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This is a german interview where I talk about my music, the Farbmusik and the philosophy behind all my music.

Hey guys, I wanted to share more background information on the production of any jazz production. These are jazz guitar recordings in the near future and all jazz backing tracks since 2021. I want them to sound as authentic as possible so they are all using the original reverb setting of the center on the birdland café in New York to give it a really authentic vibe as sitting in that club. You can listen to this file here where I used that method :

I want to share a few thoughts I went through in the past weeks and months which led to a personal reset which has started in these days which in fact will alter my artist work a bit and probably make it more personal then it was before. I think the past 12 months were challenging for nearly everybody on this planet in many ways. I always said to my close people or those I spoke to that the Covid crisis brings people to what they really are. And so I thought about my upcoming path as an artist and musician also with this new situation that hit artists probably most. I know that I have been very successful as an online instructor in the past 15 years. I have been…

I have been an independent artist all my life so I want to share a few thoughts about my life in general and what I learnt to show what it means to be an independent artist to give others an idea what such life is like. I think the focus is on the word independent which means you don't have any backbone or a net which can catch you when you fall. This gives music and the way you express music a different vibe and you see music and they way you work with music in a total different way. On of my principles in my work as an independent artist always was that you have to touch people's emotions with your art because then people see a value in your work and then they hire…

Hey guys, in the picture above you can see the " comments " tab of a Livestreaming concert. Since I never really know what I will play when I announce a concert I write there what is on my mind and what I am working on for every upcoming concert. For real fans this is for sure a nice additional information to see how the music develops for a concert takes place. To get to the comments tab just click on the concert of your choice and scroll down. There you find it.

I had a cool Interview with Charley from RadioOG.com - we talked about music and the swiss music scene and the way I see musc and how I developed my career as a musician. In this interview you hear a lot of background information about the start of my career, the way I see music and the way I see teaching guitar. Was really a fun experience this chat. See my blog entry in Radio OG's Friday Nite Underground show : LINK and listen to the radio - these guys really have some cool music there. If you want to listen to the interview you can download it here. It's our skpecall we had 1 week ago. << LISTEN TO THE SHOW HERE >>

Creativity and Meditation What is the connection between meditation and creativity ? I want to share my thoughts and my way of living creativity. My way of seeing music, art, thoughts and life is, that everything is already there you just need to open up your mind to see or feel it and then start to create. There is a prominent example for that way of thinking. When Michelangelo, the famous italian artist was asked how he created his famous David statue he answered that the statue was always there he just needed to remove the unnecessary parts from the stone. It's the same with music. Music is something which has always been there you just need to be able to hea…

Sitting here at my favorite spot for creative thoughts and meditation at Greifensee in Switzerland I am reviewing my personal experiences and findings during the past 12 months which of course have been affected by Covid 19 as well as for many of us and made me think about many things in life - also since in my personal life some things have changed for the good and some for the more difficult ways and it brought me to the finding that I will enter more into creative works again. In the past 12 months I was absorbed by many things also by the changements in our society and I needed to face that my business which was always running well over decades suddenly got into prob…

I have totaly updated my studio with new equipment. Some was very old and needed to be replaced and some of it was just to give me new inspiration. This one here is the AKAI Force. A great colorful tool where I can produce new music and specially for the HPCrazy Nights to give them finally the colorful vibe I always wanted to have. This is now a first try with a default setting and I must say I love it - I am looking forward to produce my own cool sounds and beats.

I have upgraded the membersection here to the latest version now. This seem to be a major upgrade with some new functions. Would anybody be interested to have a chat feature installed ? I think that is available ? and I will install a new payment method I guess - to pay only with credit card. On PayPal I think you always need an account there.

Due to the corona crisis and the big shifts in our free societies I have decided to become active in philosophical and political ways. With a lot of worries I see what is going on in many countries in this world related to the corona crisis. I think all of us are worried and many of us look into an unsecure future. I don't want to get too political since it does not really make sense. I noticed that our society has splited up into 2 main groups. Each of them does not seem to understand each other anymore because each group is driven by fear. One group by the fear to loose there freedom and the other group by the fear of the virus. Desicions driven by fear hardly give us …

Here's a very very red song with some flamenco style guitar, some hypnotic beats and arps with some dupstep type bass drum and drops and the flamenco guitar with some ambient effects. This is truely unexplored territory and it is the color red. Check my colourmusic concept to understand a bit whats behind my synestetic approach to colourmusic : http://www.farbmusik.com/farbmusik_paper.pdf#farbmusik

Here's a dark blues rock instrumental - Kind of the style of " All Them Witches " but also givin am musical note that sometimes it's not good if you want to try to help and heal people which don't really deserve it.

Here a few words about my CD " Piano Color Meditation " which came out in Feb. 19. A few words about the inspiration, my Meditation spots and the healing effect it can have. Download the CD at : iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/album/piano-color-meditation/1451572680 Google Play Store - https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Hanspeter_Kruesi_Piano_Color_Meditation?id=Btbqxyqe6yydyjzmccierco52hy

It is quite a while since my last blog entry. the reason for that is that I was very busy in many projects and some are there any time to write blog entries in the past 12 months. Due to the corona crisis and the lockdown there was now time to reconsider and overthink many things in my work and so I want to present my thoughts and results here. HPCrazy Guitar Academy Having a meening in my work as a composer and musician was always important for me so I was thinking how can I my thoughts and philosophy into my work as a musician. Some people might search too far and I came to the finding that with my HPCrazy guitar Academy I am already doing in it big contri…

Here's a cool blues in the Gary Moore or Joe Bonamassa style.

Hanspeter Kruesi is a trained professional pianist, guitarist and composer from Switzerland and has been working as a freelance artist since 1989. Since 2003 his compositions have been used in numerous national and international TV and film productions (SRF, ABC, BBC and many more). Starting as Bar & Jazz Pianist In the years 1989 to 1996 Hanspeter Kruesi was mainly professionally active as a jazz pianist & bar pianist. In Zurich he played mainly in the then well-known Zurich clubs, the Splendid Bar, the Widder Bar and the Casa Bar either as solo pianist or in various jazz formations or in other Swiss jazz clubs. As an artist accompanist for professional …

Here's a guitar version of the Swiss National Anthem - Tritts im Morgenrot daher. I got inspired by the Jimi Hendrix Version of Star Sprangled Banner in Wookstock. But my version is less wild. Swiss National Day is on Aug 1st.

Here a blues played on the day of the fullmoon eclipse on Aug 7th 2017. This was a spontanious improvisation and recorded first take after a longer holiday break. I wanted to catch the energies of the fullmoon eclipse into my music.

I have added a new playlist on my youtube channel. Meditation & Healing. Check it out and subscribe for updates to come. I will post videos with my knowledge of colors , music and healing music. I did research on this topic since 2003. Nows the time to release it. Any collaboratios with other creators around similar topics are welcome.

My requiem for my dad. Thanks for everything - Dad i am proud of you and happy for you the you are on the next step in our eternal journey. Markus Joachim Krüsi 4.1.1936 - 9.2.2018

Here's my 2017 rewind video with the most important things happened in 2017.

A last salut before you are " Gone by Now "

https://youtu.be/9IDxEHR5_gk Here some brief information about the upcoming #farbmusik concerts in 2017. To understand #farbmusik I gave you a brief explaination what it is and 2 examples to hear the difference between 2 colors. Here are all dates now in 2017 : 29th Sept. - Karl der Grosse Zürich 8 PM ( red + orange ) 7th oct - Church Aarberg 8PM 18th nov. - Karl der Grosse Zürich 8 PM ( yellow + green ) 14th dec. - Karl der Grosse Zürich 8 PM ( blue + violet ) 13th jan 18 - Church Seegräben 8PM To follow all my live data check http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com or subscribe on instagram : https://www.instagram.com/hanspeterkruesi/ To listen more #farbmusik check thi…

Here a blues rock tune in the style of Gary Moore. This tune is composed in cooperation with http://www.leveleleven.ch