Introduction
In the free time I have in between practicing piano, work, and, of course, listening to music, I've decided to chronicle my musical thoughts in this online journal of sorts. I'll begin with a little introduction of myself and my musical identity. If anyone reads this, feel free to do the same, as I love learning about the musical identities of different people.
You can call me Remian, and about 3 or 2 years ago I made the life changing decision to pursue a career in Jazz Piano. I've always loved jazz, from the moment my parents gave me the gift of A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. This album wasn't essentially life changing at first, but I know that I played the hell out of it. Jazz has always been my prime musical love. It's sense of freedom and creativity as well as expression constantly move me to more emotional ground. To put it simply, its something I love.
Piano is something very dear to me, as it allows me to express my emotions musically, as well as being my primary outlet to experiment in my own creation of the music I love. Last year I started a short lived (but rather well recieved) Jazz Fusion/Jazz Rock Trio called Project Knockout with two friends from High School. Although the band sort of died out (I'd love to resurrect it if given the chance...maybe...) what I accomplished with that group still inspires me to do more. I'm currently planning another group, most likely to be a quartet, to expand on the musical ideas I started with Project Knockout, and to also move into ideas that I weren't able to express in Project Knockout due to creative differences.
Aside from Jazz, I love Hip Hop, especially Jazzy or Soulful Hip-Hop, such as the works of Nujabes, Nomak, DJ Premier, 9th Wonder, Kanye West (earlier Kanye West maybe...) and so forth. Rock is also a genre I am strongly fond of. Santana has ended up being as strong of an influence on me as Herbie Hancock, as well as Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead, Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers...I'm no rock expert but those are great groups.
I guess to sort of...conclude, this blog is just going to be an outlet for my musical ideas, as well as discussions on what I'm currently listening to, maybe album reviews and so forth. So...if anyone reads this...hope you enjoy...
~Remian
Currently Listening To:
--Jarrett Cherner Trio - Stand Your Own // Burgeoning
You can call me Remian, and about 3 or 2 years ago I made the life changing decision to pursue a career in Jazz Piano. I've always loved jazz, from the moment my parents gave me the gift of A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. This album wasn't essentially life changing at first, but I know that I played the hell out of it. Jazz has always been my prime musical love. It's sense of freedom and creativity as well as expression constantly move me to more emotional ground. To put it simply, its something I love.
Piano is something very dear to me, as it allows me to express my emotions musically, as well as being my primary outlet to experiment in my own creation of the music I love. Last year I started a short lived (but rather well recieved) Jazz Fusion/Jazz Rock Trio called Project Knockout with two friends from High School. Although the band sort of died out (I'd love to resurrect it if given the chance...maybe...) what I accomplished with that group still inspires me to do more. I'm currently planning another group, most likely to be a quartet, to expand on the musical ideas I started with Project Knockout, and to also move into ideas that I weren't able to express in Project Knockout due to creative differences.
Aside from Jazz, I love Hip Hop, especially Jazzy or Soulful Hip-Hop, such as the works of Nujabes, Nomak, DJ Premier, 9th Wonder, Kanye West (earlier Kanye West maybe...) and so forth. Rock is also a genre I am strongly fond of. Santana has ended up being as strong of an influence on me as Herbie Hancock, as well as Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead, Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers...I'm no rock expert but those are great groups.
I guess to sort of...conclude, this blog is just going to be an outlet for my musical ideas, as well as discussions on what I'm currently listening to, maybe album reviews and so forth. So...if anyone reads this...hope you enjoy...
~Remian
Currently Listening To:
--Jarrett Cherner Trio - Stand Your Own // Burgeoning
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