Nathan's Music

 

 

 

 

My second video, "Groves", is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfI4ZuHkNJY.

I wrote a song called "Hitler's Car", and made a simple video to go with it:

 

 

I was playing Beethoven's Six Easy Variations on an Original Theme, a piece I had not played in years. You know how it is, it gets buried in the piano bench, and you're looking for something else, and it turns up, so why not give it a shot.
 
Anyhow, somewhere in there I found a note circled in pencil by my piano teacher, Gertrude Schueller. I studied with her for about 12 years in Highland Park, Michigan (down the road from the first Model T plant). The note was a G sharp, because of an accidental preceding it in the measure. Naturally, I played the G natural, doubled back and got it right, and realized that Mrs. Schueller, who is almost certainly in another world by now, had reached out and touched my music from the beyond. Truth is, I owe her a great debt, not just for that note, but for all of the notes that have popped out of my fingers over the years.
 
Thank you Mrs. Schueller. And sorry about the "clinker" I hit tonight.

Riding down through the eucalyptus grove

Where there are some trees that you’d like to know

The smell of leaves does fill the air

That friends and enemies both share

 

Riding down through the grapefruit grove

Where there are some trees that you’d like to know

The smell of blossoms fills the air

That friends and enemies both share

 

 

Riding through Canaan dusty and old

Where there are some dreams that you’d like to know

The smell of hope does fill the air

That friends and enemies both share

 

Copyright 2006 by Nathan Bigman

"A Day without a Funeral" is now available as a digital download from ITunes, Rhapsody, Napster, and many other services. If you want the physical CD, including the fascinating liner notes, visit http://cdbaby.com/nathanbigman.