Sheer Piano Attack: A Queen piano tribute!

Dear Queen fans,
first of all nice to meet you all! I am Gabriele Baldocci, a concert pianist from Italy... and I've always loved Freddie and Queen, even if until now I've been concertizing with my piano playing classical music around the world. 

Today is an important day and I would like to make a special announcement about a very nice project, quite unusual for me: I will record an album of my PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS OF QUEEN SONGS which will be called SHEER PIANO ATTACK!

I would like you all, friends and music lovers, to be co-producers of the album through a crowd funding platform called Musicraiser. Basically you will give a contribution which is nothing more than a presale of the album and of the merchandise and you will be active part of this idea. The goal is to reach 3000 Euros for the production of the album. If we reach it, you'll receive your rewards.. if we don't reach it, you will be given your contribution back immediately. Watch the video here, spread the news and... support SHEER PIANO ATTACK!

[url=http://www.musicraiser.com/projects/847-sheer-piano-attack]http://www.musicraiser.com/projects/847-sheer-piano-attack[/url]

P.S. I'd love to know if you like the project. I will soon launch a poll for letting Queen fan choosing the ideal tracklist of the album.

Thank you so much for the support!
Cheers from London,Gabriele

Hello, Gabrielle. This sounds cool. I might be able to help; I'll have to get back on that one. I hope this works out, though.

Thank you so much Waunakonor!
I have been playing Queen songs since I was born, basically, and it took me years to develop very unique piano transcriptions of them...
I really hope you will like the result!

Take care and thanks again!

I want to record some stuff. Send me money.

Dear mooghead,
I am going to record this album anyway, as I did record many albums of classical music, which is what I always played in my life.
The reason why I did a crowd-funding album is because I thought that an independent production co-produced by Queen fan would be a better idea than a production managed by recording labels. The contributions are basically a sort of pre-sale of the album, nothing more. I am not receiving any money right now: Musicraiser is gathering it for the project and if we reach the goal people will have their copies of the albums and their rewards. If we don't reach it... people will just get their money back and I will completely produce it.

Find a recordlabel ....

In what way is it being co produced by Queen fans? In what way is the word 'produced' different to 'funded' in this respect?

Mooghead, the amount of money I set with the goal (3000€) don't cover up the expenses of the production of a whole album. I will put another great deal of money to finish the project.
The difference between producing and funding is that funding is just giving money but I will let all Queen fan take part to the project in many ways. That is co-producing. For instance, I have some pieces which I wrote long time ago and I will include them in the project. But I decided that Queen fans will be the ones who will give their final word on the track list and choose which songs they would love to hear transcribed for piano solo.
There are not going to be simple "arrangements" of the songs but real piano transcriptions, so I will try to use my knowledge of the instrument to bring out the best of Queen music. Besides, I will generally try not to record Queen songs that already have a prominent piano track (because it would be just an imitation of what they already did, and I cannot possibly do better than them) but try to face a different and more rare repertoire instead.
I hope you will enjoy the final product.

Is there no way to cut your costs? All you need is a basic studio setup and a few mics for your piano. The only real expense is the CDs and packaging, and you can definitely do a few hundred copies for less than 3 grand.

Best of luck to you, all the same !

Looking forward to hearing a sample of your work.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

Is there no way to cut your costs? All you need is a basic studio setup and a few mics for your piano. The only real expense is the CDs and packaging, and you can definitely do a few hundred copies for less than 3 grand.[/QUOTE]

You're forgetting about the costs of licensing these songs for commercial distribution

[QUOTE] [b]Dubroc wrote:[/b]

Find a recordlabel ....[/QUOTE]

Not really worth it. Going independent is usually a better way of achieving your own profits from album sales, since most record labels will take huge cuts and impose unfair contracts.

Breathtaking transcriptions! All the best!

Suggest you look up the definition of producer

ciao gabriele,
complimenti per l'iniziativa.
come già sai esiste già un cd simile (queen piano tribute) eseguito da anonimi artisti, uscito negli USA, peró non posso dirti che euna meraviglia.
con iltuo background sicuramente la tua produzione sarà ottima. finalmente un italiano che osa !!!!
Ti auguro un grande successo.

hi Gabriele , congratulations for the initiative.
as you already know there is a similar cd (queen piano tribute) performed by anonymous artists, released in the U.S., but I can't tell you that It is a wonder.
with your background certainly your production will be fantastic. finally an Italian who dares!!
I wish you a great success.

best regards
Gianluca

ciao gabriele,
complimenti per l'iniziativa.
come già sai esiste già un cd simile (queen piano tribute) eseguito da anonimi artisti, uscito negli USA, peró non posso dirti che euna meraviglia.
con iltuo background sicuramente la tua produzione sarà ottima. finalmente un italiano che osa !!!!
Ti auguro un grande successo.

hi Gabriele , congratulations for the initiative.
as you already know there is a similar cd (queen piano tribute) performed by anonymous artists, released in the U.S., but I can't tell you that It is a wonder.
with your background certainly your production will be fantastic. finally an Italian who dares!!
I wish you a great success.

best regards
Gianluca