My Life In Music
When I finally retired from the wine industry, I discovered I had some time on my hands. Like a lot of retirees, I had projects I wanted to do, but what happens when those projects get finished? Dead time. What did I decide to fill it with? Music! I've been a musician for most of my life starting with piano lessons when I was five years old. From there, I learned as much as I could about playing music and listening to music. College was a big deal because I was friends with people from all over the world and they all had their favorite music that they joyfully shared with me. This led to me being a world citizen who enjoyed a vast array of melodies from the far reaches of this earth.
I also started learning digital music production. One of my mentors was one of the coolest guys, Hamza Lee. You can look up his list of achievements if you want. It's lengthy. But most importantly he taught me even more about how to listen intently to music that you may or may not like to hear pieces of things that you can use to make your own music and help others make good music. So, with some influence from Hamza and a ton of trial and error, I started creating music that combined my love for real instruments like guitar, bass, piano, drums, and horns with the immense world of digital music. Combining these two things, I've been able to create some dance music, some meditative music, and some music that makes me smile. I have it on YouTube under the name Talking Simian. So, below I have links to my Talking Simian page and my personal page where I just sing and play guitar, mostly cover versions of songs I love. I hope you enjoy both of them. Also, the Talking Simian songs are available on Spotify, iTunes, iMusic, I Heart Radio, Deezer, Amazon Music, and most other streaming services.
I also started learning digital music production. One of my mentors was one of the coolest guys, Hamza Lee. You can look up his list of achievements if you want. It's lengthy. But most importantly he taught me even more about how to listen intently to music that you may or may not like to hear pieces of things that you can use to make your own music and help others make good music. So, with some influence from Hamza and a ton of trial and error, I started creating music that combined my love for real instruments like guitar, bass, piano, drums, and horns with the immense world of digital music. Combining these two things, I've been able to create some dance music, some meditative music, and some music that makes me smile. I have it on YouTube under the name Talking Simian. So, below I have links to my Talking Simian page and my personal page where I just sing and play guitar, mostly cover versions of songs I love. I hope you enjoy both of them. Also, the Talking Simian songs are available on Spotify, iTunes, iMusic, I Heart Radio, Deezer, Amazon Music, and most other streaming services.
Links to Both of My YouTube Pages
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A Few Samples From The Talking Simian Page
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A Few Samples From The Jonathan Elmore Page
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