One day I had written a poem about some art deco decoration on Facebook. It was nothing particularly original, but it was completely true to my feelings at the time. And then my friend liked the poem and commented that she wanted me to send her a pdf of it so she could put it in the journal section of their website. So I did that. My band's sound is very much an acoustic guitar with some looping layered on top. I like to play around with the harmonies of the guitar, creating melodies out of chords and pushing them around in different directions. Recently, I got back into playing piano and started working more on piano arrangements of songs. This is something that has interested me for a long time, but stopped when it stopped being fun most of the time. It also doesn't have much to do with my own style or interests, but it leads to interesting things when I combine my interest in classical music with rock n roll.[5] I began playing piano at age four, according to my parents. I took lessons for a while and had some teachers who were very encouraging and patient. I'm pretty sure I played one of the first pieces I learned on piano. It was something from Grieg's Lyric Pieces, which is a collection of pieces that he wrote on the piano. [6] In high school, I took some lessons from a friend who was a gifted music teacher. He taught classical music and jazz piano, and he also did a lot of amatuer classical concerts around town. He had an amazing ear for colors and textures of sound. He'd have us play little lines or short phrases in different keys at the same time. When I was in college, I had a number of friends who were really into classical music. That was one of the reasons why I got back into playing piano for myself. One member of my group asked us to arrange some pieces by Philip Glass. When we did, it had an immediate effect on our sound and showed me the potential of not only arranging songs but composing songs with piano accompaniment. Another big influence was talking with my friend Manolo (also in the group). He'd talk about Bach's fugues in passionate detail, and he introduced me to classical music that I otherwise would have never listened to. I'd like to think that listening to classical music has influenced my guitar playing, but I'm not really sure. Sometimes it helps me relax and get in "the zone." The pieces of classical music that I enjoy most are the ones where I can hear the composer's strong opinions about how it should sound. So if I like Schubert's Sonata in A Minor, it's because he writes three different themes for the main part of the piece, with interwoven melodies and harmonies. It seems perfectly natural to me for there to be that much variety in one movement of a piano sonata.[7] My friends in college were encouraging me to do more with my piano playing after Philip Glass. 8eeb4e9f32 23
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