By COLlive reporter
Crown Heights musician Chony Milecki has just been announced as a finalist in the national Yamaha Freestyle keyboard competition.
In January, Yamaha USA announced the competition for the best Yamaha keyboardists in the nation.
A panel of producers, arrangers and conductors would choose just 8 finalists from the entire nation for their performance and creative use of the keyboard.
A few hours before the submission deadline – between a gig and a flight to Chicago for a wedding – Milecki pulled out his keyboard and hammered out some Chabad and Jewish wedding tunes.
“I was just so busy that I pushed it off until the last minute; I just played what came to my head,” he told COLlive.com. “I was literally uploading the videos by wi-fi en-route.”
The results were published this week, and the Lubavitcher was judged to be in the top 8. The winner will be the finalist with the most votes.
There are three rounds of voting. The quarter-finals begin April 11, the semi-finals begin April 18, and the finals begin April 25.
Each person gets to vote up to 5 times per day. Sharing a link on Facebook or Twitter also counts as a vote. “Because of Shabbos and Yom-Tov I have a strong handicap,” Milecki admites, “But I’m counting on my fans to pull through for me.”
VIDEO: Take 2 – Milecki’s audition
To vote for Chony Milecki, click here
he knows how to do play
GO CHONI!!!!!!!!!!!!
He won the first round!!! KEEP ON VOTING!!
AMAZING!
YOU WILL WIN BEZRAS H’ 🙂
AMAZING!
YOU WILL WIN BEZRAS H’ 🙂
4 all the amount of times u played 4 us u deserve to win cuz ur da besta!!!
Wow what a great video! Chony is a great musician and a great guy!!
Make sure to vote! Because Tuesday and Wednesday are Yom Tov so he misses 2 days!
i cant beleive he just did this last minute….he is ABSOLUTELY amazing!!
chony can you play by my wedding??
keyboard he will win is the same as he already has? chony, if you win, can you give me your old one please!!!!!
vote on motzei shabbos and its counted for shabbos !!!
Chony we’re geared up for round 2. You’re gonna win this!!!
Note: It was mistakenly posted that votes could be made by sharing the link via Facebook and Twitter. This is incorrect. Votes can only be made by hitting the “Vote Now” buttons below. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused.
Note: It was mistakenly posted that votes could be made by sharing the link via Facebook and Twitter. This is incorrect. Votes can only be made by hitting the “Vote Now” buttons below. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused.
I can’t believe he didn’t prepare! he’s so cool!
you are amazing, we watched the vidoe and loved the music.
you were the one that did my cd “Chassidishe Chalomos.
Chaya Bluming
he BETTER win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i voted for him! hes a real good pianist!!!
HOTZLOCHAH!!! nacha mazel hope he wins
agree!!!!
but i am deffinatly a fan…. hes too great
the prize is a tyros 4 with speakers and stand
What a great Kiddush Hashem…just played for us…
Beautiful music AND a real MENTSH!!!
Yasher Koach! I am sure you will win!
Get ready to play in GEULAH!!!
CHONY MILECKI IS FUSURE GONNA WIN!!!!!!!!111
my cousin!!!!!!!!!!!
If you are a dedicated Chony fan vote erev Tom Tov and motzai Tom Tov so he only misses one day.
you’re the only one!go
good to see that he started off with Lubavitcher music
what does 92% mean does that mean he is in the lead?
Why is it called Take 2?
he doesn’t need your cheering,he needs your voting
i love the way you play hope you win
He’s amazing, did our wedding and all!
YOU ARE THE BEST! Real talent and Chayus
GO CHONY!
Your fans in Chicago
because of pesach he loses 2 days
go choni meleki !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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watched all of them and milecki really is the best…
Judging by his score right now, he’s definitely through the first face-off. Save your energy for next week for round 2 when he’ll really need votes because he loses the yom tov days!!
https://www.yamaha.com/USSub/Freestyle/home.html
Checked out the competition and not to knock them (okay just a little) they are a little boring – although they generally have good technique and form. They do not exhibit anything near the energy of Chony’s performance, nor do they showcase the Yamaha’s versatility. He really has a chance, so it’s worth your votes!
https://www.yamaha.com/ussub/freestyle/home.html
gr8!!
pls pls everyone vote~
Even for the Kiddush Hashem it is worth it!
He wins fame and fortune, plus a kidush hashem, and a $6000 keyboard! It would be cool if a Lubav is voted best keyboardist in the US!
care to share? is it really worth our voting time?
went throught the whole registration and voted for you- watched you climb to 87.39 as i voted 🙂
Thank you for all you do for us! your music rocks!
Hatzlacha Rabba
IF HE PLAYED AT YOUR WEDDING AND YOU LOVED IT – VOTE!!!
What a kiddush Hashem that a frum yid can be in the top 8 keyboardists in the country!!!
You don’t have to type in your real password – it’s just a username so they can make sure you don’t vote 5000x a day.
we love you your man from ca.
never mind, i found the prize, its:
The Grand Prize consists of a Tyros4 arranger workstation keyboard, TRS-MS04 speakers, L-7S stand
a $6000.00 value
this is awesome!!! i hope he wins!!!
to one, you have to put in all your info, but you cans kip if you use the FB feature.
Out of curiosity, it doesnt say what the winner gets. does anyone know?
what does he get if he wins
Chony played at my wedding and it was amazing.
I hope he wins! He is a very talented musician.
its really not a big deal, all you gotta do is enter a email address, and a name, and itll go through..
.no need for any confirmation numbers or captcha stuff…its really easy!!!!!!!!!!
U don’t need fb or twitter to vote!
you don’t need facebook or twitter accounts to vote, only to share that you voted, click on the vote now button and register an account
I just voted. U get 5 votes per day and u can use it all on one person.
note for him i dont have facebook or twitter but he is reallly awesome!
Is there a way to just click and vote not filling out all my info