by Fraser | Apr 10, 2020 | Composition, Fraser Gartshore, Improvisation, Music, Organs, YouTube Videos
Organists are funny creatures. They have an unexplainable love of an instrument, actually a machine, that lurks in cold buildings and has the power to both intimidate and impress listeners. And there we have it – power – organists love power. Even the...
by Fraser | Mar 31, 2020 | Composition, Fraser Gartshore, Music, YouTube Videos
In the good old days when I was a student at Edinburgh Uni – we’re talking the early 90s – the world of recording was getting used to the idea of digital. This new way of converting sound into bits and bytes was going to revolutionize the audio...
by Fraser | Mar 19, 2020 | Blues, Fraser Gartshore, Music, YouTube Videos
As the world closes its doors to recover from viral disturbances, I have decided to use the time to add to my online outpourings and delve deeper into the world of popular music and its history, beginnings and developments throughout the 20th century, in the vain hope...
by Fraser | Mar 13, 2020 | Bach, Fraser Gartshore, Music, Organs, YouTube Videos
After a break of a month or so, it’s time to get back to learning the Passacaglia for organ. This time, we’re looking at variations three and four, very different in style to the two first, very similar, variations. These variations are again similar...
by Fraser | Mar 6, 2020 | Composition, Fraser Gartshore, Music, Organs
My my… In my 30 years of working with recording studios, producers, labels and production companies I have never experienced anything quite as crazy as this CD production. Actually, that’s not fair. The recording process was simple enough and trouble-free....
by Fraser | Feb 29, 2020 | Fraser Gartshore, Music, Organs, YouTube Videos
Back in summer 2019, I was asked why there was no Facebook-like forum for the organ world out there. Good question. The organ world is a complicated one. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think there’s any other musical instrument out there that...