Chilly Gonzales
I wish I had the music mastery that Chilly Gonzales has. He is a Canadian musician and songwriter with many gifts. He is a classical piano componer, a rapper, he teaches and encourages new musicians AND he has Guiness World Record!
He's an outstanding piano composser:
He has collaborated with many of my favorite artists, including Feist, Peaches, Sia and Jarvis Cocker.
Here he is with Feist
One of the best covers EVER
He has ¨Pop Music Masterclasses¨videos, where he analyzes pop music hits.
Like this addictive song about addictionÑ
Or this classical song by Bowie and Mercury
Or this rap song by Iggy Azalea
Now let´'s talk about breaking WORLD GUINESS RECORDS! On 18 May 2009, at the Ciné 13 Théâtre, Paris, my dear Chilly broke a world record for the longest solo-artist performance with a total time of 27 hours, 3 minutes and 44 seconds, breaking a record set by Prasanna Gudi.
Here is a video and you can listen to the album here.
Finally, early in 2018 Gonzo launched the first edition of his own music school, called The Gonzervatory. In this place seven musicians from all over the world join him to study at The Gonzervatory, an 8-day all-expenses-paid residential music performance workshop in Paris.
Whenever I am feeling down, I can listen to his classical albums. Or when I want to listen to rap with different lyrics, I go to his rap albums. I hope one day Gonzo lifts his veto to the US so I can see him perform live.