It’s Suuuper Competition Time! Win Anime Prizes! – Pianist Kenzie Smith Piano Joins Us To Discuss Anime, His Anime Music Collection And Also Plays A Part In Our Competition. | Ep.23

“One of my favourite songs I like to play is actually a song from “Your Lie in April/Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso – Hikaru Nara! Originally the song is upbeat and happy however when I arranged it, I changed it to more of a slow peaceful gentle song!”- Kenzie Smith Piano

On this episode we had piano sensation Kenzie Smith Piano, Kenzie has amassed over 1.9m views on YT, has 11 anime albums as well as other albums in gaming and Disney. Having had piano lessons when he was young, Kenzie stopped but re-found his passion for piano playing, teaching himself how to play many popular anime songs and putting them on You Tube. His most popular video so far has been Death Note Opening 1 which has gained over 200k views on You Tube. Kenzie’s work is often featured in fans’ YouTube videos and other projects. One of Kenzie’s most popular tracks, “Guilty Crown – Krone” was featured in the 2017 Music on Ice with the performance of Daisuke Takahashi, an Olympic figure skating medalist and a five-time Japanese national champion.

In this episode we discuss the following: 

• What anime character would Kenzie dress up as for Cosplay?
• What anime is Kenzie currently watching? 
• Why anime covers? What was his inspiration doing the anime covers? 
• How he learned to play the anime covers? 
• Hoe does copyright work with regards to playing and selling anime covers? 
• What’s anime has been the hardest to learn for him so far? 
• What are some favorite covers he likes to play?  
• His upcoming 12th Anime album as well as his own original piece piano album
• Finally, we end the show with the Suuuper Anime quick fire round? 

Competition
For more details on the competition click the Episode webpage link or visit this link here.  

Kenzie’s Contact details 

• Kenzie Smith Piano Website: https://kenziesmithpiano.com/
• You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En0SjJDqsec
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/kenziesmith9521?lang=en
• Instagram:   https://www.instagram.com/kenziesmithpiano/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenziesmithpiano/
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3UX79kbvgAEhCSbA8HVv7W?si=i16xX4IgS9ao0BOkucUkgQ 
• Apple music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/kenzie-smith-piano/id1031385468

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