Music

I am an amateur home musician who plays for fun. I was trained in classical violin & orchestra from the 4th-12th grades - but classical music didn't excite me enough to continue playing beyond high school. I also learned piano and guitar on the side during school; my dad taught me how to play by ear very early on.

As an adult, I've mostly played piano here and there to relax. But in the last couple years, I started playing the guitar more. And since last summer, I finally took a shot at singing. I never sang much before, except in the car or shower. So what you see here is my efforts at putting all these disciplines together - and with technology too! It's been a lot of fun and a great learning experience. And now I have a nice collection of musical instruments! Hope you enjoy (and don't mind me singing a bad note or ten hehehe).

Come to my YouTube channel!

Covers

	"Gold Guns Girls" by Metric One-man a capella cover! April 22, 2012. Blog article Video on YouTube
	"Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley Latin style cover. One-man band, featuring the accordion. February 28, 2012. Video on YouTube
	"Take On Me" by A-Ha GarageBand on iPad 2, with Alesis Q49 USB keyboard. January 25, 2012. Video on YouTube
	"Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson GarageBand on iPad 2, with my brand new Alesis Q49 USB keyboard. December 5, 2011. Video on YouTube Blog entry
	"Island in the Sun" by Weezer One-man full band cover (vocals, guitar, bass, synth drums). In Latin Cha-Cha style. September 6, 2011. Blog article Video on YouTube
	"Kids" by MGMT GarageBand on iPad 2. June 29, 2011. Video on YouTube Blog entry
	"Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People One-man full band cover (vocals, guitar, synth bass, synth drums). August 11, 2011. Video on YouTube Download the mp3 (right-click and select Save As)
	"I Can't Go For That" by Daryl Hall & John Oates Instrumental piano solo. July 28, 2011. Video on YouTube Blog entry
	"Lovesong" by The Cure Acoustic guitar solo. April 5, 2011. Video on YouTube

Musical Fun on the iPad

	iPad Accordion: "Paris, tu m'as pris dans tes bras" by Enrico Macias A French waltz from the 60's. January 24, 2011. Video on YouTube
	iPad Accordion: El Choclo Classic Mexican tango. August 23, 2010. Video on YouTube
	iPad Accordion: Speak Softly Sove Classic Oldies song, also the theme to the movie "The Godfather." July 30, 2010. Video on YouTube

Original Works

"Vicissitudes" by Nguyen-Anh Le Performed live by Ed Glazer(drums), Ray Chi(cello) and me(piano) at the Okemos High School Talent Show in 1996. Video on YouTube