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Tag: piano

daily kaddish: for Talia’s neighbor

Posted on 7 September 20117 September 2011 by erin

A kaddish for Talia’s neighbor, murdered in his house this morning; may he rest in peace, and may his poor widow find peace herself somehow too.

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daily kaddish: Labor Day

Posted on 5 September 20117 September 2011 by erin

Ward Spangler, percussionist extraordinaire, sat down at my piano and started noodling. I picked up my flügelhorn, and we jammed.

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daily kaddish: for Dona laPlante

Posted on 31 August 2011 by erin

A little over a year ago, my friend Louise’s sister Dona died. My brother and I worked with Louise at Hardee’s. We all went to high school together. Suffice it to say, Dona’s death was way too young.

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daily kaddish: trying once again to harmonize

Posted on 11 August 201115 August 2011 by erin

I keep sitting down at the piano thinking I’ll be able to harmonize “Kaddish” the way I hear it in my imagination, but it never comes out quite right. This one’s a little closer, but I think I’m going to have to spend time with pencil and paper.

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daily kaddish: on piano

Posted on 3 August 20117 August 2011 by erin

Still trying to adjust to a household in transition. I don’t have any horns out, so I play a “Kaddish” on piano.

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daily kaddish: for a shared household

Posted on 31 July 2011 by erin

Recently I’d been telling a friend how I liked that this household division was leaving my house much less full of stuff, how I wanted to have less stuff, and I heard myself saying that even my 7′ piano seemed negotiable. I was wrong about that.

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daily kaddish: on piano

Posted on 13 July 2011 by erin

With my studio Apple out for repairs, I’m back to primitive recording equipment. Meanwhile, I’ve succumbed finally to the cold that has been threatening for about a week, so tonight’s Kaddish was an improvisation on piano.

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