Comments for Stuart Estell

Comment on The Fallen website by Stuart Estell

Stuart Estell — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:09:13 +0000

Articulate as ever, David!

Comment on The Fallen website by dave simpson

dave simpson — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:08:11 +0000

fame at last eh Stu, you pretentious cock

Comment on A quick piano post by Scarlet -lizzieborden6

Scarlet -lizzieborden6 — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:10:28 +0000

Lovely!

Comment on A quick piano post by Elliot Smith

Elliot Smith — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:28:23 +0000

Thanks for posting these, Stuart: after reading your comments on Skempton, I was intrigued to hear it played. Very unusual, sounds deceptively simple, but creates an interesting atmosphere of tension (the way the chords seem to hang just slightly too long); though at the same time slightly melancholy and wistful. If only I had the patience to learn piano myself.

Comment on A black metal find by GoGadgetGo

GoGadgetGo — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:19:40 +0000

This is freakin’ awesome, although it does scare me!

Comment on The Ravel L.H. concerto and reflections on posture by James Rhodes

James Rhodes — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:29:06 +0000

Great piece Stu. I think posture is such a personal thing – if I were playing the lh concerto which is obviously so much longer than the etude I played I’d no doubt be moving my right hand all over the place from lap to side of piano to brow-mopping etc!
For me though it seems to really help having my right hand on the side to create a kind of fulcrum. I sit a little further to the right than I normally do and the only time having my right hand there gets in the way is if I’m playing in the top couple of octaves. Otherwise it seems to help strengthen my body and anchor my position. Who knows if I’d moved it I might have fallen off the edge of the piano…

Comment on New Poems by Stuart Estell

Stuart Estell — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:25:25 +0000

Thanks Steve – long time no see! I loved the Olson, but haven’t encountered him before. Will definitely read some – what do you recommend?

Comment on New Poems by steve norton

steve norton — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:47:47 +0000

hi stuart,

really like the poems! wistful but not deadly serious. & the typography totally supports the content, though i had to go find my glasses

do you know the poem These Days by Charles Olson? it’s a fave of mine; you can find it here:

http://www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/poets/olson.php

enjoy!

/steve

Comment on Download – Cuckoo’s Nest by Stuart Estell | Is there food?

Stuart Estell | Is there food? — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:11:24 +0000

[...] variety of tracks (both covers and Stuart’s original songs); a recent favourite of mine being Cuckoo’s Nest. Better still, the site’s RSS feed is now set up as a podcast, so if you subscribe you can [...]

Comment on Getting to grips with Carter, part 1 by Stuart Estell

Stuart Estell — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:27:46 +0000

Thanks for both your comments, Joe. Good to know that even Oppens isn’t superhuman enough to play Caténaires twice!

I did realise that the long chords in the first Diversion were in a steady pulse but hadn’t done the maths to know what that pulse was! Given that Carter is so fond of providing preambles to his own scores it’s rather a pity that he didn’t go into that level of detail with the Diversions’ foreword. I think I’m going to have to count it as written to work out the relationships and to get the hang of how it should sound, and then play it – rhythmically at least – by ear.