Piano

The inner division during this process of writing a new piano piece. I play and look to see what it wants to do even though I am it. Put another […]

Long time ago we were in the movie Postcards From The Edge, quite the amazing moments, fancy hotel, easy work schedule. There goes Gene Hackman, there’s Shirley McLaine and rehearsing […]

Recently played a show, started by playing blues like my brother taught me. Wonder if Otis Spann would approve when I play. Love letting the right hand try telling the […]

The little girl asked me if I could show her how to play Mary Had A Little Lamb. No problem. Really? Really, select a note any note. She pressed F. […]

One day the notes in the song realized they were alive and living notes. Soon they started to study who had similar pitches and where they were located on the […]

One time a classical music teacher asked for a lesson. They could technically execute whatever we discussed but they sounded like they were playing an exercise and disconnected from the […]

Last year I was asked if I would meet a 12 yr. old in a Jewish family in The Annex who was looking to learn how to play something on […]

The piece I’m writing surprises me because I want to develop it quickly yet hours of practising are required in order to get it to a place where I can […]

Reading about Dialectical thinking in advance for the next York course, an introduction to Karl Marx’s writing. I like the fact that Marx thought about everything being everything, no disagreement […]

My hook shot at 14 was often surprising probably because I was short, it was unexpected but what other possibility did I have of getting around the height of  other […]