Month: January 2011
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Help: What song would you like to hear next?
While I have some songs picked out, I like them all and can’t decide which one to start next. I’ve got the Yanni, Billy Joel and The Beatles song books on hand, each with 15 songs or so. I’m not against trying a song I’ve never heard before (this is a challenge after all) or…
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Music Tip Monday: Reading Music – Part 2
Ok! Today is part two of reading music. This will teach you how to read notes on a sheet of music, what time signatures mean and what a measure is. Enjoy!
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John Lennon – Imagine – Candid
I couldn’t play Yanni for the last time last night so I’ll have to postpone that for another day. Instead, I will give you a sneak peak at my voice and play/sing Join Lennon’s Imagine, the first verse without the chorus. I learned this in about an hour so take it easy, it’s very rough…and…
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Special: Inside the Piano
Hey guys, my piano is having some issues so I thought I’d use this as an opportunity to show off its guts.
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Hump Day Highlight: Rufus Wainwright
Today’s highlight: Rufus Wainwright I’m sure you’ve heard the song in the video. It’s been called the Shrek even though it’s been around a lot longer than those films, but Rufus Wainwright’s version is just killer. I love how much feeling he puts into the performance. He does the same thing in all the other…
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Yanni – One Man’s Dream – Week 3 Makeup Recording
Last Friday’s video was actually a week behind, and this is the real week 3 video. I used a metronome to practice after suggestions from a loyal reader 😉 and it really helped. I’ve also done some work with my sustain pedal to try and improve the the way the song moves forward, I think…
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Music Tip Monday: Reading Music – Part 1
Thought instead of doing text based tutorials and stuff, I’ll do videos with a little blurb like this one before each. Reading music will probably fill at least the next couple months of Music Tips, but it should be fun. Enjoy
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Yanni – One Man’s Dream – Week 3
Ok, so I don’t know how I can lose track of time so quickly, I mean it’s only January! But I did…because I did a second video only 4 days after my first one, this is actually week 2s video and I’ll do a real week 3 video (of this weeks progress) early next week…
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Hump Day Highlight: Tim Minchin
I’m still trying to figure out when and what I want to do around here. All I know is that I’ll be posting video updates on progress every Friday. I’m thinking I’ll do a string of series on Monday and Wednesday so here’s what I think Wednesday will feature: a mini-bio and video of a…
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Yanni – One Man’s Dream – Week 2
Yo, this will be the second week of playing/recording. I busted through and finished memorizing One Man’s Dream, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I can play it well yet 😉 Let me know what you think and be brutal, I can take it.