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ryan - they/them or he/him - midlands, uk
i'm an amateur musician - i've been playing the piano since i was little (i started taking lessons in 2000), and i play to roughly a grade 8 standard (abrsm). i enjoy transcribing pieces of music to piano, and also playing soundtracks (particularly joe hisaishi's stuff!). i also play the guitar and bass guitar to some extent ^^
in terms of composing, i write mostly for piano as it's the instrument i am most familiar with, but i can also write rock band arrangements! most of the recordings that i will upload will be performed and recorded on my roland fantom g8.
outside of music i'm a fourth year physics student at the university of nottingham, and i speedsolve the rubik's cube and similar puzzles semi-competitively.
i'm happily engaged to my fiancée catling, who was the one that inspired me to set up an account on here and also made my icon!
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8 years ago
hi all!
it's been over a month since i interacted here at all, so i figured i'd let you guys know everything that's going on at the moment...
i've settled into my job nicely, and i'm really enjoying being able to play piano regularly again (especially on a grand!). i've learnt and relearnt enough music to fill a 3 hour set since i started, and i'm trying to develop it and make it more entertaining all the time!
of the days i'm not working, i'm spending most of them at emma's place because we're looking for a place to move into together in the next month or so, and she still has exams so i'm there offering as much support as i can *-*b
this combination of things has left me bereft of time and inspiration for actually writing/recording stuff, which is why you haven't seen much of me! i'm hoping this will stabilise a bit by the end of september, once i'm in our new place and i have access to my keyboard every day, but until then i'm kind of all over the place xD
here's a couple of links to sign off with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XrTEjwpAjU
massive sounding song, from the upcoming album by chvrches. i freaking loved their first album and i've loved everything i've heard from this one so far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fagH03fxY7c
the maple leaf rag by scott joplin, i'm just about finished learning it and it's the hardest piece of music i've learnt in a long time! this is the best recording i could find quickly, but i prefer playing it with swung quavers!
it's been over a month since i interacted here at all, so i figured i'd let you guys know everything that's going on at the moment...
i've settled into my job nicely, and i'm really enjoying being able to play piano regularly again (especially on a grand!). i've learnt and relearnt enough music to fill a 3 hour set since i started, and i'm trying to develop it and make it more entertaining all the time!
of the days i'm not working, i'm spending most of them at emma's place because we're looking for a place to move into together in the next month or so, and she still has exams so i'm there offering as much support as i can *-*b
this combination of things has left me bereft of time and inspiration for actually writing/recording stuff, which is why you haven't seen much of me! i'm hoping this will stabilise a bit by the end of september, once i'm in our new place and i have access to my keyboard every day, but until then i'm kind of all over the place xD
here's a couple of links to sign off with:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XrTEjwpAjU
massive sounding song, from the upcoming album by chvrches. i freaking loved their first album and i've loved everything i've heard from this one so far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fagH03fxY7c
the maple leaf rag by scott joplin, i'm just about finished learning it and it's the hardest piece of music i've learnt in a long time! this is the best recording i could find quickly, but i prefer playing it with swung quavers!
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