Jazz Piano Cafe » tv http://www.jazzpianocafe.com/piano Learn, play, and enjoy jazz piano. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:57:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The power of “repeat” http://www.jazzpianocafe.com/piano/the-power-of-repeat http://www.jazzpianocafe.com/piano/the-power-of-repeat#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:02:34 +0000 admin http://www.jazzpianocafe.com/piano/?p=672 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 movie scenes.

With basic TV, you can’t repeat – you have to blindly accept all the images that are being force-fed into your mind. Digital TV has given control to “Pause” live TV, and to some degree repeat.

Youtube is awesome because there is no limit to how many times you can repeat a video – just click the play button again.

Streaming radio annoys me because I find I really only enjoy a song once I have heard it 5 times.

Live concerts sometimes frustrate me – I find I don’t have the brainpower to remember or perceive all the complexities of a live concert, but if I had a video recording or even an audio recording I could absorb everything the artist is trying to convey.

Of course I love live music for the spontaneity and feeling the presence of the performers.

Without the ability to repeat I feel helpless. With it, I can master my role as an audience member in perceiving art and media, and truly improve my own ability to create.

]]> http://www.jazzpianocafe.com/piano/the-power-of-repeat/feed 1 Les Hooper – Composer and Arranger http://www.jazzpianocafe.com/piano/les-hooper-composer-and-arranger http://www.jazzpianocafe.com/piano/les-hooper-composer-and-arranger#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:01:00 +0000 admin http://www.jazzpianocafe.com/piano/57 In the Fat Jazz big band (in which I play piano), one of the tunes we are working on is called Poppin’ Fresh by Les Hooper. It turns out that Les Hooper is a prolific composer and arranger who also does work for TV, Movies, Cartoons, Commercials, and more. His web site has some incredible and amazing sounds samples. If you don’t have time to surf around, just listen to his Cartoon track (click here) and you’ll get an idea of his amazing composing skill!

It’s actually my dream to one day write music for movies and TV. I’ve been slowly putting together a portfolio. Click here to listen to a one minute orchestral intro that I wrote for a friend’s indie movie. Also listen to my Piece of Quiet composition (click here) which I think is very suitable for an emotional climax to some kind of romantic movie.

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