Lately, I've been watching Drum Videos whenever they appear on my YouTube Recommendations. I learned to become more appreciative of the instrument when I discovered jazz when I was in high school. Sure, I like the instrument but I never intend to watch any sort of drum covers until I watched Larnell Lewis played along …
Five for Nothing
"Doc, I don't know if you could still remember but we played the piano together a few years ago." "Eh?" she said, "really? when?" "About five years ago. At a birthday party. I came here together with my group." Earlier, when I stepped inside the place, I immediately knew I've been here before: the placement …
Frédéric
It’s a cold night. I’m left alone as my family has gone for a visit to a relative’s house. With nothing to do, I rummage through the pieces strewn all over the face of the piano: Scott Joplin, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Clementi, and many others. Deep into the layers of printed pieces, I come across …
A Dream in a Minor Key
It was the summer at the end of fifth grade. My brother, after seeing a violin ensemble perform at our church, managed to convince my parents to enroll him in music lessons. He wanted to play the violin, but my parents believed that he should start with the piano in order to establish a solid musical …