A cool vid showing what a complete package the Beatles’ sound was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S7QxOllK0VU
TED Talk: Benjamin Zander on Classical Music
This TED talk from 2008 was recommended to me by my piano teacher. If you haven't already seen it it's well worth taking a look....
A request of our pollies for 2013
No more singing unless you are as good as this. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44wDwMQVqCc&w=560&h=315] Happy new year
Cover Art
There's a beauty to cover songs. The musician, free from obligation to be new, hip commercial or even original, has simply to play homage to...
Singing politicians – a passing fad, we hope
It wasn't enough that we were all recently exposed to the unbelievably tone-deaf talents of Craig Emerson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1pEt7bgY2U Before that there was former Senator Mary...
Waiting for my real life to begin
They played the studio version of this song by Colin Hay on the day that we learned that Greg Ham had died. It was a...
Herding Part Two: Superstars
This wasn't supposed to be the theme of part two (Part One is here) but Jessica Irvine's recent and timely column on superstardom and One...