I finally got to meet Animenz senpai after many years! It was amazing hanging out with him and attending his concerts. He is a super chill guy and an awesome friend :) I even got the opportunity to play Swordland for him at the Toronto masterclass, which was awesome!

After I quit piano lessons, there was a period of a couple years where I never touched the piano. Then, I discovered Animenz' "Guren no Yumiya" piano sheets. Ever since then, I have been playing anime piano. After learning his amazing My Dearest, I have been pushing myself further and further to improve. This is certainly an exemplification of the power of passion and playing what you enjoy compared to being forced to play for lessons.

Anyways, I've realized one of my biggest piano weaknesses is adapting to different pianos. You may notice many minor slips here and there, which is due to not having any time to warmup and playing on a piano I have never played on before. It seems as though my accuracy drops noticeably if I am not playing on a piano I am used to. This is certainly something I hope to improve! Animenz also gave me advice that I should improve my pedaling, so I am going to focus more on that from now on. It certainly helps having a trained set of ears listen to your playing and giving you advice to improve.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this performance (even though it isn’t close to perfect). I still have much to improve and meeting Animenz has reignited my desire to practice and record more videos. I realize that I haven’t uploaded in very a long time, and plan to change that. Expect some more videos very soon!

P.S. Thanks to my friend Aric for filming this :)

Be sure to like, comment, and subscribe if you like what you hear! I will be posting more piano covers!

Thanks guys! :D

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Piano cover by Animelody
Piano arrangement by Animenz

Original Song: Swordland
Anime: Sword Art Online (SAO)
Published by: Aniplex 2013
Composed by: Yuki Kajiura
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