pianos

Troy Neihardt from Chicago sits down with Steve in a New York City Hotel room to discuss Howl at the Moon Singapore, the merits of playing the accordian as a kid, and the history of dueling pianos.  

Steve sits down with singer-songwriter Rebecca Muir from Nova Scotia to talk about Berklee, gigging around New York, and the merits of rapping like Nicki Minaj in a wedding band.  

Paul sits down with Tony B between gigs in Iowa to discuss songwriting, playing covers, and extended vacations in the friend zone.  Check it out!  

Paul met up with Papi and Jimmy C at the second floor of their new pub in downtown Denver, The Kraine Station.  For those of you who don't know these two jabronis, strap on your safety belt for the ride, as Papi and Jimmy hold court on the dueling piano business, what it's like to run a restaurant, and how to find the right chemistry onstage.  For those of you who DO know these two raisin cakes, this interview is exactly what you want it to be.

www.krainestation.com

Cruise ships, Berklee, and the life of a working musician today.  Christian Colabelli of Boy Meets Machine sits down to talk shop and impersonate various guitar teachers from a certain music school in Boston.  

Introducing a new member to the Piano Barbarians squad... Jarret Izzo sits down with Matt Nichols of Howl Boston to discuss friendemies, the life of a freelance dueler, and how it feels to be a house player at one of the country's busiest dueling piano bars.  Enjoy!  

Pour the wine, light the fire, because Chris Hatfield is about to make sweet sweet love to your ears.  Steve had a chance to sit down with Chris at his house in Nashville to talk about everything from getting punched in the nuts at 6am to spending your days off working on finishing a record.  

To behold Dave Hawke onstage is the equivalent of cracking your eyes when the Ark of The Covenant is opened .  And then super-natural spirits rip into the most blistering rendition of "Wanted: Dead or Alive" you've ever witnessed.  Grandiose comparisons aside, make sure you hang in there with this episode past the bits on boob-flashing and Uranus for some brilliant words from Dave Hawke, a performer in his own class.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a bad-ass session musician in LA? You have? Well, affix your earholes to this podcast, as Travis Von Cartier holds court on life as an LA musician, and the differences between NoCal audiences and SoCal audiences. Follow Travis on twitter: @tvoncartier...Also, Paul makes a blatant at controversy. Did he succeed? Were you “WHA?” or “meh..”

What’s the impetus to start dressing up like Elton John? Are iPads just fancy frisbees? Can you tell how much fun the audience is having by the sweat on the walls? These and other questions are explored by Steve Savage and Bill Connors, a dueling piano player and EJ impersonator.
www.eltonimpersonator.com

Steph & Ashley are partners in owning and running That Bar Danville, a piano-club in Danville, CA. When not mesmerized by their beauty and charms, Paul was able to ask them semi-intelligent questions about running a piano-bar business.
www.thatbardanville.com

Steve and Jacob sat down in New Haven to discuss the proper way to harass somebody in a wheelchair. Also, have you ever been accused of looking like Condoleeza Rice? Listen up. Plus, the merits of actually playing a banjo during Dueling Banjos.

Steve and Jarret caught up in Boston to talk about the east coast dueling piano scene and performance philosophies. What’s more important: feel or accuracy? Timing or energy? A keytar or a pile of fertilizer?

Eric is among the most talented young men in Denver. He sings well, he plays well, and he is so totally cool about it...about, you know, being so good at everything.

Please welcome to the stage, Hannah Kendle! Steve and Hannah met up in Dallas to contrast the dynamics of a team-environment vs. life on the circuit. Also, guess Hannah’s LEAST favorite song to play on the fiddle, and then request it anyway.

Jon Sherman is a kingpin of Colorado dueling pianos. A master improviser and show-man, Paul and Jon sat down in Denver to cover topics ranging from bachelorette parties to compressed air blasts. WARNING: Adult thematic content.

We sat down with Jen at her current gig playing solo at Soprano’s piano bar in the island of St. Maarten. We are proud to present the Caribbean Queen of Piano Entertainment.

www.jenporter.com

The debut episode is here! Paul & Steve tackle deep topics such as life, love, and getting groped onstage while playing piano.