Joel Fan Music
@joelfanmusic.bsky.social
Billboard-Charting Virtuoso Solo Pianist & Recording Artist,
Musician In Concerts around the World
Artistic Director, http://CTW.nyc & Open Source Music Festival
http://Youtube.com/JoelFanPiano joelfanmusic.com
Musician In Concerts around the World
Artistic Director, http://CTW.nyc & Open Source Music Festival
http://Youtube.com/JoelFanPiano joelfanmusic.com
It’s official. Alice Sara Ott’s recording of John Fields Complete Nocturnes is the Apple Music Classical album of the year. The most clicked and top seller of ’25.
It's a global popularity test. But who's John Fields?
Someone that Chopin discovered.
#wednesday #goodvibes
It's a global popularity test. But who's John Fields?
Someone that Chopin discovered.
#wednesday #goodvibes
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s official. Alice Sara Ott’s recording of John Fields Complete Nocturnes is the Apple Music Classical album of the year. The most clicked and top seller of ’25.
It's a global popularity test. But who's John Fields?
Someone that Chopin discovered.
#wednesday #goodvibes
It's a global popularity test. But who's John Fields?
Someone that Chopin discovered.
#wednesday #goodvibes
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
More bad news at Trump’s KenCen?
A senator accuses its chief, Richard Grenell of looting it out of millions in lost revenue, luxury spending, and preferential treatment for Trump allies.
Grenell denies it’s a swamp for cronyism and corruption.
Stay tuned.
#usa #goodvibes
A senator accuses its chief, Richard Grenell of looting it out of millions in lost revenue, luxury spending, and preferential treatment for Trump allies.
Grenell denies it’s a swamp for cronyism and corruption.
Stay tuned.
#usa #goodvibes
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
More bad news at Trump’s KenCen?
A senator accuses its chief, Richard Grenell of looting it out of millions in lost revenue, luxury spending, and preferential treatment for Trump allies.
Grenell denies it’s a swamp for cronyism and corruption.
Stay tuned.
#usa #goodvibes
A senator accuses its chief, Richard Grenell of looting it out of millions in lost revenue, luxury spending, and preferential treatment for Trump allies.
Grenell denies it’s a swamp for cronyism and corruption.
Stay tuned.
#usa #goodvibes
I was overlooked long before anyone knew who I was.
I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.
Take 5? It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.
Paul Desmond born #OTD.
#goodmusic #goodvibes
I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.
Take 5? It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.
Paul Desmond born #OTD.
#goodmusic #goodvibes
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I was overlooked long before anyone knew who I was.
I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.
Take 5? It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.
Paul Desmond born #OTD.
#goodmusic #goodvibes
I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.
Take 5? It was never supposed to be a hit. It was supposed to be a Joe Morello drum solo.
Paul Desmond born #OTD.
#goodmusic #goodvibes
Pianist Shani Diluka's record ‘Renaissance’ visits the music of that era with a modern instrument and modern mindset.
And it’s streamed right into Apple Classical's Top 10.
Hear the new intimacy she brings to Dowland, Palestina, Frescobaldi and Monteverdi.
#mondays #goodvibes
And it’s streamed right into Apple Classical's Top 10.
Hear the new intimacy she brings to Dowland, Palestina, Frescobaldi and Monteverdi.
#mondays #goodvibes
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Pianist Shani Diluka's record ‘Renaissance’ visits the music of that era with a modern instrument and modern mindset.
And it’s streamed right into Apple Classical's Top 10.
Hear the new intimacy she brings to Dowland, Palestina, Frescobaldi and Monteverdi.
#mondays #goodvibes
And it’s streamed right into Apple Classical's Top 10.
Hear the new intimacy she brings to Dowland, Palestina, Frescobaldi and Monteverdi.
#mondays #goodvibes
Born #OTD Scott Joplin was a serious composer melding Afro-American music with European romanticism in his 44 original piano rags, a ragtime ballet, and 2 operas.
"Ragtime is an invention that is here to stay."
Here’s my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY-MH1EYjpg
#mondays #goodmusic
"Ragtime is an invention that is here to stay."
Here’s my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY-MH1EYjpg
#mondays #goodmusic
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Born #OTD Scott Joplin was a serious composer melding Afro-American music with European romanticism in his 44 original piano rags, a ragtime ballet, and 2 operas.
"Ragtime is an invention that is here to stay."
Here’s my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY-MH1EYjpg
#mondays #goodmusic
"Ragtime is an invention that is here to stay."
Here’s my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY-MH1EYjpg
#mondays #goodmusic
Another famous Ravel melody is the 2nd movement of Piano Concerto in G.
The tranquil, serene, hypnotic melody is amazing.Unlike any other.
"That flowing phrase! How I worked over it bar by bar! It nearly killed me!"
https://youtu.be/t6Z49KTZ68k?si=765GHambrbfi-uSP
#weekend #goodmusic
The tranquil, serene, hypnotic melody is amazing.Unlike any other.
"That flowing phrase! How I worked over it bar by bar! It nearly killed me!"
https://youtu.be/t6Z49KTZ68k?si=765GHambrbfi-uSP
#weekend #goodmusic
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Another famous Ravel melody is the 2nd movement of Piano Concerto in G.
The tranquil, serene, hypnotic melody is amazing.Unlike any other.
"That flowing phrase! How I worked over it bar by bar! It nearly killed me!"
https://youtu.be/t6Z49KTZ68k?si=765GHambrbfi-uSP
#weekend #goodmusic
The tranquil, serene, hypnotic melody is amazing.Unlike any other.
"That flowing phrase! How I worked over it bar by bar! It nearly killed me!"
https://youtu.be/t6Z49KTZ68k?si=765GHambrbfi-uSP
#weekend #goodmusic
When Ravel premiered Bolero #OTD audiences cheered loudly.But not him.
“I’ve written only one masterpiece – Boléro. Unfortunately there’s no music in it.”
Read the story of Ravel’s most famous and beloved piece. It's fascinating.
https://joelfanmusic.com/maurice-ravel/
#weekend #goodvibes
“I’ve written only one masterpiece – Boléro. Unfortunately there’s no music in it.”
Read the story of Ravel’s most famous and beloved piece. It's fascinating.
https://joelfanmusic.com/maurice-ravel/
#weekend #goodvibes
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When Ravel premiered Bolero #OTD audiences cheered loudly.But not him.
“I’ve written only one masterpiece – Boléro. Unfortunately there’s no music in it.”
Read the story of Ravel’s most famous and beloved piece. It's fascinating.
https://joelfanmusic.com/maurice-ravel/
#weekend #goodvibes
“I’ve written only one masterpiece – Boléro. Unfortunately there’s no music in it.”
Read the story of Ravel’s most famous and beloved piece. It's fascinating.
https://joelfanmusic.com/maurice-ravel/
#weekend #goodvibes
The Glasgow street artist Smug amazes me. Cities are his canvas.
He renders his meticulously detailed photorealistic graffiti in a unique and mesmerizing style entirely freehand with spray paint.
His work is all over the UK, Europe and Australia.
#artwork #thursday #artist
He renders his meticulously detailed photorealistic graffiti in a unique and mesmerizing style entirely freehand with spray paint.
His work is all over the UK, Europe and Australia.
#artwork #thursday #artist
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Music should always be an adventure. If you don't make mistakes you aren't really trying.
I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play.
There's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else.
Jazz great Coleman Hawkins born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play.
There's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else.
Jazz great Coleman Hawkins born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Music should always be an adventure. If you don't make mistakes you aren't really trying.
I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play.
There's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else.
Jazz great Coleman Hawkins born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
I don't think about music as being new or modern. I just play.
There's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else.
Jazz great Coleman Hawkins born #OTD.
#weekend #goodvibes
Monica Holt worked at the KenCen 16yrs and VP of Artistic Planning until Trump took over.The Des Moines Performing Arts just made her their Pres and CEO.
Think her ability to foster collaboration, innovation and community connections will serve them well?
#thursday #goodvibes
Think her ability to foster collaboration, innovation and community connections will serve them well?
#thursday #goodvibes
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Monica Holt worked at the KenCen 16yrs and VP of Artistic Planning until Trump took over.The Des Moines Performing Arts just made her their Pres and CEO.
Think her ability to foster collaboration, innovation and community connections will serve them well?
#thursday #goodvibes
Think her ability to foster collaboration, innovation and community connections will serve them well?
#thursday #goodvibes
Two rediscovered organ works Bach wrote 320yrs ago were performed for the 1st time on Monday.
The scores, originally found in ’92, weren’t in his handwriting. Now research proves one of his pupils copied them. Want to hear them?
https://youtu.be/0X1xnYrP3Eo
#thursday #goodmusic
The scores, originally found in ’92, weren’t in his handwriting. Now research proves one of his pupils copied them. Want to hear them?
https://youtu.be/0X1xnYrP3Eo
#thursday #goodmusic
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Two rediscovered organ works Bach wrote 320yrs ago were performed for the 1st time on Monday.
The scores, originally found in ’92, weren’t in his handwriting. Now research proves one of his pupils copied them. Want to hear them?
https://youtu.be/0X1xnYrP3Eo
#thursday #goodmusic
The scores, originally found in ’92, weren’t in his handwriting. Now research proves one of his pupils copied them. Want to hear them?
https://youtu.be/0X1xnYrP3Eo
#thursday #goodmusic
I am composing like a god, My compositions spring from my sorrows.
When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. When I wished to sing of sorrow it was transformed for me into love.
There is no such thing as happy music.
Franz Schubert RIP #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. When I wished to sing of sorrow it was transformed for me into love.
There is no such thing as happy music.
Franz Schubert RIP #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I am composing like a god, My compositions spring from my sorrows.
When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. When I wished to sing of sorrow it was transformed for me into love.
There is no such thing as happy music.
Franz Schubert RIP #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. When I wished to sing of sorrow it was transformed for me into love.
There is no such thing as happy music.
Franz Schubert RIP #OTD.
#wednesday #goodvibes
The Sarasota Orchestra's new $450mil music center will inspire future generations with live music.
Imagine perfect acoustics making music alive all around you. A concert experience to hear, feel, and fully experience in a natural setting.
I'm impressed.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
Imagine perfect acoustics making music alive all around you. A concert experience to hear, feel, and fully experience in a natural setting.
I'm impressed.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The Sarasota Orchestra's new $450mil music center will inspire future generations with live music.
Imagine perfect acoustics making music alive all around you. A concert experience to hear, feel, and fully experience in a natural setting.
I'm impressed.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
Imagine perfect acoustics making music alive all around you. A concert experience to hear, feel, and fully experience in a natural setting.
I'm impressed.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
The Solar System is racing through space far faster than expected. And this amateur space aficionado has plenty of questions.
Did anyone know it's even moving? Where it's going? When it'll get there?
Buckle up. Maybe we should just enjoy the journey.
#universe #sciencejokes
Did anyone know it's even moving? Where it's going? When it'll get there?
Buckle up. Maybe we should just enjoy the journey.
#universe #sciencejokes
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Solar System is racing through space far faster than expected. And this amateur space aficionado has plenty of questions.
Did anyone know it's even moving? Where it's going? When it'll get there?
Buckle up. Maybe we should just enjoy the journey.
#universe #sciencejokes
Did anyone know it's even moving? Where it's going? When it'll get there?
Buckle up. Maybe we should just enjoy the journey.
#universe #sciencejokes
Streamers are all about the piano this week celebrating French music with Tiffany Poon’s Nature at #1.
A DJ spinning a Classical Piano DJ Mix, a guitar duo playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Sleep and Lang Lang’s Piano Book 2.
So. What's on your playlist?
#mondays #goodvibes
A DJ spinning a Classical Piano DJ Mix, a guitar duo playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Sleep and Lang Lang’s Piano Book 2.
So. What's on your playlist?
#mondays #goodvibes
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Streamers are all about the piano this week celebrating French music with Tiffany Poon’s Nature at #1.
A DJ spinning a Classical Piano DJ Mix, a guitar duo playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Sleep and Lang Lang’s Piano Book 2.
So. What's on your playlist?
#mondays #goodvibes
A DJ spinning a Classical Piano DJ Mix, a guitar duo playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Sleep and Lang Lang’s Piano Book 2.
So. What's on your playlist?
#mondays #goodvibes
As Tchaikovsky premiered his Symphony No. 5 #OTD critics were so hostile he concluded "that it is a failure".
Then Brahms stayed an extra day to hear it and was "very kind with his honesty and open-mindedness."
His mind was changed. He kept conducting it.
#mondays #goodvibes
Then Brahms stayed an extra day to hear it and was "very kind with his honesty and open-mindedness."
His mind was changed. He kept conducting it.
#mondays #goodvibes
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
As Tchaikovsky premiered his Symphony No. 5 #OTD critics were so hostile he concluded "that it is a failure".
Then Brahms stayed an extra day to hear it and was "very kind with his honesty and open-mindedness."
His mind was changed. He kept conducting it.
#mondays #goodvibes
Then Brahms stayed an extra day to hear it and was "very kind with his honesty and open-mindedness."
His mind was changed. He kept conducting it.
#mondays #goodvibes
Trump is giving FIFA all of the Kennedy Center for its 2026 World Cup Draw rent free. The sym and resident companies must relocate.
FIFA's draw and brand new 1st annual peace prize will take place in the Opera House.
Will Trump be its 1st recipient?
WTF!
#weekend #goodvibes
FIFA's draw and brand new 1st annual peace prize will take place in the Opera House.
Will Trump be its 1st recipient?
WTF!
#weekend #goodvibes
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump is giving FIFA all of the Kennedy Center for its 2026 World Cup Draw rent free. The sym and resident companies must relocate.
FIFA's draw and brand new 1st annual peace prize will take place in the Opera House.
Will Trump be its 1st recipient?
WTF!
#weekend #goodvibes
FIFA's draw and brand new 1st annual peace prize will take place in the Opera House.
Will Trump be its 1st recipient?
WTF!
#weekend #goodvibes
Rhiannon Giddens and Silkroad announced their next flagship tour, Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual.
A shared musical experience of improvisation and audience participation is a cross cultural collaboration to uplift, find joy and hope.
Bravo!
#weekend #goodvibes
A shared musical experience of improvisation and audience participation is a cross cultural collaboration to uplift, find joy and hope.
Bravo!
#weekend #goodvibes
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Rhiannon Giddens and Silkroad announced their next flagship tour, Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual.
A shared musical experience of improvisation and audience participation is a cross cultural collaboration to uplift, find joy and hope.
Bravo!
#weekend #goodvibes
A shared musical experience of improvisation and audience participation is a cross cultural collaboration to uplift, find joy and hope.
Bravo!
#weekend #goodvibes
A song topping Billboard’s Country charts with 3mil streams is sending shock waves thru the industry.
‘Walk my Walk’ by Breaking Rust sounds like 3 chords and the truth, but it’s completely AI-generated.
Can you tell?
https://youtu.be/OU71XDWYeIk?si=sKV3eQDNwnxAeOcm
#weekend #goodmusic
‘Walk my Walk’ by Breaking Rust sounds like 3 chords and the truth, but it’s completely AI-generated.
Can you tell?
https://youtu.be/OU71XDWYeIk?si=sKV3eQDNwnxAeOcm
#weekend #goodmusic
November 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A song topping Billboard’s Country charts with 3mil streams is sending shock waves thru the industry.
‘Walk my Walk’ by Breaking Rust sounds like 3 chords and the truth, but it’s completely AI-generated.
Can you tell?
https://youtu.be/OU71XDWYeIk?si=sKV3eQDNwnxAeOcm
#weekend #goodmusic
‘Walk my Walk’ by Breaking Rust sounds like 3 chords and the truth, but it’s completely AI-generated.
Can you tell?
https://youtu.be/OU71XDWYeIk?si=sKV3eQDNwnxAeOcm
#weekend #goodmusic
NYC's Smoke Jazz Club launched the Steinway Spiriocast Concert Series bringing live jazz right into living rooms.
Check out the world-class performances live from their stage to Spirio pianos worldwide, in real time, note for note.
SMOKEjazz.com.
#weekend #goodmusic
Check out the world-class performances live from their stage to Spirio pianos worldwide, in real time, note for note.
SMOKEjazz.com.
#weekend #goodmusic
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
NYC's Smoke Jazz Club launched the Steinway Spiriocast Concert Series bringing live jazz right into living rooms.
Check out the world-class performances live from their stage to Spirio pianos worldwide, in real time, note for note.
SMOKEjazz.com.
#weekend #goodmusic
Check out the world-class performances live from their stage to Spirio pianos worldwide, in real time, note for note.
SMOKEjazz.com.
#weekend #goodmusic
Music that's born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that's born simple.
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
Aaron Copland born #OTD.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
Aaron Copland born #OTD.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Music that's born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that's born simple.
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
Aaron Copland born #OTD.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
Aaron Copland born #OTD.
#goodvibes #goodmusic
How to change 6 out of 10 young listeners that stream classical music but only 3 go to a concert?
Social media with candid shots and film scores.TikTok has surged as THE way to connect. Student discounts.
The good news? TKT sales go up from 9% to 25%.
#thursday #goodvibes
Social media with candid shots and film scores.TikTok has surged as THE way to connect. Student discounts.
The good news? TKT sales go up from 9% to 25%.
#thursday #goodvibes
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
How to change 6 out of 10 young listeners that stream classical music but only 3 go to a concert?
Social media with candid shots and film scores.TikTok has surged as THE way to connect. Student discounts.
The good news? TKT sales go up from 9% to 25%.
#thursday #goodvibes
Social media with candid shots and film scores.TikTok has surged as THE way to connect. Student discounts.
The good news? TKT sales go up from 9% to 25%.
#thursday #goodvibes
