futureneurologist (August 25, 2008 at 9:35 am)

I like the way he said how a song doesn't really sound like a season but its the person whos looking at the season, this song to him sounds like spring into summer, to me it's summer into fall also it sounds like a chandelier dancing too. I'm going to see him in concert at the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago 10/16, can't wait. Gorgeous or should I say Georgeous music.

Constavlos (August 23, 2008 at 3:37 pm)

I know what he's talking about, certain songs reminding people of certain situations, specific times, and even certain months or seasons.

agnosticguy21293 (July 12, 2008 at 5:34 pm)

Great. George knows how to write a melodic piano piece. However, lately he has been working on some bluesy stuff that sounds too honkey-tonkish and old. He said that he was working on that mostly. I think he should stick to his melodic/new age stuff, its much better.

Evenstar458 (July 11, 2008 at 1:40 pm)

I really wish I could see him in concert; he is my role-model for piano!!

juniregenbogen (July 9, 2008 at 4:08 pm)

i have seen him live for two times.the cd`s are great, but live he`s the best !!

cucucachoo (July 8, 2008 at 3:25 pm)

i listened to it. Seems to me that his chord changes are too frequent and i became bored with the song. the man is a great player and perhaps that was a technically impressive composition but isn't it the output that matters in the end? Winston's pieces are more on track with a singular idea which is what makes music easy to listen to while Ravel creates and elaborate showcase but without resolve. Just my opinion though.

soundsfx (July 5, 2008 at 4:37 am)

A dear friend gave me this link, and I am so glad she did. A passionate piece, played with sensitivity. Nature is hard to mimic, harder still to describe in words, let alone music, but he makes a good point, that this is about the composer looking at and describing his feeling as the rain falls in a forest. I can only imagine how my friend would play this piece and how her interpretation would differ from the composer's. I can dream...

rockintetster (July 4, 2008 at 6:08 am)

I know this music sounds beautiful to most who have commented on this page. But this music is really so simple to both compose and play- it's just a series of repeated chords within a single repeating pattern. Not that simplicity is bad, but there really isn't much compositional or performance skill or talent here. It really does not take much to get a beautiful sound out of the piano. I suggest all present type in "Ravel Jeux D'eau" in the search box. Listen to a real composer for the piano

tcp2150 (July 2, 2008 at 3:33 am)

Isn't he amazing?! OMG! There's no person alive that plays AND composes like this guy period.

edifyguy (June 26, 2008 at 12:17 am)

You're right. It was derogatory, even if it wasn't meant that way. George Winston is great, and most of his stuff is his own. Although, you should hear his take on Vince Guaraldi (composer for "Charlie Brown" cartoons.)