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Rick Maltese is the pianist to please. If you want heads to turn to see if its actually a live pianist he's your man. Whether you want something happy, upbeat, moody, jazzy or profound let Rick do it.
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If you need a song to add on your next recording project or for a film I can do that. Or something for an ad or promotional video.
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That word "genre" in my case is plural. Jazz, Classical, R&B, pop, blues etc. How about you Pamela? By the way I sing but piano is my main strength.
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That word "genre" in my case is plural. Jazz, Classical, R&B, pop, blues etc. How about you Pamela? By the way I sing but piano is my main strength.
I work at the piano with melodic ideas and chord progressions at the same time.
Quite often a chord progression inspires the melody. I don't like traditional spelled out
chord progressions I prefer implied progressions by giving minimal set of voices in the harmony.
I also do my best to find...
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I work at the piano with melodic ideas and chord progressions at the same time.
Quite often a chord progression inspires the melody. I don't like traditional spelled out
chord progressions I prefer implied progressions by giving minimal set of voices in the harmony.
I also do my best to find the best instrument for the melody so that the timbre demonstrates
the needed emotion or feeling.
But then again it totally depends on the reason.
This approach might not work with certain scenes in films
but works fine for longer concert works.
Good question. It would have been nice. Somehow the process to doing so eluded me. If you have any leads to open a door in that direction I'd be grateful. I did compose for three films that never succeeded getting to theatres or television.
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Good question. It would have been nice. Somehow the process to doing so eluded me. If you have any leads to open a door in that direction I'd be grateful. I did compose for three films that never succeeded getting to theatres or television.
