Joel Fan Music
@joelfanmusic.bsky.social
Billboard-Charting Virtuoso Solo Pianist & Recording Artist,
Musician In Concerts around the World
Artistic Director, http://CTW.nyc & Open Source Music Festival
http://Youtube.com/JoelFanPiano joelfanmusic.com
Musician In Concerts around the World
Artistic Director, http://CTW.nyc & Open Source Music Festival
http://Youtube.com/JoelFanPiano joelfanmusic.com
Telescopes across the world viewed a 7 hour cosmic explosion launching a narrow jet stream traveling at the speed of light.
It's the longest gamma-ray burst scientists have ever seen.
The beauty and danger of the universe . Unimaginable. Incomprehensible.
#weekend #universe
It's the longest gamma-ray burst scientists have ever seen.
The beauty and danger of the universe . Unimaginable. Incomprehensible.
#weekend #universe
December 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
You cannot play the piano well unless you are singing within you.
Music is not a hobby, not even a passion with me; music is me.
At every concert I leave a lot to the moment. I want to risk, to dare. I want to be surprised.
Artur Runstein RIP #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes #piano
Music is not a hobby, not even a passion with me; music is me.
At every concert I leave a lot to the moment. I want to risk, to dare. I want to be surprised.
Artur Runstein RIP #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes #piano
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You cannot play the piano well unless you are singing within you.
Music is not a hobby, not even a passion with me; music is me.
At every concert I leave a lot to the moment. I want to risk, to dare. I want to be surprised.
Artur Runstein RIP #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes #piano
Music is not a hobby, not even a passion with me; music is me.
At every concert I leave a lot to the moment. I want to risk, to dare. I want to be surprised.
Artur Runstein RIP #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes #piano
Instruments made by the Estonia Piano Factory have exquisitely rich tone, action as natural as breathing and instantaneous. They're being called the ‘singing piano’.
Their secret? Prime materials. Innovation. And non-tapered soundboard.
I need to try one.
#weekend #goodvibes
Their secret? Prime materials. Innovation. And non-tapered soundboard.
I need to try one.
#weekend #goodvibes
December 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Instruments made by the Estonia Piano Factory have exquisitely rich tone, action as natural as breathing and instantaneous. They're being called the ‘singing piano’.
Their secret? Prime materials. Innovation. And non-tapered soundboard.
I need to try one.
#weekend #goodvibes
Their secret? Prime materials. Innovation. And non-tapered soundboard.
I need to try one.
#weekend #goodvibes
Born #OTD, jazz great King Oliver was a mentor for Louis Armstrong.
"I think he’s one of the greatest that ever picked up a trumpet or cornet. He’ll be my idol. I never did try to over-blow Joe when I played with him.That’s the respect I had for him."
Amen.
#weekend #goodvibes
"I think he’s one of the greatest that ever picked up a trumpet or cornet. He’ll be my idol. I never did try to over-blow Joe when I played with him.That’s the respect I had for him."
Amen.
#weekend #goodvibes
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Born #OTD, jazz great King Oliver was a mentor for Louis Armstrong.
"I think he’s one of the greatest that ever picked up a trumpet or cornet. He’ll be my idol. I never did try to over-blow Joe when I played with him.That’s the respect I had for him."
Amen.
#weekend #goodvibes
"I think he’s one of the greatest that ever picked up a trumpet or cornet. He’ll be my idol. I never did try to over-blow Joe when I played with him.That’s the respect I had for him."
Amen.
#weekend #goodvibes
The saga of the San Antonio Phil continues. After eviction from their concert hall, they’ll be playing outdoor holiday concerts at Sea World.
Patrons will get a free pass with their concert TKT.
Troubles keep finding them, but they refuse to go.
Bravo!
#thursday #goodvibes
Patrons will get a free pass with their concert TKT.
Troubles keep finding them, but they refuse to go.
Bravo!
#thursday #goodvibes
December 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The saga of the San Antonio Phil continues. After eviction from their concert hall, they’ll be playing outdoor holiday concerts at Sea World.
Patrons will get a free pass with their concert TKT.
Troubles keep finding them, but they refuse to go.
Bravo!
#thursday #goodvibes
Patrons will get a free pass with their concert TKT.
Troubles keep finding them, but they refuse to go.
Bravo!
#thursday #goodvibes
The premiere of the Nutcracker #OTD wasn't a success. Critics said Tchaikovsky’s score "astonishingly rich” but the ballet “Quite amateurish”, "completely insipid".
So how'd it become so popular it generates 40% of US ballet companies TKT revenue?
#thursday #goodvibes #ballet
So how'd it become so popular it generates 40% of US ballet companies TKT revenue?
#thursday #goodvibes #ballet
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The premiere of the Nutcracker #OTD wasn't a success. Critics said Tchaikovsky’s score "astonishingly rich” but the ballet “Quite amateurish”, "completely insipid".
So how'd it become so popular it generates 40% of US ballet companies TKT revenue?
#thursday #goodvibes #ballet
So how'd it become so popular it generates 40% of US ballet companies TKT revenue?
#thursday #goodvibes #ballet
The League of American Orchestras has partnered with RIOS, a 60 orchestra network from North, Central and South America, and Iberian Peninsula.
A great collaboration! Sharing ideas and resources to promote and sustain symphonic music?
I'm all in. Bravo.
#wednesday #goodvibes
A great collaboration! Sharing ideas and resources to promote and sustain symphonic music?
I'm all in. Bravo.
#wednesday #goodvibes
December 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The League of American Orchestras has partnered with RIOS, a 60 orchestra network from North, Central and South America, and Iberian Peninsula.
A great collaboration! Sharing ideas and resources to promote and sustain symphonic music?
I'm all in. Bravo.
#wednesday #goodvibes
A great collaboration! Sharing ideas and resources to promote and sustain symphonic music?
I'm all in. Bravo.
#wednesday #goodvibes
December 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Idagio was just saved from bankruptcy by Asian investors.
Now Symphony.live, a great classical and orchestral streamer has been acquired by Acoustics Space, a South Korean company with expertise in acoustic and audiovisual engineering.
Tune in!
#goodvibes #goodmusic
Now Symphony.live, a great classical and orchestral streamer has been acquired by Acoustics Space, a South Korean company with expertise in acoustic and audiovisual engineering.
Tune in!
#goodvibes #goodmusic
December 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Idagio was just saved from bankruptcy by Asian investors.
Now Symphony.live, a great classical and orchestral streamer has been acquired by Acoustics Space, a South Korean company with expertise in acoustic and audiovisual engineering.
Tune in!
#goodvibes #goodmusic
Now Symphony.live, a great classical and orchestral streamer has been acquired by Acoustics Space, a South Korean company with expertise in acoustic and audiovisual engineering.
Tune in!
#goodvibes #goodmusic
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life.
I only live in my music. Tones sound and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
What I am, I am by myself.There is only one Beethoven.
Ludwig van Beethoven born #OTD.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
I only live in my music. Tones sound and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
What I am, I am by myself.There is only one Beethoven.
Ludwig van Beethoven born #OTD.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
December 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life.
I only live in my music. Tones sound and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
What I am, I am by myself.There is only one Beethoven.
Ludwig van Beethoven born #OTD.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
I only live in my music. Tones sound and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
What I am, I am by myself.There is only one Beethoven.
Ludwig van Beethoven born #OTD.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
The world has 2,919 billionaires. 924 of them live in the USA. Their combined wealth of $15.8 trillion grew 13% last year.
Earth has never had so many billionaires. Their biggest worry? Inflation, tariffs, and geopolitics. How about you?
What. Me worry?
#mondays #goodvibes
Earth has never had so many billionaires. Their biggest worry? Inflation, tariffs, and geopolitics. How about you?
What. Me worry?
#mondays #goodvibes
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The world has 2,919 billionaires. 924 of them live in the USA. Their combined wealth of $15.8 trillion grew 13% last year.
Earth has never had so many billionaires. Their biggest worry? Inflation, tariffs, and geopolitics. How about you?
What. Me worry?
#mondays #goodvibes
Earth has never had so many billionaires. Their biggest worry? Inflation, tariffs, and geopolitics. How about you?
What. Me worry?
#mondays #goodvibes
I haven't a great Jazz band and I don't want one. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight.
It ought to have a personality, a sound all its own, a rich and full melody, arranged and well played.
Glenn Miller RIP #OTD.
#mondays #goodvibes
It ought to have a personality, a sound all its own, a rich and full melody, arranged and well played.
Glenn Miller RIP #OTD.
#mondays #goodvibes
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I haven't a great Jazz band and I don't want one. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight.
It ought to have a personality, a sound all its own, a rich and full melody, arranged and well played.
Glenn Miller RIP #OTD.
#mondays #goodvibes
It ought to have a personality, a sound all its own, a rich and full melody, arranged and well played.
Glenn Miller RIP #OTD.
#mondays #goodvibes
Happy Birthday Evan Ziporyn! The composer/clarinetist of genre-defying, cross-cultural works and performances is also MIT's Dir.
Listen to his and Christine Southworth reimagination of a Van Halen's tune. For solo piano?
Amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcmAM8y_Xw
#weekend #goodmusic
Listen to his and Christine Southworth reimagination of a Van Halen's tune. For solo piano?
Amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcmAM8y_Xw
#weekend #goodmusic
December 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Happy Birthday Evan Ziporyn! The composer/clarinetist of genre-defying, cross-cultural works and performances is also MIT's Dir.
Listen to his and Christine Southworth reimagination of a Van Halen's tune. For solo piano?
Amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcmAM8y_Xw
#weekend #goodmusic
Listen to his and Christine Southworth reimagination of a Van Halen's tune. For solo piano?
Amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfcmAM8y_Xw
#weekend #goodmusic
WARNING: Musicians take control of your work.Before AI’s corporate partners do.
Warner and Universal partnered with AI platforms Udio and Suno. Anyone can now use their signed artists work to make or manipulate their own music.
Stay tuned.
#weekend #technology
Warner and Universal partnered with AI platforms Udio and Suno. Anyone can now use their signed artists work to make or manipulate their own music.
Stay tuned.
#weekend #technology
December 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
WARNING: Musicians take control of your work.Before AI’s corporate partners do.
Warner and Universal partnered with AI platforms Udio and Suno. Anyone can now use their signed artists work to make or manipulate their own music.
Stay tuned.
#weekend #technology
Warner and Universal partnered with AI platforms Udio and Suno. Anyone can now use their signed artists work to make or manipulate their own music.
Stay tuned.
#weekend #technology
Fred Child hosted Performance Today for 25yrs.Now he's Prez and CEO at All Classical Radio in Portland OR.
He featured me playing Gershwin with the Lviv Phil in Ukraine!
https://joelfanmusic.com/joel-fan-featured-on-performance-today-americas-popular-classical-music-show/
#weekend #goodmusic
He featured me playing Gershwin with the Lviv Phil in Ukraine!
https://joelfanmusic.com/joel-fan-featured-on-performance-today-americas-popular-classical-music-show/
#weekend #goodmusic
December 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Fred Child hosted Performance Today for 25yrs.Now he's Prez and CEO at All Classical Radio in Portland OR.
He featured me playing Gershwin with the Lviv Phil in Ukraine!
https://joelfanmusic.com/joel-fan-featured-on-performance-today-americas-popular-classical-music-show/
#weekend #goodmusic
He featured me playing Gershwin with the Lviv Phil in Ukraine!
https://joelfanmusic.com/joel-fan-featured-on-performance-today-americas-popular-classical-music-show/
#weekend #goodmusic
Beethoven had his 1st lesson from Hadyn #OTD, but quickly became dissatisfied.
Hadyn was so busy that the 22yo secretly took lessons with other teachers.
He gained success a performer and improviser and would say "I never learned anything from Haydn."
#weekend #goodvibes
Hadyn was so busy that the 22yo secretly took lessons with other teachers.
He gained success a performer and improviser and would say "I never learned anything from Haydn."
#weekend #goodvibes
December 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Beethoven had his 1st lesson from Hadyn #OTD, but quickly became dissatisfied.
Hadyn was so busy that the 22yo secretly took lessons with other teachers.
He gained success a performer and improviser and would say "I never learned anything from Haydn."
#weekend #goodvibes
Hadyn was so busy that the 22yo secretly took lessons with other teachers.
He gained success a performer and improviser and would say "I never learned anything from Haydn."
#weekend #goodvibes
You only live once, and the way I live, once is enough.
In my career, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Frank Sinatra born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
In my career, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Frank Sinatra born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You only live once, and the way I live, once is enough.
In my career, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Frank Sinatra born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
In my career, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing. When I sing, I believe. I'm honest.
May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.
Frank Sinatra born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
I try to play what comes naturally at the moment and let it happen.
To me living and music are all the same thing. I play what I live. I just play as I feel.
I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself.
McCoy Tyner born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes #piano
To me living and music are all the same thing. I play what I live. I just play as I feel.
I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself.
McCoy Tyner born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes #piano
December 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I try to play what comes naturally at the moment and let it happen.
To me living and music are all the same thing. I play what I live. I just play as I feel.
I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself.
McCoy Tyner born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes #piano
To me living and music are all the same thing. I play what I live. I just play as I feel.
I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself.
McCoy Tyner born #OTD.
#thursday #goodvibes #piano
December 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When Frank Gehry passed away, Music lost its architect.
His are “spaces where music can be made and re-imagined”. Vibrant, progressive and praised for their acoustics.
Left undone? New plans for Disney Hall. A 1000 seat Colburn Center. Abu Dhabi's Opera House.
#wednesday #art
His are “spaces where music can be made and re-imagined”. Vibrant, progressive and praised for their acoustics.
Left undone? New plans for Disney Hall. A 1000 seat Colburn Center. Abu Dhabi's Opera House.
#wednesday #art
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
When Frank Gehry passed away, Music lost its architect.
His are “spaces where music can be made and re-imagined”. Vibrant, progressive and praised for their acoustics.
Left undone? New plans for Disney Hall. A 1000 seat Colburn Center. Abu Dhabi's Opera House.
#wednesday #art
His are “spaces where music can be made and re-imagined”. Vibrant, progressive and praised for their acoustics.
Left undone? New plans for Disney Hall. A 1000 seat Colburn Center. Abu Dhabi's Opera House.
#wednesday #art
Music is a prayer, a conversation with the divine.
The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood.
Birds are the first and the greatest performers.
Olivier Messian born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood.
Birds are the first and the greatest performers.
Olivier Messian born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Music is a prayer, a conversation with the divine.
The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood.
Birds are the first and the greatest performers.
Olivier Messian born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
The human being is flesh and consciousness, body and soul; No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood.
Birds are the first and the greatest performers.
Olivier Messian born #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
Spotify’s stock has soared 40% this year. So they decided to raise prices in the USA next year.
Each top pop artist brings them over 100mil streams every month. That’s 10x more than any classical or jazz artist. But are any of them paid fairly?
NO.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #usa
Each top pop artist brings them over 100mil streams every month. That’s 10x more than any classical or jazz artist. But are any of them paid fairly?
NO.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #usa
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Spotify’s stock has soared 40% this year. So they decided to raise prices in the USA next year.
Each top pop artist brings them over 100mil streams every month. That’s 10x more than any classical or jazz artist. But are any of them paid fairly?
NO.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #usa
Each top pop artist brings them over 100mil streams every month. That’s 10x more than any classical or jazz artist. But are any of them paid fairly?
NO.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #usa
John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme #OTD, his groundbreaking jazz suite.
More than just music, it’s his declaration of faith. His prayer exploring spirituality, improvisation and chaos reflecting cultural resonance in our time.
A masterpiece.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #jazz
More than just music, it’s his declaration of faith. His prayer exploring spirituality, improvisation and chaos reflecting cultural resonance in our time.
A masterpiece.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #jazz
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme #OTD, his groundbreaking jazz suite.
More than just music, it’s his declaration of faith. His prayer exploring spirituality, improvisation and chaos reflecting cultural resonance in our time.
A masterpiece.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #jazz
More than just music, it’s his declaration of faith. His prayer exploring spirituality, improvisation and chaos reflecting cultural resonance in our time.
A masterpiece.
#goodvibes #goodmusic #jazz
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM