Highly Strung. A series of conversations with Neil Cowley. Episode 1: Composition.

[@conormchale5717]

An absolute pleasure to watch this.

[@-------K-------]

Very nice idea with this series! I really enjoyed this first episode. Keep 'em coming! 😍 I would love to have a better view of Neil playing the piano, so an additional camera above the piano would be awesome. Cheers!

[@matthewchilds1862]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again , this man is the modern day Bach.

[@neilcowleymusic]

@@matthewchilds1862 That's my tombstone sorted then! :)

[@matthewchilds1862]

🤣

[@Josh9000series]

Neezer. Can you please tell us about Queen in compositional terms etc, one day?

[@iindacrowther9559]

Brilliant video,Neil you are great as are your trio,I have all trio albums,top quality,can we please have a large uk tour❤ best wishes john.c.

[@kenbrooks3326]

Thanks so much for these great insights into your influences and creative process. I’ve been a huge fan or your music and really appreciate gaining some understanding of why your art resonates so strongly with me. Cheers!

[@neilcowleymusic]

@@kenbrooks3326 Glad you enjoyed it

[@myfanwecole952]

I knew I was a pianist when I was a kid but school refused lessons (couldn’t afford piano). I gave up thinking it was over for me. Then became a drummer, then a flautist. Great to hear your story. Wish you would be my teacher.

[@neilcowleymusic]

Im a drummer in piano players clothing!

[@myfanwecole952]

@@neilcowleymusic ​ @neilcowleymusic - Ah - that doesn't surprise me now you mention it. I was in a noisy guitar band called The Zimmer Frames. It was a bit too noisy for me really. I played mostly classical flute, with some jazzy bits, e.g Claude Bolling. Now I sing in a proper choir. We recently sand Coleridge's requiem, which was pretty sublime. Your song, Marbles reminds me a bit of Arvo Part at the beginning. Is there some influence there?

[@neilcowleymusic]

I'm definitely a fan of Arvo Part. Love his memorium to Benjamin Britten. I hear more Shostakovich in Marble perhaps but thats not a million miles away from Arvo.

[@chriswhitehead2860]

That was brilliant. Thank you. So interesting to hear where the influences are - all of which are the same for me. It's really good to hear you trace these links that I've also always felt - the weird funkiness of Bach that sits with the rigour, etc. I'm an amateur composer and I try to find my own voice but you're such an influence that I end up sounding like a duff version of you. More please: keep going.

[@neilcowleymusic]

I'm sure that's not true! Glad you hear the funk in Bach too.

[@Tetukabuto88]

日本にも来てほしいな！！

[@ChuckSilva]

Fantastic!❤🔥