pretty awesome i'd say

Piano solo- who'd a thunk
cool.

Excellent post.

I like his rendition of Black Sabbath Paranoid.

But can he cut his own meat?

What in this video indicates that he's "playing by ear?" Wouldn't "playing by ear" mean he heard it once and then played it purely from having heard it? It seems more likely that he practiced this one song, got good at it, and recorded himself.

That was excellent.

Good find Subby

Love the find, submitter.

Practice makes the fingers go closer...

Pocket Ninja: What in this video indicates that he's "playing by ear?" Wouldn't "playing by ear" mean he heard it once and then played it purely from having heard it? It seems more likely that he practiced this one song, got good at it, and recorded himself.

Yeah...I didn't see his ear anywhere near the keys. So there.

At 2:44 he picks his nose.

Not too shabby. If it seems boring, skip ahead to about 5:00 where he changes
tempo a bit.

He hit a wrong note somewhere.. .

ok.. seriously.. WOW.. that was good.. I am impressed

anyone think this is going to be the song as a bride walks down the isle in Alabama now....

When we were 14, we were playing Cinema Show, Duke's Travels, Firth of Fifth, Camera Eye, Tempus Fugit etc. "by ear" with "no sheet music."

Meh. You can have your Freebird.

Pocket Ninja: What in this video indicates that he's "playing by ear?" Wouldn't "playing by ear" mean he heard it once and then played it purely from having heard it? It seems more likely that he practiced this one song, got good at it, and recorded himself.

Subby here, it's playing by ear because, at least according to his Youtube profile, he doesn't use sheet music and taught himself these songs purely from having heard them.

And my favorite by far is Fade to Black, he does that solo perfectly.

From his YouTube channel FAQ:

Q: Can you learn a My Chemical Romance song?
A: Definetly Not

That kid deserves some free beer.

Yeah, but can he play it on Expert in Guitar Hero? I think not!

n00b!

do NOT start the young ones on famous songs in front of others. Still farking HATE the living shiat out of auld lang syne....

That said, kewl rendition there.

It sounds like the song is being played on an easy listening station or in an elevator, there are better songs to be played in the piano this ones left to classic rock.

reverendfitty: anyone think this is going to be the song as a bride walks down the isle in Alabama now....

Wut?

It's great until he gets to the solo and totally slopifies the beat.

/keep your wrists up, limpy.

Further proof that Freebird does indeed suck. Keep it up kid, another ten years and even you will be mediocre. Until then, invest in a metronome.

Holy shiat, that made my Sunday morning.

Bravo!

His Metallica's are impressive, mostly because they definitely challenge him but he manages quite well.

OT but a farker posted a link to a freebird version of rudolph that he did. I lost the file in an itunes f up. Does anybody have a link to it?

Why does every youtube video play like az in fark? I always go to youtube then play it there.

Offacue: hit me up in email, just say yahoo! to my name, got the mp3, will send it to you.

Peace On Earth: Until then, invest in a metronome.

That's what I came here to say.

Playing by ear.

Only classical musicians and 8-year olds use sheet music.

I think I heard this at the grocery store the other day.

Thats cool! But can he play Lamb of Gods Ashes of the Wake on the piano? No? I didnt think so!

/Heavymetal Piano Rocks!

Tay Zonday?

*the equivalent of 'sharp knees' as it pertains to music*

Kids got chops.

Too bad pianos suck and noone likes them.

You guys actually think this is awesome? Popular music isn't very difficult to pick up by ear--right there I figured out freebird is I V VI VIIb IV, etc. If you know your do-re-mis, it's pretty easy to pick out the melody.

Second of all, who gives a shiat? Brown people are like clockwork cockroaches, plugging away mundanely with amazing feats of technicality... but they have no ability to create art like this. So they're little tape recorders. Who cares?

Uh, playing by ear is not some arcane science, folks. That is all.

sly_madman: Tay Zonday?

My first thought, too....hehehe.

Woh, I was going to say what ComputerSaysNo was going to say, except for the racist parts.

Whenever I hear a prodigy playing "difficult" music, it is usually very mechanical and has little passion in it. I'm beginning to think a lot of prodigies should focus on science rather than art.

ComputerSaysNo: You guys actually think this is awesome? Popular music isn't very difficult to pick up by ear--right there I figured out freebird is I V VI VIIb IV, etc. If you know your do-re-mis, it's pretty easy to pick out the melody.

Second of all, who gives a shiat? Brown people are like clockwork cockroaches, plugging away mundanely with amazing feats of technicality... but they have no ability to create art like this. So they're little tape recorders. Who cares?

Oop...I see what happened.

See, you were okay that first part...then you careened off into batshiat crazy there. Try again, this time with lithium. And a shotgun-to-the-mouth chaser.

His timing on some of the parts toward the start is atrocious. Well, it's not superb anyway. Obviously he has talent, needs to spend a few more tens of hours a week chained to his piano though. This was not played by ear as other posters have commented.

I think he's obviously been practicing this song, and wasn't just "playing by ear."

But still, very impressive!

Playing by ear doesn't mean you can't practice something. Playing by ear basically means you never looked at sheet music to figure the song out. So he could have listened to Freebird on repeat for a few hours while he plunked out the notes.

My problems with his playing, coming from a classically trained pianist who plays by ear:

His left hand is boring. All he does is line up a triad and float on it til he moves his hand to the next. If he would have done a few runs up and down the piano, I would have been a bit more interested and impressed.

Tonal quality. This is just me, but he should have played an octave lower. It sounded like a nursery song to me in that range. If he would have stuck to the C3-C4 range and pounded out some of the bass notes a bit more, yeah, it would have added some gusto.

Emotional velocity and whatnot. All notes were the same level. Make the beginning softer and lighter, pound the shiat out of the solo. The piano is a beautiful instrument that if you dink with it you can play some extremely emotional stuff.

His timing and rythems were off. No other way to put it.

Decent for a 14ish year old, I've heard much better and MUCH MUCH worse, so props regardless.

now on a moog...... Please!?

FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBIRRRRRRRRRRRRD!

I liked it.

We don't need all you haters around anyhow.

This is why I love Fark, because even people who disagree with you are funny as hell. But mistersnark, REALLY? Shotgun to the mouth? I mean, it's debatable what I'm saying is even wrong does it really warrant that kind of reaction?

This is why I love racism!

"Never had one lesson!"

/Ferris voice

oh jesus i just got to the end... hes all over the damn place

/metronome
//also most rock music is inanely easy

my socks have just been rocked.