January 3, 2010
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How do you judge someone? By the talent, or by the race or gender?
As much as we would like to think that we’re open-minded enough to judge people by their abilities rather than the gender or race, but the fact is when I tell you someone is an Indian women and you will have the stereotype of the person being a housewife at a remote village rather than a manager of a well known company.
And now, picture yourself a 50 years old transgender American. What came to your mind? Think about it for 5 seconds and picture that.
Now I am about to tell you that she was once a child prodigy, and now a very talented pianist that won numerous awards and performs over 60 concerts a year today. Did you see that coming?
But Sara Davis Buechner did have a time when she was discriminated and lost most of her jobs when she came out as a transgender during the height of her career as David Buechner.
This is a story of a transgender pianist that made her way back to the stage and proud of it. Read on.
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December 29, 2009
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Imagine that you’re surrounded by the devil, disturbed by the forces of the darkness. You seek help, and the answer that you get from your peers is that “that is just your illusion, it’s no big deal”.
Then when the darkness finally got you, before you know it, you’re already breathless.
That is the story told by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, adapted by Franz Schubert, Der Erlkönig makes one of the most eerie masterpieces in the history of classical music.
Want some dramatic music for a boring day? Here’s some for you.
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December 18, 2009
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Well, following up my last post of original Christmas musics, lets not let it stop and have more Christmas music, shall we? :)
Only this time, it’s from me! :D
I cooked up this crappy lil song on the piano. In case you didn’t notice, it’s kinda a modified version of Jingle Bells, only this is slower, and hopefully sweeter and touchier.
So please, come in and enjoy my Christmas Gift for you. :)
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December 16, 2009
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Christmas is coming near, and well a blog isn’t a blog without something to celebrate Christmas!
Well for this blog this time, I am going to put together 15 Original Christmas Songs from people all over the net!
These people I find are highly talented and highly creative to come up with these original Christmas songs, something that are very different from the Christmas traditionals that we hear every day.
What’s even greater is that these people had put in that much effort to create content that is original and are actually very good all by themselves to share with the world. The power of Web 2.0!
I’m not gonna bug you with more prep talks, bump in for some sweet (and some funny) original Christmas music!
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December 6, 2009
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If you could please, spare 3 minutes in your very busy daily life and come in to listen this very sweet song I’m about to share, I will be very grateful.
I came across this song today which I am very eager to share with you the beauty of it.
“L’heure Exquise“, which translates to “The Exquisite Hour” in French, is a late 19th century French Melodie written by Reynaldo Hahn.
Don’t let the date scare you. In fact till today, there are rarely melodies as sweet as this. Simple, yes, very, but very, very sweet.
Spare 3 minutes of your time for me, will you?
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