The Easy Winners - Scott Joplin - with a surprise twist!

Hi friends. Hope some of you can relate. It was a tough day today and it seems I just couldn't get through it. I appreciate you sticking around in times like this when I don't have lots of time to post.. More than you know. I love you all!

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[adamskeiss]

My sister has down syndrome. Whenever she is having a bad day, or just feeling down I play her your music. She once found or channel looking through youtube, and just fell in love with the music. Just the same way I did, when I came across your channel 4 years ago. I’ve just started to teach her some piano, since I have been playing for 7 years. It’s very hard for her to concentrate on the playing. Whenever she is just feeling down at the piano, I just tell her: “Do you want to be like Kristen?” and the answer is always yes. I just can’t thank you enough for what you are doing. You’re awesome.
-Adam and my sister Magdalena

[sharongreen]

I’m 73. Love playing my piano. Just for me. Love playing ragtime. Wish I could take lessons from you. You are such an inspiration to me. Your Quarantine Rag is one of my favourites. Just keep being you. Because that’s good enough for me, and everyone else loving your music.

[CharlieBrn]

Im a man of 54 now . Dad died 11 yeats ago. He could play virtually anything by ear but loved ragtime most of all. Finding your channel has been such a treasure. Just love listening t all the ragtime an the wonder transposition of Disney mus into ragtime. It fills my heart. There are no crap videos. You are sharing your gift and we are lucky. Don't let s rough patch get you down.

[tarmbruster]

Fell in love with Joplins music when I was 11. I'm 61 now, and... you are fantastic.

[RetroPianist]

I feel your pain! No matter how comfortable I get with a piece, the moment I start recording I get stage fright despite having unlimited takes and no one watching me play. The more attempts I go through, the more tense I get and the more frequently I mess up at even the easiest of sections. Then if I manage to do unusually well through most of a recording, I panic and ruin it. It once took me about four recording days to get a result I considered good enough to post, and I'm still not 100% satisfied with it. I think a lot of musicians are perfectionists, and that makes recording an unbelievably frustrating process since we're always telling ourselves we can do better. "Recording day" for me often represents hours of stress, crankiness, and fatigue.

One thing that has helped me recently is an experience I had messing around on a very old piano which is not in the greatest condition. The piano didn't sound good, I didn't sound good, yet someone listening in the next room complimented my playing when I finished. I'm finally starting to realize that most people really don't have a clue or care when you make a mistake or don't play your best; they're just happy to hear someone make music, especially if they don't know how to play an instrument themselves. A method I have been using while recording is forcing myself to playing through the piece multiple times in a row without stopping even if I make mistakes. It helps minimize that stressful feeling that you need to stop after making the slightest mistake, and after doing it enough times you'll probably end up with a take that's good enough to use.

Your videos are always enjoyable to watch, and this one was no exception.

[julianopificius]

I love that you don't rush, you don't slur, you maintain your tempo, your phrasing and your power. That consistency protects the dignity (yes, the right word) of the music. Your love and respect for it shows, even with occasional mistakes. It's October now, April is well gone, along with whatever made that day difficult, hopefully, but thank you for having the courage and the respect for your followers to post it anyway.

[charleshmansfield]

Stopping for a short rest. She’s human after all. And so beautiful.

[luckybrandon]

Like cracked Japanese pottery, the imperfections add character and make you more relatable. Besides it’s 99% flawless and not an easy piece to play! Nice job! 🎉

[timkarrell]

First, that sounded great. Second, thank you for inviting us on you journey, not just the destination.

[eliorlev]

came for the music, stayed to relate. happens all the time. glad you still uploaded it :)

[mtlicq]

What??? THIS is the best performance I ever heard, the second half of the music was absolutely perfect!!!

[browpetj]

Come to Scotland, we dont have time for perfection. We just appreciate people that pick up an instrument an play! :)

[patriciagraham]

Scott Joplin - just - love his music. Kristen - you are great.

[Ernie_Centofanti]

Don’t be so hard on yourself. You play incredibly better than I do, and I consider myself to be a good intermediate-level pianist. I love all of your YouTube content and videos. Keep up the good work and enjoyable presentations. You are an inspiration to all of us.

[SkylaneGuy]

Hey, I enjoyed every second of that and could care less about the restart. I’m going to get the Joplin book out of the piano bench and give this one a go. Cut yourself some slack - you’re inspiring people!

[dmlewis]

My mother has slipped into Alzheimer's now, but I remember her playing Scott Joplin *to deal with* days like this while I was growing up. So in an odd way, you brought her back for a few minutes. Thank you.

[bonalandu]

J'ai des larmes aux yeux ...C'est tellement Merveilleux ! Vive Joplin !! Vive Kristen !!

[PotterPossum]

"... the bullshit that I've been dealing with..."

That's life 🤣♥️ you did good!

[Dr.TimsMusic]

As a struggling 2 bit recording artist and piano player, i love this video so much. It is so easy for me to sink an hour into a perfect 2.3 min piano track. You have excellent form and i love the recording. Thank you

[gb-jgud]

Omg finally she plays my favourite!!! ive waited and watched your channel for so long to hear this one...and slow...perfect...perfect even with the little flaws and struggle and added liberties...Thank you thank you!Though your super sonic version of the pineapple is astounding and I am going to listen to that again.