Ross Smithe Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 (edited) Back in the 1990's, I played and recorded with a popular Christian artist Las Vegas, NV, by the name of Annie Meadows. She had a wonderful Christmas album she released at the time called Memories. This modern arrangement of the well known and beloved piece by J.S. Bach was the prelude for the album (arranged and performed on the album by an fellow musician from the area, Brian Hicks). I remember those days fondly, and wanted to re-record this piece for Christmas this year! All done in CbB as always, and I was really happy with the quality and realism of the piano samples (combination of Keyscape and my Korg Kronos). "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" is the popular English title of this piece from an Advent chorale Bach composed in 1723. This enduring work is often heard at weddings, as well as during Advent, Christmas, and Easter. Edited December 7 by Ross Smithe 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesha Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 Sounds great, very clean. 1723 wow, still works today. The chorus and instrumentation are nice when you fill the song out. Enjoy your nice memories ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equality Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 (edited) One of my top favourites of J S Bach. Nice rendition where you wouldn't expect this beautiful melody to be more than three hundred years old. Edited December 7 by equality Added the word "of" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Boog Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 8 hours ago, Ross Smithe said: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Very nice. It's a cool version. Btw, I actually played this song on guitar for my end-year performance when I was in Strings in Junior High. All three judges gave me high scores but all three said the feel wasnt quite right in one of the sections. In my defence, I had never heard the song. This was back in the mid 80s and my local record store didnt have a cassette of it. I'm sure a great sight reader wouldnt have had a probem but oh well. I just blame it on my Strings teacher. In the words of Mr Miyogi... "No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher". 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garybrun Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 Hi Ross. I enjoyed that and thank you for posting. Piano samples are good!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted December 9 Author Share Posted December 9 On 12/7/2024 at 2:51 PM, treesha said: Sounds great, very clean. 1723 wow, still works today. The chorus and instrumentation are nice when you fill the song out. Enjoy your nice memories ! Thanks so much Treesha, appreciate the listen and comment! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted December 9 Author Share Posted December 9 On 12/7/2024 at 6:38 PM, equality said: One of my top favourites of J S Bach. Nice rendition where you wouldn't expect this beautiful melody to be more than three hundred years old. Thanks so much for the listen and comment! Bach was seriously a trailblazer in all aspects, but really a very melodic and rhythmic composer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted December 9 Author Share Posted December 9 On 12/7/2024 at 7:18 PM, T Boog said: Very nice. It's a cool version. Btw, I actually played this song on guitar for my end-year performance when I was in Strings in Junior High. All three judges gave me high scores but all three said the feel wasnt quite right in one of the sections. In my defence, I had never heard the song. This was back in the mid 80s and my local record store didnt have a cassette of it. I'm sure a great sight reader wouldnt have had a probem but oh well. I just blame it on my Strings teacher. In the words of Mr Miyogi... "No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher". 😄 Funny story, lol! I'm sure you did fine, they were just being picky. Better than I would have done! I started on a traditional track with piano when I was a kid and was a terrible sight reader, or any music note reader for that matter! I could play by ear, so when I got older I just started playing and arranging based around chords 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted December 9 Author Share Posted December 9 22 hours ago, garybrun said: Hi Ross. I enjoyed that and thank you for posting. Piano samples are good!! Thanks so much Gary, appreciate the listen and comment! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 Ross, just an excellent arrangement and performance that brings out the beauty of the melody. -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted December 10 Author Share Posted December 10 On 12/9/2024 at 4:07 PM, bjornpdx said: Ross, just an excellent arrangement and performance that brings out the beauty of the melody. -Bjorn Sincere thanks for the listen and comment Bjorn. Really enjoyed your new piece as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T. Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 Beautiful, well done 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted December 12 Author Share Posted December 12 On 12/10/2024 at 11:33 PM, Larry T. said: Beautiful, well done 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 Sincere thanks Larry for the listen and comment. Really liked your current piece as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 Hi Ross That Piano sounds very good indeed - and very well played Excellent Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted Tuesday at 11:41 AM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 11:41 AM On 12/15/2024 at 3:16 AM, Bajan Blue said: Hi Ross That Piano sounds very good indeed - and very well played Excellent Nigel Sincere thanks Nigel for the listen and the comment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelJohn Posted Thursday at 02:06 AM Share Posted Thursday at 02:06 AM 2nd listen. Bach is my main music inspiration and guide. This is a very nice piano arrangement and the piano sound is great! I was hoping for the part B in the piece that goes into minor mode etc, but this is short and sweet and will work perfect for the appropriate occasion or event that needs a little Bach, but not too much. If you get the chance check out my When They Built Cathedrals inspired by Bach, which I'll be posting soon. Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Smithe Posted Friday at 01:31 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 01:31 PM On 12/18/2024 at 9:06 PM, MichaelJohn said: 2nd listen. Bach is my main music inspiration and guide. This is a very nice piano arrangement and the piano sound is great! I was hoping for the part B in the piece that goes into minor mode etc, but this is short and sweet and will work perfect for the appropriate occasion or event that needs a little Bach, but not too much. If you get the chance check out my When They Built Cathedrals inspired by Bach, which I'll be posting soon. Very nice! I will definitely listen to your new piece when it's posted! Thanks so much for listening and commenting on this! Yes it is Bach, but just barely, lol! Seriously though, Bach translates so well to more modern music, as his composition style tends to be very rhythmic and melodic. I did another Bach thing a while back, just for fun I put a 4/4 hip hop beat behind Invention 8, which is in 3/4. Was a nice little experiment, and really worked well (that may be open to opinion)! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelJohn Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago Thanks for posting Invention No 8! I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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