Hope you like my ...

Banners - Got it in you

Hi Patrons, 

I didn't really know the song that I uploaded this week, but I'm glad I do now. Turns out its mostly known through Greys Anatomy, something I only saw in between other channels and heard of from colleagues or friends. In any case, one of you requested the song, and As always, I'm happy to research and play requests! Hope you enjoy my version, and if there's anything I can do to help, feel free to always reach out. 

I've attached the midi and wav f...

James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go

Hi dear Patrons,   

This week I did a request that I got multiple times. Must be a good one then.. I hardly knew the song, but I do now, and I'm glad you reminded me of its existence: No fancy stuff, just a good song. 

I hope you enjoy my version, tried to keep it close to the original.   I also kept the lights from last week, because I think they're cool :). I picked pink (again). I always think I pick a new color, then look back and realize I picked the ...

Alicia Keys - No One

Hi dear Patrons,

This week I had to do lots of administrative stuff and all these stupid little things meant I could hardly spend time behind the piano. However, I was able to install the new lights I configured and I hope you like some of the visuals that accompany my songs from now on. Slowly but steady its becoming nicer to look at. Hope you enjoy that! 

I've attached the audio and midi file for the upload to this post. Feel free to reach out should you have questions, com...

Hey, Soul Sister

Such a familiar song If you hear it again, but it took me apparently 11 years to find out that its based on just one chord theme. Very impressively written. I wonder what the band is doing now, because I kind of like the style. With requests from you all piling up though, id better get to those, instead of wondering into further songs of artists :)

As always, I give patrons priority when doing requests etc. So feel free to reach out if you want a song for the channel, or if you have any...

Stitches - Shawn Mendes

Hi dear Patrons, 

This week a Shawn mendes song, my first one. I got to know it through another cover (I also listen to covers, I like them what can I say :)) and I do like the original better actually. Its a nice catchy song, although I'm not really feeling the sadness of it. Anyway, I hope you like my version. If there's anything I can help with, or if you have any questions, feel free to reach out!!

I've attached the midi and wav file to this post. As always, thanks so muc...

Phil Collins - Another day in Paradise

Hi dear Patrons, 

This one is from one of the golden standard artists, which I believe Phil Collins definitely belongs to. Him and Elton John and a few others have really defined a generation of music, not only for us, but for generations to come as well (through Disney alone, their music will be repeated for ages). Justifiably so, I think as the sheer amount of wonderful songs Phil collins has written and produced is mind-blowing. I've kept the version rather clean, would hate to ...

Passenger - Let Her Go

Hi Patrons, 

This older song came to me as a reference on Spotify, through another old song that I'll definitely play in the coming weeks. There is so many songs stuck in a persons had over the years (maybe im just getting old) its incredible how many are still in tact once you hear them once or twice. 

Hope you enjoy my version of this one. I have attached the audio and midi to this post. Let me know if I can help in any way.

All the best, an...

Backstreet Boys - I want it that way

Hello dear Patrons, 

Another request I did this week, although more requests coming in now than I could possibly play :). I appreciate them a lot though, love the interactions! Hope you enjoy my version of this one, this is actually a beautiful song, especially if you take out the 'boyband' sound. 

If there's anything I can help with of course feel free to let me know. I've attached the files to this post. 

Ed Sheehan - The A Team

Hi All, 

I've attached the midi and audio files for this week. Enjoy!

Olivia Rodrigo - Drives License

Hi dear Patrons, 

This week I decided to do a more recent song, as that's been quite a while. I've done a lot of older songs and theme songs and who knows what, but sometimes its just fun to do a new one. This one has quite a dramatic chord setup, so I added some 7ths and minor touches to it, to make it slightly more dramatic :). Hope you like my version. As always if there's anything I can help out with, feel free to reach out! Love the feedback!

Ive attached the audio and m...

Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks

Hi Patrons, 

Please find attached the wav and midi files to foster the people's pumped up kicks. I've gotten to know the song again through a cover artist. There's a reggae cover artist named Conkarah, who mostly covers modern songs. It is through one of these reggae playlists I got reminded of this song, which also has a very playful theme. Hope you like this version, feel free to comment or criticize :) 

As always thanks for the support, appreciate it greatl...

Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

Hi Friends and supporters, 

First of all Happy New Year! I hope you all had the best holidays possible (given the restrictions) and that you can start the new year with fresh energy and new inspiration. I've started the year with I'm Yours, which was tougher than I thought! Its such a playful cheery song, that in order to calm it down on the piano, and make it more 'melodic' (don't know if that's the right word..) I had to sober it up as well. Anyway, I hope you like my version! If...

Emeli Sande - Clown

Hi dear Patrons, 

Someone very close to me introduced me to this song, a few weeks ago, and while I knew Emeli of course from other songs (I've covered Read all about it and You are not alone in the past), this one hit me just as much. This makes covering the song always a bit more difficult: the more I like the song, the less 'damage' I want to do to it by covering it. Consequently Ive tried to keep it simple, the beauty of the song does the work on this one. I hope you like my ve...

Taylor Swift - Champagne Problems

Hi dear Patrons, 

I've done a Taylor Swift one this week, which came to me through Spotify recommendations. I had the image of Taylor swift to be one of the more popular but less musical ones, but I stand corrected with another good song, that she wrote (at least partially) herself. I hope you like my version, I stayed close to the course and only did some variations in the end. Nothing too fancy, but I hope you like it. I've attached the midi and wav file to this post. If there's ...

Adele - Hello

Hi dear Patrons, 

A classic as we close in on the end of the year. Its a song that has been played too much on the radio and in every store you come (or used to come pre covid..). As such, I couldn't stand it anymore after it was released, but as it turns out, that grows back on you after a few years. Hope it does so for more adele songs, because she is an amazing artist, and the songs are often very good as well. I did a bit more of a challenging left hand, which combined with oct...

Imagine Dragons - Natural

Hi Patrons ,

While I was on the imagine dragons path, I thought I'd just as well could explore their most famous song (probably is, this one). I like it a lot, and even more so than for bad liar, it doesn't seem to be appropriate for a piano version, but it actually is. 

Hope you like this one as well. Appreciate all the support! Feel free to send requests or ask for help if anything is unclear. When year-end arrives I'll provide an update on my donation for this y...

Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar

Hi dear Patrons, 

This one came as a request, and I'm always very happy to adhere to requests, especially from my patrons. Not only are the songs by imagine dragons great to listen to, they also lend them selves remarkably well for piano versions. This one is particularly melodic as well. Hope you like my version. 

As always, I appreciate what you do enormously. If there's anything I can do to add value, or help in some way, please always feel free to reach out.  2020-11-29 17:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Clouds

Hi Patrons, 

A song that I got through the similar named Disney movie, and that sort of stuck in my head a little bit, so why not cover it then :). It's a typical Disney song with a lot of repetition but a quality tune / theme. I varied around a little bit to make it less homogenous, but it may still be that way somewhat. Hope you like my version, and have a great week.

I've attached the midi and audio file to this post. As always, appreciate enormously what you are all doing...