the mistake
people in concert play a “wrong” not while improvising or soloing, then a couple instant thoughts usually go through the brain. one is to correct the note but then you […]
Piano
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Some people I teach are notation-reading-only-musicians and some have a similar story in their background being at parties where people are jamming and despite playing all their life they can’t play […]
Voyager 1 & 2
There was an idea to treat outer space like the ocean it is and in 1977 they launched spaceships Voyager 1 & 2 replete with messages in a bottle ostensibly […]
the cn tower ledge
For a certain type of musician whatever they can do isn’t good enough. New people to piano have difficulty playing hands together. One forgets how real a complication that is […]
In The Fishbowl
fred: i hate bach judy: bach is a genius randy: i’m trying to eat dinner. why are you fighting? judy: we’re not fighting he’s bragging about being stupid. fred: bach […]
Eddie Harsch & The Soundwaves
One night 6 or 7 years ago there was a blackout in our neighbourhood. We went for a walk in the blackness and enjoyable electricity-less sky. At the bottom of […]
now you take my CD, please
student: here’s my cd. instructor: thanks but maybe you should give it to someone else. student: won’t you take it? instructor: you can leave it but no […]
B part
piano student: how do you make a B part? me: you just do something else but vary it from the A part. piano student: how do you do that? me: […]
the thing in Bb
working on a piece where whatever my right hand does, the left has to make equally complex passages. trying to do it with my computer and be unconcerned about whether […]
Piano Lessons: Slowing down
Sometimes when learning something new one reaches a saturation point. People just have to slow down, “do it at the speed you actually can do it without mistakes”, said the […]