Raggin' Piano Boogie Daily Blog
Click here for the Raggin' Piano Boogie home pageJuly 29, 2025
Las Vegas, NevadaCreating relational musical exchanges off the truck and with a piano on the ground is not nearly as gratifying as on the truck. At first I was thinking that I'm just not used to it and adjustment to the change is all that is needed. But no, I am realizing there are many factors that do not make it as much fun for me. With a piano on the ground the exchanges are like piano lessons which I gave from age 15 to about 25. Did that, done that. I lost total interest just like I did with performing from the truck for the first 20 years. So anyway, the Traveling Piano works because for me the fun comes from people's trust and willingness to take part in a specifically unique situation totally out of their box. They climb onto what is like a stage, uplifted in the air on a higher level than I.
They become free and open up on the truck by themselves verses me sitting beside them or looking down on them from a standing position. Up on the truck they feel empowered and inspired for themselves in just being in the truck alone. It becomes their own experience. This is conducive to new thought, feelings and stimulation. They are unencumbered by any environment or myself or another person. Sometimes if needed for support, I stay with them in the experience but it is still their choice. The first part of the experience is coaching and the second part is when I let them fly on their own. All they hear from me is the counting down of 60 seconds. There is a magic that happens with the piano on the truck that cannot happen with a piano on the ground.