Summer

Joe Hisaishi, Performed by Brian the Amateur

(Listen at the bottom of the page)

This is my proudest moment as an amateur pianist, because this was the song that I was practicing before I stopped piano altogether in middle school. To say “practicing” wouldn’t be 100% correct, more like just familiarizing with it. This song has always bugged me, because I couldn’t play it. So one day, I decided to go for it. I printed the music out, sat myself in front of the piano, and started practicing.

I practiced for an entire week. After I eat, I practice; after I workout, I practice; after I wakeup, I practice; and before I sleep, I practice. I got into the craze of practicing because not only do I love the song to my bones, it’s also because I want to prove to myself that I am not just an amateur pianist. I am actually a level 10 contender.

After some trial and error, here, I got it, and I love how I did it.

For the video, I set the color to yellowish hue, to make it more “summer” like, and it wasn’t half bad.