This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi List, I wanted to share with my fellow piano technicians, information about a = project that I have had the pleasure of being involved in recently.=20 For the past year, I have been working with the Japanese artist, = composer, pianist, Ryuichi Sakamoto. It's been quite an extraordinary = year for me. Two tours (US and European) and several recording projects = including the opportunity to accompany him to Brazil to record music by = the late Antonio Carlos Jobim. That recording took place at Jobim's home = and I was the first technician to have the opportunity to work on the = composer's piano since his death in 1994. (mid 80's Yamaha C-7. The = piano took quite an environmental beating in the last seven years but = that's another story! ) Sakamoto's latest project is a recording to benefit the worldwide = anti-landmine campaign. Perhaps many of you are familiar with this = worthwhile charity. The late Princess Diana Spencer did quite a lot to = make the cause known. Fortunately, the campaign is still quite active = and the need is greater than ever. If you have ever seen the footage of = the children and adults that have been killed and maimed by the = ordinance left behind after various worldwide conflicts, you would not = soon forget it. Landmines do not know peace. These explosives stay = hidden in the earth for decades after a truce is signed and 2000 = innocent people are killed or injured every day! We have just completed five days of recording in New York of a song that = Ryuichi composed to be released next month to coincide with a live = performance and satellite broadcast that will take place in Tokyo = shortly after the song's release. It is quite an ambitious project and = all proceeds raised from the CD and fundraising efforts will go directly = to actual landmine removal in places like Cambodia, Mozambique, Angola, = Bosnia-Herzogovina (sp?) et. al. All the artists and technicians = involved (that includes piano technicians!) have donated their time and = services to help make this effort as successful as possible. Please take a moment and click on one of the links below to familiarize = yourself with this truly worthwhile effort and if you find it in your = heart, make a donation. http://www.tbs.co.jp/zero/en/intro.html http://www.tbs.co.jp/zero/en/artist.html http://zero.tbs.co.jp/en/ Phil Romano Myrtle Beach, SC romanop@attglobal.net ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/85/fa/3a/30/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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