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Artist
Matthew Labarge
12+ albums
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From matthewlabarge.com: After engineering school, I saved up for a bit and, when I was 28, quit my engineering job to study composition full time with the great composer John Hilliard. I had piano lessons for the next two and a half years, but I did a good bit better with composition than piano. Savings ran out after a few years, so it was back to the office job. Even though music took a back seat to work, I was trying to figure out what held me back from being a better player. I read a good bit about learning theory and neuroscience, particularly as it relates to language. Despite the little time I had to practice, I bravely took on the creation of my first two piano CDs, first fall night and in small hours. At the ripe young age of 42, good fortune once again bestowed upon me the notion of working on music full time for a bit. Off I went again, this time with a top priority of figuring out how to become a better performer. I knew it would take not just hard work, but a different approach to change my playing substantively. So I started the big experiment - rebuilding my technique and understanding of the piano from the ground up. Practicing many hours every day, and devising all sorts of new exercises to stretch beyond my boundaries. In order to maintain focus, I intended to resist the urge to write music during this time. Best laid plans of mice and men. The new approach was definitely changing my playing, but despite best intentions, new music started creeping out.
