Recluse

Today’s improvisation.

Resolution

Today’s improvisation was a small challenge for myself: I didn’t allow myself to use any octaves in my left hand.

Looking Forward

This post is a personal entry—more like a journal entry than a blogging. I don’t have a personal journal, but I keep backups of this blog so I figure it would be a good place to put it. Of course anyone is welcome to read it, but my regular readers (it seems I [...]

Alleyway

This improvisation, for some reason, evokes a vivid image of Karlin and me standing outside her singing class’s studio while it was snowing.

Gnomes

Today’s improvisation

Spanish Serenade

Today’s improvisation.

The Persuit of a Practical, Proficient Percussionist

Ryan, our old drummer, has been excommunicated from The Moment for being a drumstick-throwing drunk. Over the weekend, two drummers auditioned for (read: jammed with) us. Leor on Saturday, Mark on Sunday. On Sunday we had the full seven-piece band there, so that was pretty cool. On Saturday we were only [...]

Happy Birthday Karlin

Here’s a birthday present for her.

Etude

The other day, Jude asked me whether my daily improvisations were helping me improve as a pianist (rather than just an improvisationalist). My reply was that I couldn’t tell. And then it occurred to me that I’m not really playing anything challenging anymore. Yeah, I play Pathetique once in a while, Jeux [...]

Asmodai

Today’s improvisation