David Bowie
Mike Garson was David Bowie's pianist and most prolific band member, having played on dozens of Bowie albums. This collection includes available Bowie related items, which can be signed for you personally by Mike.
Glastonbury 2000 is the long awaited special live limited edition 2 CD set by David Bowie, featuring the legendary Sunday night, June 25, 2000 headline performance at the most famous music festival on earth. The legendary full performance was released here for the first time including many of David’s greatest hits.
Here is your chance to own this special album on vinyl, personally signed by its pianist Mike Garson.
Disc 1:
- Introduction (Greensleeves)
- Wild Is The Wind
- China Girl
- Changes
- Stay
- Life On Mars?
- Absolute Beginners
- Ashes To Ashes
- Rebel Rebel
- Little Wonder
- Golden Years
Disc 2:
- Fame
- All The Young Dudes
- The Man Who Sold The World
- Station To Station
- Starman
- Hallo Spaceboy
- Under Pressure
- Ziggy Stardust
- Heroes
- Let’s Dance
- I'm Afraid Of Americans
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Important message for customers outside of the United States: Orders shipped outside of the U.S. may be subject to import taxes, customs duties and fees levied by the destination country. Each recipient must comply with all laws and regulations of the destination country and may be subject to such costs which are levied once a shipment reaches the recipient's country. Additional charges for customs clearance must be fulfilled by the recipient. We have no control over these charges, nor can we predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely from country to country; you should contact your local customs office for more information. When customs clearance procedures are required, it can cause delays beyond our original delivery estimates.
Santa Monica '72 is a live album by David Bowie, recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on 20 October 1972 during the Ziggy Stardust Tour.
Here is your chance to own this special album on CD, personally signed by its pianist Mike Garson.
Track Listing:
Side A:
- Introduction
- Hang on to Yourself
- Ziggy Stardust
- Changes
- The Supermen
- Life on Mars?
Side B:
- Five Years
- Space Oddity
- Andy Warhol
- My Death
Side C:
- The Width of a Circle
- Queen Bitch
- Moonage Daydream
- John, I'm Only Dancing
Siide D:
- Waiting for the Man
- The Jean Genie
- Suffragette City
- Rock 'N' Roll Suicide
Important message to customers outside of the United States: Orders shipped outside of the U.S. may be subject to import taxes, customs duties and fees levied by the destination country. Each recipient must comply with all laws and regulations of the destination country and may be subject to such costs which are levied once a shipment reaches the recipient's country. Additional charges for customs clearance must be fulfilled by the recipient. We have no control over these charges, nor can we predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely from country to country; you should contact your local customs office for more information. When customs clearance procedures are required, it can cause delays beyond our original delivery estimates.
Important message for customers outside of the United States: Orders shipped outside of the U.S. may be subject to import taxes, customs duties and fees levied by the destination country. Each recipient must comply with all laws and regulations of the destination country and may be subject to such costs which are levied once a shipment reaches the recipient's country. Additional charges for customs clearance must be fulfilled by the recipient. We have no control over these charges, nor can we predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely from country to country; you should contact your local customs office for more information. When customs clearance procedures are required, it can cause delays beyond our original delivery estimates.
This item will provide you with digital video download links. If you would prefer to have a physical USB thumbdrive shipped to you with masterclass video content, please select this item instead.
Join Mike Garson for his first series of masterclass sessions in 2021. Each session is perfect for all regardless of experience on subjects ranging from life on the road with Bowie to piano improvisation and the healing powers of music. The recordings of each of these 12 sessions are now available for you to enjoy, learn from, and be inspired by. In total, they offer over 24 hours of valuable lessons and information plus exclusive performances, special guests, and much more.
You can choose the number of sessions you'd like to have access to from one to all twelve. For those purchasing fewer than the entire 12 session package, once your purchase has been confirmed, you will receive an email asking for which sessions you'd like to have download access to based on the quantity you've purchased. Note that each session averages 4 gigabytes in file size.
Choose from the following first series masterclass topics:
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Session 1 - From Aladdin Sane to Disco King - Exploring Mike’s Music With Bowie
Students came with their questions and observations as the group discussed, listens to and dissected the Bowie catalog with Mike as it pertained to the dozens of albums and songs that he and David collaborated on, recorded, and played together. This inaugural session includes a live performance of Bowie's "Slip Away" on piano by Mike Garson.
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Session 2 - Songwriting - Hooks, Chord Progressions and More
Mike dives deep with students into exploring both simple methods for those starting out as well as advanced insights, tools, and techniques into the art of songwriting. This session includes a live performance of Mike's popular "Lullabye for My Daughters" song.
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Session 3 - Improvising on Piano
Explore piano improvisation with Mike - one of the industry's most recognized improvisational pianists. Mike works with on how to enter and expand your world of improvisational playing in ways that apply to all aspects and genres of music.
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Session 4 - David and Me - Making Music and Touring With Bowie
Mike discusses and answers questions about what it was like being on the road with David Bowie - on the bus, backstage, in the studio, and in the spotlight - hear stories and talk with Mike about his days together with David including insight from Mike's special guests, Bowie alumni band members Carmine Rojas and Alan Childs. This session includes a live performance of Bowie's "Quicksand" on piano by Mike Garson.
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Session 5 - Practice Techniques
With decades of experience and 12,000 individual piano lessons under his belt, Mike explores how to practice playing at an ideal growth rate without going above or below your level. Dig down deep in this session to improve your practice techniques and set yourself on the best path towards success.
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Session 6 - The Art of Voicing - Exploring the Placement of Notes in a Chord Structure
There are an infinite amount of ways to voice a chord and hundreds of "standard" voicings. In this session, Mike explores the thousands of voicings he can help you learn to create yourself as he introduces and explores important concepts and techniques on the art of voicing. This session includes a live performance of Bowie's "Memory of a Free Festival" on piano by Mike Garson.
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Session 7 - Healing Aspects of Music
We grow up thinking of music as entertainment and a distraction. However, when looking deeper, the music we love the most has powerful spiritual, emotional, and physical impacts on which Mike explores in-depth as the power of music is examined from a different perspective in this powerful and emotional session.
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Session 8 - What They Don’t Teach in Schools: Pulse, Intention, Surrender, Joy
There are a variety of important, foundational aspects of artistic creation which aren't taught by most teachers or school systems. Mike explores these concepts which he considers the most important to create powerful music - or any kind of art you choose. This session includes a live performance of Bowie's "Space Oddity" on piano by Mike Garson.
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Session 9 - How to Be Free Through Discipline
Mike has discovered that the harder one works on the details and the more repetition and drilling one does in preparation, the freer that person will become in their execution. Be a part of Mike's in-depth exploration of this topic where he answers questions and reviews techniques and ideas that have helped him on his path to success. This session includes a live performance by Mike of his song "Searching" on piano.
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Session 10 - Ask Mike Anything
All aboard! Here's an exciting opportunity for students to have asked Mike anything! Mike works with the group answering their questions, telling stories, playing music, and discussing a variety of topics of the day.
-
Session 11 - Exploring Your Talent
Mike works with students in this session on important ways to align passions and connect it to on's talent leading towards how you just might know when you've struck gold.
-
Session 12- Performance Skills - Projection, Intention & Agendas
Mike explores new thoughts on handling your audience and how to impactfully get your point across in performance. Hear Mike's take on related topics like making sure the music lands in the seat of the audience member, overcoming stage fright, and answers to related questions. This session includes a live performance of Bowie's "Life on Mars" on piano by Mike Garson.
PLEASE NOTE: These recordings © 2021 by Mike Garson Productions, Inc. and are provided to the purchaser for their private, personal use only. They may not be shared or distributed, in any form or length, on social media or anywhere else without prior permission.
Important message for customers outside of the United States: Orders shipped outside of the U.S. may be subject to import taxes, customs duties and fees levied by the destination country. Each recipient must comply with all laws and regulations of the destination country and may be subject to such costs which are levied once a shipment reaches the recipient's country. Additional charges for customs clearance must be fulfilled by the recipient. We have no control over these charges, nor can we predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely from country to country; you should contact your local customs office for more information. When customs clearance procedures are required, it can cause delays beyond our original delivery estimates.
Mike Garson's Masterclass Series (Season One)- Shipped USB Thumb Drive
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€37,95
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This item will provide you with USB flash drive shipped to you with masterclass video content. If you would prefer to have digital downloads, please select this item instead.
Join Mike Garson for his first series of masterclass sessions in 2021. Each session is perfect for all regardless of experience on subjects ranging from life on the road with Bowie to piano improvisation and the healing powers of music. The recordings of each of these 12 sessions are now available for you to enjoy, learn from, and be inspired by. In total, they offer over 24 hours of valuable lessons and information plus exclusive performances, special guests, and much more.
You can choose the number of sessions you'd like to have access to from one to all twelve. For those purchasing fewer than the entire 12 session package, once your purchase has been confirmed, you will receive an email asking for which sessions you'd like to have download access to based on the quantity you've purchased. You can choose from the following first series masterclass topics:
-
Session 1 - From Aladdin Sane to Disco King - Exploring Mike’s Music With Bowie
Students came with their questions and observations as the group discussed, listens to and dissected the Bowie catalog with Mike as it pertained to the dozens of albums and songs that he and David collaborated on, recorded, and played together. This inaugural session includes a live performance of Bowie's "Slip Away" on piano by Mike Garson.
-
Session 2 - Songwriting - Hooks, Chord Progressions and More
Mike dives deep with students into exploring both simple methods for those starting out as well as advanced insights, tools, and techniques into the art of songwriting. This session includes a live performance of Mike's popular "Lullabye for My Daughters" song.
-
Session 3 - Improvising on Piano
Explore piano improvisation with Mike - one of the industry's most recognized improvisational pianists. Mike works with on how to enter and expand your world of improvisational playing in ways that apply to all aspects and genres of music.
-
Session 4 - David and Me - Making Music and Touring With Bowie
Mike discusses and answers questions about what it was like being on the road with David Bowie - on the bus, backstage, in the studio, and in the spotlight - hear stories and talk with Mike about his days together with David including insight from Mike's special guests, Bowie alumni band members Carmine Rojas and Alan Childs. This session includes a live performance of Bowie's "Quicksand" on piano by Mike Garson.
-
Session 5 - Practice Techniques
With decades of experience and 12,000 individual piano lessons under his belt, Mike explores how to practice playing at an ideal growth rate without going above or below your level. Dig down deep in this session to improve your practice techniques and set yourself on the best path towards success.
-
Session 6 - The Art of Voicing - Exploring the Placement of Notes in a Chord Structure
There are an infinite amount of ways to voice a chord and hundreds of "standard" voicings. In this session, Mike explores the thousands of voicings he can help you learn to create yourself as he introduces and explores important concepts and techniques on the art of voicing. This session includes a live performance of Bowie's "Memory of a Free Festival" on piano by Mike Garson.
-
Session 7 - Healing Aspects of Music
We grow up thinking of music as entertainment and a distraction. However, when looking deeper, the music we love the most has powerful spiritual, emotional, and physical impacts on which Mike explores in-depth as the power of music is examined from a different perspective in this powerful and emotional session.
-
Session 8 - What They Don’t Teach in Schools: Pulse, Intention, Surrender, Joy
There are a variety of important, foundational aspects of artistic creation which aren't taught by most teachers or school systems. Mike explores these concepts which he considers the most important to create powerful music - or any kind of art you choose. This session includes a live performance of Bowie's "Space Oddity" on piano by Mike Garson.
-
Session 9 - How to Be Free Through Discipline
Mike has discovered that the harder one works on the details and the more repetition and drilling one does in preparation, the freer that person will become in their execution. Be a part of Mike's in-depth exploration of this topic where he answers questions and reviews techniques and ideas that have helped him on his path to success. This session includes a live performance by Mike of his song "Searching" on piano.
-
Session 10 - Ask Mike Anything
All aboard! Here's an exciting opportunity for students to have asked Mike anything! Mike works with the group answering their questions, telling stories, playing music, and discussing a variety of topics of the day.
-
Session 11 - Exploring Your Talent
Mike works with students in this session on important ways to align passions and connect it to on's talent leading towards how you just might know when you've struck gold.
-
Session 12- Performance Skills - Projection, Intention & Agendas
Mike explores new thoughts on handling your audience and how to impactfully get your point across in performance. Hear Mike's take on related topics like making sure the music lands in the seat of the audience member, overcoming stage fright, and answers to related questions. This session includes a live performance of Bowie's "Life on Mars" on piano by Mike Garson.
PLEASE NOTE: These recordings © 2021 by Mike Garson Productions, Inc. and are provided to the purchaser for their private, personal use only. They may not be shared or distributed, in any form or length, on social media or anywhere else without prior permission.
Important message for customers outside of the United States: Orders shipped outside of the U.S. may be subject to import taxes, customs duties and fees levied by the destination country. Each recipient must comply with all laws and regulations of the destination country and may be subject to such costs which are levied once a shipment reaches the recipient's country. Additional charges for customs clearance must be fulfilled by the recipient. We have no control over these charges, nor can we predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely from country to country; you should contact your local customs office for more information. When customs clearance procedures are required, it can cause delays beyond our original delivery estimates.
In the words of David Bowie: “it makes my heart glad just to be in the same room with him”. Mike Garson, a world-class composer, and improviser performs, composes, and teaches while offering guidance to musicians at all levels of skill. Brimming with music and Mike’s zest for life, this captivating portrait inspires and illuminates due to Mike’s massive experience in the world of jazz, classical and contemporary music.
Filmed over a period of six years by Harry Bromley-Davenport, this portrait of composer and pianist Mike Garson serves as both a tribute and a learning experience. Interspersed with anecdotes and advice from the trenches, Garson captivates the viewer, demonstrating his secrets as a world-class musician.
A man of limitless inspiration, he worked closely for 20 years with David Bowie and now brings his creativity to the likes of The Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails. His repertoire includes classical, jazz and modern-classical music and he is much sought after to give masterclasses at universities around the world.
This is an unrestricted no-region DVD that should play in all regions with a run time of 1 hour 41 minutes.
Don't miss this opportunity to get your signed copy today!
Important message to customers outside of the United States: Orders shipped outside of the U.S. may be subject to import taxes, customs duties and fees levied by the destination country. Each recipient must comply with all laws and regulations of the destination country and may be subject to such costs which are levied once a shipment reaches the recipient's country. Additional charges for customs clearance must be fulfilled by the recipient. We have no control over these charges, nor can we predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely from country to country; you should contact your local customs office for more information. When customs clearance procedures are required, it can cause delays beyond our original delivery estimates.
Important message for customers outside of the United States: Orders shipped outside of the U.S. may be subject to import taxes, customs duties and fees levied by the destination country. Each recipient must comply with all laws and regulations of the destination country and may be subject to such costs which are levied once a shipment reaches the recipient's country. Additional charges for customs clearance must be fulfilled by the recipient. We have no control over these charges, nor can we predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely from country to country; you should contact your local customs office for more information. When customs clearance procedures are required, it can cause delays beyond our original delivery estimates.
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Bowie Signed Collector's Set: Bowie's Piano Man book, Variations CD, and Documentary DVD
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€65,95
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-70 in stock
Bowie's Piano Man is the revised and updated paperback edition of the biography of Mike Garson - David Bowie's pianist and most prolific band member who played on dozens of Bowie albums. Now available for purchase - the book is signed personally by Mike and comes with his acclaimed Bowie Variations album and documentary DVD - all signed.
The book, written by Clifford Slapper, is a revised and updated paperback edition with six new chapters and is based on in-depth long conversations with Garson as well as with many of those he has worked with, such as Tony Visconti, Earl Slick, Trent Reznor, Gail Ann Dorsey, Gerry Leonard, Maggi Ronson and many more.
Also featured are over 50 photographs, many never seen before, of Garson with Bowie and others. The book shines a spotlight on one of the musicians who contributed hugely, though often without full recognition until now, to modern musical history, especially through helping to mold the sound of Bowie's classic albums such as "Aladdin Sane."
Having played the Bowie songbook in concert countless times, Mike Garson always had the ambition to record his own original variations on his well-known themes and this has now come to fruition with his Bowie Variations CD. Thanks to advanced digital technology, Garson was able to create several exciting sonic overlays with an audiophile approach to recording.
Filmed over a period of six years, the Mike Garson and his 88 Friends documentary on DVD offers a portrait of composer and pianist Mike Garson serves as both a tribute and a learning experience. Interspersed with anecdotes and advice from the trenches, Garson captivates the viewer, demonstrating his secrets as a world-class musician.
If you'd like Mike to personalize your book, please reply to your order confirmation email upon purchase.
Click here for the signed book without the CD or DVD.
"The must have book in this field." - Ricky Gervais
"Wonderful addition to the Bowie bibliography... a class book for a class act." - Classic Pop Magazine
"A welcome tribute to a great musician." - MOJO
“Musicology of the highest order. Much more than a simple account of one man’s life. It is almost a history of the piano in popular music. Like Garson’s thrillingly exquisite improvised solo on “Aladdin Sane,” Bowie’s Piano Man takes you on a journey without coordinates. Brilliant!” - Tribune Magazine
“Quite simply it's a great book: engaging, inspiring and entertaining about one of the greatest pianists of our times." - Blues And Soul Magazine
Bowie Variation's Track listing:
- Space Oddity
- John, I'm Only Dancing
- Life on Mars
- Heroes
- Ashes to Ashes
- Variations on Changes
- Let's Dance
- Battle for Britain / Loneliest Guy / Disco King
- Tribute to David
- Wild Is the Wind
- Space Oddity (alternate take)
Don't miss this opportunity to get your signed collector's set today!
Important message to customers outside of the United States: Orders shipped outside of the U.S. may be subject to import taxes, customs duties and fees levied by the destination country. Each recipient must comply with all laws and regulations of the destination country and may be subject to such costs which are levied once a shipment reaches the recipient's country. Additional charges for customs clearance must be fulfilled by the recipient. We have no control over these charges, nor can we predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely from country to country; you should contact your local customs office for more information. When customs clearance procedures are required, it can cause delays beyond our original delivery estimates.
Important message for customers outside of the United States: Orders shipped outside of the U.S. may be subject to import taxes, customs duties and fees levied by the destination country. Each recipient must comply with all laws and regulations of the destination country and may be subject to such costs which are levied once a shipment reaches the recipient's country. Additional charges for customs clearance must be fulfilled by the recipient. We have no control over these charges, nor can we predict what they may be. Customs policies vary widely from country to country; you should contact your local customs office for more information. When customs clearance procedures are required, it can cause delays beyond our original delivery estimates.