Posted in piano on January 25th, 2007 3 Comments »
Feist
“Now At Last”
I have had this song on standby from day one. Andy Baio (of waxy.org) turned me on to Feist originally. I love most of her work. She has an amazing range of talent up her musical sleeve. This song, “Now At Last”, reminds me New York City at Christmas time. It is a beautiful piece — enjoy.
Posted in Christian, downtempo on January 26th, 2007 3 Comments »
Over the Rhine
“Latter days”
It’s my party and I can cry if I want to. Well, I’m not crying. Because it’s my birthday, I’m breaking the rules and playing the only song that could possibly be played on my birthday — “Latter Days”.
I’ve listened to this song every year on or around my birthday for the past 5 years. So what — I’m sentimental. A very dear friend of mine introduced me to this song some 7 years ago. She is a magical person, and this song reminds me of her to this day.
Happy Birthday to me. Enjoy!
Posted in piano on January 27th, 2007 5 Comments »
Rufus Wainwright
“The Art Teacher”
Amazing.
I saw a video of this song being performed by Rufus and had to post the song. Rufus has an ornate piano styling all his own, and his melodic phrasing is intriguing too. When I heard this song for the first time, I was immediately reminded of another artist’s work. The work of Phillip Glass’ piano textures. It took me a few minutes to figure it out. Tomorrow’s piece will feature work from Glass to show you the similarities. I’ve also read that is Phillip Glass’ favorite song by Rufus–go figure.
Posted in instrumental on January 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Phillip Glass
“Illusionist”
Well, this isn’t the most obvious song to use when comparing to the previous post but you might get the idea. Phillip’s music has always been compelling to me. He has a bit of a minimalist style, but there is still so much depth to his work. Tomorrow we return to reality. If the classical music is a hit, perhaps I will do it once a week. I’m still not certain. What do you think?
Posted in acoustic, guitar on January 29th, 2007 5 Comments »
Damien Rice
“9 crimes (demo)”
I would have rather posted “The Blower’s daughter” but this song is more recent, and therefore, more relevant. I would like this song much more if the piano track wasn’t a digital fabrication of a piano. It’s a good fabrication, but still, I can tell the timbre of a real piano versus something digital most days.
That said, this is still a great song. The incredibly soft, deep bass drum notes were an excellent addition.
Posted in piano on January 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Lijie
“Roam”
This is the kind of song you listen to after your dog dies. Or gets lost.
I know if My dog were lost, I’d roam the open roads. Maybe he’s the one roaming the open roads in search for home.
Well, that’s what the lyrics say anyway.
I have been such a sucker lately for music with a strong piano part and a female vocal lead. Tomorrow I’ll try to mix it up.
Posted in guitar on January 31st, 2007 2 Comments »
Amos Lee
“Colors”
Amos Lee. I first saw him at a Norah Jones concert in 2004. In some regards he stole the show. I loved his musical style, and his stage presence. The song you’re hearing isn’t the version on the CD attached to this post. I liked the acoustic version better so I posted it instead of the version featured on the CD. Fear not — the version on the CD is excellent as well, I just have a personal preference to the acoustic version. I told you today would be different. More guitar music tomorrow.