I'm speechless (well, almost, hard to get me TOTALLY speechless)...
what a wonderful birthday present from you two! Thank you so
much... to have somebody perform my music is amazingly exciting to
me. I love the way Lee gave it more expression and increased the
bouncy ebb and flow of it, which is what I was trying to capture. Since
I wrote this note-by-note without the aid of a real keyboard, it is likely
excrutiatingly hard to play for real. I'll need some more help crossing
out the "vulcan-death-grip" chords and writing more playable music...
I hope Lee's OK after attempting this! Definitely lots of pink and fluffy
fun here! This just made my birthday complete, and the day's just
started! Woohoo!
ttfn,
Bouncy Drakonis

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great performance from lee - really does add an extra dimension to this
rag!

i like the slight hesitation at the end, especially.

happy birthday drak! what a great gift you've gotten!

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Really nice done and I hope You have a nice time at the birthday party
respectfully
-------
*Skean*

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after listening to this tune, I would never understand.
thankyou

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Beautiful rendition! It has a lovely "old time feeling"!

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Ragtime is so much fun. This song really is bouncy like that bear. Excellent job Lee, and of course great writing Eduard! Brings me back to the saloon days.

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another wonderful piece by your brilliant piano player. it has a different feel then drak's and both versions are lovely.

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I can hear echoes of "The Entertainer" and "Solace" in this track. Well
done. Was it done all live, or was it overdubbed on the Clavinova?

I have had a Clavinova in my music classroom for over 10 years, and it
has been wonderful. I'll never go back to a wooden piano. Too many
advantages with the digital. The good FAR outweighs the bad.

Your pianist has a lot of good technique. Very clean performance.

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and was more amazed now than i was then because yes! it was all live - what a clever pianist that man is esp as drak wrote the piece for computer and not for a real instrument - i am glad you enjoyed it and thank you for coming by

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I made it here! Okay, so I'm not sure who Lee is, but this was a
delightful listen. I remembered this from the Draks posting of it, and I
have to agree w/ him, this did have the ebb and flow of w/ the bouncy
accents that made it feel more playful. Nice job and I'm glad to have
made my first visit to your place.

Thanks for sharing this. And thanks for helping out in the 'feel better'
forum.

Truly,

Dion

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i had the honour and pleasure of him living in our house - it was 6 months of "lee, could you just play this please?" and he did - awwww - i miss that man. thank you for dropping by dion xox

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very very very cool

heheheheh....this is silly and poignant at the same time....beautiful!!!!


heheheheh


z

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anyone who could put a 5 on that, prolly needs some medication of
some sort!

cheer up pallie!!!

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Really enjoyed it. Takes a lot to put a smile on my face but this did!!

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wonderful piece of piano. Very good indeed.. Love the mood... The ending is catchy... good job

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I could not take my eyes of the picture i adore teddy bears all dressed up in pink fluff loved the melody really nice. loved it all very fun ragtime
thanks great job you guys.
Peace Dee.x

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what a beautiful take on an already beautiful piece *Tips his hat at Drak*...Lee did a great job on it

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clever friends - welcome to mj eddie - keep having fun xox

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This is really wonderful! Great songwriting from Drak and equally wonderful piano playing. Cheers!

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i have to say that - whilst playing this - it was the only time i have seen lee pushed to his limit - what a talent that boy is - drak too - it was an interesting thing to see the pencil brought into the real world - big loves my dear xoxoxo

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Caroline, to have heard this being done the first time. So cheery! Thanks for sharing.

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blessed - to have the music, the friends and this place too - thank you for dropping by my dear xoxo

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