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Piano is taming the beast - said this to my long time client earlier today. "Huh?" he asked, startled, unsure of what I had said. I repeated, "Piano is taming your beast. Good for you." He chuckled in his, I've-come-through-a-bout-of-defensiveness-and-am-learning-to-have-a-sense-of-humor-about-it voice I have come to recognize and cherish after our decade plus of adventures in songwriter land. He had successfully navigated his right and left hands, counted time, and read th

The New Year is a time of new beginnings. Photo credit NASA The Old Farmer’s Almanac tells us that Sirius “The Dog Star” is also known as...