Comments on: Little Red Square http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:18:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Emily Energy http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/little-red-square#comment-3451 Emily Energy Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:15:24 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=945#comment-3451 7/4/10 Correction: This is the picture of Eric-Even-More-Energy playing. <!-- image_comment_id: 1987 --> 7/4/10 Correction: This is the picture of Eric-Even-More-Energy playing.

]]> By: Emily Energy http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/little-red-square#comment-3450 Emily Energy Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:13:21 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=945#comment-3450 7/4/10 (around 7:40 p.m.) Eric-Even-More-Energy wanted to play this one, too. <!-- image_comment_id: 1986 --> 7/4/10 (around 7:40 p.m.) Eric-Even-More-Energy wanted to play this one, too.

]]> By: Emily Energy http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/little-red-square#comment-3449 Emily Energy Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:06:15 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=945#comment-3449 7/4/10--Day 5, 5th piano (around 7:40 p.m.) Emily was a little tired by the heat and all the walking around but she wanted to play more pianos after this one. <!-- image_comment_id: 1985 --> 7/4/10–Day 5, 5th piano (around 7:40 p.m.) Emily was a little tired by the heat and all the walking around but she wanted to play more pianos after this one.

]]> By: Taylor Causey and Martha G http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/little-red-square#comment-3370 Taylor Causey and Martha G Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:04:59 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=945#comment-3370 Taylor, from Athens, Georgia, was hosted in NYC by his incredible aunt. Martha, a "real" singer, was working with Taylor to decide on the best key in which to sing. It was all fun. Taylor and Martha also played/sang on the piano by NYU. <!-- image_comment_id: 1960 --> Taylor, from Athens, Georgia, was hosted in NYC by his incredible aunt. Martha, a “real” singer, was working with Taylor to decide on the best key in which to sing. It was all fun.
Taylor and Martha also played/sang on the piano by NYU.

]]> By: Sandy Santra http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/little-red-square#comment-3283 Sandy Santra Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:56:34 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=945#comment-3283 "Play Me, I'm Yours" was a dream come true for me: playing piano on the streets of New York in just about every location imaginable. I can't thank Luke Jerram, sing for hope, and all the volunteers enough for pulling off this special event. It was amazing to see so many pianists come out and play, and especially touching to hear so many gifted and talented children step up to what is a very challenging instrument (and play it in public on one of the world's biggest stages). In the beginning, I set out to play all five boroughs, but soon realized my day job wouldn't easily accommodate all the travel and logistics involved. So I reset my sights instead on playing every available Manhattan piano (and a few in Brooklyn and Queens). By the end of two weeks I had achieved my goal. My pieces are all improvisations, so playing on the streets of New York allowed me to share my spontaneous, energetic music with a city whose rhythms and tones have informed and influenced my music for years. The chance to publicly give back to a city whose people, music, and spirit have brought me joy for decades was the opportunity of a lifetime. Thanks for watching and listening. From the heart, Sandy Santra <!-- video_comment_id: 714 --> “Play Me, I’m Yours” was a dream come true for me: playing piano on the streets of New York in just about every location imaginable. I can’t thank Luke Jerram, sing for hope, and all the volunteers enough for pulling off this special event. It was amazing to see so many pianists come out and play, and especially touching to hear so many gifted and talented children step up to what is a very challenging instrument (and play it in public on one of the world’s biggest stages).

In the beginning, I set out to play all five boroughs, but soon realized my day job wouldn’t easily accommodate all the travel and logistics involved. So I reset my sights instead on playing every available Manhattan piano (and a few in Brooklyn and Queens). By the end of two weeks I had achieved my goal.

My pieces are all improvisations, so playing on the streets of New York allowed me to share my spontaneous, energetic music with a city whose rhythms and tones have informed and influenced my music for years. The chance to publicly give back to a city whose people, music, and spirit have brought me joy for decades was the opportunity of a lifetime. Thanks for watching and listening.

From the heart,

Sandy Santra

]]> By: IF BUT WHEN @ NYC Street Pianos http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/little-red-square#comment-3273 IF BUT WHEN @ NYC Street Pianos Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:27:55 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=945#comment-3273 IF BUT WHEN had a great time performing some of their original songs at 2 piano locations in Manhattan. Become a fan on www.facebook.com/ifbutwhen <!-- image_comment_id: 1925 --> <!-- video_comment_id: 707 --> IF BUT WHEN had a great time performing some of their original songs at 2 piano locations in Manhattan.
Become a fan on http://www.facebook.com/ifbutwhen

]]> By: Playgrounder http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/little-red-square#comment-3265 Playgrounder Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:05:14 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=945#comment-3265 Thank you very MUCH! We enjoyed "our" piano day AND night! - There always seemed to be someone on it when I was coming or going... always a nice group of smiley people gathered around listening or joining in on sing-a-ling-a-longs :-) I quite liked the fact that the last few days our "piano-buddy" got soft on the rules... its was nice to fall asleep to the tinkling of keys. Oh sure the 4:00am Blues Jam last Sunday night was kinda crazy (funny actually) but NY's finest did their job after a couple of songs... most nights the music was appropriate and quite pleasant to nod off to. AGAIN, thanks to the organizers of this event. If you do it again, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave another piano in Little Red Square! Thank you very MUCH!

We enjoyed “our” piano day AND night! – There always seemed to be someone on it when I was coming or going… always a nice group of smiley people gathered around listening or joining in on sing-a-ling-a-longs :-)

I quite liked the fact that the last few days our “piano-buddy” got soft on the rules… its was nice to fall asleep to the tinkling of keys. Oh sure the 4:00am Blues Jam last Sunday night was kinda crazy (funny actually) but NY’s finest did their job after a couple of songs… most nights the music was appropriate and quite pleasant to nod off to.

AGAIN, thanks to the organizers of this event. If you do it again, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave another piano in Little Red Square!

]]> By: MaDDan http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/little-red-square#comment-3201 MaDDan Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:02:49 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=945#comment-3201 nothing like playing to some "hot" babes...they were really nice and let me play even though "he's not playing anything we know ...originals whats that young man??" ha ha ha <!-- image_comment_id: 1874 --> nothing like playing to some “hot” babes…they were really nice and let me play even though “he’s not playing anything we know …originals whats that young man??” ha ha ha

]]> By: Joseph http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/little-red-square#comment-3120 Joseph Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:16:04 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=945#comment-3120 While this initiative certainly has its merits, a little more thought should have gone into the impact that the constant playing of a piano on a street corner would have on the local residents. The "piano buddy" for this location was clearly not doing his/her job. There were several nights where the piano was played well past 11 PM and sometimes even after midnight. This morning I woke up to someone playing the piano at 5:45 AM. According to the website, this initiative was supposed to end yesterday, so hopefully the piano will be gone when I get home from work today, but if it is still there, then could someone please remind the "piano buddy" for this location that they have a job to do? Thank you. While this initiative certainly has its merits, a little more thought should have gone into the impact that the constant playing of a piano on a street corner would have on the local residents.

The “piano buddy” for this location was clearly not doing his/her job. There were several nights where the piano was played well past 11 PM and sometimes even after midnight. This morning I woke up to someone playing the piano at 5:45 AM.

According to the website, this initiative was supposed to end yesterday, so hopefully the piano will be gone when I get home from work today, but if it is still there, then could someone please remind the “piano buddy” for this location that they have a job to do? Thank you.

]]> By: Vadim Ghin http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/pianos/little-red-square#comment-3073 Vadim Ghin Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:33:08 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/?page_id=945#comment-3073 To view a montage of Chopin's Minute Waltz played by Vadim Ghin on all the street pianos from "Play Me I'm Yours - NYC 2010" please visit: www.theNYCminute.com <!-- image_comment_id: 1782 --> To view a montage of Chopin’s Minute Waltz played by Vadim Ghin on all the street pianos from “Play Me I’m Yours – NYC 2010″ please visit: http://www.theNYCminute.com

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