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Title: For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: oldskoolcade on July 07, 2004, 09:03:14 am
...whose wives or significant others say that you're a nerd for spending all your time building arcade cabinets and the like...Show them this piece of video, and you'll never be tormented again   :-)


http://gprime.net/video/blindfoldedmariopianist2.php (http://gprime.net/video/blindfoldedmariopianist2.php)


Cheers!
Mike
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: menace on July 07, 2004, 09:35:54 am
blind folded or not--the fact that he knows all those tunes that well and can play them is amazing in my books!!  few too many hours playing mario games me thinks :P
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: DaveMMR on July 07, 2004, 10:18:47 am
There's also a video of a man who can play the music from SMB (including the sound effects) on his guitar.

Here's the link:
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=marioguitar.wmv (http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=marioguitar.wmv)
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: NoBonus on July 07, 2004, 10:49:03 am
The piano guy is crazy good.  The last two minutes are fantastic.  It's too bad one cannot get an .mp3 of the piano performance.
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: NoBonus on July 07, 2004, 10:52:03 am
Does anyone know where to get an .mp3 of that performance? That was great!
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: abrannan on July 07, 2004, 11:22:18 am
blind folded or not--the fact that he knows all those tunes that well and can play them is amazing in my books!!  few too many hours playing mario games me thinks :P


Only if he's playing solely by ear.  There are plenty of arrangements of the SMB music that he could have read/memorized off of.  He's only blindfolded the first two minutes, too.  Professional pianists hardly ever look at the keys while they're playing.  

It's still a good performance, but not ungodly.  I give it 2.5 "meh"s.
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: DaveMMR on July 07, 2004, 12:02:00 pm
Only if he's playing solely by ear.  There are plenty of arrangements of the SMB music that he could have read/memorized off of.  He's only blindfolded the first two minutes, too.  Professional pianists hardly ever look at the keys while they're playing.  


I'll give you two good examples: Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles.
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: GameDork on July 07, 2004, 12:16:45 pm
I am amazed by anyone that can play the piano!! I think this guy was amazing , no matter what anybody says :o :o
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: Sephroth57 on July 07, 2004, 01:32:08 pm
who cares if hes blindfolded or not, i dont think any of you guys can do that =P
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: NoBonus on July 07, 2004, 01:38:20 pm
Indeed.  Now, how can I convert that MPEG into a mp3?
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: menace on July 07, 2004, 02:12:09 pm
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Indeed.  Now, how can I convert that MPEG into a mp3?

multiplex it through tmpgenc and get the wav file, discard the rest...
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: abrannan on July 07, 2004, 02:48:59 pm
who cares if hes blindfolded or not, i dont think any of you guys can do that =P

Not today, no.  Since I haven't played piano in over 16 years.  Gimme a year to practice?  
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: DaveMMR on July 07, 2004, 03:20:07 pm
who cares if hes blindfolded or not, i dont think any of you guys can do that =P

yeah, but can he build an arcade cabinet?  :P
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: gnateye on July 07, 2004, 03:50:03 pm
http://www.gprime.net/mariopiano/

the sheet music is available on that site
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: crashwg on July 07, 2004, 04:22:00 pm
Although impressed by this obvious talent...  I'm a little bit more impressed by "balloon swallow" also located in the video section.
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: GameDork on July 07, 2004, 04:26:25 pm
Although impressed by this obvious talent...  I'm a little bit more impressed by "balloon swallow" also located in the video section.

Yeah, I saw that too, and I'm a bit confused.... What happened next? She poop it out? Cough it back up? What?
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: Mr. Dude on July 07, 2004, 04:32:46 pm
That guy is awesome!! 8)
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: SirPeale on July 07, 2004, 08:21:36 pm
Although impressed by this obvious talent...  I'm a little bit more impressed by "balloon swallow" also located in the video section.

I've seen that before.  Still impressive.  Who are these lovely ladies?
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: NoBonus on July 08, 2004, 12:06:16 am
Although impressed by this obvious talent...  I'm a little bit more impressed by "balloon swallow" also located in the video section.
Do you honestly think she swallowed that balloon?  It appeared to me to that it may have deflated in her mouth.
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: SirPeale on July 08, 2004, 08:43:30 am
It's just like sword swallowing.  I'm sure she did it. The gross thing will be bringing it back up.
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: Floyd10 on July 08, 2004, 03:54:02 pm
Ah... Its music to my ears
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: hyiu on July 08, 2004, 06:23:10 pm
its nice.....  ;) ;D...

btw... can anyone show me how to save it ???

thx....
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: J_K_M_A_N on July 08, 2004, 10:05:50 pm
Download the txt file attached and change the extention to html and open it in Internet Explorer or whatever then right click the address and save target as. Good luck.

J_K_M_A_N
 

P.S.
   On my computer, if I just click the file it opens with the link right away. I can then right click and save target as.
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: Daniel270 on July 09, 2004, 03:05:51 am
Here ya go....


http://gprime.iamhosted.com/(www.gprime.net_--_kindly_hosted_by_iamhosted.com)_blindfoldedmariopianist2.wmv

*edit* - You might have to cut and paste the whole thing to get it to work...
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: SirPoonga on July 09, 2004, 10:16:45 am
My friend can listen to a song and start playing it by ear, not sure if he could do it blindfolded though.
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: Floyd10 on July 09, 2004, 05:39:00 pm
loooong performance :o lol, Im bored before work  :P
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: NoBonus on July 13, 2004, 12:31:28 am
QUESTION FOR YA'LL:

I got an e-mail from the Blindfoldedpianist (featured in the video) and he wants to put together a real simple web-page but lacks the technical expertese.  Is there anyone out there who would help this guy out.  I would but I am simply awful at web-page creation, awful.

PM me with your e-mail if you want to help him and I will send your e-mail or I can just give you his or whatever.

Thanks,

NoBonus
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: gprime on August 24, 2004, 02:39:09 pm
was searching my name, and noticed you guys mentioned my site. cool. (sorry about the bump)
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: Jakobud on August 24, 2004, 03:05:27 pm
There's also a video of a man who can play the music from SMB (including the sound effects) on his guitar.

Here's the link:
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=marioguitar.wmv (http://media.ebaumsworld.com/index.php?e=marioguitar.wmv)

Wow... Flock of Seagulls must just now be getting popular over in Japan.
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: Floyd10 on August 24, 2004, 03:24:59 pm
was searching my name, and noticed you guys mentioned my site. cool. (sorry about the bump)

No Bonus said he gave my e-mail to you about the site. No reply... did you find someone else?
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: gprime on August 24, 2004, 03:31:47 pm
was searching my name, and noticed you guys mentioned my site. cool. (sorry about the bump)

No Bonus said he gave my e-mail to you about the site. No reply... did you find someone else?

Ah.. It's just my site, I'm not the piano man . But he made the video just for me .... I feel special :)
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: gprime on August 24, 2004, 03:35:30 pm
Oh and apparently he has a site now: http://www.theblindfoldedpianist.com/

The layout isn't so great.. maybe he's still looking for help?
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: Floyd10 on August 24, 2004, 03:43:57 pm
wow, what a waste of frames... Im gonna go cry now :p
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: NoBonus on August 24, 2004, 04:00:40 pm
I did give him your e-mail Floyd10, but he never responded...
Title: Re:For All You Old School Nintendo Fans...
Post by: Floyd10 on August 25, 2004, 11:31:12 pm
its ok, i believed you.