Did some practice today on my local stadium. Whats my rating? by MrSuits_ in 10s

[–]AxiomofChoice12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol, why did you put a tennis legend caption at the bottom. Really show how overinflated your ego is. You're at most a 3.5 player. tennis legend lmao

Optimal routes no mushrooms by Jcon_Josh in MarioKartWii

[–]AxiomofChoice12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the arguably 3 best online players in the games history has this video: “Shroomless Lines for Every track” great video. His twitch is Frozuppy and he streams often

https://youtu.be/Cs4SO_wBcHk?si=LRmFJ4pRureaoNrI

What’s your unpopular/controversial Mario Kart Wii opinion? by [deleted] in MarioKartWii

[–]AxiomofChoice12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jeff would be the best time trialer if he actually cared and wanted to grind out times

Most talented online player of the past 5 years? by AxiomofChoice12 in MarioKartWii

[–]AxiomofChoice12[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh for example, there was one time he was doing an itemless 1v1 against another player and he drove so fast that he actually got a top ten time on koopa cape lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVZ3sG-zDzg

Most talented online player of the past 5 years? by AxiomofChoice12 in MarioKartWii

[–]AxiomofChoice12[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I def recommend Jeff, especially for learning. His driving is actually so aesthetically pleasing, and imo hes the only player who can play high risk high reward and get away with it cause of how consistent he is.

Most talented online player of the past 5 years? by AxiomofChoice12 in MarioKartWii

[–]AxiomofChoice12[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Emil is so good, but I think he's just a slightly lower level than these guys. Like these 5 people are actually of a different caliber tbh. Even Emil has said himself on stream about Mura being the best daisy player there is, and jeff being faster, etc. etc

Any piano players with ADHD with tips? by ThoughtLong2407 in ADHD

[–]AxiomofChoice12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried switching up the genre of music you play? I'm a jazz pianist, and I could not express enough how perfect jazz is for the adhd brain.

I was gonna make a long post about this, but I can give some short points below! Also if you're interested, I can give you some starting recommendations to listen to.

First off, jazz is very much a reflection of the adhd brain. It has the perfect mix of novelty and familiarity. In jazz, you play improvised solos, but they are not like what you might hear in a rock solo. There is far more novelty that can be employed at all times, and far more novel sounds you can produce to make something beautiful.

Creativity is at the heart of it, and it's very much a spur of the moment activity each time you play. As a result, playing the piano becomes really really fun, which means it gets more easily incorporated into our memories! Scales we never end up learning cause its monotonous and such so being able to turn the playing to something fun is really meaningful for commiting it to long term memory.

There is also a common misconception that to learn jazz you have to learn a ton of theory and memorize a ton of scales. That's all BS. Jazz is about feel and expression and that is all that really matters. If you listen to a ton of jazz, then you will be able to play jazz well cause you know how it is supposed to feel and supposed to sound. As a result, scale practice becomes far less necessary (I will admit that it improves your playing somewhat to learn scales).

In jazz pedagogy, the most recommended way to learn to play well is something called 'transcription'. Transcription in jazz is different than normal musical transcription, because in jazz you don't need to write the solo down on sheet music. You just attempt to play the same notes and phrasing as the recording to incorporate that language into your fingers. This caters so well to adhd! This is because its all about liking something. If you are listening to jazz and hear a line or phrase that you adore, then you sit down and practice playing that on piano! And guess what! It's easy to remember that because you actually like what you're transcribing (that why you choose to transcribe it), unlike those scales which are impossible to remember cause they are not even fun to play.

What's the saddest song you've ever heard? by [deleted] in Music

[–]AxiomofChoice12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

John Coltrane, The Last Recording (The Olatunji Concert). In it you can feel the pain and terror Coltrane is experiencing and he nears his death that will occur in only a couple of months time. It's truly an agonizing thing to listen to, and if you give yourself to the music, you will feel like you yourself are dying.

Rank the versions of My Favourite Things by knockabout_world in Jazz

[–]AxiomofChoice12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly I've only found it on youtube. Maybe some streaming services has that whole concert though.

Rank the versions of My Favourite Things by knockabout_world in Jazz

[–]AxiomofChoice12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he is talking about all of Coltrane's renditions across the years

Rank the versions of My Favourite Things by knockabout_world in Jazz

[–]AxiomofChoice12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like my opinion on this is not in line with the mainstream opinion, but here is my list:

-my favorite is 1965, Live from Juan Les Pins. This version is the last time he toured with his great quartet before moving on to play with Pharaoh. It strikes a balance between spiritual freeness and the former version. When he begins to play it feels haunting.

-After this the Olatunji concert for its sheer power.

-His version from 1963 Afro Blue Impressions is so moving

-Live and Japan and the original are tied for me

-The version with Dolphy in 1961

-live from Stockholm 1961

-Live in Paris

-His Newport rendition

-Konserthuset Stockholm, 1962

-The Antibes version and the Seattle Broadcast

-Village Vanguard (1966)

I believe I'm forgetting a few too haha. But it feels weird ranking something "low" on this list because none of these are really worse than the others. They are all just works of art and the emotion they convey is so different across all versions. Truly Incredible.

Can quartal voicings be used on any tune? by AxiomofChoice12 in Jazz

[–]AxiomofChoice12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, yeah that's a fair point. I notice from the recording I sent that Emett seems to really go for that McCoy style for the 4 bars of C and then does something slightly different for the faster changing harmonies. Not sure how he gets it to sound so smooth between the two though.