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Evelyn Glennie shows how to listen

Lucas — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:41:53 +0000

Here is a truly amazing video for you to watch. It is a deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie showing that you need to not play a song exactly as the sheet music says it should be played; there is something else a good musician can add that makes it much better. Think about how you can use what she tells about percussion instruments on the piano.

http://www.ted.com/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen.html

I know it is long, but what Evelyn Glennie says can completely apply to the piano and really inspired me to “listen” more to the music I play on the piano.

Talented Musicians

Naomi — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:51:55 +0000

Joey sent me this really neat video of what appears to be a sibling trio. It’s got to be one of the coolest songs I’ve ever heard!

Just CLICK HERE!!!

Emily Bear

Joey — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:51:07 +0000

This little girl is amazing! Check out the link here.

New Ring

Holly — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:17:55 +0000

I learned in astronomy that a new ring has been found around Saturn! Cool, right? Check it out: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimedia/spitzer-20091007a.html
Maybe Natalie should add that to the galaxies!!!

Great Blog Post!

Naomi — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:31:23 +0000

This post is a bit old, but the helpful information it offers is nonetheless old. Isaac Harris summarizes a Film Academy session Geoffery and Ben Botkin presented on the topic of “Film Score Composing”. Here’s the actual title: How to Make or Break Your Film: What Every Filmmaker needs to know about Film Music
As you can imagine, they have some great suggestions and tips! I hope I can listen to the actual session someday.

Jennifer Lin Improvs Piano Magic

Lucas — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:37:50 +0000

Click here to view an awesome video of a girl who plays the piano very well. Near the middle of the video Jennifer Lin requests an audience member to randomly select 5 keys that she uses to improvise a beautiful song. The video is 24 minutes long. To get to the improvisation, move your cursor over the time line and click on “improvisation.”

Website Link

Naomi — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:50:32 +0000

Attention all musicians, arrangers, and composers!

I highly recommend you to visit the blog of a young, incredible composer of film!:

Benjamin Botkin

Botkin, 17, has spent over10,000 hours studying the topic of music and gained much of his philosophy from searching out the Scriptures. He is a remarkable young man and is a great role model to all aspiring composers. And a wonderful example to start using your God-given gifts and talents at an early age. His blog is a great place to gain helpful tips, interesting facts, get recommemded links to other composition sites, listen to samples of songs he’s composed (which are incredible!), read reviews of soundtracks, etc. It’s a great site to frequent.
I’ve gotten a lot of helpful information from his blog.

GO CHECK IT OUT ALL YOU MUSICIANS!