Hey every body I'm new

I am new to the site and I love William's music I only found out about him a few months ago and when I found out he had a site I joined as soon as I could. I just wish he would come to Utah on one of his tours so that I can see him preform live. I think that would be so amazing.


Hi Nate

Hi Nate, How have you been doing? I'm hoping to see more posts by William's fans on this forum...

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glad

Wow glad my post could be used for such wonderful usage of how to figure out how to work the site, and to talk about...shoes~obsesive William Joseph fan

Hi Nate

Glad to hear you did a great job with your recital. Hope to hear/see you play on utube or so...Best Wishes!

Click on "Post Reply" button to post responses

Missionmom, I figured in order to post responses it is better to click on the "Post Reply" button found on the top of a forum thread. The button "Post Reply" appears when you are logged in. If you want to avoid the tapering look of the messages, do not click on the "Reply" button found on the bottom right corner of a message. The "Reply" button also appears only when you are logged-in.

content being pushed to the right side of the computer screen

It is getting harder to read the messages. As you type more replies to a message the content keeps getting pushed to the right and the words are appearing one below the other instead of getting wrapped in the form of a sentence. I don't know if others are experiencing the same.

Same for me Vani. That's

Same for me Vani. That's apparently how the site is formated. I wish they would change it. If you just post a new message and don't "reply" it will use the full screen, so I would suggest just starting a new post and use the name of the person you are responding to.
~~Devoted William Joseph Fan~~

Also new to his music. Saw

Also new to his music. Saw ad on IMEEM yesterday and clicked on the link. I was happily surprised and joined his website to learn more about this gifted pianist.

new WJ videos

I love the new videos!! It is always fun to watch a WJ video, whether it is an interview or a performance.

Yesterday we were strolling in the Downtown Brampton area here in southern ontario. As we were walking by the Rose Theatre, it brought back some pleasant and fun memories of William's concert at this theatre. It is like a dream. I could never thank him enough.

WJ's family is so lucky to have him. When he is not touring, they get to hear his music pretty much everyday or so I suppose. He is not just a great pianist, he can establish this great rapport with anyone which immediately endears William to his audience. I can never stop raving about William, once I start:) I can go on and on and on.....

Trust me Madrigal, you're

Trust me Madrigal, you're not alone in that compelling need to go on and on about William. He's not only a Phenomenal talent...he is a wonderful human being, and deserves all the acolades he gets.
~~Devoted William Joseph Fan~~

Thanks missionmom

Thank you missionmom. you're right. William is of course talented. But his good character makes him all the more attractive. That makes him a great role model for the younger folks (actually even for the older ones). I have been telling every one I know about William. So far all of them like listening to William. He is acclaimed as the sexiest piano player.

~~Forever a Josephan~~

Hope you had a great weekend

Hope you had a great weekend

Hi

Hey!!!i am Amanda Wilson from California.I am the newest member to join this site.Mattress

Hi Nate

Hi Nate,

I have been his fan since the past few months also. I heard about William long time ago. But I recently had a chance to go to his concert. Since then I have been hooked to William's music. He is such a great performer and a wonderful person.

I am not sure but I think I read on another thread that you have the Beyond book as well and you play from it. Do you find the pieces easier to play? It is a bit of a challenge for me as I am not yet at the advanced level of piano playing. Hope I will hear more from you about your music interests.

It all depends

some times they are really easy but it all depends on the mood that I'm in. If I just want to play than they are all pretty easy. but if I'm a little bit tired I can only play the soft songs and if i'm all excited and awake than I can play all the songs but I like to play the hrder songs. My mom got me the book for my birthday and she got me the piano solo book and so some of the songs are way shorter and all the songs sound way different.~obsesive William Joseph fan

It all depends

I am no expert, but it appears that your sight reading is really good. Have you been playing the piano for a long time?

yea

Yea I have. ever since I was about eight I have bee playing and I am fourteen now.~obsesive William Joseph fan

Good for you Nate

Good for you Nate. Are you going to pursue music as a career? It is too late for me to have grand ambitions. But I would be happy to be an accompanist or a cocktail pianist. If I get lucky to play in a chamber ensemble, that would be too good. But of course I have lots and lots of hard work ahead of me. William Joseph definitely motivates me and keeps my dreams alive.

Nate, Have you tried playing Kashmir from the Beyond book? I have tried playing the first few bars. On William's videos, I don't hear on piano the D notes that appear on the bass clef. I think the violinist plays the Ds. I am not sure but I think Will repeats the same chords on the left hand also when he is playing with the band.

I think it is because

I think that it's because the violins play the D, but an octave higher. play on the piano an octave and it just sounds like one note.
I hope I am able to be a pianist when I am older or at least compose my own music like William does.
~obsesive William Joseph fan

Nice to hear that you are

Nice to hear that you are thinking of being a composer and a pianist. I realized, once you start learning music as a child and reached a certain level, it is going to be a part of you for the rest of your life whether you like it or not. I was not a diligent student as a child. But now I can't leave music and music will not leave me. I learnt to respect and appreciate this amazing gift of Music.

-another obsessive William Joseph fan:)

ya

Yes I agree. My brother totally despises piano thoughh and I don't know why. And I just got Williams other book WITHIN yesterday I love it.~obsesive William Joseph fan

I hope to hear you play.

I hope to hear you play. Perhaps you could post an audio clipping on The Internet sites such as the utube. Nice to hear that you got the 'Within' book as well.

I do too

I think that it aould be so fun to let you hear me play. I'll need to get one of Williams songs down really good first.
The within bok is so much fun. I have played through "piano fantasy" and "Kashmir" a few times. I started playing the first few measures of the rest of the songs. Today after I got home around four o'clock I played William Joseph's books with an hour rest until 8:00 P.M. but mostly "Within" it is a lot of fun to play his music.
hope to hear from you soon.~obsesive William Joseph fan

Keep up the good work

Hey Nate, Keep it up! I definitely look forward to hearing you play.

I absolutely adore William's compositions and his style of playing. It is exciting and refreshing to hear Classical music being played with a modern flair. I know some curmudgeons out there who don't agree with me. They are indeed missing out. William Joseph is giving a feast to music lovers.

I would have to agree

I would have to agree with you there. I love how his strong songs also have a strong beat, some songs that I have heard don't have that and it disapoints me. And his softer songs are nice and how they just flow, they're not a sorry excuse for a waltz or a lullaby like some of those chumps out there. I love how his music is like an old-fasioned classical song with a twist. He is just amazing at what he does. ~obsesive William Joseph fan

finally

So to my understanding all this time William hasn't played in his hometown, well that's sad. And I love his new videos with just the piano are amazing, it is so unique with just the piano. I love it.~obsesive William Joseph fan

new videos

Ya I'd like to see him in Indiana too. But I really am enjoying these new videos. I love the interviews also. Like hereing about his family.

New piano teacher

I am trying to get a new piano teacher. He is very good and he wants an audition. I am going to audition this thurs. and I really hope that I do well. My piano teacher that I have now is very...interesting. She won't give me a speed on the metronome to work on unless I ask her for one, and she doesn't really teach me in the way that I am used to. The piano teachers I had before were good and I learned a lot from them but the piano teacher I have now is kind of, um... well you get the point. So I am very excited for this new piano teacher. His minimum practice is three hours (now I know it's not twelve hours like Stella but you get the point) I just hope I make the audition. wish me luck.~obsesive William Joseph fan

Good Luck

It is exciting to hear that you found a new piano teacher. Lots of Good Luck to you, Nate. I think you will do very well, because you like playing the piano. May I ask what pieces and composers you will be working on when you start with this new teacher?

I had a teacher who I really liked. Unfortunately, She is battling breast-cancer. So I had to discontinue with her. She is also a good friend of mine, so we still keep in touch.

Right now I am on my own. But I am taking some theory lessons from another teacher. He seems to be very good. So I think, I may continue piano lessons with him.

I don't know

I don't know what pieces or composers I will be working on. I hope your friend will be OK~obsesive William Joseph fan

Hi Nate

Yea, I also hope my friend will be okay. The one she's got now is a relapse. But they found out at a very early stage. So she will be okay. I just hope it won't show up again.
Do let me know the pieces you will be working on?

it went well

My audition went very well he took me and we will be working on classical music~obsesive William Joseph fan

It went well!

Hi Nate, Great to hear that you are starting lessons soon. Good Luck!!

practicing

Sory I haven't been able to get on in a while. I've been practicing and nothing else. Sometimes it is crazy I'll probably be able to get on more during the summer. I also made the Ballroom dance company in one of the schools that is in the top three in the state of Utah I am so happy. Oh, the schools name is Timpview High School.~obsesive William Joseph fan

Hi Nate!

Hi Nate!

Sounds fun!! Glad to hear you are busy practising on the piano and ball room dancing.
I am currently working on Beyond and Sweet Rememberance among other pieces. Hope I will be able to play these pieces soon. I also hope to hear you play.

:)Josephan forever:)

You're a busy guy

Sounds like you are a busy guy. Well the Indiana gal will be moving to Utah soon. July 20th. So now William has to come to Utah to perform.

cool

cool. Maybe I'll see her. I think he should preform in Utah too. Do you know what part of Utah.~obsesive William Joseph fan

where am I

Last fall a childs parents went to Hawaii for a week for a BYU intervention, during that week they went to William Joseph concert and they loved him and thought that two of their children would. They went to his meet and greet after words and told him about the first child who hated piano but was somewhat good and they wanted him to keep practicing so he wrote on his within cd "To Jordan, from William Joseph." Then they told him about the second child who loved piano and loved to make music, to him he wrote on the Beyond "To Nathan, all you have to do is practice the rest of your life. From William Joseph." The second one is mine I'm in Hawaii rite now and I think about it all the time. Now this Island of oahu will have a special meaning to me. I love this place.~obsesive William Joseph fan

William signed Nate's CD:)

Awwww that is sweet.....

Ah Nate...That's AWESOME!

Ah Nate...That's AWESOME! Congratulations!!! William is a GREAT man. You will never go wrong following in his footsteps.
~~Devoted William Joseph Fan~~

thankyou

Thankyou. I also think that he is a great man and I also think that he became one of my heros the second I heard his music.~obsesive William Joseph fan

cousins

I was just playing one of William's songs on the piano and my cousins thought it was amazing~obsesive William Joseph fan

My brothers farewell

I played at my brothers farewell and every one that that it was amazing. It was so cool to see him leave and play the piano. My leg was shaking like nothing else though and I was trying to pedle with a shaking leg, It was so annoying.

Nate, what piece did you

Nate, what piece did you play?

~~Devoted William Joseph Fan~~

I played

Sorry I haven't answered sooner. I played David Glen Hatches arrangement of A Poor Wayfaring Man Of Grief. ~obsesive William Joseph fan

I bet it was beautiful Nate.

I bet it was beautiful Nate. That's such an amazing song.

~~Devoted William Joseph Fan~~