When I was about 10 I picked my first ever CD at a music shop, and it was a recording of the Gershwin piano rolls, because the cover photo caught my eye [1]. I didn't really understand what I was listening to, I assumed "piano roll" was a musical genre, like "rock'n'roll", until years later when my English became good enough to read the CD's booklet.
It was also a time when all these midi files started being available, like the 6000 rolls from Terry Smythe [2], and I figured out transcribing these could be a good way to learn old-school Jazz, which is otherwise difficult to find as sheet music.
Does a piano roll sound different (I assume it does)? Ie, is or was there a specific market for a CD of a piano roll specifically, not, of someone playing the piano?
zulko|7 months ago
It was also a time when all these midi files started being available, like the 6000 rolls from Terry Smythe [2], and I figured out transcribing these could be a good way to learn old-school Jazz, which is otherwise difficult to find as sheet music.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX9MCyO6smk
[2] https://archive.org/details/terrysmythe.ca-archive/mp3s/Ampi...
vintagedave|7 months ago