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When I was growing up there was a tradition among some of the local churches to present variety shows. This was a way to raise some money for the parish. However, it turned out to be both a way to build community as well as an opportunity for creative expression. Because of my ea
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The first time I came across Like Someone In Love in a Fake Book, I was immediately taken by its descending bass line, the line that the left hand plays that is created by the bottom notes of each chord (in this case: C-B-A-G-F#-F-E). The discovery of this great standard took pla
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Several years ago, a composer friend recommended that I read a book called Walking on Water, which he found helpful for understanding the creative process. The author was Madeleine L’Engle. Many of you may recognize the writer’s name because of her well-known books including A Wr
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When I’m teaching my piano students how to play one of the great standards, it’s easy for me to forget something very important. If you’re like most students, you probably have become familiar with songs, especially the standards from the American Popular Songbook, by hearing voc
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For a long time on my gigs, Here’s That Rainy Day was the only song by Jimmy Van Heusen that I played. When I decided to present this blog post series that features his compositions, I realized that even though I have played many of his great songs since my early years as a profe
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I’ll never forget the time that I found out Michael Landon’s real name. Years ago, many actors and actresses used a stage name rather than their real name as a way of helping their fans remember them. Can you imagine seeing the youngest of Ben Cartwright’s three sons on Bonanza ...
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Today marks the final chapter of my Cole Porter blog series. As I mentioned a while ago, this composer was far from being an overnight success. Although Love for Sale was featured in the revue called The New Yorkers, its lyrics were considered much too explicit for society in 1930. Nevertheless, ...
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When I was young, going to see a movie was a big deal. Unlike the availability of films on TV as well as on DVDs, the Internet and even hand held devices as we have today, the local cinema was the only place to experience Hollywood’s latest motion picture. The characters looked larger than ...
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A few months a year after beginning my 14 year stint as solo pianist at the Radisson Milford Hotel, I recorded a solo piano album entitled I’m Beginning to See the Light. Little did I know when I began the project, how prophetic the title of that recording would turn out to be. Although we ...
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When I was 30 I had come to a point of crisis in my career. I had already been teaching piano for a couple of years, but I knew that I needed more knowledge. At the same time, I was performing 3 to 6 nights per week as the keyboard player and leader of my commercial trio, Synergy. Although we had...
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Many people I know have said that they were glad to say goodbye to 2009. With the economy, the political situation and the general morale being less than upbeat, it certainly seems like the title of today’s selection That’s All is spoken with a tone of relief. When he wrote the words ...
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Ed Mascari Piano Studio Wishing all of you a wonderful time of rest, refreshment and re-creation at this holiday season. Wishing all of you a joyful, peaceful and prosperous 2010 filled with music! Conversations at the Piano Blog will return on January 5th. Ed
During my final year at Holy Cross College, my deepest desire had been to perform full-time as a jazz musician. However, due to my need to make a living, I pursued what I then thought was my secondary career, that of working as a music teacher. In order to continue performing with the Ed Mascari ...
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Every year, just before Thanksgiving, I start working on Christmas and other holiday songs with my piano students. For the student who has become familiar with the basic I-IV-V-I chord progression by learning how to play selections from my Six Simple Songs collection, including When the Saints Go...
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For those of us who live in the Northeast, snow storms are part of the winter season. I suppose it’s where you are during the storm and in the 12 to 24 hours that follow. When I was a boy, as with most children, I found that snow storms signaled school closings, sleds, snow balls and fun. T...
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As most of you know by now, I usually go to Rhapsody Music Service to locate tracks of the featured song selection for my current blog post. Having taught piano for more than three decades, I am thrilled that today I can simply tell my students to look for musical examples on the Internet. ...
As I’ve mentioned in several of my blog posts, my musical preferences shifted from popular music to jazz while I was in high school. In my efforts to develop my skills at the keyboard, I sought out musical models by listening to records as well as jazz radio stations. Because I grew up in W...
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It was probably during the first year of my 14 year solo piano engagement at the Radisson Milford Hotel, that I received a special gift. For some reason a particular security agency was contracted to provide services at the hotel. One of the officers seemed to be enjoying my piano playing and men...
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One of the first standards that I learned to play from memory was Mack the Knife. For some reason both the name of the musical, The Three Penny Opera, as well as that of its composer, Kurt Weill (1900-1950) stuck in my mind. And so for nearly 30 years this was all I knew about this accomplished c...
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As I mentioned in last week’s post that featured the composer’s signature song, Night and Day, Cole Porter was far from an overnight success. When I began to do some research for today’s selection, I discovered that one of the composer’s steps to songwriting success came t...
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If you’re like me, you’ve often chuckled when someone says that this performer was on overnight success. After reading about Cole Porter’s popularity associated with the play and subsequent ...
Ed Mascari Piano Studio Robin Cho, Hudson Studio Faculty Thursday Instructor
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When one of my students is ready for a change of rhythm, I often introduce the beguine. As soon as I play the rhythmic accompaniment for her, she’s hooked.
