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Probably a lot of you have, and on the other hand many others haven't heard of the new kid on the block - The Estonia Piano.
Andy Quinn Playing an Estonia
According to the ...
This is a Guest post by Chip Michael of Interchanging Idioms
Since I am not a composer myself, I found it a most interesting insight on the workings of composing.
A couple years a...
Words are worthless in the face of this.
Source: The Well Tempered Blog
It can be very difficult to suffer through depression. It can be so difficult that even getting up the oomph to play piano can seem like an insurmountable task. I've just come through a circumstant...
This is a little of topic, but since I found the concept so charming and different, I thought I would share it with you. Chris Becker has a project going Along with some Silent film makers (I wasn'...
It's interesting that if I'm sad and having a hard time finding words of my own, that music can offer so much. Even instrumentals with the right chords and the right tempo can bring tears to my...
Yes, I know the title has the word "piece," but it's intentional. Let me tell you why.
When someone who has been self taught, or has been taking lessons for a short period of time and...
Life is 3 dimensional and everything we do, including our chosen profession, in this case music, can be visited from different angles.
Every angle visited, of course, would give you a wider perspe...
Its truly a wonderful feeling to create, to play, to do anything musically really. But is it enough for oyur brain to play? Can you feel what you're playing? When you're playing can you "hear" ...
I am sure you have all heard of Guitar Hero , the video game and the ongoing debate about its influence on music, musicians and the next generation of musician.
I happen to be all for moving on w...
Galen Brown from Sequenza 21 pointed me in the direction of an article in the Guardian about Carl Orff , the German composer, his dubious political passed and problematic personality. Orff is kn...
Joshua Nemith did two great posts Freelancing in the "New" economy (part 1) and Part 2 in which he comes up with 9 different ideas of how to increase your income. Some of the ideas will be frowne...
Caldonia by redhotjazz1
I thought this was a great way to end the week
This video is from Love Me Or Leave Me (1955) staring Doris Day in her peak and James Cagne...
I loved this video and performance of Fazil Say - and I suppose that it is the ultimate solution for a live solo performance of a four hand piece. I like the inovation and the performa...
What do you do when you are experiencing a creative block while either writing or playing? I sit in front of the computer and stare at the screen, waiting for it to give me something, anything....
I read this in the Well Tempered Blog .
"Andrew Vactor was arrested for playing rap music "too loudly" on his car stereo. Vactor faced a $150 fine, presumably for 'disrupting the peace', but a...
I just was just getting into reading the interview with pianist Andre Watts on Indystar.com, when it ended abruptly.
Usually in an interview or Q&A there will be at least 8-10 questions, but...
This is a Project Guntenberg eBook of Harriette Brower's 1915 book Piano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianist featuring some of the greatest pianist of the earliest 20h century. I fo...
For those of you who are not familiar with the Pianologist , pianologist is in there own words:
a blog about innovative piano playing. Pianologist consists of 2 pianists - KCLau and Rewsnat. W...
Marketing always seems like such a dirty word when it comes in connection to art. Why is that? If we were in any other business besides the arts, probably we would have no problem at all marketing ou...
Mahler: Symphony No 3, 1st movement (Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra)
I was inspired into Mahlerdom after reading a post on Mahler Owes me Ten Bucks that bassicaly dev...
I am less familiar with contemporary classical music and I was delighted when Classical Convert recommended this Youtube collection by NewMusicXX who is a graduate of Berkeley College of Music.
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I remember that when I was in grade 5 I would tidy the kindergarten rooms because they had pianos in them. It was worth the agony of having to pick up after other people, as I hate to tidy after...
When you decide what it is you want to be when you grow up, you are usually unaware of the difference between your dream, or how you picture your day will look, to the way it actually looks in realit...
ClapClap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap ClapClap Clap Clap Clap. I really enjoyed reading this post on Musical perceptions.
Gabriela Montero, one of the lesser known participants in the inaugural quartet, Along with Pearlman and Yo Yo.
She is so poised and confident, obviously loves what she does, and ...
It's amazing what a desire to make music can make people do.
Have you ever heard a young child banging away on a piano, much to the annoyance of the other listeners in the room? Have you ever seen...
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