Piano Man Psychology
Posted by charles in Entertainment, Life Stories, People, Self Development on 30. Mar, 2013 | 0 Comments
Billy Joel wrote the famous song called Piano Man, no doubt based on his observations from what he noticed as he played in bars and cafés as a young man. I am now in a similar situation. Each day, I play the piano at the Baby Grand Lounge at the Oasis in Broadbeach, Gold Coast, [...]
Amazing Piano Playing
Posted by charles in Entertainment, People on 28. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
A couple, who have been married for 62 years, went for a health check up. There was a piano in the clinic. They gave an impromptu performance, to the delight of everyone. Overnight, they became stars, with thousands appreciating their talent via the video that is available on the web. It proves you are never [...]
Amazing Music Career
Posted by charles in Careers, Entertainment, Life Stories, Self Development on 10. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
Who wrote Alexander’s Rag Time Band and also Easter Parade? Here are some clues. He was born in Siberia. His family were persecuted. With little money, his parents took him and their seven other children to the USA. Israel Baline was only 5 years of age at the time. His only memory of Siberia was [...]
Elvis Presley Anniversary
Posted by charles in Entertainment, Life Stories on 10. Jan, 2010 | 28 Comments
Seventy five years ago few people took notice when twins were born to a poor family in a shotgun shack wooden house at Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8th 1935. One of the boys, Jesse Garon Presley, was stillborn. The surviving child, Elvis Aaron Presley would become one of the most well known people in the [...]
Vivaldi’s Girls and Music
Posted by charles in Careers, Cities, Life Stories, People on 13. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
Venice is a beautiful city and the place where the great composer Antonio Vivaldi was born in 1678. Most of us have heard his music, particularly the’ The Four Seasons’ which is very popular. However, we are fortunate to be able to listen to many of his great works. They were left in a monastery [...]
Mozart’s Journeys
Posted by charles in Cities, Countries, London, Paris, People, Places on 27. Nov, 2009 | 3 Comments
One of the advantages of following amazing people is that one gets to meet them – in a virtual sense of the term. Today, I played the part of Wolfgang Mozart in an audio production that we are making on his life. I was astounded by vast number of miles he travelled. He was like [...]
