Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Hornsby
Bruce Randall Hornsbyis an American singer and keyboardist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth23 November 1954
CityWillamsburg, VA
CountryUnited States of America
nice rap talking
People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back.
song writing years
Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced by the folk song, the storytelling tradition in folk music. And so for years I wrote mostly story songs. I still do that, but as I've gone on, it's gotten a little more personal. I used to write mostly in the third person. I write a little more in the first person now.
audience audiences basically connect difficult given hear usual
For a while it was difficult for me to connect with the audience like I like to, given that I had basically earplugs in and couldn't hear the usual yelling, heckling, and catcalling.
approach basic chord concept jazz listening music people pop song structure ways
There really are two different ways of approaching music. There's the real pop way where it's like here's the song and here's your part and you play the same part every time. Then there's the jazz concept or approach where it's like well, here's a tune, here's the basic chord structure and melody, and you find your own part by listening to what other people are doing.