Piano Music

Recording 93

Recording 93 is a 4K/60 Disklavier set with Piano VFX over the real overhead piano. The source mornings were June 19 and June 22.

Recording 92

Recording 92 is the first weekly episode being prepared for 4K video delivery. The overhead piano footage and Piano VFX composite remain part of the finished Final Cut Pr

Recording 91

After a lot of measuring, test prints, and revisions, the LED rail now has printed mounts and bar sections that work. That replaces the temporary metal ends. The next st

Recording 90

I got a 3D printer so I can replace the angle-iron ends with printed mounts that sit in the fallboard supports. The metal worked, but I never liked that hardware that clo

Recording 89

First working LED rail. Removable aluminum bar in the existing fallboard supports — nothing glued to the finish or the keys. A Raspberry Pi reads the MIDI and drives per-

Recording 88

I spent this episode fighting Piano VFX drift. One MIDI timing issue is fixed, but a longer render still walks off the keys. The reliable fix is splitting the VFX layer b

Recording 87

Seven pieces from May 28 through June 2. New camera: much closer to true overhead, more keyboard in the frame, the inside of the Yamaha C7 visible. I had to pull the key

Recording 86

Seven pieces from May 25–28. First episode with Piano VFX all the way into the finished video: real overhead piano underneath, falling notes composited in Final Cut so th

Recording 85

Six pieces from May 21 and May 25. I took 56 of my own past edits and had the production model try the first timing pass instead of Smart Tempo. Through the middle of a s

Recording 84

Five pieces from May 19–20. I recorded this back-to-back with the previous episode in one sitting so two weeks would already be in the queue.

Recording 83

Five pieces from May 15–19. Recorded as part of working ahead. No new camera or MIDI change this week.

Recording 82

Six pieces from May 13–18. A quieter production week. Same compile: morning streams cleaned up into one listen.

Recording 81

Six pieces from May 11–13. The change you can hear is the sustain pedal. When timing gets stretched, the tiny gap where the pedal lifts can collapse and the next chord la

Recording 80

Six pieces from May 6–8. The real ship this week is chapters on everything. Streams get song names. Spontaneous pieces are labeled Selah in the key they live in. Podcast

Recording 79

Seven pieces this week, from four mornings (April 30 through May 5). I recorded it a week early so I can keep a couple of episodes in the queue. For the live-room clips

Recording 78

A short week on the bench. Same compile of the morning streams into one listen. No new instrument or camera work to report.

Recording 77

More distribution than piano this week. There’s a 24/7 shuffled replay of past sessions on Twitch, and the same playlist on Rumble: continuous piano, no commentary, new o

Recording 76

Not a gear week. The record-to-publish path is finally routine, which is the point — I spent more time on music than on workflow. I also had a scheduler bug that posted

Recording 75

I had to re-record this episode. While adding an auto-switching scene — overhead keys versus FaceTime — I found the piano mics sitting on the overhead scene and in the gl

Recording 74

Same compile as last week: morning streams stitched into one listen, still about two weeks behind the calendar. That’s fine. The weekly ship matters more than which days