Studio Philharmonico

In 1979 my parents gave me a Cassette tape recorder as a present for Christmas. Immediately I began to record myself playing on the piano. I had attempted around that time to write down a few composition with pen and notepaper, but that was such a tedious process... so I had the idea to just record myself improvising music on the piano, playing with chords, melodies, themes, then later I would listen and transcribe things, making compositions out of that raw material. In 1979 I had gotten that piano as a present from my grandmother: a nice upright Yamaha, shiny dark mahogany wood. It was a bit higher than most uprights and had a phantastic clear and bright sound. Also was easy to play, the keys went so light. And so I began my musical diary: live improvisations not every day, but every few days. Reflecting my moods, emotions, events, with live play. Sometimes ty fingers would play by themselves, without plan or concept. Often musical themes similar to the music I was just playing and l...

My "main" music output will be branded as from "Studio Philharmonico". But I do have another music segment, where this label does not fit well. "Studio Philharmonico" implies that the music is crafted very carefully in the studio. pulling all bells and whistles to make the recording as perfect as possible. But I have another kind of music: my live improvisations on the music keyboard. This is what I often do: I sit at the music keyboard and just begin go play. Whatever comes to my mind, to my fingers. All depending on my current mood, events of the day, and my emotional responses to them. A kind of "musical diary". I have done this since January 1980, that time at a real acoustic piano and recording m live improvisation playing with a cassette tape recorder. I still have those recordings, which are true "LoFi" with their non-Dolby tape hiss and the automatic recording level control which makes quiet passages loud and reduces the volume ...