"Think of it this way," said Helmholtz. "Our aim is to make the world more beautiful than it was when we came into it. It can be done. You can do it."
A small cry of despair came from Jim Donnini. It was meant to be private, but it pierced every ear with its poignancy.
"How?" said Jim.
"Love yourself," said Helmholtz, "and make your instrument sing about it. A-one, a-two, a-three." Down came his baton.
- "The Kid Nobody Could Handle" - Vonnegut, 1955.
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If you are in the Chicago area and need a piano tuner look me up! www.glenellynpianotuner.com/
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I'll be playing a version of Creep for Andrew Norman Wilson's 9/25/23 MoMA visual artist show. Come on out if you're in the NYC area! Would love to say hi.
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My piano was picked up by the movers back on May 25th and I still don't have it. Have you ever shipped your piano across the country?
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Succession series finale tonight let's gooooooooooo
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Everybody else excited for the Succession Series Finale on Sunday? https://youtu.be/coexPQUOyIM
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Has anyone with bad posture found any videos/exercises online that helped? Being at the piano for several hours a day has been really bad for my forward head position. Link me below if you've got something that helped.
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My most recent piece "I'd Like to Say Goodbye in Person" is now available on streaming. Here's the Spotify link, but you should be able to find it everywhere: open.spotify.com/album/2irpKu3Q4IDBMkXSJUUQAY?si=x…
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I really feel like Benn does a great job of summing up the frustrations of being a small artist in a streaming-dominated world.
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Do any of you run Folding@home? I've been doing it for a few months on a couple of old machines and if you want to join the Heavypiano team, use Team Number 1064156
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So I've had some great suggestions for song titles for this improvisation! https://youtu.be/BFIN5MgW0Qc I've whittled it down to these four options; let me know what you think I should call it before I upload it to streaming (Spotify, iTunes, etc). Thanks for everyone who suggested a title.
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