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Chapter 13: The Second Attempt

July 6, 2020
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I know it’s been a few weeks since our last upload, but the world took over my emotions far more tightly than usual. I needed to step away from…

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NEW EPISODE COMING MONDAY

July 5, 2020
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We’re less than 24 hours away from the next episode of How to Kill a Piano. Stay tuned.

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10 Ways to Kill a Piano

July 5, 2020
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1. Set it on fire.2. Chop it with an axe.3. Drown it in a pool.4. Roll it down a hill.5. Hit it multiple times with a sledge hammer.6. Play…

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July 5, 2020
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The story continues in Episode 16 with Chapter 13: The Second Attempt It’s been a few weeks since we last got together. Covid-19 is still in full swing, protests…

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Episode 15: Chapter 12 – The Training Exercise

June 8, 2020
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Chapter 12 – The Training Exercise This week we pick up right where the story left off. Charlie is still frozen in Sara’s music room, Sara finally reveals the…

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#theshowmustbepaused

June 1, 2020
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This week we’re taking a pause. While there is a wonderful episode waiting in the wings please take the time to support the current black lives movement and donate…

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Episode 14: Behind the Music

May 25, 2020
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This week I’m doing something different. I’ve been playing with this particular piece of music for a while. It’s still not perfect but it’s coming to form. My process…

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Episode 13 – Chapter 11: The Music Teacher

May 18, 2020
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The newest episode is up! You can listen to it now. Please don’t forget to subscribe, share, write a and review! Can you catch the Harold and Maude “easter…

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May 12, 2020
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Episode 12 – Chapter 10: The Drive Home Listen to the special version of Aaron below:

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Episode 11 – Chapter 9: The Shepherd

May 5, 2020
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Photo by Ekaterina Boym-Medler

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Episode 10 – Chapter 8: Rocks, Harry Houdini, and Playing Cards #positivepostmonday

April 28, 2020
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Episode 10-Chapter 8: The Invincible

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Go Behind the Scenes: Mother earth or father earth?

April 20, 2020
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In this weeks episode, find out what happened to George’s piano, why it’s not mother earth (or even father earth), and how one man’s purge fed another’s piano obsession….

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April 20, 2020
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Have you ever wondered what the insides of an electric piano look like? This is not how I planned on spending the weekend. My beloved Yamaha electric piano stopped…

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Episode 8 – Chapter 7: Mr Saprophagous and the Intervals

April 14, 2020
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Listen to From the Beginning

April 9, 2020
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New Episode Every Monday!

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Episode 7: Pancakes, Koalas, and Goldfish. Oh my!

April 6, 2020
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Episode 7 Chapter 6 – The Namesake You can now listen to the latest episode of How to Kill a Piano: The Namesake. The song that plays under the…

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How to Kill a Piano Podcast: Episode 6

March 30, 2020
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Fire, Mayhem and John Cage meet in George’s Brain The latest episode is now available! In this episode, we pause the story and play some music form the original…

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How to Kill a Piano Podcast: Episode 5

March 23, 2020
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Listen to “How to Kill a Piano – Chapter 5: The Nightmare” on Spreaker.

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How to Kill a Piano Podcast – Episode 4!

March 16, 2020
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Episode 4 is now Live! Listen to “How to Kill a Piano – Chapter 4: Bedtime Stories” on Spreaker.

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How to Kill a Piano Podcast: Episode 3

March 9, 2020
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Episode 3 is now Available! You can now listen to wherever you like to listen to podcasts! Listen to “How to Kill a Piano – Chapter 3: The Delivery”…

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March 2, 2020
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Episode 2 is live! A new How to Kill a Piano Podcast hits the internet every Monday morning!

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How to Kill a Piano: Chapter One

February 24, 2020
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September 3, 2015
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I wake up. My head is fuzzy. I pull myself out of bed and down the hall, tracing my hand along the wall because my eyes aren’t open yet….

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July 6, 2012
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I wake up struggling. Screwtape and Wormswood have me by the arms. They drag me into a metal sarcophagus and close me in. “It would seem we have to…

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December 5, 2011
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3am. Screwtape and Wormwood pulled the van downtown.

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Family Portrait

May 23, 2011
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May 23, 2011
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Taking the project into my own hands. I’m going to start trying to work on the artwork for this myself. So this project is finally moving forward!

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April 27, 2011
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And it’s not like the time I was too terrfied to sit on the toilet without looking out of fear that an allegator was loose in the sewer system…

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January 4, 2011
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Dear faithful readers, I apologize for… …such few updates of this story.…the long pauses between breaths.…the emptiness of story. in 2011, I am more focused and will be more…

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October 16, 2010
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Every demon has its servant and these demons were no different. The Intervals performed the biddings of Screwtape and Wormwood just as they did the bidding of their own…

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September 26, 2010
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The next day, uncle charlie and I took a stroll around town. Wormwood and Screwtape had delivered pianos around town with “play me” and such written in red paint…

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September 22, 2010
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Mr. Screwtape slowly stroked his well groomed goatee to a point as he reclined back in the passenger seat of the moving van more than a few paces down…

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September 14, 2009
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That next morning I woke to the smell of Banana Pecan Pancakes. I opened my eyes to the sun smiling in my face and the sound of a dog’s…

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The Morning After

August 26, 2009
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The next morning I woke up to the smell of almond and banana pancakes.

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Orange

August 20, 2009
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The Morning After

August 19, 2009
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August 12, 2009
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“Are you okay, buddy? Are you still with me?”, I heard Charlie’s voice and opened my eyes finding myself on my back on the basement floor. “What Happened?” I…

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Continued

August 5, 2009
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I approached the center more slowly. Seeing the hand of the creature first, I was surprised to see what resembled a human hand with its fingers clawing at the…

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Part Six: Into the Labyrinth

July 28, 2009
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I rounded the first group of shelves that spiraled towards the center, uncoiling the cord as I took each careful and quiet step. The music crept from the center…

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July 20, 2009
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“I began to imagined it’s eight long tentacles that stretched out from its body and danced over the keys and strings. Its long snout of a pig and the…

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Part Five: The Morning After

July 13, 2009
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Part Six: The First Kill

July 7, 2009
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Part Five: The First Night

July 6, 2009
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Charlie tucked me in at the usual bedtime that night. “Will you teach me how to play a song tomorrow?” I asked, just before Charlie flicked off the lights.“We’ll…

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Part Four: Bedtime Stories

June 29, 2009
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Charlie tucked me in at the usual bedtime that night. “Will you teach me how to play a song tomorrow?” I asked, just before Charlie flicked off the lights.“We’ll have…

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Screwtape & Wormwood Concept Sketch

June 23, 2009
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A rough concept sketch of Screwtape & Wormwood.

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Part Three: The Delivery

June 15, 2009
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I don’t know why they chose to drop me onto Charlie’s doorstep some years ago, but I never regretted it. Not even the day just before my seventh birthday…

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Part Two: Uncle Charlie

June 8, 2009
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Charlie Sopheric wasn’t an overly skinny man, yet wasn’t overweight either. He wasn’t tall, yet wasn’t short. He was what some would call, average; though he was far from…

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Part One: The Dream

June 1, 2009
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It all started as soon as I was tall enough to reach the keys. I’m six. I find myself waking in a panic, not knowing that this would haunt…

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Part 0: An Introduction

May 26, 2009
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Synopsis A baby grand piano, dating over one hundred years, is delivered by the devil’s henchmen to the basement of Charlie Seraphic’s home. Charlie becomes possessed by the instrumental…

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