Taylor Swift -- Begin Again (Piano/Cello Cover) The Piano Guys

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Check out the VOCAL VERSION here:

Check out the VOCAL VERSION:

ALL THE SOUNDS YOU HEAR WERE CREATED BY CELLO & PIANO (plus a little sus. cymbal)

Thank you to our location:

A million mercy beaucoups go to our video location, Le Jardin -- an amazing indoor, year-round garden that transports you to a rainforest, a tropical island and European café all in the same place! It's an incredible place -- especially for a wedding!

Le Jardin Weddings

1910 East 10600 South

Sandy, Ut 84095

801 326-2511

www.LeJardinWeddings.com

The Story:

Ironically this song for us was about beginning again...and we filmed it in a café...on a Wednesday (see Taylor Swift's lyrics). No kidding. But what's crazy is we didn't plan it that way. Just like so many of our songs and videos, miracles made it happen.

Then it was on to find a location! We just did what we always do...find a bunch of locations that have potential only to find, at the last minute, that they don't fit, can't work, or won't allow us to film...then, after all we can do, we're gifted a location by a miracle! :-) The day before we were scheduled to film, one of us woke up with an image in his head -- a vision of a green European garden café. Where could we find any living plant, let alone a quaint outdoor Euro-café, in the middle of winter in Utah? A GREENHOUSE! As this blessing would have it, we found a perfect indoor garden setting in a greenhouse with a café vibe that was just what we had envisioned. And it was 4.3 miles away from where we were meeting! On top of that, an employee there said she was a "big fan" and went straight to the owner for us...who turned out to be a high school friend of Steve's parents! And what day could they fit us in? A Wednesday. We don't believe in coincidences. Life's too meaningful to believe in meaninglessness. :-)

Video Tech Info:

This video was shot using our new Canon 5D Mark IIIs. We used a technique known as "lens whacking" to get the filtered sunray light look on some of the scenes, courtesy of our good friend Shaye Scott who joined us on this shoot. We couldn't quite fit a jib in the greenhouse so we used a very long monopod to simulate a couple jib shots.

Credits

"Begin Again" written by Taylor Swift, featured on her album "RED" and published by SONY ATV

Arrangement written and produced by Al van der Beek, Jon Schmidt, and Steven Sharp Nelson

With inspiration from Johann Sebastian Bach's Cantata No. 208 "Sheep May Safely Graze"

Performed by:

Jon Schmidt: Piano

Steven Sharp Nelson: Cello, Cello-percussion

Al van der Beek: Percussion

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Al van der Beek at TPG Studios in Utah, USA

Video produced by Paul Anderson

Filmed and Edited by Paul Anderson & Shaye Scott

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