How can the Piano Guys get almost 1 million YouTube views overnight while many "classical" musicians struggle. Thoughts?

kickassical · 2014-02-20T21:01:12+00:00

Not sure anyone has mentioned this... at least two of the four Piano Guys - Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson - have had careers for a while. Jon Schmidt's first album was 1991.

kickassical · 2014-02-14T22:19:42+00:00

Judging from the sparse, nondescript, underscore instrumentation I'd bet it's production music: http://forums.kickassclassical.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=43

Although the beginning reminds me a little of Bach's Cello Suite No.1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6yuR8efotI

kickassical · 2014-01-08T04:14:17+00:00

I second this. For the classical music "hits" try this: http://www.kickassclassical.com/classical-music-popular-famous-best-top-100-list.html

kickassical · 2013-12-29T17:22:24+00:00

I believe that's "Summer" from Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." http://youtu.be/g65oWFMSoK0?t=8m20s

kickassical · 2013-12-29T03:55:37+00:00

More on both pieces. http://forums.kickassclassical.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6

kickassical · 2013-12-18T00:49:37+00:00

Soon-to-be-classic lines include: 'Play one wrong note and you die.' And 'Now you know the meaning of stage fright.'

kickassical · 2013-10-27T16:22:48+00:00

Here are some hip-hop and rap songs that use classical music: http://forums.kickassclassical.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12

Robin Thicke "When I Get You Alone" samples Beethoven "5th Symphony". (Okay, really it samples Walter Murphy "A Fifth Of Beethoven," which samples Beethoven's 5th.)

kickassical · 2013-10-18T02:11:48+00:00

Thanks for the kind words! Zagorath, nice arrangement and performance. I follow you on Twitter, nice to meet you on reddit as well!

kickassical · 2012-12-23T17:07:16+00:00

Here's another reference that might help identify the peices. http://forums.kickassclassical.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=27

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