[Peter B.]

Hi David

Thanks for the compliment – in truth, I’m no naturally gifted pianist who can improvise at will. Almost always after having worked out an arrangement and the finger annotation I forget the entire thing within a few months. So transcription is just my way of being able to pick it up again without a repetition of the initial slog.

Usually I love a particular piece and want to play it simply because of the quality of the arrangement – alas piano sheet music is either almost always nothing like what inspired me to want to play the piece in the first place, or is simply unavailable. And no music publisher appears to want consistently to address the gaping void between the two.

Peter