Finally, I took some time off to participate in the online music collaboration. Kompoz let you create musical projects, and ask other musicians to collaborate. I stumbled upon a jazzy track mainly on guitars. I downloaded the file and add in a track of acoustic piano. It is fun to see a completed song collaborated such way. You should try it out! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Kompoz: Collaborate your Music Creations", url: "http://pianologist.com/kclaus-song/kompoz-collaborate-your-music-creations/" });

Since the publication of Hal Gaper's book on Forward Motion, much has been discussed in the jazz world regarding the use of this concept especially in bebop improvisation. This is a tutorial on the application of some basic Forward Motion concept, based on a transcription of Joe Pass's solo improvisation on the song "All the Things You Are". Here's the video of Joe Pass and his band doing a wonderful rendition of this popular jazz standard.  [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWa6aChSf1w] Here is the transcription of the guitar and bass part from 1m06s to 02m01s of the video above. All-the-things-you-are-Joe-Pass-solo-transcription Forward Motion ...

Daniel from DailyBlogTips wrote a post titled What Does Your Desktop Look like, detailing the design of his workstation. Of course he was inspired by Darren from Problogger who showed readers the problogger HQ in a video clip. Here is how the Pianologist Workstation looks like: this is a picture of the pianologist blogging HQ / recording studio / piano room / entertainment room / bedroom etc etc etc .. :) The first thing many would ask will be where's my desktop or laptop, well the answer lies in the fact that the ...

I stumbled upon this web-based synthesizer - Tony-b Machine. It is playable using your QWERTY keyboard. It even allows you to record your sequence , save it and play it back later. Very funny toy! SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Feel the Online Synth Power of Tony-b Machine", url: "http://pianologist.com/website-review/tony-b-machine-synthesizer/" });