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Benjamin Zander – Live in Possibility

Z E N B A C H — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:16:00 +0000

The only conductor to ever lead the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Zander is a prophet of human potential and an unrivaled champion of joie de vivre. Watch as he helps unlock the boundless potential of a 15 year old cellist and teaches the entire Pop!Tech audience what it means to live in a world of possibility.

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Per-olov Kindgren delights us with his Guitar and Bach

Z E N B A C H — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:22:46 +0000

Most beautiful arrangement of the popular Bach’s “Air on a G-string”. A tear or two came down my cheek the first time I heard this. Enjoy.

Playing for Change – Stand by Me

Z E N B A C H — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:18:06 +0000

What a wonderful and inspiring music video and remix of the classic song “Stand by Me”.
This is the kind of stuff that brightens your day on a gloomy Monday..

Pachebel I’ll see you in Hell!

Z E N B A C H — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:57:19 +0000

G-Love – Viral video en Vancouver

Z E N B A C H — Wed, 16 May 2007 02:47:37 +0000

Al amigo de Mark Labrie se paso por Vancouver y de paso le hicimos un video viral para promocionarle en la Internet. Este fue el priper projecto de la compania de virals HIV productions.

Guitar

Z E N B A C H — Sat, 12 May 2007 22:08:25 +0000

“Helping ugly people have sex since 1464″
“If” by Bread, “Tears in Heaven” by Eric Clapton and a half-ass version of “Last Kiss” by Pearl Jam, make up about all I can manage to scratch out of my $350 Partie classical guitar made in Quebec and purchased in 2002.
Beside loving the sound of classical and electrical guitars and wanting to further my musical skills, there was another ulterior motive behind the purchase of this instrument.
My experiences at summer camps during my visits to Spain in 2002 and 2003 and the movie “Tao of Steve” confirmed to me the two sided facet of this well known musical instrument. The obvious one is to produce music with it. The second, and the one that convinced me to buy it, is to use the guitar as a clever and subtle device to charm young pretty girls. The effectiveness of the second use was clearly confirmed to me by my friend Zigor who in several occasions applied his years of guitar skills to successfully swoon young female victims.
Of course, for the pick-up girl use of the guitar to work, one must be able to play the guitar properly. I dare to say that the effectiveness of the pick-up girl side of the guitar is directly proportional to the expertise of the guitarist. In other words, if you suck at playing it like I do, don’t expect chics to fall in love with you anytime soon. However, if you play well, you probably know that your music talent will not always be a guarantee to score either, but it can help especially with the younger and more naive victims.
Having said this, I must remind myself that to truly master playing an instrument, you must first truly love the instrument and then rewards will come on their own.

Gracias a el poder encantador de la guitarra hasta feos como este ha triunfado con mujeres.
Thanks to the charming power of the guitar, even ugly people like this man have been successful with women.

Piano

Z E N B A C H — Sat, 12 May 2007 22:07:56 +0000

I took 5 years of music training and 3 years of piano lessons. One day, My dad was going through some economical strain and me and my siblings had to drop our music classes.

Nevertheless, my interest in piano never vanished and I have kept playing the piano ever since my last class when I was 14 years old.
Back in Spain, my family owned a very old refurbished piano, but once we moved to Canada, five years went by before my dad and I split the cost of a $4,000 twenty year old Yamaha U1.
Those five years without practice greatly deteriorated my skills playing. After a year practicing around two hours every evening I gained and even surpassed my previous skill level.
The fact that after dropping my piano lessons I trained on my own has affected my technique and a lot of effort would be required now to get rid of some of the bad habits I have developed over the years. Despite this lack of formal training, I have been able to memorize and play quite well some fairly difficult piano pieces.

Music

Z E N B A C H — Sat, 12 May 2007 22:04:46 +0000

Both my parents were fond of classical music and they raised me and my two siblings listening to the works of many great composers and performers of all times. Geniuses such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Handel, Chopin, etc. Out of all the classical music, they always showed preference to the works by Bach and the Baroque era in particular.
I inherited some of this interest in classical music and today I keep listening to it among many other genres. Although I am not very fond of modern music I have always found a few songs here and there from all the modern genres that I have liked quite a bit. Music is like the score of the movie of our life. For almost any situation, mood or feeling there is a song or composition that can intensify as a catalyzer how strongly we perceive that moment.
My intention in this musical section is to share a list of my favorite composers, bands and their songs.