So, this Wednesday night I am working my shift at the front desk and this lass from Paris is ripping out tunes on the badly out of tune piano in the lobby.  She was playing the Joplin tune The Entertainer and I told her that she sounded it like she was playing piano in what I imagined sounded like an old time bordello.  I had to explain what a bordello was and the significance of an out of tune piano in a house of ill repute.  I asked her if she wanted to record and she agreed.   Being on the front desk and not in the studio, posed a monumental pickle.  How am I going to record this cool music in the lobby while I am working?  Well,  I got Mike to cover for me and I run over with armfuls of stuff, drag it in, find power, get it across the room, set it up and Pamela is gone!  

I track her down, I think she didn’t believe me when I said I waned to record her.    She was quite shy about it and maybe a little reluctant to start.  She said that she has not recorded before.  I have found that when people have not recorded before or much, they get very self conscious in front of the mic.  She did, but over came it very quickly.   Being on the desk and having to work I was not able to hang out and hover over her while she recorded.  So, she recorded her best stuff while I was away.

I must say that she did a great job on a very out of tune instrument.  Proving that it is the person behind the instrument not the instrument itself.

Pamela left today and there were tears all around, we will miss you Pamela and thank you for your beaming soul and the love and music you passed our way.

This is part one becasue, she stopped playing and Adam started giving her voice lessons which evolved into the next part.  So that is why there are the pictures of the both of them and hence the name Piano Night.

Hope you enjoy this as much as we have recording it.  We are blessed and love sharing our blessings with you.

And a piece of business:  You are welcome to share this with anyone you like.  If you are going to use any recordings of any artists of it commercially or for anything other than private use, please contact me and I will contact the artist.  And we are now over 250 people on the list and 14 people recorded.  We are still sending it to only 5 continents.  I am sure all of this will change.  Again you are welcome to pass this along to anyone you like, and they are encouraged to contact us and be put on the list.

James Laws
Santa Fe Intentional Hostel

Romance