Today, 21st December 2010, Rachel Flowers is 17 years old…
Long live Rachel Flowers!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Next video is “homemade”. The song is based on an old tune by Rainbow. I changed the lyrics. I hope Ronnie James Dio would forgive me for that… Long live Rachel Flowers! Michael Thallium
If you wish to listen to Rachel’s impro on the Happy Birthday theme: Rachel improvises on Happy Birthday (Keith Emerson’s style!!!) Feel free to share it to wish a Happy Birthday to your friends!! And if you would like to watch Rachel playing her Yamaha, please click on: Rachel Flowers playing “For Example” on her Yamaha Please follow Rachel´s music at: http://www.myspace.com/rachelflowersmusic Don´t forget your comments… They will be much appreciated! My name is Michael Thallium and I believe in the greatness of human beings, that is why I started my project Greatness Coaching Research. No wonder Rachel is great!! Michael Thallium Sometimes, on the weekends, Rachel and I talk via Skype. On this occasion, we talked about her first time playing the Hammond C3. We also talked about and some music by The Nice, ELP & Keith Emerson. Rachel is a young and extremely talented musician and, best of all, an extraordinary and lovely person. Rachel will be 17 on 21st December. If you would like to watch Rachel’s first time playing the Hammond C3, please visit: Rachel Flowers & the Hammond C3 If you wish to know a little bit more about Rachel’s music, please follow:
Don´t forget to leave your comment below. I believe in the greatness of human beings, that´s why I started my project Greatness Coaching Research. No wonder Rachel is great!! Michael Thallium  Rachel trying out keyboards “On December 12th 2010 Rachel Flowers participated in a flute workshop that was held in a home that might rightly be called Keyboard Central”, Jeanie Flowers said. Following the recital, potluck, and sight reading session, the hosts took Rachel on a grand tour to meet the various keyboards lurking throughout the house, which Rachel had a fantastic time trying out. As Rachel was leaving, she was asked to play “Karn Evil 9″ by Keith Emerson in order to give the Hammond C3 a good workout, and she happily obliged. Jeanie Flowers, Rachel’s devoted mom, was glad to be able to capture that moment with her camera: “I was going to apologize for the amateurish camera work, and other imperfections in this video, but looking at it now, I don’t apologize for anything. The joy of the music transcends the imperfections.” So, please, crank up the volume and enjoy Rachel’s first meeting with a Hammond C3 – complete with breaking glass (vibrated off of the Leslie cabinet), impromptu audience participation, and bad lighting. This video is what it is, and that’s a wonderful thing. This is the first part with the glass breaking included: And here the second part: If you wish to know a little bit more about Rachel’s music, please follow: www.myspace.com/rachelflowersmusic www.youtube.com/user/12stringbabe www.youtube.com/user/RachelFlowersMusic…and don´t forget to leave your comments!! Michael Thallium Book your coaching session!Many years ago, while navigating across the Caribbean, I wrote a song with my heart for a girl who never loved me. I remember that, when I finished it, I run to ask one of the Hungarian musicians working on the European Vision -the ship I used to work at that time- if I could borrow his equipment to record the song. And there I went with my Takamine and a microphone. The record was made somewhere between La Guadalope and Barbados back in 2002. Then I sent it to that girl -she was thousands of miles away in Europe- with a letter which was never replied. Feelings change, and so change our lives as well. I feel very fortunate for the life I live and for all those people I have met and all the places I have known since then. Here you are that record and the lyrics of that song:
Petra dice Lyrics & music by Michael Thallium
Petra dice que ella sabe que conmigo no hay pareja, que mi amor no le llega a las cejas, que mis labios ya no son de fresa. Las caricias y los besos son ya historia pasada por agua, mis abrazos de brazos sinceros ya no queman: no está enamorada.
Petra dice y me asegura que yo soy un soñador que navega por un mar irreal de bondades, de utopías, amor y amistades, en un barco a la deriva en el agua en que se baña mi vida.
Y quisiera demostrarle que quien nada en la nada se ahoga, que nadar y flotar en los sueños cuando amas es algo muy bello.
Y, por eso, cuando duermo con sus besos de rosas aún sueño, con sus ojos azules del norte, con su piel suave de armiño, con su voz acariciando mi oído susurrando palabras de lino:
Lilolí, lilolí Lilolí, lilolí
Y aunque el tiempo pasado no vuelva, y sin saber si el futuro quizás nos envuelva mi amor y tu sonrisa en papel de colores, aquí y ahora me quito el pellejo y con el alma de flores te digo: te quiero.
Bien, sé que ahora estamos lejos y que piensas que no soy sincero cuando te hablo de bondades de utopías, amor y amistades. Pero espero que algún día, en el mar de las pasiones perdidas te reencuentre en una isla chiquita para amarte en una hamaca a solitas y volver a hacer cosas bonitas, respirar de tus besos de rosas, surfear en crestas de olas, acariciar tu piel suave de armiño, ver en tus ojos de agua marina reflejarse un mar de pasiones, bucear por aguas de ensueño y en ti hundirme porque eres mi sueño.
Y aunque el tiempo pasado no vuelva, y sin saber si el futuro quizás nos envuelva mi amor y tu sonrisa en papel de colores, aquí y ahora me quito el pellejo y con el alma de flores te digo: te quiero. Sorry, this entry is only available in Español. We spend most of our lives asking ourselves if we do things right or wrong… and the fear to do them wrong prevents us from improving. Likewise, we sometimes fear to do them right. We have to be aware that we can take advantage of the instruments and resources we have at a certain moment, every day, and take the best out of them. As human beings we are full of resources. Here you are an example of it: Rachel Flowers. She uses her instruments and personal resources -no matter what limitations you have-to do what she feels passion for. Rachel covers “For Example” by Keith Emerson & The Nice Michael Thallium It is always a pleasure and a privilege to share music conversations with Rachel Flowers. Here you find an excerpt of one those conversations, in this case, on Keith Emerson´s Rondo. Keith Emerson is one of Rachel´s favorite musicians. Rachel is a tremendous young musician. She plays a variety of instruments and has a promising musical career ahead. If you would like to listen to her music, please visit: http://www.myspace.com/rachelflowersmusic Enjoy our conversation as much as we did!
This is the Rondo Rachel is talking about in our conversation: Michael Thallium One of my professional goals is to make people aware of their potential, so that they can give a response (responsibility) and get there where they really want to. I love music and I decided to record this video covering a well-known tune by U2 With or without you. U2. You can do anything better. Do what you feel passion for. Michael Thallium |
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Rachel is a tremendous musician with a prodigious musical memory. This time, we were talking about her Yamaha organ and some of her Youtube videos. She also explains how Greg Lake and Keith Emerson met in Germany, apparently. (Rachel loves the music by ELP, The Nice and Keith Emerson). By the end of our conversation, since she is going to be 17 in a couple of days, I challenged her to improvise on the Happy Birthday theme (around minute 9:10)… She accepted the challenge!
