I promised a post on mastery tonight, but I probably shouldn’t write it. Instead here is my best try at getting out of said promise. (Don’t worry I’m still writing one!) George Leonard’s master is someone almost serene; focused on the flow of ritual and practice. Tonight, this is not […]
Hi Everyone From now on I’m going to start keeping a more regular posting schedule with Piano Blog. Between teaching, practicing, composing, blogging, and wine drinking I’ve got a lot on my plate! So from now on you can expect posts on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday. Of course today is […]
My Piano is placed very near my front door. I mean you can’t miss it – it practically takes up the living room. I think its fair to say that when you fill a room with pianists and insert a piano, the piano becomes the nexus of almost all social […]
Last night was spent with some musician friends of mine and might have involved too much alcohol. But rather than just complain about my sad, sad, state, here’s an interesting question: Why is there an aura of snobbishness surrounding classical music? We all know this exists, but my experience has […]
This morning a piece of music charged me with so much emotion that I immediately thought of one of my favorite sections from Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead– where a boy comes upon Howard Roark’s architectural masterpiece. “Thank you,” said the boy. He knew that the steady eyes looking at him […]
There’s a Rudolf Serkin story where he and a violinist were waiting on a cab to take them to their performance. Instead of waiting, Serkin went back inside for 10 extra minutes of practice. When the cab arrived, the violinist asked, “Will that really make your performance tonight any better?” […]
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