Jazz Piano Cafe

Category: Music Discussion

  • Vinyl Vaudeville – Feb 10-18th 2012, Dinner Cabaret in Vancouver BC Canada

    Straight from Press Release: Flyin’ Cirque Acrobats, Comedic Foolery, & Swingin’ Soiree What happens when a vintage dinner cabaret hits Vancouver a century too late?  Well, it features not only the glitz of traditional trapeze artists, but also the excitement of world-record-breaking acrobats doing back flips on pogo sticks. Vinyl Vaudeville attempts to replicate the…

  • Some fun Youtube Video mashups from InstantMashup.com

    Monkey Taunts Tigers and Spiderman Theme – Instant Mashup Generator Dalai Lama Interview and Mcferrin Don’t Worry Be Happy – Instant Mashup Generator

  • Waking Up

    In my favorite book, On Photography (1977), Susan Sontag changed how I think about photography, and reality, forever. A photograph is a freeze-frame, a thin discrete slice isolated and preserved out of continuous, relentless time. For me, photographs of people carry an inescapable sadness about them. This is because the real person will continue aging…

  • Advice on Home Recording of an Acoustic Piano

    Here’s a question and answer about home piano recording from a friend on Youtube, which I thought might be useful to others. Question: Hey Geoff How are you doing? Hope all is well in your part of the world. Things here are good! I am writing to ask your advice on something – if you…

  • Report: Music Listening Night #2 at Geoff’s

    On July 7th 2010 I invited music lovers of Vancouver to my place for the second bi-annual “music listening night”. A good time was had by all. Here’s the official report, with links to the songs that were played and how to listen to these songs if available. Hope you enjoy the music! First name…

  • Idea / Invention: Music recordings that sound different on each play

    I had a neat idea as I was driving to a gig. I get really fed up with the recordings (stack of cd’s) in my car as I’ve listened to them so many times, and every time I listen to them, they are the same! I thought, why not make a recording that sounds different…

  • The power of “repeat”

    One thing I really love about digital media, and media in general, is the power to repeat. Jazz musicians learn the language of jazz by repeated listening and transcribing of recordings. Writers learn from closely re-reading books, poems, or articles. Video editors and filmmakers learn from closely analyzing and re-watching TV commercials, short films, or…

  • Geoff Peters performs An Afternoon in Paris (jazz) on solo piano

    A couple weeks ago I made a video of myself performing the jazz standard An Afternoon in Paris by John Lewis. I performed solo piano on my upright acoustic Petrof piano. It’s available below or on Youtube. Hope you enjoy it! other links: Listen to different versions of this song at Grooveshark. I especially like…

  • Ear Training Lesson – key of C Major and the Diatonic System

    My friend Marcus Emmanuel Barnes and I created a new musical ear training video as part of the series of lessons we’re making on EarPractice.com. This week’s video is about the “Diatonic System” in music, which is where you can play a lot of different types of chords and melodies, all within one key. To…

  • Heartbeet – Live improvised synth & acoustic piano with drum samples

    My friend Marcus dropped by today for a visit, and we recorded an improvised performance of synthesizer and piano. It’s called Heartbeet. We named it this maybe because we both really like to eat beets, (yum!) and so therefore “heart” them, as well as because we were wanting to play on the concept of the…