| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Invisible Pianist | |
| Beverly Redding -- 10/07/2004, 20:41:38 -- #7856 | |
| Dear Auntie, I am a singer and also play piano and I have been playing with a pianist that is of such sizable talent and, being such,quite naturally he is very experimental. He is of "slavic" extraction. His name is Rubadek. Here is is my extremely unique problem-- well, to say "unique" just doesn't describe the magnitude of this pianist and his newly aquired "Sci Fi" lifestyle. He and I were experimenting and we reached such a "high" while playing through our passages that for some supernatural reason--this pianist became------invisible!!! Scared me to death and him too--we have no idea what caused it and I thought this stuff just happened in the movies. He is fascinated and feels so powerful now---- and loves his invisibility. He says it has given him the ability to see and do everything he always dreamed of doing. I do understand that. For me it is frustrating---can you imagine how hard it is? No, you can't! To not be able to see this large pianist unless he puts on that "glow in the dark" paint is making me barely short of "postal". I am tired of all the fumbling to see him or feel him. When we go to dinner, people think I am alone. He has always been mischevious and I have always enjoyed that until now. Rubadek pouring the wine and putting bites of food in my mouth has caused screams from all the diners and vacated many restaurants where we used to enjoy dining.We are "banned" from these Bistro type cafe's now-- entirely!!! So embarrassing! Rubadek gets a perverse delight in frightening everyone. It is kinda neat---but enough is enough! He has this deep masculine and resonant speaking voice and he talks a lot. The other night the waiter thought I was a "drag queen" because he thought Rubadek's voice was my voice. I got mad, but then I laughed--- as it was funny! Wherever we are together, everyone thinks I am talking to myself and naturally I appear to be "nuts". I have lots of bookings for us to play and sing together but how can I keep them as I will just have to say I'm using a "player piano" and our bassist and drummer are pleading with me to try to take them to that "eighth dimension" or whatever it is --so they can be invisible too. I spend many hours trying to get that to happen.I do enjoy that--- but so far only Rubadek has made the "transition" Rubadek's invisibility made the evening news and now every pianist wants me to make that happen ---- I wish I could be invisible too now. Do you have any thoughts on an invisible pianist? I know you won't answer me as you will think I've "gone round the bend" I am not going to play with Rubadek anymore!!! I like to see what I am playing with!!!!!!!!! Invisabella | |
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