Comments on: The Joy Pianist & The Charango Gal http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/07/the-joy-pianist-the-charango-gal.html An exchange of ideas from thinkers spanning the spectrum Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:26:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Charles Smith http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/07/the-joy-pianist-the-charango-gal.html/comment-page-1#comment-10868 Charles Smith Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:48:12 +0000 http://www.urbanagora.com/?p=2445#comment-10868 I loved Derek's video so much! It was a joy to see him in his full glamour as a music savant...but I am worried about Derek's normal life...how can he live normally if music is the only elixir within him and around him....? I loved Derek’s video so much! It was a joy to see him in his full glamour as a music savant…but I am worried about Derek’s normal life…how can he live normally if music is the only elixir within him and around him….?

]]> By: Charles Smith http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/07/the-joy-pianist-the-charango-gal.html/comment-page-1#comment-10840 Charles Smith Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:22:10 +0000 http://www.urbanagora.com/?p=2445#comment-10840 I also knew Kate Hathaway before she became the Hathaways. She started out as a student of the UIUC campus hosting open mic nights at the Canopy Club in Urbana, and when I did some performance art dancing at some of the shows, this is where I heard Kate sing some of her originals. For a time, Kate teamed up with her friends Mike Carberry on drums, and Vincent Murphy on bass, for a temporary gig at the White Horse in Champaign, IL that ran about 3-4 months before extenuating circumstances of hers caused the former full band to break up for good. With her brother James at her side who already followed in Kate's footsteps as a musician, the only way that Kate would survive as a musician was to change the band to a more acoustic band than the amplified indie rock that they were used to. With that Kate found new adventures by going to Peru to learn charango playing. James was her sidekick for the past 4 years musically...and just like that...a new band developed...The Hathaways. I also knew Kate Hathaway before she became the Hathaways. She started out as a student of the UIUC campus hosting open mic nights at the Canopy Club in Urbana, and when I did some performance art dancing at some of the shows, this is where I heard Kate sing some of her originals. For a time, Kate teamed up with her friends Mike Carberry on drums, and Vincent Murphy on bass, for a temporary gig at the White Horse in Champaign, IL that ran about 3-4 months before extenuating circumstances of hers caused the former full band to break up for good. With her brother James at her side who already followed in Kate’s footsteps as a musician, the only way that Kate would survive as a musician was to change the band to a more acoustic band than the amplified indie rock that they were used to. With that Kate found new adventures by going to Peru to learn charango playing. James was her sidekick for the past 4 years musically…and just like that…a new band developed…The Hathaways.

]]> By: Charles Smith http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/07/the-joy-pianist-the-charango-gal.html/comment-page-1#comment-10839 Charles Smith Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:16:39 +0000 http://www.urbanagora.com/?p=2445#comment-10839 I will definitely see Derek's video!!! I will definitely see Derek’s video!!!

]]> By: Todd http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/07/the-joy-pianist-the-charango-gal.html/comment-page-1#comment-10676 Todd Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:12:30 +0000 http://www.urbanagora.com/?p=2445#comment-10676 Whoa, the Smith video was a blast from the past. 8 years ago, I lived a few doors down from him. It always put a smile on my face to see him dancing down the hallway. Whoa, the Smith video was a blast from the past. 8 years ago, I lived a few doors down from him. It always put a smile on my face to see him dancing down the hallway.

]]> By: Segen http://www.urbanagora.com/2009/07/the-joy-pianist-the-charango-gal.html/comment-page-1#comment-10653 Segen Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:05:04 +0000 http://www.urbanagora.com/?p=2445#comment-10653 You may be interested in Derek Paravicini -- a musical savant. He is severely learning disabled, blind, and autistic, yet a true musical genius. Derek has the rare gift of "absolute pitch" - an extraordinary ability to recognize all individual notes in music - including full symphonic pieces. Derek is unable to dress himself, unable to count past the number ten, and unable to respond fully with his own thoughts verbally -- yet has mastered the piano and remembers every song he has ever heard. His doctors believe the brain cells that would normally be used for daily function and thought have instead been dedicated fully to music. Please watch this incredible video about Derek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kwjDLHX92w You may be interested in Derek Paravicini — a musical savant. He is severely learning disabled, blind, and autistic, yet a true musical genius. Derek has the rare gift of “absolute pitch” – an extraordinary ability to recognize all individual notes in music – including full symphonic pieces. Derek is unable to dress himself, unable to count past the number ten, and unable to respond fully with his own thoughts verbally — yet has mastered the piano and remembers every song he has ever heard. His doctors believe the brain cells that would normally be used for daily function and thought have instead been dedicated fully to music.

Please watch this incredible video about Derek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kwjDLHX92w

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