Getting the most from this great hobby!
Have you ever wondered why we happily edit photographs—but somehow feel guilty about editing audio? We have long known that photos in newspapers and magazines are almost always ‘air brushed’. As Smartphones got better, we all started to realise that this was something that we could now do ourselves. As a result, the majority of...
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Having the opportunity to discover more music through streaming platforms such as IDAGIO is one thing about the modern age that I have to admit I really love. For a relatively modest monthly fee, we have access to pretty much unlimited music by our favourite artists. We also have an opportunity to explore different composers...
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As I explained in my guide to Recording Piano at Home, I start with a very simple set up. However, it is possible go go further once we gain experience. Recording my playing and creating videos that I can post on social media gives me great pleasure. It’s not that I think my playing is...
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When I read Neuhaus Book ‘The Art of Piano Playing‘, I was fascinated to read his reflection that ‘modern technology’ might completely remove the need for piano teachers. Of course, by modern technology, he wasn’t referring to what we think of as modern now, but to simple recordings (both audio and video). He gives an...
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Volume 3 of my free eBook Series on recording your piano playing is now available. You’ll see a whole series of articles on this website about this – all of which link to YouTube videos. However, I felt that for those who weren’t so used to manipulating unfamiliar software, it would be worth doing something...
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I was recently asked how to play piano duets with yourself. Of course, as well as playing piano duets with yourself, you can also create great recordings to share on social media of both parts together! To do this, you’ll need to be familiar with how to record your own piano playing. You can find...
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There is lots of debate as to a whether or not a classical pianist can learn on a digital piano. Many say you really need an acoustic – even though often they have never played on a digital. However, I think this is the wrong question to ask. Rather, we need to ask ‘what piano...
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This post is part of my guide on How to Record Your Piano at Home – and covers one of the fun things you can do with GarageBand. Thanks to something called MIDI and Virtual Instruments, we are able – surprisingly easily – to create orchestral backing tracks using GarageBand. The basic process creating an...
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An essential part of learning piano is listening. Listening to piano music helps us to discover new repertoire. It also helps us get an initial understanding of pieces we’re trying to learn. It also keeps us inspired through the sheer joy of hearing beautiful works played amazingly well. We have traditional radio and TV where...
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This article is part of my Guide on How to Record Your Piano at Home. Being an Apple user, I demonstrate mostly using Apple products. However, this same advice applies equally well to Android or Windows. What works on Apple … I did a series of posts around how to record your piano playing at...
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