How to Be Me (piano arrangement) by Skai Eriksson published on 2024-03-28T03:17:34Z Happy PIano Day! (the 88th day of the year 03/28/2024) This is a piano instrumental version of Ren and Chinchilla's "How to Be Me". The original song is here: https://soundcloud.com/renmakesmusic/how-to-be-me-feat-chinchilla The original has sparse instrumentation (simple strummed guitar chords and minimalist cello), but the added complexity of Ren and Chinchilla's codominant vocals make for a rich harmonic tapestry and a stimulating challenge to arrange a piano instrumental version. For instance, one aspect of the song that I love is the use of the harmonic minor in a way that spans both a haunting classical (almost Chopinesque) sound as well as a soulful Jazz sound. The raison d'etre of the harmonic minor is the V - i resolution. In early takes I settled on extending some of the V - i resolutions using a dom7flat9, which seemed to enhance the haunting classical feel and simultaneously felt in line with Ren's love of diminished chords (e.g., the diminished arpeggio in the Intro of "Hi Ren" which is arguably in fact a dom7flat9). But then when listening back I noticed that in some places this chord extension did not mesh with the vocal harmonies and a dom7sharp9 a.k.a. the "Jimi Hendrix chord" sounded better). This is just one example of the intricacies of jamming along with Ren's music. Part of my motivation for posting this piano arrangement was the idea that Ren's music has enough complexity to stand on its own as instrumental music. I was delighted when, later that day, Ren posted his first piano instrumental on youtube, a beautiful piece of modern classical music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqq3VcwPGseErHUa0-xLInQ Here are the youtube channels for Ren: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RenMakesMusic ...and Chinchilla: www.youtube.com/@chinchilla_music Genre Piano Comment by Massimo Cellerino Nice...lovely...!! 2024-06-06T13:37:52Z Comment by Norino Buogo Originale. 2024-05-26T08:10:45Z Comment by Debra Buesking Nice ending 2024-05-25T22:11:09Z Comment by Debra Buesking I am sorry I missed this until just now. (I thought I had checked your profile for new music--but evidently I thought wrongly.) 2024-05-25T22:09:23Z Comment by Debra Buesking I like how this almost begins as a prelude or fugue and then increases in complexity. You are sailing! 2024-05-25T22:08:26Z Comment by Donna Dior Wow ~ Just Gorgeous 2024-05-23T12:27:43Z Comment by OrangeLight beautiful! 2024-05-22T14:03:14Z Comment by Srouly Frank Superb piano work 2024-05-20T19:59:41Z Comment by Liz Dicker A wonderful arrangement by you Skaiā¦. 2024-05-16T20:28:52Z Comment by DavidKilledTheGiant Great tune 2024-04-15T02:03:27Z Comment by falcon Lovely piano, really enjoying this! 2024-04-08T12:26:23Z Comment by David De Michele Really beautiful piano ... nice composition! 2024-04-07T15:02:45Z Comment by Saturnreturns98 This is hauntingly beautiful. A lovely composition, just wonderful. Ren & Chinchilla would love it. 2024-04-01T17:58:57Z Comment by Karin-Maria Brunner beautiful! 2024-03-31T10:58:31Z Comment by Franck Charles Lovely piano, beautiful composition! 2024-03-30T13:59:50Z Comment by Broder T Hints of Folk, hints of Classical, hints of Jazz; all in the same arrangement. Lovely!! 2024-03-28T09:21:20Z