Grand Obsession
-
@Jodi that reminds me, I’ve planning to work on a piece by him (not that one, it’s too fast for me).
I notice he seems to play barefoot in a lot of his videos.
Must not have plantar fasciitis … -
Yes, I noticed that too. I can’t do that either - hurts my feet! What piece are you going to work on? So far I’ve only purchased two, but want to try more. I really like his music.
-
I haven’t started it yet (gotta get past the concert before I start anything new right now) but it’s this one (also barefoot
Link to video
-
That’s the other one I bought, lol. He did a better job for old eyes in the sheet music for The Messenger - the notes and staffs are bigger on the printout for that than they are for this one. You should try The Messenger. It’s really not harder than this one, except that the speed is in the left hand instead of the right, and you can play it much more slowly than he plays it, and it’s still beautiful. I feel like some of these modern piano composers that I like have a much bigger reach than I do, and I have to think about how to best do the fingering, as I am unable to do what they do (there are a few awkward reaches in The messenger).
-
@wtg said in Grand Obsession:
A “before my time” question…where was the August 2008 piano party held?
New York City.
IIRC, Elena's duo were giving a concert in Carnegie Hall that weekend so Jon-NYC hosted a piano party to coincide with the event.
Naturally, a great time was had by all. -
@Axtremus - But that's not jon's house in those videos, is it?
This one is from jon's party:
Link to videoedit: I just looked it up ow PW. Duo Scarbo's Carnegie concert was in June 2007.
August 2008 piano party still a mystery....
-
@Axtremus no, that party was in 2007. June. IIRR. And that party was held in JonNYC's Brooklyn apt, which did not have curtains like that. I am sure of this because I was unable to attend that party due to being on deadline to finish the ms for Grand Obsession, which was published in Jan 2008. Also I've been to Jon's apt several times and that isn't his apt.
Maybe this was in the Washington DC area? Didn't we have a PW member who threw a party there the following summer? Or maybe it was at Mary Anna's in Florida? I remember not being able to attend those either because of the book tour.
-
I believe the video of Muffin and me was made at Plays88Keys' piano party. Jon was there and he's in the video. Do you recall, Jon?
She had a Steinway at the time, so you're probably right that it was a New York Steinway.
-
I had a party in Florida, but it was in 2007 and that's not my house. I'm pretty sure it was at Plays' house in Virginia.
-
If anybody wants to feel old, Muffin just turned 29. (Ack!)
They are singing in a community choir and I was just down there Thursday to hear a performance. It is so lovely to live nearby.
-
@Jodi said in Grand Obsession:
I feel like some of these modern piano composers that I like have a much bigger reach than I do,
Yep. I play music by Alexis Ffrench, David Lanz, and George Winston. All of these guys are quite tall, and as far as I can tell from videos, they all have massive hands.
I’ll check out the Messenger.
I need to pick my next pieces to work on after the concert is over …
