When I started learning to play the accordion about 12 months ago I was playing my first song within a couple of days. I am a complete beginner with no musical knowledge and I am teaching myself to play the accordion. I am using The Complete Piano Accordion Tutor and I am enjoying the process. [...]
Andre Previn is a German-born pianist, conductor, and composer. From arranging and composing Hollywood film scores to his multiple marriages which sparked many musical inspirations, Andre Previn’s life was never dull. Andre Previn is a German-born pianist, conductor, and composer. Born April 6, 1929, in Berlin, Previn was born to a Jewish family. In 1939, [...]
Perhaps it’s because there’s a close cultural connection between great music and smoky bars. Anyone who knows anything about jazz knows that its truly legendary improvisers – Coltrane, Bird, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie – cut their teeth playing in bars so smoky that it’s a good thing everybody was too busy improvising to need sheet [...]
Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck is one of the stalwarts of jazz piano. His music is characterized by unusual time signatures and can be either extreme – totally dynamic or or completely relaxed. His most famous piece – Take Five – is so popular it has taken on almost cult status, and rightfully so. David Warren [...]
Roland Users Group Insider – Artists Jeff Loomis – Ripping for Nevermore Since winning the Guitar Wars contest in Wisconsin at age 16, Jeff Loomis hasn?t stopped shredding. Eugene ?Man-Man? Roberts – Gear Talk with ?Mr. Roland? Eugene ?Man-Man? Roberts has affectionately earned the name ?Mr. Roland.? Find out why. Joe ?Flip? Wilson – Lady [...]
