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Ron Atkins Doing A Pianist...
So what do you think - Does Mr. Bean really Play the Paino? Thanks to  the Collaborative Piano Blog for this Youtube
Gabriela Montero Doing Her Thing
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 ...
Playing a Four Handed Piece Solo
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...
There Will Be Song!!!!
Between the wastelands of Lifetoohectic and Damnedepression lies an oasis of bliss. It can refresh the weary from their journeys between the two hellish deserts. Back and forth the masses go, for wha...
Give "Piece" a Chance
  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...
Man Condemned To 20 Hours Of Classical Music or $150 Fine
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...
15 years and I'm tired of it!
One of the things that I hear a lot amongst adults who once learned piano as a child is their regret at not continuing with their music. It's as though they feel they've lost an opportunity in their ...
Juggling Time
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...
Piano Hero
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...
20th Century Music Treasure Chest
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. ...
Sarah Palin - Pianists muse
Now the elections are over, who says we can't squeeze some last minute entertainment out of them? I found this really funny video on Musical Perceptions . Sarah Palin Seems li...
Mahler
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...
Art And Snobbery.
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...
1903 Steger & Sons
The piano Dave found in Mt Vernon, IN is just like mine, except mine has been painted (long before I got it). Is it worth anything? I'm in Ohio if that's relevant.
Disaster Or Growth?
Of course the hard economic times world wide will affect every nook and cranny of our lives sooner or later, and not only banks and financial institutions will suffer but Orchestras and opera houses ...
Immortality to Whom?
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...
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