So, I just got to do a piano hangout with Imogen Heap and a bunch of other piano players from around the world. I saw a tweet from @imogenheap about it, and filled in the wee application form. I’ve done a few little hangouts of my own and was just this week putting my setup back together to do a few more, so it was providence!
It was lovely to be brought into the hangout and to get to jam with Imogen Heap and the other pianists. Latency issues and sound issues were definitely a feature of the experience, but that’s the fun of live internet stuff. ;)
My favourite bit was every pianist doing a little solo improv while Imogen vocalised over it. That was magic to get to do, and a little bit nervewracking. However, it’s kinda nice that you just see the bunch of people in the hangout, and not everyone who was watching from home somewhere, as that might have been a bit more nervy.
In a random aside: somehow Imogen started to try and set me up on dates after someone on twitter (?) said I was cute. That was unexpected and I totally got flustered and embarrassed. I’m totally very cool. Honest.
If you’re stumbling across my various accounts now after the hangout, you can see some videos on my youtube channel, and listening to recordings on my bandcamp or soundcloud pages, and find out more info about the recording of my debut album here on this website too. There are some piano instrumentals to listen to on Soundcloud too, and one is a bonus download if you buy my album through the bandcamp page.