When you are practicing the piano, you might want to use headphones to keep your playing private. There are lots of reasons for wanting to avoid your practice being audible to others, and headphones are the best way to do this. However, wearing headphones while playing piano can start to hurt your ears after a …
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When discussing the merit of a keyboard, one of the first questions is often “does it have weighted keys?”You may have heard this and wondered what exactly does weighted keys mean. You might have heard this and wondered why you would want a weighted keyboard. Well, there are some very good reasons for having weighted, …
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A wreck is a muse. This should rightly sound strange to some, most, or all of you: I just released an album of piano improvisations inspired by a deer smashing in the front of our car. “Release” has a double meaning in this case: it’s both the release of an album and a stress/fear release …
How to Pick the Best Digital Piano for Different Levels Are you are looking for a digital piano for yourself or a loved one, but don’t know what to buy? Well, you’ve come to the right place. This article will shed some light on how to choose the best one for your level. Digital pianos …
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Feelings are deeply connected to my improvising. What I mean by that is emotion is often (almost always?) a starting point for my improvisations. This includes piano improv. As you know (unless you’ve never been here before), one of my key creative outlets is piano improvisation. One recent avenue to this form of creating was …
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I can give you summary of this post now: set realistic expectations … if you can. At least for me, that’s the trick with doing anything with great intensity. I’m writing this post in first-person. Even though the references here will be to “me” and “I”, you may find that you can relate with some …
Vote for your favorite piano improvisation from the 30-day challenge. On November 9, 2018, I’ll tally your input and put your choices up as an album on all the streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.). “How?” you may ask… By playing it (just press play) in the box below. Unlike a democratic election, you …
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Four more piano improvisations from the 30-day challenge for the International Day of Interplay. All I have to say is inside of these spontaneous compositions, so I hope you’ll listen. And thanks for being a supporter and friend. (Click on the picture to read the entire prompt and other tidbits about the musical piece.) Four …
Here comes 30 days, 30 plays. But not the kind of plays on a stage in the theatre. 😉 30-day challenge: one piano improv recorded each day. Click To Tweet Improv Plays Each piece will be created spontaneously in the moment and inspired by a daily prompt. Why? Because at the end of this 30-day …
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Music geek alert… Until “Interdependence Suite” I used only one piano sound per release. But this time, I changed that up completely. For this release, I used four different piano libraries. I tested each of the four sound sets against each of my improvisations and tried to choose the one that sounded best. As you …
