Month: June 2013

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6-24-2013

This one is for my Gran Marie. I’ve been thinking of you so much since I heard you had a stroke on Sunday. One of my strong memories is of visiting you and hearing you read through Brahms and Debussy piano pieces.  There is a part in the Brahms Intermezzo Op. 116 No. 6 where the melody floats over a cascade of descending triads, and it is hauntingly beautiful to me. I was playing with that idea here, as well as with some references to the very popular “Claire de Lune” by Debussy.

You will hear some noise in the background. It has been so incredibly hot here in Boston, and I’m sure in much of the Eastern US. We’ve had window fans blowing constantly.  By the time I played this, it was the end of a sweltering day, and it had just started to cool down. All my housemates were in bed, but I realized I had to play something for you before the day was over.

I love you, and Papa Jim, I love you too.

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5-18-2013

And for contrast (we go from the perfectly-in-tune to the incredibly-out-of-tune), here is a recording I made on a friend’s upright piano, at a party, in the spare few moments when all of the other guests were out of the room! 

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6-4-2013

I just figured out a way to record directly to my computer from the keyboard while using the keyboard sound settings! This was not as simple as connecting a two-way headphone cable. Feeling smart and proud of myself 🙂

Here is a recording I made in the newly-discovered method!