The most visible evidence of this happens at Whisperings piano concerts, where three or four Whisperings pianists come together to share music and the stories behind their music with eager audiences. Pianists from all over the world are banding together to help one another. He wanted it to become an interactive community of involved artists that shared resources, advice, encouragement and performance opportunities. Nevue’s plan from the start was that Whisperings become more than just an Internet radio station. The feedback we are getting from listeners is amazing and inspiring.” And these folks are buying music – not only CDs (and streaming), but sheet music – and are playing it too. Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio is becoming the soundtrack for their lives. People are listening at their jobs, in their homes, and now on the road with their mobile devices. “I see Whisperings as a vehicle by which we can reinsert piano music back into pop culture. That’s where David’s vision for the Whisperings project comes in.
Aside from George Winston, Jim Brickman, David Lanz and Yanni, how many contemporary pianists can the average person name? And yet, there are arguably more piano players in the world than just about any other instrument. Ask any pianist trying to make a living from his or her artistry and they will tell you – it’s nearly impossible to ‘break out’ beyond doing the local gig.”Īnd Nevue makes a good point. “In an industry where anything less than a million units sold is considered an utter failure, piano artists can’t compete. “The attitude of the music industry toward solo piano music is that there’s no worthwhile market for it,” Nevue says. Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio founder David Nevue.
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Everyone loves a good melody, and no instrument inspires quite as much emotion as the piano does when played with skill and grace.”Įven so, no matter how skillfully an artist plays the piano, it’s difficult to establish a full-time professional career in the music industry. “The thing about piano music is, almost everyone appreciates it, regardless of age or culture. “I always believed the market for solo piano music had never been fully realized,” Nevue says. Now, after fifteen years “on the air,” Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio is home to over 340 talented piano artists and broadcasts to tens of thousands of piano music fans from all over the world every day. Before long, Nevue stopped looking because CD submissions for his Whisperings radio broadcast were pouring in from all over the world. He then sought out other like-minded pianists on sites like CD Baby. In the beginning, he invited a few of his pianist friends to join him on the broadcast.
Nevue launched Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio on August 1st, 2003 as a vehicle for promoting his own particular flavor of piano music.
What do you do if you’re an independent musician who wants to promote your music to radio – but terrestrial radio stations playing your style of music are almost non-existent? If you’re solo pianist and composer David Nevue, you start your own radio station.
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