Bøker av David Paul Mesler

Infinite WindowsInfinite Windows is an intimate love story told through brief poetic vignettes. It is also a clear-eyed exploration of grief and loss. Sensual in presentation, inspirational in effect, mystical in its union of the tangible and otherworldly, Infinite Windows celebrates life and love - even life and love after death. It is a work of poetry and fiction, and although its form is that of a biography, it is not one. Characters, incidents and chronology are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.The Author's InspirationsThe author's inspirations include: The interior life; the maturing of the spiritual and psychological self; creating sparks by juxtaposing words; working from grids of favorite words; the deepening of meaning through repetition; dream states; ordering poems into a chronological representation of a life; fractured narratives with flipping perspectives; and the flow experience produced by eliminating line breaks.David Paul MeslerDavid Paul Mesler is a classically trained jazz musician and educator known for his 45 albums on ECR, his 15 major Hollywood films, his performances for 1000s of events including for 4 sitting US Presidents, leading the jazz band at Benaroya Hall for 10 years, his 100s of original art songs and chamber works, and his 26 years of teaching at Seattle Central and North Seattle Colleges. As a pianist, David's film credits include The Blind Side (2009), Warm Bodies (2013), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Battlefield Earth (2000), and The Wrong Guy (1997), as well as the Emmy Award winning television features for Disney, Eloise at the Plaza (2003), and Eloise at Christmastime (2003). David himself was nominated for a Northwest Regional Emmy in 1992. He is a prolific maker of experimental films and digital art, and has been writing poetry since age 16. (c) DAVID PAUL MESLER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.www.davidpaulmesler.com

Confetti: A Life In VerseConfetti is a work of poetry and fiction, a moving portrait of a complicated man coming to terms with life in the 21st century. Boyhood, first loves, work, marriage, children, extended family, faith, and the difficulties of aging, caregiving, and accepting death. Both an emotional journey of one man's soul and a beautiful love story. Although its form is that of an autobiography, it is not one. Characters, incidents and chronology are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.The Author's InspirationsThe author's inspirations include: The interior life; the maturing of the spiritual and psychological self; Theodore Roethke's idea that every line is its own poem; creating sparks by juxtaposing words; working from grids of favorite words; the deepening of meaning through repetition; dream states; ordering poems into a chronological representation of a life; fractured narratives with flipping perspectives; the simplicity and immediacy of the couplet; the various impacts of the short line; and the flow experience produced by space on the page.David Paul MeslerDavid Paul Mesler is a classically trained jazz musician and educator known for his 45 albums on ECR, his 15 major Hollywood films, his performances for 1000s of events including for 4 sitting US Presidents, leading the jazz band at Benaroya Hall for 10 years, his 100s of original art songs and chamber works, and his 26 years of teaching at Seattle Central and North Seattle Colleges. As a pianist, David's film credits include The Blind Side (2009), Warm Bodies (2013), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Battlefield Earth (2000), and The Wrong Guy (1997), as well as the Emmy Award winning television features for Disney, Eloise at the Plaza (2003), and Eloise at Christmastime (2003). David himself was nominated for a Northwest Regional Emmy in 1992. He is a prolific maker of experimental films and digital art, and has been writing poetry since age 16. (c) DAVID PAUL MESLER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.www.davidpaulmesler.com

OVERVIEWEspecially designed for the beginning and intermediate pianist15 vivid, distinctive and memorable pieces built on patternsLevel 1 to Level 5 on mostly white keysHands in parallel pentascale positionsSimple rhythmic valuesNotated with minimal markings to encourage creativityGreat for sight reading as well as preparing for concertAppeals to both young and oldVolume 4 of "Patternissimo!," a multi-volume collection by award-winning composer-pianist David Paul Mesler ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOREarly hand coordinationEarly study in simple rhythmic values, ties and syncopationUnderstanding basic hand positions for all music genresUnderstanding basic piano patterns for all music genresBrain building and focus buildingWorking on a steady pulseDeveloping finger strength and independence as well as wrist flexibilityDiscussing melody and accompanimentDiscussing pattern, repetition and formDeveloping confidence and speedDeveloping flair and showmanship DAVID PAUL MESLER -- THE AUTHORDavid is a classically trained jazz musician and educator known for his 45 albums on ECR, his 15 major Hollywood films, his performances for 1000s of events including for 4 sitting US Presidents, leading the jazz band at Benaroya Hall for 10 years, his 100s of original art songs and chamber works, and his 26 years of teaching at Seattle Central College and North Seattle College. As a pianist, David's film credits include The Blind Side (2009), Warm Bodies (2013), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Battlefield Earth (2000), and The Wrong Guy (1997), as well as the Emmy Award winning television features, Eloise at the Plaza (2003), and Eloise at Christmastime (2003). David himself was nominated for an Emmy in 1992. (c) DAVID PAUL MESLER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.www.davidpaulmesler.com

OVERVIEWEspecially designed for the beginning and intermediate pianist15 vivid, distinctive and memorable pieces built on patternsLevel 1 to Level 5 on mostly white keysHands in parallel pentascale positionsSimple rhythmic valuesNotated with minimal markings to encourage creativityGreat for sight reading as well as preparing for concertAppeals to both young and oldVolume 3 of "Patternissimo!," a multi-volume collection by award-winning composer-pianist David Paul Mesler ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOREarly hand coordinationEarly study in simple rhythmic values, ties and syncopationUnderstanding basic hand positions for all music genresUnderstanding basic piano patterns for all music genresBrain building and focus buildingWorking on a steady pulseDeveloping finger strength and independence as well as wrist flexibilityDiscussing melody and accompanimentDiscussing pattern, repetition and formDeveloping confidence and speedDeveloping flair and showmanship DAVID PAUL MESLER -- THE AUTHORDavid is a classically trained jazz musician and educator known for his 45 albums on ECR, his 15 major Hollywood films, his performances for 1000s of events including for 4 sitting US Presidents, leading the jazz band at Benaroya Hall for 10 years, his 100s of original art songs and chamber works, and his 26 years of teaching at Seattle Central College and North Seattle College. As a pianist, David's film credits include The Blind Side (2009), Warm Bodies (2013), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Battlefield Earth (2000), and The Wrong Guy (1997), as well as the Emmy Award winning television features, Eloise at the Plaza (2003), and Eloise at Christmastime (2003). David himself was nominated for an Emmy in 1992. (c) DAVID PAUL MESLER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.www.davidpaulmesler.com

OVERVIEWEspecially designed for the beginning and intermediate pianist15 vivid, distinctive and memorable pieces built on patternsLevel 1 to Level 5 on mostly white keysHands in parallel pentascale positionsSimple rhythmic valuesNotated with minimal markings to encourage creativityGreat for sight reading as well as preparing for concertAppeals to both young and oldVolume 2 of "Patternissimo!," a multi-volume collection by award-winning composer-pianist David Paul Mesler ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOREarly hand coordinationEarly study in simple rhythmic values, ties and syncopationUnderstanding basic hand positions for all music genresUnderstanding basic piano patterns for all music genresBrain building and focus buildingWorking on a steady pulseDeveloping finger strength and independence as well as wrist flexibilityDiscussing melody and accompanimentDiscussing pattern, repetition and formDeveloping confidence and speedDeveloping flair and showmanship DAVID PAUL MESLER -- THE AUTHORDavid is a classically trained jazz musician and educator known for his 45 albums on ECR, his 15 major Hollywood films, his performances for 1000s of events including for 4 sitting US Presidents, leading the jazz band at Benaroya Hall for 10 years, his 100s of original art songs and chamber works, and his 26 years of teaching at Seattle Central College and North Seattle College. As a pianist, David's film credits include The Blind Side (2009), Warm Bodies (2013), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Battlefield Earth (2000), and The Wrong Guy (1997), as well as the Emmy Award winning television features, Eloise at the Plaza (2003), and Eloise at Christmastime (2003). David himself was nominated for an Emmy in 1992. (c) DAVID PAUL MESLER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.www.davidpaulmesler.com

OVERVIEWEspecially designed for the beginning and intermediate pianist15 vivid, distinctive and memorable pieces built on patternsLevel 1 to Level 5 on all white keysHands in parallel pentascale positionsSimple rhythmic valuesNotated with minimal markings to encourage creativityGreat for sight reading as well as preparing for concertAppeals to both young and oldVolume 1 of "Patternissimo!," a multi-volume collection by award-winning composer-pianist David Paul Mesler ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOREarly hand coordinationEarly study in simple rhythmic values, ties and syncopationUnderstanding basic hand positions for all music genresUnderstanding basic piano patterns for all music genresBrain building and focus buildingWorking on a steady pulseDeveloping finger strength and independence as well as wrist flexibilityDiscussing melody and accompanimentDiscussing pattern, repetition and formDeveloping confidence and speedDeveloping flair and showmanship DAVID PAUL MESLER -- THE AUTHORDavid is a classically trained jazz musician and educator known for his 45 albums on ECR, his 15 major Hollywood films, his performances for 1000s of events including for 4 sitting US Presidents, leading the jazz band at Benaroya Hall for 10 years, his 100s of original art songs and chamber works, and his 26 years of teaching at Seattle Central College and North Seattle College. As a pianist, David's film credits include The Blind Side (2009), Warm Bodies (2013), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Battlefield Earth (2000), and The Wrong Guy (1997), as well as the Emmy Award winning television features, Eloise at the Plaza (2003), and Eloise at Christmastime (2003). David himself was nominated for an Emmy in 1992. (c) DAVID PAUL MESLER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.www.davidpaulmesler.com

OVERVIEWEspecially designed for the beginning and intermediate pianist20 vivid, distinctive and memorable character piecesLevel 1 to Level 3Simple rhythmic valuesSimilar rhythms throughout each pieceGreat for sight reading as well as preparing for concertAppeals to both young and oldVolume 1 of "Daydreaming," a multi-volume collection by the award-winning composer-pianist David Paul Mesler ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOREarly hand coordinationEarly study in simple rhythmic values, ties and syncopationUnderstanding basic hand positions for all music genresUnderstanding basic piano patterns for all music genresBrain buildingFocus buildingWorking on a steady pulseDeveloping finger strength and independence as well as wrist flexibilityDiscussing melody and accompanimentDiscussing pattern, repetition and formDeveloping confidence and speedDeveloping flair and showmanship DAVID PAUL MESLER -- THE AUTHORDavid is a classically trained jazz musician and educator known for his 45 albums on ECR, his 15 major Hollywood films, his performances for 1000s of events including for 4 sitting US Presidents, leading the jazz band at Benaroya Hall for 10 years, his 100s of original art songs and chamber works, and his 25 years of teaching at Seattle Central College and North Seattle College. As a pianist, David's film credits include The Blind Side (2009), Warm Bodies (2013), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Battlefield Earth (2000), and The Wrong Guy (1997), as well as the Emmy Award winning television features, Eloise at the Plaza (2003), and Eloise at Christmastime (2003). David himself was nominated for an Emmy in 1992. (c) DAVID PAUL MESLER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.www.davidpaulmesler.com

OVERVIEWEspecially designed for the beginning and intermediate pianist24 vivid, distinctive and memorable character piecesLevel 1 to Level 3Simple rhythmic valuesSimilar rhythms throughout each pieceGreat for sight reading as well as preparing for concertAppeals to both young and oldVolume 2 of "Daydreaming," a multi-volume collection by the award-winning composer-pianist David Paul Mesler ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOREarly hand coordinationEarly study in simple rhythmic values, ties and syncopationUnderstanding basic hand positions for all music genresUnderstanding basic piano patterns for all music genresBrain buildingFocus buildingWorking on a steady pulseDeveloping finger strength and independence as well as wrist flexibilityDiscussing melody and accompanimentDiscussing pattern, repetition and formDeveloping confidence and speedDeveloping flair and showmanship DAVID PAUL MESLER -- THE AUTHORDavid is a classically trained jazz musician and educator known for his 45 albums on ECR, his 15 major Hollywood films, his performances for 1000s of events including for 4 sitting US Presidents, leading the jazz band at Benaroya Hall for 10 years, his 100s of original art songs and chamber works, and his 25 years of teaching at Seattle Central College and North Seattle College. As a pianist, David's film credits include The Blind Side (2009), Warm Bodies (2013), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Battlefield Earth (2000), and The Wrong Guy (1997), as well as the Emmy Award winning television features, Eloise at the Plaza (2003), and Eloise at Christmastime (2003). David himself was nominated for an Emmy in 1992. (c) DAVID PAUL MESLER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.www.davidpaulmesler.com