What are you really trying to accomplish when you perform?
I saw on Facebook this week where James Koerts posted the following: “Parallel 5ths” get a bad rap. I have to agree. In fact, I had to laugh because I just posted an arrangement last week that blatantly ignores the prohibition on parallel 5ths. Here is the ending. The prohibition on parallel 5ths is most […]
I have a friend who was in a hurry to get rich.
Since I have started posting lead sheets here, I thought I should give a bit of a demonstration on how to play them. I know that many of you do not have much experience with lead sheets because I played in church for 20 years before I ever saw one. This is 22 minutes long […]
A lesson from teaching my children how to play football.
A discussion of groove.
Nothing gets in the way of actually improving than an attitude like this.
There is something that I have learned over the past few years that I really did not previously understand. Here it is: the people that hide in that back room or cubicle in your church and control the sound are extremely important. I have learned this the hard way. It has not made sense for […]
I awoke this morning with three emails about a bit of a problem on my site.
There is really only one thing going on in this arrangement.
Why exactly is rhythm such an important focus for a church pianist?