I uploaded something I composed to YouTube

[EDIT: updated link for reupload with fixed frame rate]

You make me feel like a kid who's only at the office where real men work because his dad couldn't find a babysitter.

/salute

Wow, that is an amazing work --- especially for a 13-year old!

At some places, it really sounded very Mozart-ish, but Mozart on drugs. Did you perform it yourself?

Suddenly the page-turning inquiry makes sense.

This is a pleasant composition. I am even more impressed by the performance, though. You really know how to tickle them ivories. At 13, you were composing on a level that I didn't reach until 15, maybe even 16.

To top it off, even the video is put together well. (Don't think the transition at 1:22 went unnoticed.) How could anyone not subscribe? Keep the tunes coming.

Yes, this is nice music, and what playing skill! I compose music too at time, but I need a computer to do it. I can't keyboards very well at all.

I wouldn't worry too much about the video quality. It's readable, and that's all that matters. That said, you don't have that many views or likes yet so if you're going to do it now is the time. You might contact YouTube support to see if there's a way to substitute the same video in better quality. I'm almost certain I have seen videos change without changing location/stats...

I would actually recommend, if you're not worried about your identity or location being leaked, setting up a camera to record you while you play too. For those of us that cannot play nor read music, the sheet music isn't all that helpful, and we'd probably get more from watching you play. You could always upload both versions so you satisfy the entire audience.

Append:

If you think the audio is broken then perhaps that is worth an upload regardless of stats. That is what the video is mostly about. That said, I couldn't tell so the average lamer won't notice. Make sure the audio problems aren't related to bandwidth, etc. Maybe contact YouTube support for assistance figuring it out... Check the video quality setting when you play it, etc.

Very good! This is far more interesting than the stuff I see on lots of forums, where people post their compositions. The usual stuff is either completely avant garde, which once in a while is very good, or it is stuff written in some classic style, but much worse than what has already been written, and most attempts to put some originality in them just sound like they've simply missed the basic rules.

Your composition is more like how Prokofjeff liked to play fool with old styles. Every side step you take from Bach or Mozart or Scarlatti - who I think are almost recognisable here - you do in a way that makes it good. It's not just wrong, it's interesting.

And when I was 13 I was just writing stupid video games in QBasic.

Bambam needs to upload a video of him rapping to this.

Challenge accepted.

Never go full retard!

It's used in some parts of the online motorcycling community to discourage fully reckless behavior while riding on the street (e.g., stunting next to people, racing around blind corners, etc.). When I had the idea to put the helmet on I immediately thought of just being a goof and ending with that expression.

Boobuigi, I'm glad someone recognises the improvement A family member commented on my Facebook announcement that she preferred the old one. I talked about it with her and apparently it's because the old one looks as if it turns pages more slowly (a consequence of the conversion accident) and she thinks it's a more plausible speed for a human page turner. Of course I have to balance that against the fact that during a slower page turn, there is a longer period where the notes at the end of the outgoing page and those at the beginning of the incoming page are both out of view (but it's still preferable to Cyberlink PowerDirector's page turn that goes in the other direction - not to mention how pushy and shovelwary that horrible company is).

On another note, the new video on YouTube has finally started playing in white on this computer YouTube must be doing some kind of colour standardisation operations on their videos, perhaps only when the video reaches a token level of popularity (to save resources) or perhaps just on a delayed basis when CPU time can be spared because it's low priority. I wouldn't put it past them to have encountered this exact kind of bug and implemented a very clever workaround into their systems. After all, they are Google.

Also, I discovered settings in VLC that I can turn off to make the original .mp4 play white on this computer. The grey happens if either setting is on (and the left-hand setting implies the right-hand setting). Clearly it's a hardware (or driver) YUV->RGB conversion issue. However, it only happens for my videos, so I'm sure there are more details to be figured out.

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Nice for you Ben !

We listened your song my wife and I, and it was great !

You must have done some handsome practices to be able to be that quick (particularly in the last parts of the composition).

My preference goes for the first minute. Great moment of joy and lightness.

And now... Bambam. Like Gideon said, "Rapping in a Vim shirt... Bambams, you're my hero".

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I must spend too much time on the Internet... When I saw the shrunk version of the album cover I expected to find a hidden "pedobear" peeking out from behind a tree.