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Month: July 2009

CATcerto – a cat plays the pia…

CATcerto – a cat plays the piano with an orchestra! amazing composition. tinyurl.com/mvua9v

July 26, 2009
CATcerto – a cat plays the piano with an orchestra

This is simply amazing. Lithuanian conductor and composer Mindaugas Piečaitis found videos on Youtube of a very talented, musical cat, Nora the Piano Cat and decided to write a concerto for her. The concerto, called CATcerto (web site) was first performed by Nora and the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra in Lithuania on June 5th 2009. The…

July 26, 2009
Afternoon in New York by Geoff Peters – electronic synth music

I had a fun afternoon playing around with my synthesizer (Korg MS-2000) and composed/recorded a new song. It is called Afternoon in New York. Afternoon in New York by Geoff Peters Listen: Download the song (free): Mp3 It features a really simple hip-hop style bass drum/snare (thanks to the Garage Band Hip Hop Synthesized drum…

July 19, 2009
Little Sunflower by Freddie Hubbard – Victoria Conservatory Jazz Workshop students

Last week I took a holiday from work and attended a jazz workshop at the Victoria Conservatory of Music in Victoria, BC, Canada. It was a fun week of attending concerts put on by the faculty, and going to piano masterclasses and composition classes by New York jazz pianist, composer, and producer, Misha Piatigorsky. We…

July 19, 2009
Video: Jamie Cullum performs “Just One of Those Things”

Here is a video of young British jazz sensation Jamie Cullum performing the Cole Porter tune “Just One of Those Things” on July 7th 2009 at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Watch on Youtube or use the player below. I really like his piano solo!

July 9, 2009
Practice: On Green Dolphin Street and Lush Life (learning by ear)

Here are two short piano practices I did in the last couple of days. The first one I am practicing the jazz standard On Green Dolphin Street, and in the second one I am working on learning the Billy Strayhorn tune Lush Life by ear. I have listened to Lush Life a lot of times,…

July 8, 2009
Song of the Week – Hit By A Cement Mixer, Ninjaspy

I decided I am going to start a “Song of the Week” on this blog. Every week I will post a blog about a new song that I have found that I think is really great. There will be links to where you can listen to the song online and also purchase it. The first…

July 6, 2009
Piano Practice – Joy Spring

I did another short piano practice on the jazz song Joy Spring by Clifford Brown. It’s more like a warm up really. Click here to listen to my short practice on the Clifford Brown tune Joy Spring.

July 6, 2009
Check out the "official&q…

Check out the “official” music video for my band, playing Quiet Night from our upcoming album. Hope you enjoy! bit.ly/15e8zY

July 4, 2009
Music video for Quiet Night by Geoff Peters Trio

I am happy to announce the release of the music video for the song Quiet Night by my band, the Geoff Peters Trio. The song is from our album Quiet Night (which is available worldwide from iTunes and CDBaby). Feel free to watch below or on Youtube. The band is: Geoff Peters piano Mark White…

July 4, 2009

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