Rachel Flowers, Pianist / Organist / Synthesist (Part 1)

Rachel Flowers is a renowned pianist who has played / collboarated with some of the biggest artists in the world. In this first of two parts, we cover Rachel’s early years and development in music, and have some good laughs along the way as well. To listen / watch: * Audio-only: click on the play button in the audio player above, or: * Video: watch the embedded video below or check it and previous episodes out on our YouTube Channel Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):   Rachel’s first memories of music and playing Transitioning from Sonar to Logic and Reaper Admiration of Jacob Collier Rachel’s approach to composition Composing from dream content Rachel Flowers – Dawn Points Rachel Flowers – Time for the Prize Rachel Flowers – Love Today Hearing is Believing film trailer Admiration for Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and John Batiste’s work on Soul Rachel’s amazing associative abilities with food and music Rachel Flowers – Aloha Pt. 1 Discussion on different genres and mixing them together in composition Jeanie Flowers – Alone Discovery and love of the guitar A discussion on Frank Zappa Frank Zappa – The Torture Never Stops Playing with Dweezil Zappa Rachel playing Inca Roads live With Zappa Plays Zappa Rachel playing Montana live with Dweezil Zappa and Zappa Plays Zappa A discussion on playing Inca Roads Discovering Emerson, Lake and Palmer Deodato – Sprach Zarathustra Key links: Buy some keyboard related merchandise Drop us a line via the website, Facebook, Instagram, Threads,  Twitter , TikTok or LinkedIn Complete our listener survey to help us improve the show, it only takes 90 seconds. Support u...