The best technique I've enjoyed is: Pianist "Andre Watts"
I still have the old "vinyl recordings" he did with many top orchestras especially with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.
I always try to make a pont of catching his performance when... moreThe best technique I've enjoyed is: Pianist "Andre Watts"
I still have the old "vinyl recordings" he did with many top orchestras especially with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.
I always try to make a pont of catching his performance whenever he's in the Chicago area to perform at Ravinia.
The best technique I've enjoyed is: Pianist "Andre Watts"
I still have the old "vinyl recordings" he did with many top orchestras especially with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.
I always try to make a pont of catching his performance when... moreThe best technique I've enjoyed is: Pianist "Andre Watts"
I still have the old "vinyl recordings" he did with many top orchestras especially with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic.
I always try to make a pont of catching his performance whenever he's in the Chicago area to perform at Ravinia.
I'd love to play for ....McCoy Tyner (jazz pianist whose still alive)
However; I would also love to play one of my compositions that has been influenced by this late great pianist and composer.....Sergei Rachmaninoff!
https://soundcloud.com/bo... moreI'd love to play for ....McCoy Tyner (jazz pianist whose still alive)
However; I would also love to play one of my compositions that has been influenced by this late great pianist and composer.....Sergei Rachmaninoff!
I've met many pianists; as musicians who have played in anything from small ensembles to full scale orchestras that can sight read anything and everything at first glance..stuff that I could never do. However, quite a number of them that I've been in association with have witnessed many of my performances and had come to the assumption that I was as proficient in sight reading as they were from the way I played using improvisation and memory until I told them differently.
Is the difference between a "musician" and a "piano player" dependent solely on whether they can read music or not or does it involve moreso the expressiveness in the way the music is played?
For instance: One of the earliest piece of music I can remember playing on piano after hearing it on a recording was "The Warsaw Concerto" by Richard Addensell. I learned to play the piano part totally by "ear"... moreI've met many pianists; as musicians who have played in anything from small ensembles to full scale orchestras that can sight read anything and everything at first glance..stuff that I could never do. However, quite a number of them that I've been in association with have witnessed many of my performances and had come to the assumption that I was as proficient in sight reading as they were from the way I played using improvisation and memory until I told them differently.
Is the difference between a "musician" and a "piano player" dependent solely on whether they can read music or not or does it involve moreso the expressiveness in the way the music is played?
For instance: One of the earliest piece of music I can remember playing on piano after hearing it on a recording was "The Warsaw Concerto" by Richard Addensell. I learned to play the piano part totally by "ear"
Does that qualify my status as a "piano player' or a musician? less
I've been playing by ear since I was six years old.
I can remember that the first song I can remember learning after hearing it on an old radio program back in 1951 was "Caravan". I went right to the piano after hearing it three or four times and played the whole thing. Bass chords and everything. It was such a simple tune when I look back on it all that it baffles me that my parents made such an issue of it to neighbors and friends; in having me perform it almost relentlessly on our old upright player piano in the living room back then.
Although I later took formal piano lessons periodically, most of what I accomplished was on my own through song memorization initiated with being naturally endowed with a 100% plus ear trained gift. I found it easy to go right to the piano and improvise melodies and phrasing extensions to songs and excerpts to "classical" works almost "at will'. It was almost as if I could do whatever I wanted to,when I wanted, the way I wanted.... moreI've been playing by ear since I was six years old.
I can remember that the first song I can remember learning after hearing it on an old radio program back in 1951 was "Caravan". I went right to the piano after hearing it three or four times and played the whole thing. Bass chords and everything. It was such a simple tune when I look back on it all that it baffles me that my parents made such an issue of it to neighbors and friends; in having me perform it almost relentlessly on our old upright player piano in the living room back then.
Although I later took formal piano lessons periodically, most of what I accomplished was on my own through song memorization initiated with being naturally endowed with a 100% plus ear trained gift. I found it easy to go right to the piano and improvise melodies and phrasing extensions to songs and excerpts to "classical" works almost "at will'. It was almost as if I could do whatever I wanted to,when I wanted, the way I wanted.
Boise Queen → Dominic Vella: I love the acoustic piano more! I'm of the ole school that believes that anything appreciated enough for its beauty and sound is a piece of art as well as an instrument. There's a cost that comes with one's appreciation of an artform that will be treasure... moreI love the acoustic piano more! I'm of the ole school that believes that anything appreciated enough for its beauty and sound is a piece of art as well as an instrument. There's a cost that comes with one's appreciation of an artform that will be treasured for a "lifetime". I think it depends upon the definition of one's values.
Some will find the practicality of cost,convenience,transport and the space saving needs of an electric or digital piano. Others,like myself will relish the beauty of both form and sound even at a greater cost,regarding an acoustic grand piano as the perfect choice. less
I deliberately keep the thought of "income" out of my music. I compose and or play what I love to do.
True! that monetary support is essential for me to keep composing and playing but if I were to choose a particular genre based on the greatest potential ... moreI deliberately keep the thought of "income" out of my music. I compose and or play what I love to do.
True! that monetary support is essential for me to keep composing and playing but if I were to choose a particular genre based on the greatest potential monetary support return , then I wouldn't be playing or composing what I love. By nature people will stream and download tracks of music in jazz or classical because its available for free for them to do so. If they had to pay for it then well over half of themwouldn't even stream it let alone pay to download it. To me; as a composer as wella s a pianist is to get your stuff ...heard! less
I'm in love with both and find both classical and jazz can work together in the right capable hands; to present some extraordinary beautiful and creative works.
I recall years ago what an aging piano teacher relayed to me about music creation.
"Like the b... moreI'm in love with both and find both classical and jazz can work together in the right capable hands; to present some extraordinary beautiful and creative works.
I recall years ago what an aging piano teacher relayed to me about music creation.
"Like the black and white keys on a piano, creativity gets its birth in the cradle of its "majors" but develops its true "identity of expression" in the more demanding,advanced stages of maturity within the populace of its "minors" Jane Dix: Cicero ,IL (retired concert Pianist,Teacher and Friend:) 1905-1975
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Boise QueenPIANO TALK MEMBERS: If your on twitter here's a good deal for you. If you like my music then share it by retweeting it if you have a 200 following and get either an xtra free track download/or 1-day streaming of my newest album "Piano Rapture" Here's the ... morePIANO TALK MEMBERS: If your on twitter here's a good deal for you. If you like my music then share it by retweeting it if you have a 200 following and get either an xtra free track download/or 1-day streaming of my newest album "Piano Rapture" Here's the link:http://vibedeck.com/chicago-sbestkeptsecret-boisequeen
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Biography
Known as:
Chicago's Best Kept Secret,
Boise Queen has become familiar as an extremely gifted classically trained pianist-composer that performs 40's thru 80's easy listening jazz and classical themes, superbly played to the delight of even the most discriminating taste's available. (His video's are available on his "official website" www.boisequeen.com )
Both of his classical audio recordings and video's can be accessed on:
https://sites.google.com/site/pnoqworks/home/downloads-and-cd-purchasing
Additional jazz audio tracks are available on: www.chicagojazz.com/boisequeen
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