John Lennon – Imagine – Candid

by Jesse Michelsen January 28, 2011 Special

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

by Jesse Michelsen January 28, 2011 Special

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

by Jesse Michelsen January 26, 2011 Hump Day Highlight
This entry is in the series Hump Day Highlights

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

by Jesse Michelsen January 25, 2011 Progress

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

by Jesse Michelsen January 24, 2011 Music Tips

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

by Jesse Michelsen January 21, 2011 Progress

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

by Jesse Michelsen January 19, 2011 Hump Day Highlight

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

by Jesse Michelsen January 14, 2011 Progress

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.

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Dawn – Where it all started

by Jesse Michelsen January 8, 2011 Ancient History

I started learning to play the piano in March of 2010 when I rediscovered a long lost favorite song. It was composed for a Korean video game that to this day brings back strong nostalgic feelings. The song itself just started a burning fire in me and I became obsessed with it and learning to […]

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Yanni – One Man’s Dream – Week 1

by Jesse Michelsen January 6, 2011 Progress

Hey guys, this video will mark the first video in my Pianoing challenge. I have been practicing in secret preparing for the launch so this first month will be kind of weird in terms of structure . When I did this video I was a week into the month and half way through the song, […]

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