William Ögmundson is an award winning and EMMY-nominated composer and lyricist and a classically trained solo pianist. He began performing at the age of five, has played in prestigious halls around the world, and has released six solo piano albums to date. His 2016 release, “Phoenix,” is a musical feast. This unique collection cannot be […]
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Fish Taco Friday: Bajo Sexto Taco
Last weekend I attended the CD Baby DIY Conference at the Omni Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. After a busy morning of workshops on Friday, I hit the taqueria tucked inside the hotel for lunch. I wasn’t super hungry, so I made a meal of just one Baja fish taco with a side of Mexican street […]
Album Review: Beautiful You by Matthew Mayer
Matthew Mayer started playing the piano at the age of twelve and self-published his first album when he was twenty. With eleven albums to his credit already, Mayer is also the owner and founder of the immensely popular SoloPiano.com platform and on August 31, 2018, he will release his twelfth album, “Beautiful You.” This captivating […]
Pam Asberry & Neil Patton LIVE in concert!
In less than two weeks, I will be performing with Neil Patton and our special guest Allie Heard at PianoWorks in Duluth, Georgia. Please join us for a delightful evening of solo piano and storytelling, as we share our original works for piano and the stories behind them in a performance full of humor, heart, […]
Album Review: Sunset Breeze by Lynn Yew Evers
Lynn Yew Evers’ latest release, Sunset Breeze, is a sumptuous blend of joy and sorrow, optimism and regret, exuberance and melancholy. Evers’ polish and artistry as a performer are the result of many years of classical training but her original compositions are both contemporary and accessible. A native of Malaysia, Evers began her musical adventures […]
Mission accomplished!
My long-anticipated week in Sedona was all that I hoped it would be, and more. Last Monday Pinky and I boarded a Southwest Airlines jet, flew from Atlanta to Phoenix, rented a car and drove to Sedona, and checked into the newly remodeled Arabella Hotel. On Tuesday, we joined a sightseeing group and hiked up […]
Fish Taco Friday: Javelina Cantina
I am writing this on Thursday evening, at the close of my first day of recording at Piano Haven Studios in Sedona, Arizona. Engineer and recording artist Joe Bongiorno and I worked four hours and recorded sixteen of the twenty-seven new original solo piano pieces/holiday arrangements I have composed in the past year. Tomorrow I […]
Album Review: Follow Your Heart by Eric Bikales
You name it; pianist Eric Bikales has done it. Following years of experience as a composer and performer in virtually every form and genre of music – as a studio musician, as a keyboard journeyman (traveling with likes of the Pointer Sisters, Keith Carradine, and Neil Sedaka), and as composer for popular and award-winning television […]
So much new!
By the time you read this blog post I will be on a Southwest Airlines jet headed to Phoenix, Arizona. From there I will rent a car and drive to Sedona, do a bit of sightseeing on Tuesday, celebrate my birthday (!) on Wednesday, and then head over to Piano Haven Studios for my next […]
Album Review: Time Not Forgotten by Rhonda Mackert
Solo pianist and composer Rhonda Mackert grew up in the mountains of Colorado. She started piano lessons at age eight, switched to flute at age twelve, and returned to the piano as an adult. Now a resident of Seattle, Washington, Rhonda’s music is straightforward, intensely personal and evocative and I am delighted to have the […]