Coldplay - Paradise (Peponi) African Style (ft. guest artist, Alex Boye) - ThePianoGuys

► STREAM our Music here: ► WE’RE ON TOUR! ► GET TPG SHEET MUSIC: ► SHOP OUR AMAZON STORE! ________________________ Learn about our beliefs here: Follow The Piano Guys: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: @thepianoguys Twitter: Watch More of The Piano Guys: Covers: Official Music Videos: Newest Videos: Most Popular: Listen to The Piano Guys: Spotify: Apple Music: Amazon Music: Follow Alex Boye here: The story behind the song: Each time we write/arrange a tune we take a journey. We have to admit-this journey took us a lot further than we expected. Retracing our steps reveals several factors that made this a reality. As we started arranging it we had serious writer’s block. Perhaps some of the worst we’ve ever had. In fact, one day instead of writing we went around the entire studio with a can of WD-40 and coated every piece of metal to ensure that we were a squeak-free studio. Then on a whim we decided to back away and take an entirely new approach to the song-an African approach. It may seem random in retrospect, but at the time it was an exciting way to restart the arrangement. It was working, but our journey still was on foot until we called in Alex Boye, one of the most talented people we’ve ever met. Alex has this contagious energy that gave new... READ MORE HERE: We’d like to thank from the bottom of our hearts, Duane Fielding who offered the helicopters and SkyHawk for not dropping the piano... :-) Half-way through the first day of shooting we discovered that, as typical guys, we had forgotten to bring ANY food or water to this remote location. We had two options: one, wrestle a mountain rodent and harvest cacti or two, starve. Duane, our head pilot, took pity on us. He took off (literally) and moments later landed in a Wendy’s parking lot, ordered 5 of everything (sadly, he couldn’t use the drive-through) ...took off again and brought us chicken sandwiches and hamburgers via airmail. Thank you Duane! Flying in your helicopter was a dream come true for us despite the lack of doors. =) Filming location: Google Maps , (Find The Geo Cache) Credits: Paradise (Mylo Xyloto) by Coldplay written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, And Chris Martin; Copyright Universal Music Mgb Songs And Upala Music, Inc. Arrangement written and produced by Al van der Beek & Steven Sharp Nelson Lead vocals: Alex Boye Cello: Steven Sharp Nelson Piano: Jon Schmidt Percussion and backup vocals: Al van der Beek & Steven Sharp Nelson Recorded, mixed & mastered by Al van der Beek at TPG Studio Video Produced by Paul Anderson All the instruments you hear are REAL instruments. We wanted to be authentic about this. The following percussion instruments were used: Djembe (drum) Agogo bell (like a cow bell) Udu (the porcelain vase-looking drum) Guiro (gourd scraper) Djabarra (shaker) Rain stick Pangi seed shaker (“goat toenails“ or Unas) About The Piano Guys: Paul, a Yamaha dealer who dabbled in videography, Jon, a professional pianist, Al, a music producer and studio engineer, and Steve, a cellist with a creative superpower called ADHD, all serendipitously joined forces to create the most successful YouTube instrumental music group in history. The Piano Guys’ mission is to inspire and spread hope through incomparably imaginative piano music videos filmed all over the world. On this channel you can regularly find piano covers of music from genres like top 40, pop, classic rock, R&B, hiphop, country, and more. Make sure to subscribe and enable all post notifications. For instant updates, check out The Piano Guys via their social media accounts linked above. #coldplay #PianoCover #CelloCover #Piano #Cello #ThePianoGuys