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Patrick
@patrickfinkmusic.bsky.social
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Pianist and posting from the bench. Anti-AI, especially in creative spaces Philly
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Was visiting a friend today (they have kids) and noticed a copy of the Frozen 2 soundtrack on their record player. #PhysicalMedia #VinylRevolution #TakeThatSpotify
Thanksgiving (US) and the holiday season is just over a month from now. Maybe it's time to get your knives sharpened and/or consider upgrading your peeler, zester, poultry shears, oven mitts, etc. Let's cook tasty food for people we love and not hurt our hands!
I recommend the 1975 live album Flood if you're looking for more of that. Herbie Hancock is one of my all time favorites!
Managed to harvest and use most of my basil plant before the first frost. Please clap
Super low stakes opinion but I think these maps need to be recalibrated. They seem to declare peak color when around 1/3rd of the leaves are already on the ground. I think the green leaves still on the trees add to the colors.
I'm playing piano on a Halloween choir concert later this month and fingers crossed "Thriller" is on the program. Maybe even "Werewolf Bar mitzvah." I need to get a costume!
Gas powered leaf blowers are truly the worst. I'm with Cate Blanchett on this
Shout-out to the people that add photos of the pastry case to coffee shop reviews
Secured flu and covid shots today 💉💉
One of my classmates performed the York Bowen Toccata today in studio class. What a wild piece! It's such a treat to nerd out on piano repertoire for an hour each week
Three of seven piano students cancelled their lessons last min today. It feels too early in the academic year for that many cancellations :/ but extra practice time for me though
Like, what?? There's a Cosmic Wreath out there and I'm over here stressed about some dots and lines on a page.
New rule if a piece of music is marked "Celestially Light" then staring at pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope counts as practicing
I try to not stereotype but sometimes I find out the primary instrument for a composer, conductor, etc and I'm just like ok, that checks out.
We're reading Jack Viertel's book for musical history class in grad school and that's certainly one way to describe Frank Loesser's score for #GuysAndDolls #CornedBeef
My piano teacher compared playing to the bottom of the key to crispy New Haven style pizza the other day and I approve of this analogy. 🍕🎹👍
They both sound amazing and also the person that chose camera angles/edited the film *knows* this piece. If switches to her hands at just about every tricky spot for the piano

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Chopin Cello Sonata op 65 Yuja Wang piano, Gautier Capuçon cello
YouTube video by Mac McClure
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They forwarded a choir accompanying gig email to all of the pianists at grad school and the concert is the evening before juries. What impeccable timing!
I was supposed to be working on a short response paper about Oklahoma! for my musical theater history class but got distracted and listened to Ahmad Jamal "The Surrey with the Fringe" instead. That trio was cooking!
I accidentally caught my LH index finger while chopping chives six days ago and while 0/10 would not recommend I'm impressed with how quickly my brain re-fingers or drops notes. It's making me rethink "muscle memory." I've also learned that my piano teacher really values the use of fresh herbs 🔪🎹
If he were alive, I'm pretty sure Samuel Barber would want #SEPTA funded (niche post)
"Tornando" in music ≠ tornado #TIL what a goofy music direction 🌪️
First day on campus for the fall term and someone is practicing the Revolutionary Etude in the next studio 🙃
"The program will be announced on stage"? Lol