From the Web: The Piano Guys shoot for the stars with Coldplay cover
It all started in 2011, when a desire to sell pianos using social media grew and evolved into a desire to build a successful YouTube music video channel. The talent was there, the support was growing and The Piano Guys were quickly on their way to becoming the inspiring international success story they are today. But money stood in the way in a big way, and if it weren’t for the group’s “Founders,” the magic might not have happened.
To say thank you to those who supported The Piano Guys early on in their dreams, the group released a new music video featuring Coldplay’s “A Sky Full of Stars,” dubbed “When Stars and Salt collide” and filmed at the Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah.
Posted to YouTube Saturday, the video shows some impressive views at the Salt Flats, a picturesque backdrop to the talented musical stylings of Jon Schmidt on piano and Steven Sharp Nelson on cello with cello percussion. As an added bonus and special thank you, the name of every ‘Founder,’ every individual that helped to fund The Piano Guys during their early days, is listed on the instruments themselves and surrounded by stars.
“Because of you, we’ve reached people that we couldn’t dream of reaching,” The Piano Guys shared on their website with the video. “Please accept this video as a very small token of our appreciation for you … because we feel like the REAL stars of the Piano Guys are our Founders. As we were writing and recording this we prayed that we could pour our sincere gratitude into each and every measure. After we finished with the music we determined to film in a place you may recognize, the Salt Flats where we filmed ‘Moonlight.’ What better venue than a place of our ‘roots’ and where your names would be the ‘stars’ of the film, starkly contrasted against the eternal white salt stretching as far as the eye can see? We hope you enjoy this video. It is dedicated to you!”
According to The Piano Guys website, in the years since their inception, their channel has grown to include over 50 videos sporting 700 million views and four million total YouTube subscribers. They also have over a million fans on Facebook and four albums produced through Sony, not to mention sold out shows across the U.S. and in 15 other countries across the world.
Check out the tribute video above, or, for mobile users, by following this link. You can also check out The Piano Guys’ other videos on their YouTube channel here.