Piano girl - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0879308249 ISBN 13 : 9780879308247

Editeur : Backbeat Books, 2000

Synopsis

ÊPiano GirlÊ is the story of one woman's accidental career as a cocktail-lounge piano player. Sometimes poignant and often hilarious this engaging memoir reveals the comedies tragedies and mundane miracles witnessed from the business side of the keyboard. A pianist in lounges and lobbies around the world Robin Meloy Goldsby tells her story by connecting the people she has met with the places she has played and the pianos she has known. Along the way she discovers the human side for better or worse of her audiences ä mobsters and moguls the down-and-out and downright scary and ordinary people dealing with life in extraordinary ways. Her tale provides insights into the art and craft of piano playing as well as inspiring lessons in life as Robin pursues her dreams on her own terms.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robin Meloy Goldsby has played cocktail piano for thirty years. In addition to her 5-star experiences in New York City hotel bars and her no star experiences in small regional cocktail lounges, Ms. Goldsby's musical adventures have taken her to exclusive island resorts, third world countries, and to the castles in Europe where she currently performs. Robin has recorded two solo piano CDs: Somewhere in Time and Twilight.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Backbeat Books
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0879308249
• ISBN 13: 9780879308247
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible