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		<title>New System - 21.4.12</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>New System - 21.4.12</strong></span><br />
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It has been 4 weeks ago since it became a fact that I will be leaving guitartricks.com. Since this was a major inpact in my whole working system I really needed to think what will be in the future. I did not meet anybody for longer time to be alone to really think all this over and now here are my findings which I do believe will be my path for the coming years.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>1. Online Teaching</strong><br />
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It makes sense to keep my own online guitarschool ( <a href='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/' class='bbc_url' title=''>http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/</a> )running together with my activities on my YouTube channel ( <a href='http://www.youtube.com/user/hpcrazycom' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.youtube.com/user/hpcrazycom</a> ) and my activites on my german guitarsite ( <a href='http://www.gitarrenforum.eu/' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.gitarrenforum.eu/</a> ) and my personal guitarhome ( <a href='http://www.gitarrist.ch/' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.gitarrist.ch/</a> ) where I by the way have updated all foto's by now.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>2. Live Videostreaming</strong><br />
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Next month we will definitly start to broadcast our activities from our Studio Egg live into the internet. I am really looking forward to it. It took a long time to fix all technical difficulties since we will be working with 3 camera's to get you closer to what will happen there. We will broadcast our jamsessions and concerts from there. All further information and dates can be found at <a href='http://hanspeterkruesi.com/livestream.htm' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://hanspeterkruesi.com/livestream.htm</a><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>3. Creativity</strong><br />
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I will become more creativ. I really missed this so much during the past months and years where I was to busy to compose and expore new possibilites in music. Therefore I will put much more time and energy into this part of my work and make it to an equal part of all my activites. I have opened up a creative box ( <a href='http://hanspeterkruesi.com/box.htm' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://hanspeterkruesi.com/box.htm</a> ) and a Soundcloud account ( <a href='http://soundcloud.com/music-pictures' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://soundcloud.com/music-pictures</a> ) and I already could get a contract for my first song which I created one week ago : <a href='http://soundcloud.com/music-pictures/coming-home' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://soundcloud.com/music-pictures/coming-home</a><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>4. Live Activities</strong><br />
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I will put much more energy into my live activities such as concerts, live performances from the studio Egg and jamsessions. I will do this with my masterpiece " Farbmusik " ( colourmusic ) <a href='http://www.music-pictures.com/colormusic.php' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.music-pictures.com/colormusic.php</a> and with more activites as a pianist. I have updated my homepage as a pianoplayer and founded a agency and already started to work <a href='http://www.pianist.ch/' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.pianist.ch/</a> .&nbsp;&nbsp;I did not practice piano for nearly 6 months but this will be part of my regular work now and after I while I will be back on very professional level and combine it with guitarperformances with Farbmusik.<br />
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So thats now the path for the future - I think it will take some time till I get back on my normal earning level again. I was thinking to take more private students but I am really at the limit with 10 - 15 students a week. I can only be a good teacher when I am happy and therefore I need to be creative and make concerts. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Best<br />
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HP]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Quitting Guitartricks.com</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After being an instructor for 6 years at guitartricks.com I am now unfortunately forced to quit. Somehow I am happy about this since the workload on the technical side ( video shoots, editing, cutting, track production ) has really become quite big in the past 2 years. I still was able to do it since I felt responsible for all students which gave me feedbacks, asked for specific new tutorials but on the other hand more and more I was not able to be creative anymore which made me very unhappy in the past 12 months. I tried to find a solution in the past that at least I could hire somebody who would help me with the videoshoots and video editing but since the Swiss Franc has become such a hard currency and my salery from Guitartricks.com always was in US$ I could not afford it. Several attempt to negotiate this with Guitartricks.com to get some support in this matter did not bring any results. Now a new videostandard was annouced which would have trippled my workload and could only be made with a professional team around. I tried to point out the situation but again I did not get any support. So now I needed to quit immediatly since the there was a timeline of 3 days for this changments.<br />
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Well thats how it is. I do understand the position of Guitartricks.com and I wish them the best in the future that they remain the no. 1 source for guitarplaying in the internet. For my understanding they are too much fixed on technical things and creativity, fun and individuality which is part of playing and learning is not payed enough attention - but thats only my perspective. I am greatful that I was part of this experience for 6 years. In these days I have been no. 1 in the populary list they so I am quitting on the top which is great. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Whats next ?<br />
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Well the main problem of course is the loss of 50% of my fixed income. I need to replace that. The easiest way to do that is to go out and play piano again. So I have updated my pianist homepage <a href='http://www.pianist.ch' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>www.pianist.ch</a> and I am ready to go out and play piano again.<br />
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But of course I will be creative again. I have saved enough money that I can go a longer way now without bigger income but at least I will get my happiness back in my work. I really missed creativity. I am really looking forward to this and hopfully I will get a bigger income from this work then I had from Guitartricks.com.<br />
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Since I am still running my own online guitarschool I still need to think about if I shall continue here or if I should stop completly with online teaching. I will decide in the next weeks and months. I will keep the system running anyway and updates will come at least till the end of the year.<br />
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Best<br />
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HP]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>March 12</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here now some news from the past weeks.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>1.</strong> I had some great concerts in the past weeks. I want to online 2 of them. The one was with the Band Hazzada Jazz where we performed some Jazz from the great american songbook. I dont play Jazz very often and so I needed to pratice pretty much to get my Jazz - skills back to professional level. But it was worth. I really enjoyed it and the band and the people who listened liked my playing very much - I would love to play more Jazz and so we will broadcast a concert in the next weeks from the studio in Egg. As soon as the technique is ready we can proceed.<br />
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The 2nd performance to outline was in Pfedelbach in Germany. It was now the 2nd time I played a concert with my own music outside Switzerland. This time it was a preview to the big multimedia concert in June in the castle of Pfedelbach ( D ). The preview was very successful and so I can really look forward to that big concert.<br />
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2. I have made some essential changes on my websites <a href='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com' class='bbc_url' title=''>www.hanspeterkruesi.com</a> and <a href='http://www.gitarrist.ch' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>www.gitarrist.ch</a> / the main changement is the " Creative Box " - there I will release unrelease and very new material of mine. Just how creativity strikes and not when I need to follow some pruoduction lines. I really waited a long time for this that I can really find time to become really creative again. Success also means a lot of work and I was not able to be creative for nearly 2 years, but this will change now and this is the first step : <a href='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/box.htm' class='bbc_url' title=''>http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/box.htm</a><br />
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And the 2nd main feature now is that all music now can be heard on iPhones and iPads with the new audio player from Soundcloud.com - I will now add one new song every day till all music is back online. I am also very proud of my new online CD - Store <a href='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/radio/index.htm' class='bbc_url' title=''>http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/radio/index.htm</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Starting 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>Starting 2012</strong></span><br />
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Since my last blog entry so much has happened - the really intensive phase began now in Jan 2012. Last year I have decided to put more energy into liveplaying and I have started to change my practice routines in order to get on my vision of my playing level and it is working pretty well. Now when I get up I start to practice instead of making any kind of office work. This is a big changment and it works. Now here the results <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>1.</strong> Livestreaming events : We are starting to make livestreaming events from the studio Egg where anybody can watch and listen our activities which will take place there. These will be jamsession with opening acts - currently I am the opening act when I perform some of my new solopieces which I worked out. Later others can do the opening act. I will also will be present at the jamsessions. So if anybody whats to jam with me you can come and join. All dates will be announced here : <a href='http://hanspeterkruesi.com/livestream.htm' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://hanspeterkrue.&#46;&#46;/livestream.htm</a><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>2. </strong>Liveperformances : Also my activities in liveperformance as raised a lot. From the next week on a whole summary of occasions where you can see me playing live will show up. I will also play my first concerts in Germany which will be the first step to international concerts. I will see how far my journey will go but its incredible how fast this changment which I have decided at the end of 2011 have taken place. You find all upcoming liveevents at <a href='http://hanspeterkruesi.com/livestream.htm' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://hanspeterkrue.&#46;&#46;/livestream.htm</a> and if you what to subscribe to the news you can do it here : <a href='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?app=core&module=global&section=rss&type=calendar&id=1' class='bbc_url' title=''>http://www.hanspeter...e=calendar&id=1</a><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>3.</strong> On Jan 14th I have a wonderful sold out liveperformance with Tatjana Nikic in the Jecklin Forum in Z&uuml;rich where we performend " Farbmusik " with 2 grand pianos and guitar.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>4. New Hollywood contract !</strong> - my flamenco style sologuitar song " The Dessert " has been signed at a big Hollywood music library. This is great news - you can listen to it here : <a href='http://www.music-pictures.com/news/index.php' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.music-pic.&#46;&#46;/news/index.php</a><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>5.</strong> The <a href='http://www.smpv.ch' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>SMPV</a> ( Swiss Music Pedagogic Association ) which is the biggest and most important music association in Switzerland has made a very very supprising request to me. They asked me to join the steering commitee ! I had a hard time to think this over since I am really very busy and have no time for such a job with this big resposibility but I have agreed under certain conditions which are only possible for me in my current timemanagment. Maybe they are ready to agree. Its a big honour for me and my work I must say whatever they will decide. This shows that my progressive work I did over all those years is recognized !<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>6. </strong>Fractal Audio and <a href='http://www.g66.eu' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>G66.eu</a> - I will be featured on G66.eu with my new teaching videos on YouTube using the brand new AXE FX II. There I will act as a representive of <a href='http://www.guitartricks.com' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>Guitartricks.com</a> and so I am more free about the content of my YouTube videos which was restricted the past 5 years due to my contract obligations with them. This is a great opportunity now to show my work to a much bigger audiance since G66.eu is the only distributor of Fractal Audio in Europe and the AXE FX is THE amp and FX modelling system of the present which gets a lot of attention. The campaign will be launced very soon - currently I am recording the videos. The first series is here. Therefore check my YouTube Account : <a href='http://www.youtube.com/user/hpcrazycom?feature=mhee' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.youtube.c...om?feature=mhee</a><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>7. </strong>Swiss national TV has asked me to compose a Swiss stlye version of a song from Easy Rider for a big show. I am on it but the main work Tatjana Nikic will do because I have no time left but she is a great composer and I lookinf forward for here suggestions.<br />
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So these were the most important news from Jan 12 - was a lot of movement but its going in a good direction. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>2011</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>2011 Blog</strong></span><br />
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Looking back to 2011 the main events which happened were that on the one hand I really got my work on a very good level since I moved it into my studio in Egg. I was booked out with students the most time and my guitarlessons on guitartricks.com have been very popular since I changed my teaching style to a new system. I had many concerts with my farbmusik which were good visited and I can not outline it enough I am very proud of my <strong class='bbc'>4 hours soloconcert on Feb 4th in the Prediger church in Z&uuml;rich </strong>were I play all colors each on guitar and piano with a break of 10 minutes after each color. Looking back its like my live - work has been finished in this one concert.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have practiced so many years to have this level on guitar and piano to make such a concert possible. For my a soloconcert was always the highest thing a musician could reach If you ever play only one solo - piece on a concert you know what I mean. It took all my concentration, my knowledge, experience as a musician over all those years and my entire concentration to make this " march to the southpole alone " possible. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Here's a picture from the last " violet " sequence. Pretty much of the spectators where there for the whole 4 hours and they loved it. They told me that they never experienced such a concert before, in its perfection, deepness and emotional impact.<br />
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<span rel='lightbox'><img src='http://www.pianist.ch/bibliothek/violettes%20piano%20gross.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' /></span><br />
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The second thing main thing which took my attention in 2011 were my health problems with my hands pretty short after my personal highlight of this concert. These problems slowed me down very much and guided me through the rest of 2011. The good news is that I still can play without limitations, the bad news is that I still suffer from this problem and nobody really can tell me what it is and how long I will be able to play without pain. From my personal experience from the past I know that it has a reason for this. Many years ago I needed to stop playing the piano because of a problem with my right hand. There I changed to guitar and I never regreted it. Now I decided to take any effort which is needed to go out and play live again. Over years I did not focus on live - playing again, I made a few concerts from time to time and my main focus was teaching, online teaching and composing for TV and Movies. Now its more the time to make concerts, start new projects with other musicians - just to be creative.&nbsp;&nbsp;I already started with the first steps by sorting out old things and removing things which will be in my way - check the new foto's on <a href='http://www.gitarrist.ch' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.gitarrist.ch</a> ... more will follow.<br />
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Best<br />
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HP]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Changments</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>Changments</strong></span><br />
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Its has been a while since my last blog entry - nearly 6 months - wow. In my last blob entry I was writting about some health problems and as a result my plan slow things down. So what happened since then ? Actually a lot <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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My health problems ( unfortunatly with hands ) have forced me to think about several things and priorities in playing and in life. I have used this time now to change a few things based on this situation. I had a similar problem many years ago which forced me to dramaticly change my musical life. At that time I was a professional pianist and on the way to become pretty successful. There I needed to stop playing piano but it was possible to play guitar and so I changed my main instrument and became a guitarist - but looking back honestly I know that I wanted to do this changment and so it came. But I needed that injury at that time to really go the new way - the same as now. Already last year I noticed that I wanted to change something now the changments have taken place.<br />
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<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>Musical Career</strong></span><br />
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I considered myself always as a live musician since I am this kind of player who can boost energie and abilities in a live situation. Through my online work and all my obligations I did not have the time and motivation to pursue liveplaying so much anymore. But now is the time to go out and play again - I dont know how long my hands still can play ( nobody knows what it is ) - but at the moment I still can play but I needed to change my perception of music and what I want to play and how. Here are my findings :<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>1. Touch Technique</strong> : I think the time of expanded touch technique concerts is over. I still can play it but this technique is really hard to play and brings a lot of physical stress to the angles of the fingers and needs a lot of practice time with only little abilities of improvisation and creativity on stage.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>2. Normal Playing </strong>: Because of the touch technique I stoped to pracitce normal playing techniques. But I was pretty good in it when I practiced it and I can do it with very little effort - so I am coming back with this. Takes some time of course till the really high levels can be reached - but I am on the way <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>3. Piano playing</strong> - I used to be a very good piano player. ( this is what people always said to me ) and I own <a href='http://www.pianist.ch' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.pianist.ch</a>. I am giving more energy to piano playing and live performances.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>4. Performing</strong> - since Touch Technique not my main feature anymore I am forced to start to play with other musician. The first main changment is that in my main concert program " FARBMUSIK " I no longer do concerts solo anymore. I started to work with Tatjana Nikic. <a href='http://www.tatjananikic.com' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tatjananikic.com</a> - she is a great concert pianist from Croatia and she started to play the piano parts of my compositions and I do the " normal " guitarparts. A first full concert took place on oct 15th and it was a success. People loved the new performance style of " FARBMUSIK " and there is a discussion to get in more musicians. percussion first. A concert with 2 piano's in the Jecklin Forum in Z&#252;rich on jan 14th 2012 is on the way. An additional feature in FARBMUSIK - <a href='http://www.music-pictures.com/colormusic.php' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.music-pictures.com/colormusic.php</a><br />
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<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>Teaching</strong></span><br />
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My teaching work is going on but I change my online teaching style a bit and I noticed that my lessons at <a href='http://www.guitartricks.com' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.guitartricks.com</a> have become pretty popular. Since the changment 6 months ago I get far more possitive feedbacks, more downloads of my guitarmusic and I am totally booked out with private online and live students. They come from far away now to have private lessons but I did not do any advertisment, it is just happening. I still only take a limited number of students but I am now taking 15 per week and they love it.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Jamsessions </strong>: As a great additional feature we started with regular jamsessions on oct 22th from a central studio in Egg. Everybody who loves blues and jamming can come there and play in a really wonderful room and surrounding. As a extra highlight all jamsessions will be broadcasted live into the internet. The live videostream can be watched at the named date and time ( Z&#252;rich - Time ) at <a href='http://www.gitarrenforum.eu/index.php?showtopic=2414' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.gitarrenforum.eu/index.php?showtopic=2414</a><br />
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<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>Summary</strong></span><br />
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My main goal now is to become that live musician with FARBMUSIK which I always was again and I will take any effort to go back there with the new situation. I enjoy the work with my students and I will keep it up because the feedbacks and energy I get from all my students around the world is just great.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Slowing things a bit down</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been again a long time since my last blog entry. It has of course a reason. I was forced to slow things down because unpredicable health problems showed up and they put my career in danger. Since march 11 I suddenly have problems with both hands. Its not so bad that I can't play guitar anymore but still it is something I have to think about. I got several opinions what the cause might be of these problems. Till now there is no unique diagnosis. I personally believe that it is now time to slow down things. I have been working very hard in the past years and have some very difficult situations to deal with - also in my personal life and to be honest I always thought that it is a miricle that I always stayed healthy so I was able to do was had to be done. And now since I have finished everything and this constant pressure has reduced a lot now I could start to relax and now I have to pay the price for this phase which lasted 5 years. But as I said I can still play guitar, still make musc but I have to take care a bit till I get 100% healthy again. <br />
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I have already started with some changements. <br />
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I will focus on the important things in my work. This is teaching, composing and playing. No extra stuff anymore. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
On playing I will work less on speed accuracy and virtuosity but on building a 100% connection with the instrument anytime. On piano I went through such a process many years ago where I faced similar problems but at the end I became a much better player then before. This will also happen now on guitar. My students might already noticed the changment in my teaching style. Everybody is learning this now. Building a true connection to the guitar to your feelings in music and your abilities to express and explore music on any level and any situation. This is my way, my path with I now truely started and I like it I must say. But I take it step by step. So stress anymore. Music is part of life and it will happen as life happens. <br />
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And yes this is another news in my personal life. I will start to learn how to life beside work. I never did it. Nows the time. But this is also music.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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HP]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 12:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Ready for ignition</title>
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Again it has been a while since my last blog entry. I was very busy I must say but it was worth. After changing my entire living and working stuctures all is finished and I feel " ready for ignition " <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /> . Here the last things which happened in the past weeks. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Studio + Videostudio</strong><br />
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I did a lot of testing with light, colorlight and online - teaching style but now the new videostudio is finished and I foung my new style in online teaching. You will notice that there is a colored light included. This has a meaning for those who are interested for the others its just a cool looking effect.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here is a first example of the new online - teaching style. <br />
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Beside this I did a lot of sound testing with different equipment and now I have new sound possibilites and also my students who come to my teaching office can use the benefit of perfect sound possibilites. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Farbmusik - concept written</strong><br />
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As I mentioned about the colours you will see in the videos will have a meaning for those who are interested. For me colours and music and emotions are strongly connected. As some of you know I have launched 7 CD's in 2010 Farbmusik <a href='http://www.music-pictures.com/colormusic.php' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.music-pictures.com/colormusic.php</a> - since then everybody was asking me about the concept and how it is possible to create music to colours. Most of them did not understand with the negative highlight at my TV performance at the big TV show " Das schweizer Supertalent " - now finally I have written the concept in english and it is really worth reading it. For me its like writting my university diploma.<br />
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<a href='http://www.farbmusik.com/farbmusik_paper.pdf' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.farbmusik.com/farbmusik_paper.pdf</a><br />
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Actually I had a reason to writte this documment. Farbmusik was choosen for the AIC 2011 midterm meeting in June 11 in Z&#252;rich. But I refused to participate after reading the final conidtions. Its too big for a one man firm as I am. I can not afford to pay all fee's and required works. But was a great honour when I read the list of the scientific committee. Acutally I am really a bit disappointed that I can not take part - but its not possible. I already informed the committee about my desicion. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /><br />
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<a href='http://www.aic2011.org' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.aic2011.org</a><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Endorser for Guitar Pro</strong><br />
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Last but not least I am now endorser for Guitar Pro tabulatur software. Really great software - thats why I support them.<br />
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<a href='http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php?pg=artistes&artiste=76' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php?pg=artistes&artiste=76</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New structures</title>
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It has been a while since my last blog entry. This of course had a reason. I was totally absorbed with building new structures. I went through a very difficult phase in the past 2-3 years where I needed to live in interim solutions with living, working and teaching. Special in my work it was very difficult to keep my normal level up in this tremendous pressure but with a lot of hard work, faith and personal support from my parents and near people I was able to go through it and now it is all solved and I feel I am back again. I finally have a place to live where I feel home and confortable ( people who tried to get something like this in the region of Z&#252;rich know how difficult this has become ) and I have my first own office and studio in a top floor location. <br />
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My little house where I live in.<br />
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My new studio and office.<br />
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Proceeding all these changes I was a bit concerned that I need to start a few things like live - teaching from the beginning, but all my students followed me to the new location. This and together with the new requests for live - lessons I am already booked out again. <br />
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In online teaching I finally have the ability now to work the way which always was in my vision but not possible because the situation which I described. So now I am looking forward to my new structures which will help me a lot to provide the quality which I was used to. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> <br />
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Beside this I am in my concert series <a href='http://www.vollmondkonzert.com' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>Vollmondkonzerte</a> and currently in a series of productions for TV and movie for my buisness partners in TX and for Swiss TV. <br />
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Greetings<br />
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Farbmusik</title>
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<a href='http://www.farbmusik.com' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.farbmusik.com</a><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>concert</strong><br />
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The past weeks I basicly just was busy with my " Farbmusik " . I had a concert on oct. 2nd where I needed to practice a 90 minutes soloperformance. This was very demanding. But I was glad that this time Tatjana Nikic entered Farbmusik with her contribution. She did a great performance and understood what it was about. The concert turned out to be the best in the past years. This is what some said. Somebody recorded the concert on video. So for all those how missed it it is available here : <br />
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<a href='http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=996330A0E653F397' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=996330A0E653F397</a><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>AIC 2011</strong><br />
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Farbmusik entered the " call of papers " for the <a href='http://www.aic2011.org/' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>AIC 2011</a>. An internation symposium " Interaction of colour and light in arts and science " . Here is my contribution. <br />
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<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'><em class='bbc'><span class='bbc_underline'>A concept in art and psychology</span></em><br />
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<em class='bbc'>Farbmusik </em>is music which has been composed to the colors of the rainbow. The rainbow has been chosen because this are the spectral colors and a natural phenomenon for the relation of color and light . The principle of <em class='bbc'>Farbmusik</em> is that either color, light or music shall have the same emotional and healing impact. The effect is based on the connection between the autonomous nervous system, on physical charms (frequency) and reflex answer. In practical use ( concerts, CD&#8217;s and therapeutic settings ) a significant number of listeners have experienced the music with colors in the expected way. <br />
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<em class='bbc'>Musical research :</em> Several musical concepts have been developed over years to achieve this result. Keys, chords,&nbsp;&nbsp;fragments of melodies where developed to an entire&nbsp;&nbsp;improvisation&nbsp;&nbsp;and playing concept. Modern sounds and composition forms were created to achieve a maximum emotional impact. Actually every played note, sound and detail in compositions are designed to create this effect that the colors can be experienced in the described way.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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Here is a list of the colors and a few assignments which have been made. This are individual so these are meant only to be suggestions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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Red : Energy, earth, blood, life, passion, love, spiritual strength and power, sex.<br />
Orange : Joy, warmth, activity, sensuality, Tibetan monk, harmony, art, beauty.<br />
Yellow : Sun, light, essence, illuminance.<br />
Green : Joy, freedom, hope, nature, growth, calmative, fresh & new, earth.<br />
Light blue : Water, sky, peace, wave, endless, ice, longing. <br />
Indigo : Universal knowledge, mysticism, the third eye, deepness.<br />
Violet : Faith, mysticism, transformation, timeless, spirituality, healing, serving.</div></div>
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<strong class='bbc'>Casting show</strong><br />
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Farbmusik got invited to contribute to a big casting show at Swiss TV. The first casting will take place in one week. Dont know if I will make it to the next round. But I give it a try. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Live - Performing</title>
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1. After the experiences of this year it came more and more clear that I neglected my live - perfoming too much in the past years. I was too busy with all kind of internet - projects and composing. So I made a serios desicion in August 10 to change my life and somehow get back into the life-perfomring scene which I missed for more then 10 years. So I started to contribute for a 70's blues - rock band with 2 guys. We are starting practicing work soon. <br />
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2. I had a jazz - gig in Zug on Sept. 9th where I preperaed myself for 3 weeks that I was able to play all this difficult jazz - stuff. And I succeded. I was the only guy who was playing all songs by hearts with themes and solo - parts. But I must admit it was great fun playing all these heavy tunes even that I sometimes missed some more rocking sounds. :)Here is the homepage of these guys <a href='http://www.hazzdajazz.ch' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.hazzdajazz.ch</a><br />
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3. I got a request from a professional big band to take the job as a guitarplayer reenctly. There are all professional musicians there and the conductor is a very experienced pro <a href='http://www.belabalintbigband.ch/' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.belabalintbigband.ch/</a><br />
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4. And last but not least I have a concert with my Farbmusik on Oct 2nd <a href='http://www.farbmusik.com/live.htm' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.farbmusik.com/live.htm</a> - in Dübendorf near Zürich. As far as I heard from my manager the pre - selling of tickets is going well. And I will be playing with a gueststar <a href='http://www.tatjananikic.com' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.tatjananikic.com</a> <br />
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5. Some more discussions are going on. There is a overall interest of musicians which would like to work with me. <br />
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This all came very fast and what was very astonishing for me is that the overall comments from musicians and fans which heard me play live ( now also with band ) - Everybody can not believe that they never heard of me since my skills on the guitar impress everybody. Some even say that I must be the best guitarplayer in Switzerland. But fans mostly exagerate a bit in their enthusisme. I would say that I worked hard on the guitar since I started to play and I guess there are not many players around with similar skills. But believe me - there is always somebody who plays better and music is not a competition its about music and emotions. <br />
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Greetings<br />
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Summer 2010</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>Summer 2010</strong></span><br />
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It has been a while since my last blog entry. It was a pretty crazy summer this summer 2010 - so many different things were going on that its a bit hard to get all down in order.<br />
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Basicly I have finished all my projects which I ever had in my head all the past years. This was online - education, composition and my " farbmusik " including the release of 7 CDs. Now my work was to let the world somehow know what was going on and what I have been doing the past years. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>online education </strong> - I am so glad that I was rewarded in the Schweizer Musikzeitung for 10 years of pioneer work. <a href='http://www.gitarrist.ch/musikzeitung_2010.pdf' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.gitarrist.ch/musikzeitung_2010.pdf</a> - also guitartricks.com which was part of my work got rewarded and I was so glad for guitartricks.com that they got this kind of reward. They were grateful.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Composition </strong> - I got the message from Swiss national TV that my music which they really love was used 120 times in different major broadcasting shows. They are keeping asking for more music. I wish I had more time. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Farbmusik</strong> - Since I finished the 7 CDs - each colour one CD and I started to let people know about it. I got so many positive feedbacks and interest that it is hard to write about all of them. But here the most important ones. <br />
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- I will have a meeting with a publisher in Germany in October. They are very interested to publish " Farbmusik " . They are the leading publisher of any kind of literature about colours. ( I was told )<br />
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- Procolore the Swiss head organisation of all creative professional working with colour turned out to be very interested in my work. The president of this organisation showed out to already knew my work from a earlier production in 2004- There this was my prototype of the colormusic with a CD with one sone each colour... now I have 7 songs each colour.<br />
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- Several theraphists have started to work with the colourmusic. The results are very promissing. It shows that the colourmusic has the same effect like light but much stronger. Some critics came from a side that the colourmusic is not medititationmusic and some songs are too fast. But the colourmusic never was meant to be meditation music - colourmusic ( farbmusik ) is just a other expression for colours. <br />
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So many feedbacks about the colourmusic ( farbmusik ) from all kinds of genres. Many people interpretate different things in it. This was meant to be. Farbmusik is for everybody who is interested to experience colour through music - nothing else. As we know that music has also healing powers - colourmusic has the same healing powers like the colours. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>Whats next ? </strong><br />
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I want to start to make concerts now. Either with Farbmusik or my new blues - rock band or with Tatjana Nikic. This is my biggest wish. I have been working so hard in all these projects the past years - now it is time for a change. I was away and totally absorbed for 10 years ( unbelievable ) <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' /> - now its time to go change and go out into the world - also out in other countries to makes concerts or symposiums. Whatever will show up - nows the time. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> <br />
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PS : Thank you <a href='http://www.tatjananikic.com' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>Tatjana</a> you helped me so much to take the last hard step to realize all this. Your coaching on mental things and solopiano recordings helped so much. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />]]></description>
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		<title>Reward for 10 years online work</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been interviewed about my 10 years experience in online education work by the SMPV newspaper " Schweizerische Musikzeitung * <a href='http://www.musikzeitung.ch' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.musikzeitung.ch</a> . Its a very good and objective article which is kind of a reward for my efforts I have been doing in the past years in the development of professional online education systems. The article will be published in the next edition. <br />
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Here it is in german :<br />
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<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'>Der Gitarrist und Pianist Hanspeter Kruesi – ein Pionier des Online-Instrumentalunterrichts<br />
Wir haben uns daran gewöhnt, einen grossen Teil unserer alltäglichen Verrichtungen übers Internet zu erledigen. Wir schreiben e-Mails, kommunizieren über Online-Portale, kaufen online ein und buchen unsere Ferien im Internet. Doch Instrumentalunterricht übers Internet? Obschon weltweit mit Erfolg praktiziert, geniesst der Online-Musikunterricht hierzulande noch wenig Aufmerksamkeit – zu Unrecht, wie Hanspeter Kruesis zehnjährige Erfahrung zeigt. <br />
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Als Hanspeter Kruesi vor etwa zehn Jahren seine Ausbildung als Gitarrenlehrer abschloss, steckten Online-Musikschulprojekte noch in den Kinderschuhen. Kruesi, der zuerst Klavier studiert, dann aber wegen einer Sehnenscheidenentzündung zur Gitarre gewechselt hatte, erwarb nach seinem Diplom die Internet-Domains gitarrist.ch und pianist.ch, entwickelte ein eigenes Online-Unterrichtsangebot und begann seine mittlerweile zehnjährige Laufbahn als Online-Instrumentallehrer. Kurz darauf wurde er als&nbsp;&nbsp;wurde als Lehrer ins Team der US-amerikanischen Online-Schule Guitar Tricks gewählt, welche mittlerweile mit über 50'000 Abonnenten und 800'000 Besuchern zur Nr. 1 unter den Online-Musikschulen weltweit avanciert ist. <br />
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Doch wie funktioniert Online-Musikunterricht konkret? Das Angebot von Guitar Tricks beruht auf einer sehr umfassenden Sammlung von Unterrichtseinheiten, die als Videofilme abgerufen werden können. Diese Lektionen sind nach stilistischen und technischen Kriterien, nach Repertoire und Spielniveaus gegliedert. Der Benutzer kann zudem zwischen verschiedenen Lehrpersonen wählen. Für Einsteiger steht das sogenannte «core learning system» (Kern-Lernsystem) zur Verfügung, ein ausgeklügeltes, nach pädagogischen Gesichtspunkten entwickeltes Set von Lerneinheiten, welches Anfängern auf dem Instrument eine Orientierungshilfe bieten will und sich in der Praxis sehr gut bewährt hat. Pädagogische Seriosität und Durchdachtheit des Angebots spiegeln sich auch in der Machart der einzelnen Lektionen wider, so achtet Kruesi etwa besonders darauf, dass seine Unterrichtseinheiten die Atmosphäre einer «echten» Stunde vermitteln und die Schüler, die übrigens in der ganzen Welt zu Hause sind, den Lehrer als konkreten Menschen aus Fleisch und Blut erleben können, als jemanden, der Gefühle zeigen kann und auch einmal Fehler macht. Oberflächliche Perfektion strebt Kruesi in seinen Lektionen nicht an -&nbsp;&nbsp;«das würde gerade Anfänger schnell frustrieren», ist Kruesi überzeugt. <br />
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Einen Schritt weiter geht Kruesi in seiner eigenen Online-Schule, wo Schüler sogar spezielle, auf ihre je eigenen Bedürfnisse zugeschnittene Unterrichtseinheiten bestellen können. Um den individuellen Voraussetzungen seiner Schüler gerecht zu werden,&nbsp;&nbsp;nimmt Kruesi&nbsp;&nbsp;eine anfängliche Einteilung jedes Schülers vor, wozu er einen speziellen Fragebogen entwickelt hat, in dem auch lernpsychologische Faktoren berücksichtigt werden. Kruesi: «Es gibt Schüler, die klare Vorgaben wollen, solche, die es lieber offener haben, solche, die eher ein Konzept brauchen und wieder andere, die von einem Konzept gar nichts wissen wollen. Wenn man das Falsche im falschen Moment bringt, können manche sehr schnell die Motivation verlieren.» In den Einzellektionen sind die Schüler zudem aufgefordert, Kruesi vor jeder neuen Unterrichtseinheit eine eigene Aufnahme und ein Feedback zu schicken, damit er sich ein Bild über die jeweilige individuelle Entwicklung machen kann.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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Natürlich unterrichtet Kruesi neben dem Online-Unterricht auch ganz «konventionell.» Auf den persönlichen Kontakt zu seinen Schülern und die daraus gewonnenen Impulse für seinen Unterricht, die dann auch dem Online-Unterricht zugutekommen, möchte er auf keinen Fall verzichten. <br />
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Auf die Frage, wie er nach 10 Jahren Erfahrung positive und negative Aspekte des Online-Unterrichts zusammenfassen würde, antwortet Kruesi: «Man muss verstehen, dass das Internet eine künstliche Welt ist und es immer bleiben wird. Dass man weltweit gesehen wird, bedeutet keineswegs, dass man vor Ort Anerkennung findet. Das kann gerade in schwierigen beruflichen Phasen schwierig sein. Auch findet pädagogische Arbeit, wie sie z.B. von Guitar Tricks geleistet wird, kaum gesellschaftliche Anerkennung, da sie ausserhalb etablierter Institutionen stattfindet. Man lernt auch seine Schüler in der Regel nie kennen, die Kommunikation bleibt sozusagen zweidimensional.» Als positiv empfindet Kruesi die Möglichkeit, sich im Rahmen des Onlineangebots auch künstlerisch profilieren und entsprechende Beachtung finden zu können. Auch die vergleichsweise günstigen Kosten sind für Kruesi ein wesentlicher Vorteil des Systems: «Es ermöglicht nicht zuletzt Menschen mit wenig Geld, gerade auch in ärmeren Ländern, Zugang zu professionellem Unterricht, auch wenn sie sich keinen eigenen Lehrer leisten können.»<br />
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Im Kontakt zu Kolleginnen und Kollegen bekommt&nbsp;&nbsp;Kruesi mitunter natürlich auch Vorbehalte gegenüber dem Online-Unterricht zu spüren. So könne jeweils kaum einer glauben, dass das man als Online-Lehrer tatsächlich weltweit wahrgenommen wird. Andere meinten, er gehe ein zu grosses Risiko ein, indem er so viel Arbeit in ein virtuelles Angebot investiere und dadurch womöglich die lokalen Gegebenheiten und Netzwerke vernachlässige.&nbsp;&nbsp;Doch überwiegt im Allgemeinen das Interesse an dieser gerade hierzulande noch relativ wenig rezipierten Unterrichtsform, so etwa an der D-A-CH-Tagung im Jahre 2005, an welcher Kruesi als SMPV-Mitglied über seinen Online-Unterricht sprach. Als er im April im Rahmen einer Veranstaltung der Sektion Winterthur/Zürcher Oberland des SMPV über seine Erfahrungen als Online-Lehrer referierte, war die Resonanz durchaus positiv.&nbsp;&nbsp;«Es gab einerseits Staunen und Anerkennung, wie gut das alles gemacht ist, ich spürte vereinzelt aber auch Unsicherheit, etwa bezüglich der Frage, ob man das in Zukunft nun auch anbieten müsse, oder ob es eine Konkurrenz zum herkömmlichen Unterricht darstelle. Auch wurde die Frage gestellt, ob sich solche Angebote auch für das Erlernen anderer Instrumente eignen würde.» Dass dem so ist, steht für Kruesi ausser Frage. Er verweist auf das stetig wachsende Unterrichtangebot im Internet, welches nahezu schon alle Instrumentengruppen abdeckt.<br />
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Es steht ausser Frage, dass die Bedeutung von Online-Unterrichtsangeboten im Musikbereich in Zukunft noch zunehmen wird. Wichtig scheint, dass entsprechende Entwicklungen in musikpädagogischen Kreisen wahr- und ernstgenommen werden, um Kriterien für Qualität und Nachhaltigkeit zu schärfen. Es sind die pädagogisch seriösen Angebote von Pionieren wie Hanspeter Kruesi oder von Guitar Tricks sowie anderen, deren Erfahrungen dabei eine zentrale Rolle spielen werden.<br />
www.hanspeterkruesi.ch<br />
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		<title>June 10</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>June 10</strong></span><br />
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CD - Soloistic is out now. Here the iTunes - Link<br />
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<a href='http://itunes.apple.com/album/soloistic/id376744701' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://itunes.apple.com/album/soloistic/id376744701</a><br />
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<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'>After more than a year since "Colors and Pictures" release, "Soloistic" is more than a set of tunes in digital format, it's a journey thru Tone and Color. From the melodic breezes of Indigo to the hammerings of Violet Guitar, Hanspeter Kruesi sets it up. Traveling thru color and tone a span of genres, Blues, Rock, Jazz, Hanspeter's stylish two hand hammerings bring color to sound.<br />
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The entirety of Soloistic is very well done. From start to finish, the flow cultivates colors that are vivid with a heart felt tone that is clear, bringing field of emotion. Soloistic holds true to Hanspeter's passion for pure sound and the solo guitarists journey.<br />
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Overall, Soloistic is an excellent listen. A solid album with continuity and style that brings color and tone to it's full potential. A springboard for Hanspeter's future creative works, Soloistic is a must for any collection...<br />
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by Stevo Edwards</div></div>
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and here are some personal notes about the 14 tracks on this CD : <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>1.Arizona</strong> : This is a sologuitar blues played with fingerpicking and this orange " Arizona " feeling. I just love this kind of style in blues. This has the colour " orange "<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>2.Claim up </strong>: This is a new recording of my all time " hit " played with the two handed touch technique. Here there are a lot of additional improvised elements recorded then you hear in the old version of 2002. This has the colour " indigo "<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>3.Concerto</strong> : This is a new recording of my interpretation of the " Concerto de Arranquez " played with the two handed touch technique. One of my very favorite songs from the classical archiv. This has the colour " red "<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>4.Too cool</strong> : A very very cool song played with 3 guitars. I composed this for a student years ago, but it turned out to be very popular and gives this very cool mood.&nbsp;&nbsp;This could be the hit of this album.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>5.Human Touch</strong> : A wonderful balade played with 2 guitars.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>6.Spanish Guitarista</strong> : The name of this song gives you the direction here. Spanish influenced guitar with very red and groovy percussion.<br />
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<strong class='bbc'>7.Beat the Funk out</strong> : This is a really funky and wild fusion type song. I recorded the lead guitar in one take. Was great fun – I still listen to this song very often. I just love the parts where I really start to go wild on the guitar. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>8.But I was cool</strong> : This song describes a longer situation where my emotions were getting more extrem but I did not show anything – as I say " but I was cool ". <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>9.Red Guitar </strong>: This is actually a house beat with a very red played guitar. Takes you to the rhythm and into this red mood. One of my personal favorites. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>10.Flying away </strong>: This is the next chapter of the story started with " but I was cool " . Experienced listeners can imagine what the story was about. This song is in the colour " indigo ". <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>11.Live in the Lounge </strong>: A recording from a live – gig in a lounge. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>12.Bad Blues</strong> : This kind of blues is very much my style. Remember the movie " Crossroads " - there is a scene where this kind of blues is played. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>13.Violet Guitar</strong> : This is the colour " violet " played with the two handed touch technique. <br />
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<strong class='bbc'>14.Das Fohlen</strong> : An other original played with the touch technique. The colour " light blue ".]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span class='bbc_underline'><strong class='bbc'>May 2010 - Finished</strong></span><br />
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Since my last blog - entry I have been finishing my release of those 7 CD's Farbmusik ( <a href='http://www.farbmusik.com' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.farbmusik.com</a> ) and I had a speach in front of members of the SMPV in Winterthur ( Switzerland ) talking about professional online education systems and music & internet in general. The president who was in the audience as well constated at the end of the speach how impressed he was about my pioneer work in the past 10 years and my modesty which I have even that I have reached so much. You can imagine that a lot of people still dont believe me what all&nbsp;&nbsp;had happened to me during my times where I was into this pioneer - work in internet. At the end of my speach I said to the audience that even that my knowledge is still progressive for me the time of internet is over. I rarly speak about my personal feelings in my blog, but I really have a feeling of proudness when I review the last 10 years but I feel that it is now time to move on and leave this behind. For me this topic is acutally closed - this dont not mean that I will not continue my work which I have in internet but I will reduce it to those parts which are nessessary and open up for new things. Maybe its a personal disadvantage but it always has been like this. I put a lot of enery into something which I believe in but once I reached it I start to loose interest. After my speach about internet I felt that it is now over. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Next steps : <br />
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I got this movie " As it is in heaven " from a friend long time ago. I dont know why I did not watch it for so long. Now today I happened to watch it :<br />
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<a href='http://www.amazon.com/As-Heaven-Michael-Nyqvist/dp/B002W1HBM0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273310710&sr=1-1' class='bbc_url' title='' rel='nofollow'>http://www.amazon.com/As-Heaven-Michael-Nyqvist/dp/B002W1HBM0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1273310710&sr=1-1</a><br />
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I could not believe it - this story and specially the charactre of this conducter in this movie reminded me a lot to my ideas and my visions - I think I should start to follow my visions in music the way I lost it a bit during my engagment in internet. So I will start to practice regulary again and start to express music the way it is meant to be and I know I talk about this for a while start to play live again regulary. So this is tha plan. I can not say more at the moment. <br />
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PS : But dont be afraid that I stop all internet activities - I will just set the priorities right. <img src='http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />]]></description>
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