October 2010
3 posts
ARE YOU WIDE AWAKE OR SLEEPWALKING?
When I was a young boy, I took piano lessons from a woman who was a third generation student of Beethoven. Her name was Natale Barrent, and she was a Polish immigrant who had survived imprisonment in a concentration camp during World War II. She was an amazing piano teacher, but I was a kid at the time and of course didn’t realize it. Every week as I struggled through one of Beethoven’s sonatas,...
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
A few months ago I was watching TV and came across a show called Live From Abbey Road…the legendary studio in London where the Beatles recorded many of their amazing hits. I later learned the show was actually a documentary series and throughout its three seasons featured over 100 artists recording live performances. It was really well done and very cool, and I thought to myself, “hey, why...
GETTING STARTED
D’Simone here…aka Charles, Charlie, Chuck, Chaz. Been wanting to start a blog for a while now but couldn’t decide what to talk about first. The other day someone asked me where the name D’Simone came from…a question I get asked a lot…and the answer seemed like a good place to start.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve dreamed of having a career in music, but until recently I...
