Anyone play same jingle on piano over and over again?

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16 Apr 2011, 5:48 am

I used to play the piano and read out of books.
But when I was a kid i would just make up songs and play them over and over.
Now I just make shorter jingles and not much songs that I play over and over.

Anyone else do this? On a different instrument?

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16 Apr 2011, 6:12 am

i used to work for a recording studio as an engineer until i developed a cholesteatoma in my left ear, and the surgery reduced my hearing capacity.

i often used to play their piano during the breaks, and sometimes the producers of whatever commercials we were putting together would ask me if they could use what i played in my break as replacement music to what they were trying to achieve.

the last "jingle" i devised was the theme music for the "shoe shed" commercials.

as to my personal playing, i often have a set of chordal representations that i develop during my day that expresses melodically what i felt during the day.

i play those tunes once at the end of my day, and if i do not capture them with a recording, then i will surely forget them.

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16 Apr 2011, 11:32 am

I don't try to, but when I jam I tend to do nearly the same thing every time.

I do the guitar part of the song Agætis Byrjun on bass a lot though.

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16 Apr 2011, 12:14 pm

I used to play Copland's Rodeo all the time when I was 12-13ish. It was used as a jingle in the Beef commercials.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUGDSZZxx2Y[/youtube]

I'm not sure this completely relates to your post, but I had a professor/conductor who I'm sure was an aspie. He was also a jingle writer. His big-money gigs were McDonald's, Kit-kat, United airlines (arrangement), coors, and Bud Light. Needless to say, he is a millionaire. I've never heard him carry on a full conversation that wasn't centered around music or the orchestra. However he did take the entire 100-piece orchestra out for dinner on his dime. He also emulates Dr. House: wrinkled shirts, facial hair, and attitude all match up.

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16 Apr 2011, 1:58 pm

Someone said house doesn't have aspergers because he knows how to act but chooses to act how he does.

i used to be pretty decent at piano, I can still pick up a piece and learn it decently quick but I have a terrible memory.

This is my favorite things I liked to play on the piano when I was younger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPmruHc4S9Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_dI6BZt ... re=related

I used to play a different version of this song as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27BfZO2BDo0

Listenig to these makes me wanna buy some piano books =)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3uQL19AIgg

I am not so decent anymore my mind and memory isn't what it used to be even though I am very young.

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16 Apr 2011, 2:05 pm

b9 wrote:

Not sure what that procedure is, care to elaborate? Though I will be looking it up after replying.

I can definately see some of my jingles in a commercial, and just as you I forget them soon after I make them. Which is why I bought a recorder to record some of them. But I dont always have it around and many do not get recorded and forever forgotten.

Would you say if you have heard a song are you able to reproduce the sound on the piano? i can do that pretty well.

thought this was a cool song...(unrelated)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy21MdYp ... re=related

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16 Apr 2011, 5:47 pm

liveandletdie wrote:

Someone said house doesn't have aspergers because he knows how to act but chooses to act how he does.

I didn't mean House had AS, but people with AS sometimes emulate fictional characters. I'm sure your memory is fine. Alot of playing the piano is muscle memory. If you repeat something enough, it will stick for years.

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16 Apr 2011, 6:01 pm

rabidmonkey4262 wrote:

liveandletdie wrote:

Someone said house doesn't have aspergers because he knows how to act but chooses to act how he does.

true but I know a lot of people who haven't played for years and can pick up and play a piece just as well as they did ten years ago. I can't do that, I'd have to have the book in front of me even for pieces I memorized and had to play for recitals. I can pick it up again with a little practice but not like most would. Also seems like after I broke my finger and elbow on the right arm i am not as good at playing anymore, same goes for drawing- my fingers aren't as quick and agile to move as they used to be.

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16 Apr 2011, 6:03 pm

Well, not on a piano, but I do on my accordion.

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16 Apr 2011, 6:04 pm

dunbots wrote:

Well, not on a piano, but I do on my accordion.

I've always wanted to try the accordion.

Where did you get your's? How long have you played?

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16 Apr 2011, 6:15 pm

liveandletdie wrote:

dunbots wrote:

Well, not on a piano, but I do on my accordion.

I've always wanted to try the accordion.

Where did you get your's? How long have you played?

I love it.

But unfortunately I am incapable of playing the bass buttons and keyboard at the same time.

I've only been playing for 3 months, and I'm renting it from a guy that makes and repairs accordions.

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07 Jul 2011, 8:47 pm

I only know 2 songs on the piano, so it's not like I could play anything else.... :lol:

Unless I applied myself to learn a new song, heaven knows I'm too lazy for that. :roll:

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