Episodes
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Recording 98
Recording 98 was played on version 4 of the LED bar, printed in transparent filament. It is brighter than the black bar, but the light spills onto neighboring keys, so the black bar is back in use until the per-key version 5 design is built. That design needs a custom circuit board, which puts a...
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Recording 97
Recording 97 is the first one since version 3 of the LED bar was finished. Version 4 is being printed in transparent filament for comparison, and a version 5 design with one focused LED per key is in early testing. The edit is the full overhead performance on the acoustic piano with Piano VFX,...
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Recording 96
Recording 96 was finished during a week with no live streams. The streaming schedule is now seven weeks on and one week off, plus any week with work travel, and the next break falls the week of November 9th. The edit is the full overhead performance on the acoustic piano with Piano VFX, delivered...
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Recording 95
Recording 95 is the first one made with version 2 of the LED bar over the keys. The bar puts more focused light on the hands, which helps on camera, but too much of it reflects off the keys. Version 3 is in progress with the bar angled at 45 degrees so the light falls onto the keys instead of...
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Recording 94
I finished Recording 94 at the beginning of the week to make more room for album work. The video keeps the overhead view of the acoustic piano and the current Piano VFX treatment, with a 4K, 60-frame-per-second master. The physical LED bar is still a separate project. This week’s test fits…
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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.
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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 Pro master, now exported at 3840 × 2160 and 60 frames per second. A new lens on the Canon provides the framing for the 4K setup,...
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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 step is cartridge spacing. Each short section has to aim its LEDs at the correct piano keys, and a few millimeters is enough to…
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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 close to the piano, even with felt tape. I also added a second LED strip. Fitting and reprinting took longer than I expected. The...
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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-key lights so the overhead camera can show more of the shape in the playing. First version, not the last. Next up: printed…
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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 by song in Final Cut and using Retime on each section. That adds another two or three hours. New effects this week, less flame,...
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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 keyboard cover. The front lip hid the key tops from that angle, especially with falling notes. Only my hands are in the shot now.
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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 they follow what I actually played. Dark background, keyboard mask, and edges took some work. I also moved the production desk…
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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 song it now matches my hand edits almost note for note. It still misses the big feel changes, so it’s on the shelf. It keeps...
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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.
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Recording 83
Five pieces from May 15–19. Recorded as part of working ahead. No new camera or MIDI change this week.
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Recording 82
Six pieces from May 13–18. A quieter production week. Same compile: morning streams cleaned up into one listen.
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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 lands dry. That cleanup is automatic now. Nearly four hundred late lifts on this episode, with the deliberate pauses left alone.
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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 chapters point back to the exact morning they came from. I rolled that through the back catalog too, so the rough take and the...
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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 I switched from glasses-only POV to a split view with a locked camera. The head motion was hard to watch for more than a few...
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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.
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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 order each day. The weekday morning stream stays at 6:00 AM CT.
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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 the same clip twice. Deleting the scheduled item did not cancel the job. There’s a trap now that pulls the duplicate within a...
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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 global mix. They were doubled. Soft passages can actually be soft now. Same week I found Logic Smart Tempo crushing Disklavier...
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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 the tape came from. On the live-room side I finished a cutover from analog (MainStage to an Apogee box to analog runs to the...
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Recording 73
This week was Logic Pro’s Auto Tempo. I don’t play to a click, so Disklavier MIDI used to land off the grid and eat a full day of dragging notes. Auto Tempo listens to what I played and bends the project tempo to match. I haven’t run a whole episode through it yet, but I’m estimating it cuts the...
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Recording 72
Recording 72 continues the weekly rhythm — another full piano session captured on the Yamaha DC7XE3. Each session is a chance to refine both the playing and the production, and the small weekly improvements should be audible over time. Thanks for listening.
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Recording 71
It has been over 10 years since the last recording posted here. A lot has changed, including a brand new piano — the Yamaha DC7XE3. This is one of the first recordings captured on it, and I think you will hear the difference immediately. The depth, warmth, and dynamic range of this instrument is...
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Recording 70
I believe it is the best sounding piano audio I’ve ever captured. Please forgive me for taking so long – almost 2 years to post new music.
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Recording 69
The last podcast to be recorded on my Yamaha DC3M4. It goes away tomorrow, and though it’s only been 4 years, I feel as though I have a tremendous amount of history with that wonderful piano. I actually had to pick and choose from about 2 hours worth of recordings since I’m not sure if the old...
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Recording 68
Yet another all-original podcast. I did use some pretty familiar chord progressions, but I also tried out some new styles.
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Recording 67
You may not hear any familiar melodies as this podcast is mostly original. I’ve adopted a fairly new process to recording the podcast. It has been working out okay so far. It also gives me an opportunity to select the best recordings out of many, and there was a really bad 15 minutes of recording…
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Recording 66
I think this might end up being my favorite podcast to date.
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Recording 65
I think this is probably the first podcast ever to be original-free, although, it does contain some originality. Those who like consistently quite and peaceful podcasts may not enjoy this one as much since I get a bit loud in some parts. It may be a few months before the next podcast is posted…
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Recording 64
What a crazy couple of weeks it has been! I won’t bore you with all the details, but the end result is I finally have a new podcast. You’d think after 3 years of doing this I’d have it down but I don’t. This podcast required a massive amount of editing, but I think it turned out okay. I did find...
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Recording 63
I finished mixing the Soundwave album last week so I’m back at it – thanks for your patience. This podcast, I only used “Hosannah” for a brief period. The rest is original – some from previous podcasts and some that’s fresh and new. An interesting stat about this podcast is it’s the first to be...
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Recording 62
In a way, a lot of this podcast sounds repetitive to me compared to previous podcasts. It’s becoming a little challenging to keep things unique considering there is already over 30 hours of podcasts.
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Recording 61
Still searching for the best mic placement and mix, but I think its getting there. Most all the tunes are repeat or new originals. You may recognize one or two of them. Peace.
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Recording 60
This podcast does have familiar melodies from others, but I believe it has some uniqueness. One melody from the chorus of “Pour My Love on You” was used at the end. An estimate of 129 billion people have lived throughout the history of the world. Only 5 billion have experienced the freedom we...
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Recording 59
This podcast, I used the songs, “Came to My Rescue” and “I Will Exalt”. Since I actually recorded this podcast over a month ago, I had to refer to planning center for the song names.
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Recording 58
It’s finally finished! The songs used are mostly original. I did play a familiar melody at the tail end. Most of it is a little more fast-paced than the norm.
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Recording 57
Be sure to check it out if you haven’t heard it yet. A couple originals are included as well. One was from a previous podcast. I’m still on a quest for the perfect piano mix. Mic placement and EQ has been changing every podcast. I really need to swap out my NT1000 with something else. It isn’t…
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Recording 56
I used only one song this podcast. It’s by Robbie Seay, and it’s called “Crazy Love”. The rest is original. This podcast is actually a second take since the first didn’t record properly. I always thought recording to MIDI would eliminate having to re-record podcasts, but not true. I did learn…
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Recording 55
The rest is original. I used a different acoustic piano sample for editing the MIDI this week, and it actually disguised a lot of the small timing issues which is good and bad. The good is it took me half the time to edit (~4 hours instead of ~8). The bad is I notice them when playing back on the...
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Recording 54
The rest is somewhat original. A familiar melody came to mind towards the end, but I couldn’t pinpoint where it came from. Feel free to leave a comment if you recognize it.
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Recording 53
I also played “Amazing Love” and “You are My King”. The rest is original. Even though I didn’t spend as much time fixing timing issues as the last podcast, I did spend most of the weekend editing.
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Recording 52
I used new mics and new mic placements for this podcast, and have to say, this may be the best podcast yet in my opinion. Everything but the beginning of the last song is original.
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Recording 51
It seems like ages ago that the last podcast was posted even though it’s only been 4 weeks. The piano was recently tuned and is sounding wonderful. I’ve had this podcast ready for a while now. There were some issues with the sustain pedal after we got the technical problems resolved so I had to...
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Recording 50
Merry Christmas! Well, this is the place to come when you’re burnt out on all the Christmas music being played everywhere. I had planned on adding a Christmas song or two, but that didn’t work out. Everything this week is original. I may have hit a few familiar melodies once or twice throughout....
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Recording 49
There were a couple that weren’t Christmas songs, but they weren’t really appropriate. Well, maybe one was. Anyway, I have a big surprise for those who listen so stay tuned. I’ll be blogging about it next week sometime. Hopefully there will be some noticeable improvements in the podcasts from…
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