| The Piano Guys | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | St. George, Utah, USA |
| Genres | Rock, Classical Music |
| Years active | 2011- |
| Labels | n/a |
| Associated acts | Jarrod Radnich |
| Website | www.thepianoguys.com |
| Members | |
| Jon Schmidt Steven Sharp Nelson |
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| Past members | |
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The Piano Guys is an American music duo consisting of Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson. They became famous through YouTube, where they posted videos of renditions and mashes of popular songs accompanied by professional looking video clips. In December 2011 they released their first album.
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Paul Anderson has a piano shop in St. George, Utah. He meets musician Jon Schmidt as the latter walks in to ask if he can practice in there for an upcoming concert.[1] They start making audio recordings and videos together. Once Steven Sharp Nelson joins in, the group really starts off and they produce a music video each week that is put on YouTube. Several videos have over a million views.[2]
Jon plays piano, Steven plays the cello - both the classical and the electrical kind.
In most songs, they record several audio tracks that are mixed together.
This video [3] is a spoof of the Star Wars soundtrack and films. Steven plays both a Jedi Master and a Sith Lord who come together to do a musical fight on Cello. The Jedi and the Sith fight using more than just their cello's - they also use The Force and lightsabers.
Darth Vader appears in the movie and after some first suppression, he reappears with an accordion to play the tune from the cantina in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
Also Chewbacca makes an appearance. In the end of the clip, Darth Vader and Chewbacca are seen dancing together.
The following John Williams Star Wars Movie Themes are used (in order of appearance):
Album released December 2011.
The following two songs only appear on the Limited Edition version of the album: