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ProfessorGAC

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3. Not Big Into Classical
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 06:11 PM
Jul 6

And, what are do like is definitely not catchy.
Schoenfeld, Stravinsky, Mahler, Berlin, et al. The big, bombastic, often atonal stuff.
I actually switched piano style when I was just 10 because the stuff in Shirmer didn't speak to me. Jazz piano did.
I'm much more a rock guitar player than anything else, but there are still some jazz influences.
I've never been a prolific songwriter because I so often get half-way done with lyrics and behind thinking they're stupid, so I quit.
I'm proud of 6 or 7 songs where the lyrics are good & the music is solid. But, 6 or 7 in 50 years is nothing yo get hopped up about.

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