One of the things I love about living in a city is all the free events you can find if you just look!  Around Christmas, pianist John Schmidt was playing for free downtown (outside in the freezing cold!).  If you haven’t heard of John Schmidt, you should look him up.  His songs are full of energy- just lots of fun to listen to.  He’s also really fun to watch.  Sometimes he uses his head or elbows.  Waterfall is one of his most famous songs.  I was searching through my sheet music the other day and found a copy of Waterfall I didn’t know I had!  I’ve been having a lot of fun playing this piece.  Here is the only Youtube video I could find of John Schmidt playing this piece.  (There are plenty of other videos of other people playing it).  It’s horrible visual quality, but at least you can hear the song wonderfully.

And here is another song, All of Me where he uses his forearms. Fun to watch!

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