Greetings, I am Gargamel. Probably many of you never knew that I play the piano, it is not something that the media likes to portray about me, though I have been playing for my entire life . On days off from work, I love to just sit inside my house, read this forum, and wander into my piano room to see if something profound comes out when I sit down and play. I enjoy improvising mostly, though I have a ways to go with that in terms of feeling like I am expressing what I would really like to be expressing (my resentment toward the smurfs, primarily). Some of my favorite things about the forum... well I really enjoy the snail thread, that's pretty great. I enjoy it when Nils has to step in and tell somebody something about whatever.
...there are some people who feel very knowledgeable here.
I work in a grocery store and in many different parts of the store, so sometimes I go home smelling like fish, and sometimes I go home smelling like fried chicken, and sometimes I go home smelling like the bakery. I am not sure which one is more favorable, but I am often thinking about music on the job and how I would like to spend more time studying it and less time in my job gathering various aromas within my threads. The grocery store is an interesting place to be actually because people treat you like dirt and they don't know who you really are. This is a great place to be here on the forum.ta ta... Gargamel
I thought you had more important things to do about an hour ago??Don't fancy the gardening eh??Thal
Wow, that was really true! I DID used to work in a grocery store and I first started for $4.85/hour (meh)! I really DID work in all sorts of different departments and went home smelling like those things! I was actually thinking about making a career out of it, but it's true, it came to where I couldn't think about anything other than music. I'm *so* glad I took the big risk and went back to school and changed my path! Way to go, Gargy!
That, or the virtuosic ability to change "voice".
I had become fairly good at impersonating other people's voices (singing-wise)
Can you do Yma Sumac?Thal
Hello, I've been around since March 2004 but haven't been really active.Name's Daniel, or Dan Brown like the author.I graudated VCU in 2006 with a degree in Piano Performance, and just recently started teaching private lessons. As much as I'd like to say otherwise, my skill is lesser now than it was in college. I'm working to bring it back, though. I got distracted arranging 100+ tracks from video games for the enjoyment of that particular scene, but I'm getting back into classical technique and I've set the other stuff aside. I'm also trying to become a contributing member of the forum, so if you see Liszt1022 on all the "Recent posts" I'm not spamming or flooding, I'm trying to actually answer questions or participate in discussion.I don't stand for drama so I'm not getting involved in heated debates. And I hate trolls.Anyway, I love Romantic works and got to spend some time talking Godowsky with Marc-Andre Hamelin (signed my book too!) when in college.I participated in a master class with Stephen Hough, where I played Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody no. 6. Probably my favorite piano-related experience.I love transcriptions and arrangements, especially Rite of Spring and Symphonie fantastique.Anything else? Oh, I do Rubik's Cube-type puzzles (not for speed though,) design origami models, wrote a novel, collect fossil shark's teeth, have a dozen world records in video games, am married and have a cat. Live in Virginia, USA."Audition Room" repertoire:Schubert/Liszt - Der DoppelgangerPhilip Glass - Mad RushBerlioz - March to the Scaffold (arr. Liszt and myself)Tajcevik - Seven Balkan Dances
How long was her career ... 2 years?
More like 60.Thal
(...)you ARE the epitome of a singer!
Oh, PS-- I only listened to about the first 10/20 seconds of her singing. Maybe something changes throughout and I will never bother to know because I will never bother to listen ?
Yeah, at 1:00 her voice returns to normalcy, and it is something to hear. It's only a little over 2:00 long. Listen!
Becky.
Hey'all, Just thought I'd introduce myself before I start posting all over the place. I'm a pianist and a music educator.. well, hopefully a much better one soon. :p anyways, back to posting. Anyone wanna be introduce themselves to me?
I'll introduce myself only to people who use the English language properly, without stupid smilies i.e. :p. Ok?
Chill out ya, brotha to another motha! Whas ya porblem, yo? I chillin like villain, you go like "omg fu bro!" like whaaa?
Maybe we shall talk lika gangsta