Piano Girl: Lessons in Life, Music, and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian
by Robin Meloy Goldsby
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Book Summary Information
Author: Robin Meloy GoldsbyEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-10
ISBN: 0879308249
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Book Reviews of Piano Girl: Lessons in Life, Music, and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian
Book Review: Feel Good About Life
Summary: 5 Stars
Piano Girl is lots of fun. Most of us aren't invited into this world of entertainment, so it's a fascinating backstage look at light, hotel and resort show biz. The customers/audience run the complete range, from bizarre to wonderful, so we get a lot of good gossip, but it is Goldsby's love of music that comes through most strongly, her love of the art and it's importance to people. Music makes listeners feel good in many different ways, and Robin Goldsby makes her readers feel just as good.
Summary of Piano Girl: Lessons in Life, Music, and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian
Piano Girl is the story of a young woman's accidental career as a cocktail lounge piano player, and the adventures and encounters that follow. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant, this entertaining memoir provides a glimpse into the comedies, tragedies, and mundane miracles witnessed from the business perspective of a lounge musician. Robin Goldsby, a pianist in lounges around the world, tells her musical story by connecting the people she has met with places she has played and pianos she has known. Her story provides insights into the art and craft of piano playing, as well as encouraging lessons in life as she finds her own way to pursue her dreams on an unlikely path. Along the way she finds the human side, for better and for worse, in her audiences. In Piano Girl, anything can happen as people wander through her real-time soundtrack to life.Piano Books
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