The upside of being locked-down during a pandemic is that you can ask yourself some basic questions and actually spend some time answering them. An easy one to answer – theoretically, that is 😉 – was: How to get rid of these #QuarantineKilos? Somewhat more challenging perhaps: What gets me going when work is done,…
With more and more regions in lock-down, it’s about time for some inspiration, what do you say pianoplayers?! I want today’s song to be (1) appropriate to the occasion (2) inspirational to both player and audience, then (3) fairly easy-to-play! Meet: Song for Guy – Elton John (1978) Appropriate to the occasion Depending on where…
Most street musicians we’ve met over the years, play a signature song. If you had time for one song, it would propably be that one. The song itself might change over time, but once it landed in that special category, it’ll stay with you for the rest of times. You might not play it for…
Picture a 7-year old boy switching on his favorite sports radio show, dressed-up in his favorite team’s jersey. It’s mid Sunday afternoon, “their” important match is about to start, so temperature is rising. Pleasant extra to this show is its cross-generation music selection. Some of them hit songs, others being hidden gems revealed one by…
What makes a song really touch you? It might be rhythm, chord use, your favorite instrument, lyrics, that dazzling singer, it can be anything. Does the song energize you, does it help you falling asleep, does it support you in times of joy or sadness. A song – to me – that ticks most of…
88 keys on a full-keyboard piano, 88 days on this year’s calendar, that’s Word Piano Day! After a disastrous 2020 version – with most of us in lock-down or heading for it, due to Corona/Covid-19 – 2021 will be a new chance to celebrate our beloved intstrument! Several organizations want you to believe it’s yet…
88 keys on a full-keyboard piano, 88 days on this year’s calendar: time for World Piano Day! Note that 2020 is a leap year, so it’s March 28 this year instead of regular March 29. Several organizations want you to believe it’s yet another commercial feast, well it’s not! It’s a worldwide initiative lasting a…
We love playing Public Pianos, wherever, whenever. We cherish musical interaction with new communities, using a carefully art-worked pianos as an opening line. Doing so, we tempted hidden musicians from 2 to 92 world-wide to come out of the woodwork and experience the joy of making music in public space. To play those pianos, we…