I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hi, and welcome to 3ABN Today.
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I'm Tim Parton,
the general manager
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of the Praise Him music network.
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It's a delight for me to
be hosting this program today.
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This is not a
place that I usually sit.
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So I'm really excited.
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And I'm excited
because I'm hosting...
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I'm interviewing Roy Treiyer,
who is a concert pianist.
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So if you are an
aspiring piano player,
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you'll want to tune in
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and listen to
what Roy has to say
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and we'll just be
talking about some...
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piano player to piano
player, just some insight.
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So I hope you
enjoy this program.
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It's a pleasure to
introduce Roy Treiyer.
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Roy, thanks for being here.
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Thank you. My pleasure.
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Yeah, it's wonderful.
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I love listening
to you earlier today.
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You were doing some
production music for us,
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and we played like
17 songs plus the...
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You had some
forehand piano arrangements?
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Forehand piano
arrangements, three of them,
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with a friend of mine, Victor.
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Yeah.
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So hopefully we'll be watching
for those over the time span
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and are you going
to be playing for us
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from those pieces today,
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during our
interview, but it's...
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We can just start
from the beginning
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I guess as
everybody wants to know,
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when did you start playing?
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What was your encouragement,
your impetus, was it...
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Were your parents musical?
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Well, my parents were musical,
mainly my dad and his father.
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I always say that I wished
I would have started sooner.
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My last teacher said,
"Take that out of your mind,
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don't say that anymore.
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Okay?
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Look where you've gone
now and just focus on today."
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And she was right.
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I was 10 years old
when I listened to my dad
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play a piece of Mozart,
the Turkish march on a piano.
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We were visiting somewhere,
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and I heard the tune
and how he was performing it
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and just for fun,
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and I really liked
it for some reason.
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I thought to myself,
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I want to learn to play a piano.
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So near my 11th birthday,
we were shopping in a mall,
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and I told my parents,
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I know what I'd like
for my birthday gift.
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"Oh, yes. What?"
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"I'd like a keyboard,
a little piano at least."
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And they were surprised
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and they bought me a
five octave keyboard.
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I think they
weren't so convinced
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that I would maintain it.
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That's why they bought something
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cheap and small.
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I can't blame them
because my older two siblings,
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they had taken music lessons,
but they didn't go too far.
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So I think they
probably didn't want to try
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with their youngest one.
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So did you have...
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You didn't have a
piano in the house then?
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I didn't. No, I did not.
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But your father played... Yes.
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But he didn't have a
piano to practice on at home.
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He played until
he got into college.
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So he later studied
theology and became a minister.
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So he would just
play piano occasionally
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whenever he would find one.
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So now you've got a
five octave keyboard.
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And if you're a
piano player at home,
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you know how
difficult it is to find
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middle C on a
five octave keyboard,
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because there is no middle C...
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Exactly.
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And so, because of what...
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How many octaves
are on a regular piano?
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What? Eight.
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Eight? Okay.
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So see, I learned something.
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So how did that...
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Did that discombobulate you?
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Well, no, because I
was new to the instrument,
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you know.
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So I started learning on
that and they gave me the method
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my dad learned
to play the piano,
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so my mom, and my grandfather,
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which is a method called Bayer.
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So it's like little
numbers that you pass one level,
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you go to the next
level until like level 100.
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And once I finished that,
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you could go on to
other classical pieces
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a little more complicated.
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So I found that motivating.
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And once I reached the end,
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they were
starting to be convinced
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that I needed a piano.
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So one year after
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I began taking piano
lessons from my father,
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they bought me an upright piano,
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which they still have
today, which I really like,
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the Petrof piano.
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So, no, we
didn't tell the people
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that you are
not from the States.
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You're not from
the United States,
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well, you may
have been raised here,
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but you were born in...
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Well, my family
is from Argentina,
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but they were in
Puerto Rico when I was born,
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much a West Puerto Rico.
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And when I was three,
we moved to the States,
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and then from there
every two three years
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we moved to a different state.
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So I grew up in the States.
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Okay, okay.
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I studied elementary
and then for high school,
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I went to Argentina.
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Okay, so I've heard
you earlier talking...
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I didn't understand
what you were saying.
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So you speak Argentinean?
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Yeah, well the
Argentinean and Spanish?
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Okay. Okay.
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Well, great.
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Well, I thank you that
we're translating today
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and I can
understand you clearly.
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So you said your siblings
didn't take to the piano
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and you were at 10
or 11 at this point
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when you just started playing.
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Do you have any,
other than your father,
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do you have any
influences as far as music wise,
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is classical your
influence or what?
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Classical is my influence.
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My father had played classical,
performed classical pieces,
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and he would always talk
great things about Beethoven,
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and Chopin, and Mozart,
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and that just inspired
my young mind at the time.
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And, no, he was
actually the main image I had,
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the influence,
because I was very shy.
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I was a very shy kid,
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especially in my
early years, teenage years,
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and so I just went to the piano
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and I found like the
best friend right there.
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And I just worked hard,
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I found that passion
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and didn't mind
practicing hours a day.
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Right, so being shy,
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did it ever enter into your mind
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that this would
lead to a situation
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where you might have
to get in front of people,
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get on a stage, a
platform and play?
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Or were you just
kind of consumed that,
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like you said,
you found your friend?
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Well, I was shy in the sense
of interacting with people,
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but when I knew I
thought I could do something,
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I wasn't like
hiding no longer from that.
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So I loved sports,
playing basketball or soccer.
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I wouldn't hide the
skills whatever I could do.
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Right.
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So I kind of used that in piano,
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it was like my,
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kind of get away
from the shyness,
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just, "Okay,
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I don't talk but I
can play a little."
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Yeah, that's cool.
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Well, now you said you
were interested in sports.
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Did that ever
interfere with your piano,
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like, practicing schedule,
because I know as a child,
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sports, I know you
can't tell by looking
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but I'm not very sports minded,
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but...
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No, I couldn't tell anyway.
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So but, you know,
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sports weren't even
in the picture for me,
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and so nothing was
competing with practicing or,
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you know, just
playing the piano,
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but for you,
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were you involved in
sports still in school?
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Well, I was
involved from before I even
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started playing the piano
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and sports were
just something natural
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that I loved doing.
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I still do even today.
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I didn't take formal
piano lessons very early on,
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my parents were
my first teachers,
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and then in high school,
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that's when my
formal piano teaching began,
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but I was never told by
any of my teachers, professors,
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don't do sports.
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I knew the risks,
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especially with
playing basketball
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of the fingers.
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I actually jammed
my thumb a few times,
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but never fractured.
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Thank God.
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Now I don't play that too often,
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because I have kind of bad luck.
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When I graduated
from the master's program
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in piano performance,
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I had never played
basketball that last year.
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And we had a social
event gathering at the church.
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"Oh we're gonna play a
little basketball tournament,
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do you wanna play it?"
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"Oh, yes, I'd love to."
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I have three
weeks until the recital,
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and I played and guess what?
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Since I was playing with fear,
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I jammed my pinky and...
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Oh, no, no.
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But, you know, things happen.
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I just think of myself of
wanting to do several things
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and don't want to just,
now, hide it behind the piano,
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I love many things, so...
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Yeah.
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And I think that's important
to be well diversified.
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Well, you know, well-rounded.
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I tell people sometimes
and it's not far from the truth
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that other than
piano I don't know much.
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I don't change
the oil in my car.
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I don't mow the yard,
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you know,
because these are things
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I just don't know how to do.
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Well, my wife complains...
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Oh, does she, okay.
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Well, that's another
subject for another day.
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Okay? We won't go there.
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Let's enjoy our
time together. Yes.
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No. Well, as...
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Okay, so you're piano player,
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so I think it's perfect
that we would go to a song
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that you have performed.
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I think we'll start
with Power in the Blood.
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Sure.
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You wanna set this up,
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this is an
arrangement of yours, right?
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Yes. Okay.
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Let's listen to Roy Treiyer
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play "Power in the Blood."
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That is great,
Power in the Blood,
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Roy Treiyer,
what a wonderful song,
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what a wonderful
arrangement of that,
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I love your style,
love your influence.
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And as you can tell, Roy is not,
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he's wearing a
different color suit,
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so he's not a
quick change artist.
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He is just,
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we recorded those songs
earlier and they're going to be
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played throughout the
year as production music.
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So just wanted you to
know that this is not magic,
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it's just,
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it's an actually different suit,
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because it was done
at a different time.
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But that's...
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But it's still you,
you playing I think...
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Yeah, I think it's still me.
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Right, thank you.
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In fact, you've said that
you were in here yesterday
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for 10 hours practicing.
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Yes. And that's normal for you?
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No way.
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I mean, before
back in a few years
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where every time I
have to give a recital,
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I try to spend as
much time as I can
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with family and
other work and obligations,
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it's definitely difficult.
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I have some days that
I don't even practice,
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but I try to get
some practice in whenever.
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But for example, this weekend,
I was without my family.
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So I don't want to
put the blame on them
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but I was able to just
stay here the whole day.
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Sure, sure. No,
I totally get that.
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So you have a
three-year-old? Is that...
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I have a
two-year-old, he will be three.
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Okay, well, good.
A lot of fun, and...
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So yeah, especially
with a two-year-old,
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you don't have time to practice.
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I remember I have two sons
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and they were both
two year old at one time,
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not at the same time,
00:15:48.11\00:15:49.44
but which made it
even more difficult,
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the fact that
they were, you know.
00:15:51.81\00:15:53.58
But finding time to
rehearse, to practice,
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it's sacred time once
you finally get it, so...
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Yeah, their nap time
and when they go to bed,
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that sometimes I'm
just tired at night,
00:16:02.62\00:16:04.93
but when I have
an event coming up,
00:16:04.96\00:16:07.60
I just sit on the piano,
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that's the hardest
thing, sitting on the piano.
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Once you start
just 5, 10 minutes,
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you don't care about
time, at least in my case.
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I think you probably
might agree with that.
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I do agree with that.
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So you're married.
00:16:19.01\00:16:20.34
You live in
Collegedale, Tennessee?
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Yes.
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And what made you
wind up in Collegedale?
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Well,
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I was living in Argentina
after studying high school,
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that's where I met
my sweetheart though,
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the last year...
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In Argentina?
00:16:35.62\00:16:36.96
In Argentina,
south of Buenos Aires,
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the high school,
the boarding school.
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Then we went up
north to Buenos Aires,
00:16:39.73\00:16:41.43
we have an SDA University,
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Universidad
Adventista Del Plata.
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That's where I
decided to study psychology
00:16:46.60\00:16:48.84
following my brother's steps.
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He was major in psychology,
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studying for a
major in psychology
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here at Southern in Tennessee.
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And I thought
psychology was very cool
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and was interested in
learning more about that.
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And it was a five year degree.
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Thankfully for my older sister,
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she suggested that
I continue doing music
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at least on a side.
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So I ended up with
both degrees finished,
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but now I dedicate
myself more to music.
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Okay.
00:17:14.63\00:17:15.96
So you have a
degree in psychology?
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Yes.
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And going back to
your question, sorry.
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Once I decided I
wanted to stay more in music,
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wandered off more in
music than in psychology.
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I started
searching some universities
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where I could
study piano performance,
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that was my passion.
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So that's where I
found Chattanooga, Tennessee,
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the professor there at
the time, Dr. Sin-Hsing Tsai.
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She had been in
Argentina for 10 years,
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in Germany, California,
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and her bio really attracted me,
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and I sent a few emails.
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Everything went well.
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Scholarships came in,
00:17:46.29\00:17:47.60
so I thought that
was where God led,
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and I think he did
because we have been blessed.
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So your degree from psychology
came from Southern...?
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No, from Argentina.
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Argentina?
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Okay, but your degree in music,
00:17:59.74\00:18:01.48
your piano...
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Also from Argentina,
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but the master's
in piano performance
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from Tennessee.
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Okay. Okay. Perfect.
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So now let's talk
about just for a second,
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the link between,
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have you been able to
use psychology in music?
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I know there are like
programs, music therapy,
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which I'm not really steeped in,
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but I understand that
it's a wonderful thing
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and music can be
very therapeutic,
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of course.
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Do you...
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Have you made a
connection with that?
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Have you done any work in that?
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I've been interested.
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I haven't made a
really strong connection.
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Since I have both degrees,
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I feel obliged to do that a bit.
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What I have done for
example, in the past in some,
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I have more an
Hispanic churches,
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given music seminars,
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the importance of
music in the church
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and how music
influences the brain,
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and how we react to music
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and what kinds
of music is better.
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Sure.
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Science backs it,
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not only science
but the Bible as well,
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which is very,
very interesting topic.
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So what I like to do,
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particularly my passion in piano
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is making
arrangements of well-known hymns
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that are inspiring.
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Arrangements,
what I try to do is,
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match the music to the lyrics
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and all of that has a
more powerful influence
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to what we experience.
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Now obviously,
that's not always the case.
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My wife complains saying,
00:19:28.86\00:19:30.37
"You don't know the
lyrics of that song."
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"You're right."
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And I was
focusing more on the music.
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Right, I understand that.
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But we try to, but
that's about the connection
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I try to make with
psychology and music.
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Very nice.
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So if I were to...
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If you were
analyzing me psychologically,
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would you be playing
music to it to where I could,
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I don't know, maybe
that's a stretch I guess.
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Anyway...
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We can talk about
that later probably.
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Okay, because I
definitely need it.
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So we've gone through...
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Now let's talk about your,
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when you began to play concerts,
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when you began to
like do some traveling,
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accepting engagements
to perform in churches,
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when did this start?
00:20:15.74\00:20:17.11
Do you remember
your first concert
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as far outside of
like recitals or things
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that were done
in the university?
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Outside of universities?
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Do you mean sacred concerts?
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Okay, right. So...
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Okay, when I
first did that, well...
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Because let's
just tell the people
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this is what you do now.
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You go around doing,
giving the sacred concerts,
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church concerts.
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And so where did that start
after your classical training?
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Okay.
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I occasionally give
some classical concerts,
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but it's not my
strength in the present,
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right now I'm all
focused on the sacred.
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It started back in Argentina
00:20:50.88\00:20:53.25
before even
recording my first CD,
00:20:53.35\00:20:55.72
I was friends with a
Quartet, very good singers.
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And I started composing
and arranging some songs
00:21:01.39\00:21:04.66
for Quartet just starting,
00:21:04.69\00:21:06.53
that's where my
creativity started.
00:21:06.56\00:21:08.26
Vocal arrangements? Okay, nice.
00:21:08.30\00:21:10.33
Vocal arrangements,
and I would just improvise
00:21:10.37\00:21:11.70
on the piano sometimes because
00:21:11.73\00:21:13.40
I was a bit lazy
to write it all out.
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But that's when we
would tour Argentina,
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and we even went to Brazil
00:21:19.74\00:21:21.74
to give some
concerts in the sacred music.
00:21:21.78\00:21:23.91
So I started
more as an accompanist
00:21:24.01\00:21:25.68
and in their concerts
00:21:25.71\00:21:27.08
I would have one
or two solo pieces,
00:21:27.12\00:21:29.02
which I found
very fun and inspiring.
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Sure, and so that
you didn't have issues
00:21:31.99\00:21:34.46
with being shy at this point
like you have been younger.
00:21:34.49\00:21:37.76
Oh, no, during high school,
00:21:37.79\00:21:39.39
since I was in
a boarding school,
00:21:39.43\00:21:40.76
that's where my shyness left.
00:21:40.86\00:21:42.26
Left at school. Thank God.
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Good. Awesome.
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Well, that's...
00:21:45.10\00:21:46.43
Yeah, I'm
trying to think if I...
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I never have really been
a performer in the sense,
00:21:48.77\00:21:53.51
you know,
00:21:53.54\00:21:54.88
you see a lot of
performers that really,
00:21:54.91\00:21:56.34
you know,
00:21:56.38\00:21:57.71
work the crowd and
that's not my style.
00:21:57.75\00:22:01.08
And so as I've
watched you on YouTube
00:22:01.12\00:22:04.19
and even as you're performing
00:22:04.22\00:22:05.55
you, you look like
you're enjoying it,
00:22:05.59\00:22:07.36
but you don't
try to work the crowd
00:22:07.39\00:22:09.66
and, of course,
00:22:09.69\00:22:11.13
I realized we were
in a studio situation
00:22:11.16\00:22:12.69
when you were
recording songs today.
00:22:12.73\00:22:15.16
But there's a little
crowd in the background.
00:22:15.20\00:22:16.83
Well, there is, right, yeah.
00:22:16.93\00:22:19.20
We are judging you actually,
00:22:19.23\00:22:20.70
we were back
there critiquing you.
00:22:20.80\00:22:22.17
The negative side of music.
00:22:22.20\00:22:24.31
Yeah, we'll send
you results later.
00:22:24.34\00:22:25.94
But, no, so it's important,
00:22:25.97\00:22:28.18
you know, when you,
00:22:28.21\00:22:29.64
when you think about performing
stage fright is a huge thing.
00:22:29.68\00:22:35.38
And I want to be sure
00:22:35.42\00:22:36.85
and get to
another song really soon,
00:22:36.89\00:22:38.35
but I just want to hit on,
00:22:38.39\00:22:40.72
you know,
00:22:40.82\00:22:42.16
putting aside our
stage fright and for me,
00:22:42.19\00:22:47.93
I think it's a matter
of having grown up in music
00:22:47.96\00:22:50.93
and always being on stage,
00:22:50.97\00:22:52.40
it wasn't difficult...
00:22:52.43\00:22:54.07
Stage fright wasn't
necessarily an issue
00:22:54.10\00:22:56.64
but as far as, like,
00:22:56.67\00:22:59.24
when you memorize your songs,
these are your arrangements,
00:22:59.27\00:23:02.84
but that
doesn't necessarily mean
00:23:02.88\00:23:04.38
that they're always
gonna be right there
00:23:04.41\00:23:05.75
at the front of your mind.
00:23:05.78\00:23:07.12
Exactly. Yes.
00:23:07.22\00:23:08.55
So is there any, like,
00:23:08.58\00:23:09.92
do you have any tips
that you do for yourself
00:23:09.95\00:23:13.56
before you go out on
stage, on a platform?
00:23:13.59\00:23:16.29
Because even if
you're in church,
00:23:16.32\00:23:18.16
it doesn't matter,
00:23:18.19\00:23:19.53
you can pray
the Lord's near you.
00:23:19.56\00:23:21.13
But your mind
can be far from you.
00:23:21.16\00:23:22.50
So...
00:23:22.53\00:23:23.93
Well, obviously,
prayer is excellent,
00:23:23.97\00:23:25.30
but we shouldn't
be, how do you say this?
00:23:25.33\00:23:29.97
Ask for the Lord for everything
when we haven't done our part.
00:23:30.01\00:23:33.74
Exactly.
00:23:33.84\00:23:35.18
So practice obviously is one.
00:23:35.21\00:23:36.61
Like I mentioned,
10 hours yesterday,
00:23:36.71\00:23:38.21
I was trying to
refresh some arrangements.
00:23:38.25\00:23:40.58
I was busy with
a classical concert
00:23:40.62\00:23:42.18
at the beginning of this month.
00:23:42.22\00:23:43.85
And I thought to myself,
00:23:43.89\00:23:45.22
"No, but, 3ABN is
more important right now."
00:23:45.25\00:23:47.86
And I just
didn't have that time.
00:23:47.89\00:23:49.39
So last week
00:23:49.42\00:23:50.79
I was refreshing
some arrangements.
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.23
Some of them I
haven't even played
00:23:52.26\00:23:54.23
in a couple of years
00:23:54.30\00:23:55.60
and two of them I actually,
00:23:55.63\00:23:56.97
one of them I
made them this week.
00:23:57.00\00:23:59.30
So that's why I was
trying to practice so much
00:23:59.33\00:24:01.44
getting things fresh.
00:24:01.47\00:24:04.31
What I tried to
do before a concert
00:24:04.34\00:24:06.21
is, obviously,
00:24:06.24\00:24:08.91
if there's a
difficult part of a piece
00:24:08.94\00:24:11.61
that I don't have to secure,
00:24:11.65\00:24:13.31
I'm doubting a bit,
just take it very slow,
00:24:13.42\00:24:16.42
review it
slowly, just work on it,
00:24:16.45\00:24:18.12
probably not too much.
00:24:18.15\00:24:19.49
Don't overdo it.
00:24:19.52\00:24:20.86
Just relax.
00:24:20.96\00:24:22.29
I always try to get to
a relaxed state of mind.
00:24:22.32\00:24:25.46
That's what works best
00:24:25.49\00:24:27.93
and having
reviewed a certain piece
00:24:27.96\00:24:31.20
that just for some reason,
00:24:31.23\00:24:32.57
feels a little bit
more uncomfortable.
00:24:32.60\00:24:34.57
Just helps me be more relaxed.
00:24:34.60\00:24:36.47
"Okay, I've got it
down in the real thing,
00:24:36.50\00:24:40.24
when we're out there
just go with confidence."
00:24:40.28\00:24:43.81
I mean,
00:24:43.85\00:24:45.18
I was reading
James 1:6 yesterday,
00:24:45.21\00:24:47.75
saying that,
00:24:47.78\00:24:49.12
"The doubtful person
00:24:49.15\00:24:50.55
just is blown away by
the surge of the sea easily."
00:24:50.59\00:24:54.46
So we have to
go with confidence,
00:24:54.49\00:24:55.89
but there are
certainly good tips
00:24:55.92\00:24:58.46
that we should follow
00:24:58.49\00:24:59.83
to be able to reach that
mind of relax and confidence.
00:24:59.86\00:25:04.27
Well, that's a great
segue into this song.
00:25:04.30\00:25:06.53
I want to hear
you play It is Well.
00:25:06.57\00:25:08.97
And this is a
favorite hymn of mine.
00:25:09.00\00:25:11.07
And so let's see
what skill you bring,
00:25:11.11\00:25:13.78
an arrangement you
bring to, "It is Well."
00:25:13.81\00:25:15.81
Enjoy this. Thank you.
00:25:15.84\00:25:17.25
Great, that was so great.
00:29:54.16\00:29:55.49
Thank you. Praise God.
00:29:55.52\00:29:56.86
Yeah. Amen. Praise God.
00:29:56.89\00:29:58.23
Roy Treiyer, wonderful pianist,
that was your arrangement,
00:29:58.26\00:30:02.53
It is Well.
00:30:02.56\00:30:03.93
So tell me what's
going on in your mind
00:30:03.97\00:30:06.43
when you're
arranging a song like that?
00:30:06.47\00:30:09.07
And what does
it mean to arrange,
00:30:09.10\00:30:11.07
I mean, you know, the
song is written It is Well.
00:30:11.11\00:30:14.28
So talk to me about that?
00:30:14.31\00:30:15.84
Well, the passion I have
arranging hymns for piano solo
00:30:15.88\00:30:20.28
is, well, there's
several ways I can take this.
00:30:20.32\00:30:23.55
One of them is that I've
been practicing classical pieces
00:30:23.65\00:30:27.99
and when you
learn a classical piece
00:30:28.02\00:30:29.79
you might be
months practicing it
00:30:29.82\00:30:32.13
until you finally perform it.
00:30:32.16\00:30:34.73
And I thought to myself,
00:30:34.73\00:30:36.60
why am I practicing
months for a classical piece
00:30:36.63\00:30:39.53
I will perform once,
00:30:39.57\00:30:40.90
and maybe for
special music in church
00:30:40.94\00:30:43.07
I just practice one day
and supposedly it's fine.
00:30:43.10\00:30:46.61
So I wanted to
make piano arrangements,
00:30:46.64\00:30:49.74
at least for myself,
00:30:49.78\00:30:51.41
that were at
about the same level
00:30:51.45\00:30:53.45
of the classical pieces
that were demanding to find
00:30:53.55\00:30:56.12
that more fun
and inspiring and...
00:30:56.15\00:30:58.39
Satisfying.
00:30:58.42\00:30:59.75
Would motivate me too. Sure.
00:30:59.79\00:31:01.22
But as far as
what goes in my mind
00:31:01.26\00:31:03.32
when I arrange depends the day,
00:31:03.43\00:31:06.80
obviously I try to
study the hymn a little bit,
00:31:06.83\00:31:11.47
the composer
behind it, the lyrics.
00:31:11.50\00:31:14.20
And...
00:31:14.24\00:31:15.57
Well, even like the
story of It is Well,
00:31:15.60\00:31:17.91
in fact, it's a huge,
00:31:17.94\00:31:19.27
that's a
wonderful story on the ship
00:31:19.31\00:31:22.31
where this ship sinks,
00:31:22.34\00:31:23.71
and so I can understand,
00:31:23.75\00:31:25.75
in fact, I was feeling as
you were playing the emotion
00:31:25.78\00:31:29.52
of it at certain points.
00:31:29.55\00:31:30.95
There's a little minor
section there, unsteady,
00:31:30.99\00:31:34.22
just the
emotions might drift a bit
00:31:34.26\00:31:35.92
and then finally
the victory comes
00:31:35.96\00:31:37.86
and it is well with her soul,
00:31:37.89\00:31:40.90
because we have a mighty God.
00:31:40.93\00:31:42.40
Right, that's awesome.
00:31:42.43\00:31:44.00
I love the process
that any creative person,
00:31:44.10\00:31:47.27
artist,
00:31:47.30\00:31:48.64
that has a story
behind what they do
00:31:48.67\00:31:51.64
and all the time that
they are creating whatever,
00:31:51.67\00:31:54.71
piece that they're creating,
00:31:54.74\00:31:56.78
there's something
going on in their mind.
00:31:56.81\00:31:58.45
It's not just a random,
00:31:58.48\00:32:00.12
although sometimes
it may look random,
00:32:00.22\00:32:02.48
but that's a great gift.
00:32:02.52\00:32:06.32
When it comes to the
structure of the pieces,
00:32:06.35\00:32:09.69
I try to, like,
00:32:09.72\00:32:11.06
have a general
structure of the piece
00:32:11.09\00:32:12.53
and then I start working
on details in the section.
00:32:12.56\00:32:15.36
Okay, what kind of
passage, what kind of technique,
00:32:15.40\00:32:17.43
what kind of runs can I do here?
00:32:17.47\00:32:20.60
And I always try to make
it sound interesting for me,
00:32:20.70\00:32:23.97
because if it's
not interesting for me,
00:32:24.01\00:32:25.44
it won't be interesting
for the audience either.
00:32:25.47\00:32:28.71
And sometimes you
wake up and you didn't like
00:32:28.74\00:32:32.35
what you did
yesterday or the week before
00:32:32.38\00:32:33.98
and you have to change it.
00:32:34.02\00:32:35.35
And it's kind of
having that flexibility
00:32:35.38\00:32:37.45
that can help just
take your pride away.
00:32:37.55\00:32:40.22
You might have
worked on something
00:32:40.26\00:32:41.79
for an entire week,
00:32:41.82\00:32:43.16
but if something else
sounds better just move on,
00:32:43.19\00:32:46.19
and I try to do that.
00:32:46.23\00:32:47.86
Not always
works but I try. Sure.
00:32:47.86\00:32:50.00
Now you are a...
00:32:50.03\00:32:52.40
You're teaching right
now at a college, right?
00:32:52.43\00:32:56.64
Yes. Okay.
00:32:56.74\00:32:59.61
Where is this?
Lookout Mountain, Georgia.
00:32:59.64\00:33:01.48
Okay.
00:33:01.51\00:33:02.84
And the name of
the college is...
00:33:02.88\00:33:04.25
Covenant College.
00:33:04.28\00:33:05.61
Okay, great.
00:33:05.65\00:33:07.02
And so that's
located in North Georgia?
00:33:07.05\00:33:08.42
Northwest Georgia.
00:33:08.45\00:33:09.78
Yes. Okay.
00:33:09.82\00:33:11.15
And that's not
far from Collegedale,
00:33:11.19\00:33:12.89
so you still
live in Collegedale,
00:33:12.92\00:33:14.26
it's right across the border.
00:33:14.29\00:33:15.62
I live and commute.
00:33:15.66\00:33:17.03
Yes, about 45 minutes.
00:33:17.06\00:33:18.39
So what are you teaching?
00:33:18.43\00:33:19.86
I teach piano.
00:33:19.89\00:33:21.20
I'm the main piano
adjunct professor there.
00:33:21.23\00:33:24.13
So I have about
12 piano students
00:33:24.17\00:33:26.70
and I teach a
class piano pedagogy.
00:33:26.74\00:33:29.14
Okay.
00:33:29.17\00:33:30.57
And that's, how to teach piano?
00:33:30.61\00:33:31.97
How to teach piano.
00:33:32.01\00:33:33.34
So these students are learning
how to be piano teachers.
00:33:33.44\00:33:35.31
Yes, yes.
00:33:35.34\00:33:36.71
So do you have the opportunity
to teach any arranging
00:33:36.75\00:33:41.18
as far as how you
arrange, do you...
00:33:41.22\00:33:44.82
Well, there is a
chapter in the book.
00:33:44.85\00:33:47.82
I use the textbook I
use for piano pedagogy.
00:33:47.86\00:33:50.09
There is a chapter and
so we dedicate one class
00:33:50.13\00:33:52.96
just on arranging
and things like that,
00:33:52.99\00:33:56.16
but it's not what
most of the teachers do.
00:33:56.20\00:33:59.53
So that's not the main emphasis.
00:33:59.57\00:34:00.97
Okay. Okay. Well,
that's interesting.
00:34:01.00\00:34:02.64
Another thing
that you also do is,
00:34:02.67\00:34:05.11
you are a church pianist.
00:34:05.14\00:34:06.88
Would that be safe to say? Yes.
00:34:06.91\00:34:08.24
And that sounds
pretty outrageous.
00:34:08.28\00:34:09.61
I really enjoy doing that.
00:34:09.64\00:34:10.98
Well, that's dynamite.
00:34:11.01\00:34:12.51
And any church
would be blessed to have
00:34:12.55\00:34:15.22
your skill and your ability.
00:34:15.25\00:34:18.15
So let's listen to another song.
00:34:18.19\00:34:20.26
And is this song,
00:34:20.29\00:34:21.62
maybe something
that you would play
00:34:21.66\00:34:23.73
at a church offertory.
00:34:23.83\00:34:25.53
Sure, most of my arrangements
00:34:25.56\00:34:26.90
I've played for offertory.
00:34:27.00\00:34:28.30
Okay. Sweet.
00:34:28.33\00:34:29.66
I'm always excited. Yeah.
00:34:29.70\00:34:31.47
Well, we're
excited to hear this song.
00:34:31.50\00:34:33.10
"My Jesus I Love
Thee," Roy Treiyer.
00:34:33.13\00:34:35.50
That's awesome. I love that.
00:39:47.88\00:39:50.19
Okay, so we have
to tell the people
00:39:50.22\00:39:52.12
if you didn't notice
there were two people
00:39:52.15\00:39:53.56
sitting at the
piano, four hands,
00:39:53.59\00:39:55.29
an arrangement from Roy Treiyer.
00:39:55.32\00:39:57.83
You act like
you're third person.
00:39:57.86\00:40:00.00
But it's really, it was you.
00:40:00.03\00:40:01.36
So tell us who your partner
00:40:01.40\00:40:02.73
there on the piano bench was?
00:40:02.76\00:40:04.13
Oh, he's a friend of
mine living in Chicago,
00:40:04.17\00:40:06.10
Victor Moreno.
00:40:06.13\00:40:07.50
Okay.
00:40:07.54\00:40:08.87
And how, what's
the connection of you,
00:40:08.90\00:40:10.27
just a good friend?
00:40:10.31\00:40:11.64
Well, he was a very good
friend of my sister-in-law
00:40:11.67\00:40:14.74
when she lived in Chicago.
00:40:14.78\00:40:16.11
And when we came back to...
00:40:16.14\00:40:18.41
When I moved back to the
States with my wife now in 2012,
00:40:18.45\00:40:23.65
his church in Chicago,
00:40:23.69\00:40:25.02
he actually invited me
to give a piano concert.
00:40:25.05\00:40:27.52
So he was one of the
first to actually invite me
00:40:27.56\00:40:30.99
when we came back to
have a piano concert.
00:40:31.03\00:40:32.69
So I feel very
grateful for that.
00:40:32.73\00:40:34.83
Yeah, so I was
thrilled that Victor drove down
00:40:34.86\00:40:38.03
and spend some time just
and recorded I believe three.
00:40:38.07\00:40:41.87
Three of the four hand.
00:40:41.90\00:40:43.24
So a four hand
piano is like to me,
00:40:43.34\00:40:47.01
a three legged race,
you know, where you're,
00:40:47.04\00:40:49.31
I don't know if you ever
ran in a three legged race
00:40:49.34\00:40:51.21
where you've got, you
know, one of your legs
00:40:51.25\00:40:53.95
tied to one leg
of the other person
00:40:53.98\00:40:55.95
and your happened make it work
00:40:55.98\00:40:58.09
because you've got to be
on the same page literally,
00:40:58.12\00:41:01.29
not only on the music,
00:41:01.32\00:41:02.66
but in your mind and
in your same tempo and,
00:41:02.69\00:41:04.99
and so that's something
and especially if you don't,
00:41:05.03\00:41:08.60
you don't often play the piano
with Victor, do you mean...
00:41:08.63\00:41:12.20
No, no, I mean
00:41:12.23\00:41:13.60
we only rehearsed
yesterday a little bit.
00:41:13.64\00:41:15.57
Okay, so to me
it's a difficult thing.
00:41:15.60\00:41:20.04
When you're...
00:41:20.08\00:41:21.41
Maybe if you're on
two different pianos,
00:41:21.44\00:41:23.61
but to have that
person that close,
00:41:23.71\00:41:26.11
first of all,
you're in my space.
00:41:26.15\00:41:27.82
Sure.
00:41:27.85\00:41:29.18
And, you know, you can see him.
00:41:29.22\00:41:30.55
You saw him
earlier today, he's big.
00:41:30.65\00:41:31.99
Right, exactly.
00:41:32.02\00:41:33.36
And yesterday I was a little bit
00:41:33.39\00:41:34.72
too far to the right.
00:41:34.76\00:41:36.09
He said, "Just pushed me out."
00:41:36.12\00:41:37.46
Yeah, like, that's easy.
00:41:37.49\00:41:39.79
That's great,
though. I love that.
00:41:39.83\00:41:41.93
So you wrote this
originally for four hands?
00:41:41.96\00:41:45.10
Yes, so first I
made an arrangement
00:41:45.13\00:41:47.87
for piano solo,
00:41:47.90\00:41:49.24
but then I
adapted it for four hands
00:41:49.27\00:41:50.64
so that Victor
could play as well.
00:41:50.67\00:41:52.71
That is wonderful.
00:41:52.74\00:41:54.11
What a great gift you
have arranging and performing,
00:41:54.14\00:41:57.98
just as all around nice
guy, my goodness, that's great.
00:41:58.01\00:42:00.98
Praise God. Okay. Thanks.
00:42:01.02\00:42:02.35
So I wanted to see talk about...
00:42:02.38\00:42:07.79
Oh, I wanted to
mention that you have CDs,
00:42:07.82\00:42:10.73
you have two CDs right now.
00:42:10.76\00:42:14.10
The first was,
"Shine Jesus Shine."
00:42:14.20\00:42:16.50
And then one, your most recent,
00:42:16.53\00:42:19.27
more recent is a,
"Mighty Fortress is Our God."
00:42:19.30\00:42:23.57
And these are
just solo piano, right?
00:42:23.67\00:42:26.47
Solo piano. I do
have a third one.
00:42:26.51\00:42:28.38
It came out the
beginning of this year.
00:42:28.41\00:42:30.61
I forgot to bring that today.
00:42:30.71\00:42:32.15
Sorry, but it's not piano solo,
00:42:32.18\00:42:35.42
I accompany a
baritone friend from Argentina.
00:42:35.45\00:42:38.92
Okay. Diego Aravena.
00:42:38.95\00:42:40.72
And he also sings in English.
00:42:40.82\00:42:42.59
So we have both in
Spanish and English.
00:42:42.62\00:42:44.39
And again, most of them
00:42:44.43\00:42:46.76
I arranged the
hymns for him too.
00:42:46.80\00:42:48.73
Okay, so I believe I
saw him on a YouTube,
00:42:48.76\00:42:52.07
on your YouTube channel.
00:42:52.10\00:42:53.47
Yes.
00:42:53.50\00:42:54.84
There was a song of
you accompanying him.
00:42:54.87\00:42:56.20
Yes, or on the Facebook.
00:42:56.24\00:42:57.57
I can't remember,
but one of them, yes.
00:42:57.61\00:42:58.94
Yeah, but I
believe this was YouTube.
00:42:58.97\00:43:00.38
Okay.
00:43:00.41\00:43:01.74
But it's great and
wonderful, deep baritone voice.
00:43:01.78\00:43:05.65
That was him though.
00:43:05.68\00:43:07.02
Yes. Right, okay. It was him.
00:43:07.12\00:43:08.65
So that's wonderful.
00:43:08.68\00:43:10.59
So be sure and
go to, your website
00:43:10.62\00:43:14.29
to purchase those, right?
00:43:14.32\00:43:15.66
That's the best place to do that
00:43:15.69\00:43:17.03
unless they come to
your house in Collegedale.
00:43:17.13\00:43:18.66
Sure.
00:43:18.69\00:43:20.10
Or coming all across to
meet your class in college.
00:43:20.13\00:43:24.13
So you've got Facebook, YouTube.
00:43:24.17\00:43:28.07
Talk about your schedule.
00:43:28.10\00:43:29.44
What kind of a schedule
00:43:29.47\00:43:30.87
do you keep as far as traveling?
00:43:30.91\00:43:33.44
Do you do a lot of concerts?
00:43:33.48\00:43:35.14
Have you've been giving...
00:43:35.18\00:43:37.11
Well, concerts,
00:43:37.15\00:43:39.98
I gave on this past weekend here
00:43:40.02\00:43:41.58
this Sabbath here at the church,
00:43:41.62\00:43:44.42
Thompsonville,
00:43:44.45\00:43:45.79
but I hadn't given a
concert until, well, actually,
00:43:45.82\00:43:48.76
I kind of, I am forgetful.
00:43:48.79\00:43:50.93
I gave a
concert about a week ago
00:43:50.96\00:43:52.59
with a music
director? at a church I work at,
00:43:52.63\00:43:57.00
United Methodist Church.
00:43:57.03\00:43:58.37
He's a trumpet player,
so we gave a joint concert.
00:43:58.40\00:44:00.34
Okay.
00:44:00.37\00:44:01.70
And before that was
a classical concert,
00:44:01.74\00:44:03.07
but sacred solo concert.
00:44:03.10\00:44:05.01
I hadn't given that
since like September,
00:44:05.04\00:44:07.98
just the busy
scheduling in college
00:44:08.01\00:44:10.75
and teaching and family,
00:44:10.85\00:44:12.85
but I'm always open
00:44:12.88\00:44:14.22
whenever there's a
church that would be interested,
00:44:14.32\00:44:16.22
I make that time available.
00:44:16.25\00:44:17.79
I always love that.
00:44:17.82\00:44:19.15
So during summers,
00:44:19.19\00:44:20.56
or when I have a
week off from college,
00:44:20.59\00:44:22.29
spring break, or fall
break, I try to go places.
00:44:22.32\00:44:25.86
So some of the places I've gone
00:44:25.89\00:44:28.60
for the last two
years was one, Puerto Rico,
00:44:28.63\00:44:32.43
what, Tanzania was
the last one I've been to,
00:44:32.47\00:44:34.80
but that was
more for mission work
00:44:34.84\00:44:36.17
of teaching piano.
00:44:36.20\00:44:37.67
And they were amazing people.
00:44:37.71\00:44:40.24
That was a lot of fun.
00:44:40.28\00:44:42.08
I also went to Norway,
00:44:42.11\00:44:43.51
where Diego was
leaving at a time,
00:44:43.55\00:44:45.31
the baritone, so he invited me.
00:44:45.35\00:44:47.38
And then last year I
went to Portugal, Spain,
00:44:47.42\00:44:49.62
and Italy like
very quickly, just...
00:44:49.65\00:44:51.62
Wow! It was pretty fun.
00:44:51.65\00:44:53.52
How very neat.
00:44:53.56\00:44:54.89
And so you always relying
on a piano that's in tune...
00:44:54.92\00:44:58.39
Yes, which
isn't always the case,
00:44:58.43\00:45:00.53
but I think I'm
an easygoing person.
00:45:00.56\00:45:03.57
So I played on pianos
00:45:03.60\00:45:05.20
that haven't had
the ivory on the key.
00:45:05.23\00:45:07.14
Oh, wow, wow.
00:45:07.24\00:45:08.77
Anyway, we won't go there.
00:45:08.80\00:45:10.21
No, but that's awesome
that you can easily adapt,
00:45:10.24\00:45:12.51
and you have to, you're right,
00:45:12.54\00:45:13.98
unless you carry one
around in your back pocket,
00:45:14.01\00:45:16.01
which is a little
difficult to go through security
00:45:16.04\00:45:17.98
with a grand piano
in your back pocket.
00:45:18.01\00:45:20.22
It's a risk but
we have to adapt.
00:45:20.25\00:45:22.32
Right, you're exactly right.
00:45:22.35\00:45:23.89
Well, I want to.
00:45:23.99\00:45:25.32
I've got to hear
one more song and then,
00:45:25.35\00:45:28.36
we'll just finish up,
00:45:28.39\00:45:29.72
but I want to
hear "Tis So Sweet."
00:45:29.76\00:45:32.59
Hope you enjoy this.
00:45:32.63\00:45:34.56
Roy Treiyer,
00:49:26.73\00:49:28.03
"Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus.
00:49:28.06\00:49:30.27
Do you have a favorite composer?
00:49:30.37\00:49:32.90
You are busier.
00:49:32.93\00:49:35.20
Well, again,
00:49:35.24\00:49:38.11
sometimes I wish I
had more time to practice,
00:49:38.14\00:49:39.91
but every time I can
listen to music I try,
00:49:39.94\00:49:42.98
because as a musician
it's always good to stay tuned
00:49:43.01\00:49:46.51
to other artists' music,
00:49:46.55\00:49:48.25
and what's
going on in the world,
00:49:48.28\00:49:49.72
and not only back in the days
00:49:49.75\00:49:51.52
like Beethoven,
Chopin, and list,
00:49:51.55\00:49:53.02
but current artists too.
00:49:53.05\00:49:54.39
As a matter of fact it
might sound curious to you,
00:49:54.42\00:49:56.62
but I've listened
to you the past month.
00:49:56.73\00:49:58.89
Oh!
00:49:58.93\00:50:00.50
I thought I
recognize a song of mine
00:50:00.53\00:50:02.80
that you would slid in there
00:50:02.83\00:50:04.23
into our viewing verse.
00:50:04.27\00:50:05.60
This is my father's world
where you just sing and play,
00:50:05.63\00:50:06.97
when we were together.
00:50:07.00\00:50:08.34
That's fun.
00:50:08.37\00:50:09.70
But yeah, I think
00:50:09.74\00:50:11.07
every time I have the option
of listening to other music,
00:50:11.11\00:50:12.44
it's always good to get ideas
00:50:12.47\00:50:14.54
and see what's
going on out there.
00:50:14.58\00:50:16.91
Very cool.
00:50:16.95\00:50:18.28
Well, I think that's wonderful
00:50:18.31\00:50:19.65
and I'm flattered
that you've been listening,
00:50:19.68\00:50:21.08
because I certainly am
going to listen to you now
00:50:21.12\00:50:22.95
that I have your CDs
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and I'm going to
go to sleep with them
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and memorize your lyrics
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and your moves
and all those things.
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So I want to
quickly roll to the,
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to where people can contact you.
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Okay.
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To have you come
into their church.
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So let's watch and see
where they can contact you.
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Roy performs piano solo concerts
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in churches
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and also gives
talks and seminars
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on how to make music a
true worship experience.
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If you would like to invite
him to your church for a concert
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or if you would like to
obtain a copy of his CDs
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entitled, "Under the Same Sky."
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"A Mighty Fortress is Our God,"
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or his newest one
called, "Shine Jesus Shine."
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Please visit his
website RoyTreiyer.com,
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that's R-O-Y T-R-E-I-Y-E-R.com.
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You may also call him
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at 423-504-7549.
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That's area code 423-504-7549.
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