Archive: September 2007

Broken Vow by Josh Groban, Solo Piano Video and Free Sheet Music

Learn how to play the solo piano version of Broken Vow by Josh Groban, with free sheet music in PDF, and a video as guide  Josh Groban sang a very beautiful song that goes by the title Broken Vow, here's the video of it [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-j6RAlrhPA&mode=related&search=] I love this so very much, and recorded a solo piano version of it, right before I went off for a gig.. :) [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7o0OLeQ6k4] and here's the sheet music / transcription of my solo piano playing in the video Josh_Groban_Broken_Vow_sheet_music_pdf What many don't know about this song, is that it is actually originally sang and ...

Piano Jokes You don’t Want to Miss

These following jokes are provided at Instrument Jokes. What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A flat minor. What do you get when you drop a piano on an army base? A flat major. Why is an 11-foot concert grand better than a studio upright? Because it makes a much bigger kaboom when dropped over a cliff. Why was the piano invented? So the musician would have a place to put his beer. The audience at a piano ...

Search for Free MP3 Download at WuZam

WuZAM is an internet music search engine that makes mp3 downloads available for free. Search any song or artist you wish to hear and WuZAM's powerful engine will discover it for you. WuZAM is the best source of free music downloads online. WuZam even provide the top 10 list of the most searched mp3 in the last 24 hours. I saw Fergie, Beatles, Jens Lekman and Bob Dylan in the list. I tried searching for "KCLau", "Rewsnat", or "Pianologist", but zero result. I think Pianologist pages are not indexed by this ...

Best Youtube Jazz Pianist

Who is the best jazz pianist on Youtube?? To answer this question, I've spent hours reviewing tonnes of jazz piano videos on youtube. I finally decided to place my vote on 7notemode. To find the best jazz pianist on youtube, we must first ask, what defines a good jazz pianist. Here are a few "criterias" for good jazz piano playing that I've listed, and how 7notemode fulfill each one of them with excellence. Good Solo Improvising Skills A good jazz pianist must be able to improvise solos on the spot even over complex harmonies. ...

Building in Piano and Violin Shape

I saw this picture at PTG Blog. The photo shows building in violin and piano shape. But there is nothing around except a big tree in front of the buildings. You have to walk through the "violin stairs" to get into the black piano. Pretty amazing. I am still wondering when can I buy a house that I can fit a grand piano into it. But people already built a piano that I can fit my house into it. [via PTG Blog]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Building in Piano and Violin Shape", url: "http://pianologist.com/music-production-arrangement/building-in-piano-and-violin-shape/" ...

Daytime Trader, Nighttime Musician

Peter Muller is working full time as a quantitative trader, and also full time as a musician at night. I used to be working like Peter Muller, performing locally most of the night, and work as a financial planner at day time. I also work on some local album production and music arrangement on project basis. But recently my newborn son is taking too much of my time, I dropped the night performances altogether. I think that I will be like Peter Muller again when I reach his age at ...

Museum of Mechanical Music Players

During my last trip to Melbourne, I visited a machine museum where there is a few mechanical music players displayed. I was fascinated with the way the musical machine are designed. Watch the video for the largest museum where you can find all sorts of player pianos and music box. If I am there someday, it will definitely take me a whole day to watch all the mechanical music players in action. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Museum of Mechanical Music Players", url: "http://pianologist.com/piano-videos/music-mechanical-machine/" });

Learn How to Play Salsa Piano Guaje

Learn salsa piano guaje with video, sheet music and backing track They told me that I would have a hard time imitating him Plastic surgery cost a lot nowadays.. :( So I think I might as well try to imitate him instead.. :) Anyway, this is what I came up with for your viewing pleasure.. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL6L4c-Sd48] Salsa piano is a very exciting groove to learn. Here is one of the guaje ( salsa piano part ) I used in the piano video above. For practising purpose, and to help you develop a salsa feel, here is the ...

Get Your Music Heard with American Idol Underground Project

by KCLau American Idol Underground (AIU) is an online community where emerging artists get their music heard and fans discover new music. American Idol Underground leverages the power of the world’s most recognized entertainment brand to help emerging artists promote their music via the Internet. Fluid Media Networks (www.fluidmedianetworks.com), an online music company, created American Idol Underground under a license from FremantleMedia (www.fremantlemedia.com) who, in concert with 19 Entertainment Ltd. (www.19.co.uk), produce television's American Idol. Here's how it works: For a fee, artists submit a song to the American Idol Underground Web site. The ...

Learn how to play Harlem Nocturne by Alicia Keys

Learn how to play Harlem Nocturne piano intro by Alicia Keys, with video and transcription / sheet music . Alicia Keys played a cool solo piano intro on her song Harlem Nocturne. Many piano students have been dying to learn how to play it, but it's quite hard to find a free transcription or sheet music of it on the net. So we did it the pianologist way.. If you CANNOT find the sheet music to a song, do the transcription yourself If you CAN find the sheet music to that song, do ...