Links to me:
Links to people I admire:
Nellie McKay is one of the most adorable, good hearted musicians I have ever watched. Her intentions with music have always been deep embedded in the greater good, but with some attitude and irony.
Ironic video beginning with an interesting 2 and a half minute interview
Innovative and brilliant video polar opposite style to above video
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Sara Bareilles has quickly risen from the bottom to the top, an inspiration to many of us beginning open-mic-ers :) She is undoubtably considered a breath of fresh air by many mainstream listeners.
Here is her most recent single.
What is said here is remarkable. "... having a pop career automatically puts you in this whole genre of artists where people don't want to take you seriously. That's their prerogative I guess. But I know music and I know my relationship to music. That's a very credible relationship." - Sara Bareilles
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Ingrid Michaelson's simple structures and progressions are gorgeous. This song in particular displays what I love about her beauty in comfort and structure. A well done piece of art.
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England produces some sounds that have also been very influential:
Imogen Heap
Lily Allen
Amy Winehouse
Forward motion in jazz I think was defined nicely by a non-video youtuber, Svendbosanvovski, when talking about Winehouse:
"Each new generation brings something new, by fusing the currency of musical ideas with the inherited legacy. The important thing is to preserve the integrity of the original creation and act as a kind of conduit from one generation to the next. Leonard Feather described Monk as the most important Jazz composer after Ellingtion. With this in mind I ask: is this an extension of that legacy."
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One of the coolest things about Theloneous Monk was his purposeful attempt for separation from outside influence
Chick Corea and Hiromi Uehara live in Tokyo performing Spain
A powerful voice, pure and dead on. In my opinion, one of the most moving in history; Eva Cassidy.
Bobby McFerrin. 2:05- pretty impressive. Jazz/Classical fuse
On topic of impressive things...
Stanley Cowell's version of Autumn Leaves is exquisite. Not on youtube, contact me if you want it. In general he also has great variety: funk to slow to swing
Oscar Peterson and Ray Charles merge.
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Now for some earlier artists. My three favorite classical composers have always been Ravel, Rachmaninoff and J.S. Bach.
I'll start by showing you a video of Rachmaninoff playing a rather simple (in certain terms) Chopin piece.
Rachmaninoff playing his own third concerto... and yes, I've written lyrics to this while playing it... :)
Ravel (Miroirs, Oiseaux tristes)- I will be somewhat modest with my musical love for Ravel, please contact if you would like more advice towards this artist.
For those of you who haven't listened to a lot of Bach it's best to start off slow. Smalin on youtube does a fantastic version of showing the technical challenges on organ when playing J.S. Bach.
If you want to laugh and feel good about the possibility of loosing weight while learning your pieces:
Second step is Glenn Gould. According to modern day perception of performing Bach, Gould is somewhat viewed as an outcast. Whatever.
Franck's Violin Sonata
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Samba Ngo
Kanda Bongo man- happy happy man
One last comment with video. I posted this entirely for you to view the comments below the video. Yes, all 3,491 of them and all the way from comment number one... four years ago.
Ironic video beginning with an interesting 2 and a half minute interview
Innovative and brilliant video polar opposite style to above video
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Sara Bareilles has quickly risen from the bottom to the top, an inspiration to many of us beginning open-mic-ers :) She is undoubtably considered a breath of fresh air by many mainstream listeners.
Here is her most recent single.
What is said here is remarkable. "... having a pop career automatically puts you in this whole genre of artists where people don't want to take you seriously. That's their prerogative I guess. But I know music and I know my relationship to music. That's a very credible relationship." - Sara Bareilles
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Ingrid Michaelson's simple structures and progressions are gorgeous. This song in particular displays what I love about her beauty in comfort and structure. A well done piece of art.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
England produces some sounds that have also been very influential:
Imogen Heap
Lily Allen
Amy Winehouse
Forward motion in jazz I think was defined nicely by a non-video youtuber, Svendbosanvovski, when talking about Winehouse:
"Each new generation brings something new, by fusing the currency of musical ideas with the inherited legacy. The important thing is to preserve the integrity of the original creation and act as a kind of conduit from one generation to the next. Leonard Feather described Monk as the most important Jazz composer after Ellingtion. With this in mind I ask: is this an extension of that legacy."
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One of the coolest things about Theloneous Monk was his purposeful attempt for separation from outside influence
Chick Corea and Hiromi Uehara live in Tokyo performing Spain
A powerful voice, pure and dead on. In my opinion, one of the most moving in history; Eva Cassidy.
Bobby McFerrin. 2:05- pretty impressive. Jazz/Classical fuse
On topic of impressive things...
Stanley Cowell's version of Autumn Leaves is exquisite. Not on youtube, contact me if you want it. In general he also has great variety: funk to slow to swing
Oscar Peterson and Ray Charles merge.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now for some earlier artists. My three favorite classical composers have always been Ravel, Rachmaninoff and J.S. Bach.
I'll start by showing you a video of Rachmaninoff playing a rather simple (in certain terms) Chopin piece.
Rachmaninoff playing his own third concerto... and yes, I've written lyrics to this while playing it... :)
Ravel (Miroirs, Oiseaux tristes)- I will be somewhat modest with my musical love for Ravel, please contact if you would like more advice towards this artist.
For those of you who haven't listened to a lot of Bach it's best to start off slow. Smalin on youtube does a fantastic version of showing the technical challenges on organ when playing J.S. Bach.
If you want to laugh and feel good about the possibility of loosing weight while learning your pieces:
Second step is Glenn Gould. According to modern day perception of performing Bach, Gould is somewhat viewed as an outcast. Whatever.
Franck's Violin Sonata
---------------
Samba Ngo
Kanda Bongo man- happy happy man
One last comment with video. I posted this entirely for you to view the comments below the video. Yes, all 3,491 of them and all the way from comment number one... four years ago.