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My earliest musical recollection is that of a music box in my grandmother's house.

Seems like I spent hours... listening....absorbed in that... mysterious..forlorn...intriguing...captivating

sound-of-a-distant-land melody.



Twenty five years back, I began writing a composition that was eventually called.... RECOLLECTION.

I started writing it while learning (or immediately thereafter) Chopin's Preludes in Eminor and… Continue

WE interrupt OUR regularly scheduled PROGRAM WITH THIS NEWS FLASH!

As I write this..my 3rd More-Than-A Piano BLOG...I have in my possession..

Dan (no.2) Desiderio's email! Dan just turned 80!... and they just had a "this is your life" party...and missed this? geez...I've written to him and EAGERLY anticipate his reply!



OK..onto MTAP blog 3.

...So, I was talking about arguing w Dan wether or not a great pianist can also be a great composer: I call to the… Continue

Now if you came here expecting to here more about the "Dan's" (MTAP blog 1) there will be a delay.

Albeit a worthy one. I need to mention that I showed symptoms of Tourettes Syndrome way back at...age 7. One year before the Magnus organ ... same year I started drum lessons (CORRECTION here: started drum lessons at age 7 not 5...) Kind-of a blue-plate special: "one order of musical drive with a heaping side order of Tourette's please!"



In the April 13, 2010 edition of the… Continue

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