With Piano Hanging In The Air
As I’ve mentioned, I won’t be posting much this week. I’m gearing up for a short sermon series on Deacons, my wife and I have been painting our spare bathroom in preparation for a family visit, I’m trying to catch up on some reading, I’m writing a piece for our Care Groups to use in January, and after the family’s gone to bed, I’ve been working on the new blog template (currently experiencing a bug in Explorer and don’t know why; why can’t everyone use Mac and simply stay away from Windows?!).
As I work, I’ve been listening to quite a bit of solo piano stuff lately. No, not Yanni or John Tesh, more melodic, neo-classical pieces; not new age (though some does get classified as such), nor classical, this music falls somewhere in between. George Winston refers to it as “rural folk piano,” in the vein of John Fahey’s guitar stylings.
Some of the artists/albums that I’ve been listening to include:
Dustin O’Halloran: Piano Solos
Jan Hanford: 24 Preludes For Solo Piano
I recently discovered Hanford’s 24 Preludes For Solo Piano. You can watch Jan perform Prelude #24 to get a feel for the album. I purchased the album from Magnatune. For those of you not familiar, Magnatune is set on changing the way record companies do business.
Understanding that one of the primary ways music fans find out about new music is by hearing it from their friends, Magnatune encourages people to give away up to three copies of each purchased release. Here’s how they put it:
While other record labels are busy suing their customers for introducing their friends to great music… At Magnatune, we want you to copy our music for your friends. Yes, at Magnatune you can legally copy any album you buy for up to 3 of your friends.
Here’s how it works:
- When you buy an album (whether a download or CD) you can pass the download URL and password we’ve given you, to up to 3 friends. Pass the download information on by email, instant messenger or telepathy: whatever works for you.
- Or better yet, just forward to your 3 friends the email we send you when you buy, which has the download instructions in it (just remember to give us your email address when you buy!).
- You’re also welcome to email the mp3s themselves, or burn a CDR of the album as a way of giving it to your 3 friends.
- In short, use whatever mechanism you prefer to send them the music!
So, if you’re interested in a solo piano release and know how to download music, here’s the deal: the first three people to e-mail me at kpita@yahoo.com with “Magnatune Release” as the subject header will receive the download information for the album to download for themselves.
Enjoy!
Posted in Music
December 29th, 2005 at 9:11 pm
I love that picture.
December 29th, 2005 at 11:29 pm
I am more interested in your sermons on deacons…perhaps you could post them.