New Age

Here are my favorite new age songs:

I play this one :)

Beautiful pianos

I just thought these pretty pianos were worth sharing :)

Pulcianella Pizzeria

Hello everybody, I just wanted to say that I will be playing in Pulcianella Pizzeria on December 13th (Friday the 13th!!) from 6:00-9:00. The address is 1119 W Drake Rd C12, Fort Collins, CO. ‎ They have delicious pizza, and if you are not in the mood for pizza, try something lighter, like a salad (the salads are also very good). Come sit a spell and also listen to one!

William Joseph

Hello everybody, today I relate to you one of my older discoveries rediscovered. One day I heard a William Joseph song on Pandora, and I absolutely loved it. His album Beyond is my favorite. In it, perhaps Leningrad is best (in my opinion), followed by Standing the Storm. The music is very dramatic, and it incorporates orchestra as well as piano. Pay attention to the beautiful arpeggios near the middle and end of both pieces, and to the awesome key change in Standing the Storm. This music is very good!

If you like these, check out his other music!

Finally an Awesome Piano Guys music Video!

Hello everybody, as you might have noticed, the group Piano Guys have released another video, and it is awesome. For a while, they were stagnating and performing pieces of mediocre emotional quality, but this one is just awesome. They incorporate Chopin's Prelude in C minor very well. The prelude is a very famous one, and it also influenced Rachmaninoff to a great extent ( he was inspired by it).

Enjoy!

Chopin Preludes

I have recently discovered the allure of Chopin Preludes. They are simple, yet astonishingly beautiful. Most of them are also fairly easy to learn, making them good pieces to play at receptions and cafes. I already learned two, and am planning to learn more. If you play piano, you should try them out!

New Age Music

New Age. New Age, New Age, New Age. I never really liked it too much. I always thought it sounded the same, even if the composers were different. I mean, occasionally I took a fancy to a particular piece and then learned it, but my general impression of new age was that it was a cliche simplification of romantic music. Recently, however, I have begun to view it in a different light. Some New Age piano music that I found on Pandora was really beautiful. Also, my recent improvisations have begun to have certain New Age qualities, such as the characteristic I VI VII chord progression, the minor V instead of the major, and the polyphonic interactions between both hands. Of course, I still consider my improvisation to be mostly in classical or movie-soundtrack style, but I think that learning some New Age techniques has been beneficial to my experience. I will definitely continue to expose myself to New Age music.