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Phil Klein 382 E.Seneca Tpk. Syracuse, N.Y. 13205
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I have spent a long and interesting life involved in music, as a performer (piano,) educator (at every level from elementary to graduate school,) solo pianist, bandleader, composer/songwriter; entertainer, storyteller and humorist.

In my final position as a teacher, I taught functional keyboard harmony at Onondaga Community College at Syracuse, N.Y. I earned a B.S. in music education at the Crane Department of music at SUNY Potsdam and a M.S. in music education at Ithaca College.

I also had the honor of serving as president of the New York School Music Association. After retiring from music education I have performed extensively, presenting musical programs which featured stories about the great standards, coupled with performance. These performances were facilitated by my having a repertoire of over 3,000 songs, coupled with extensive knowledge of their origins, which included many humorous stories.

In the last decade, I have worked with a songwriting partner, Maria DeAngelis, a vocalist who provided lyrics and performances of our tunes. We succeeded in having many of our songs used both in movies and network television as background music.

As a bandleader, I was involved in playing with my group for over 1,500 wedding receptions. Because of this extensive experience, I was motivated to write a book WEDDING RECEPTION SECRETS, which provided much valuable and "inside" information (from the viewpoint of a bandleader) for couples who were planning their wedding. Along the way, I composed music for a syndicated children's TV series.
I was the first of four children, born to my Mom and Dad in Saranac Lake, N.Y. Both of my parents, although untrained, had wonderful musical ears. I and my siblings inherited their musical sensitivities.

One can see from the foregoing that I had ample opportunities to enjoy music from several vantage points. I am 83 years old and happy to say that I continue to be very active. I attribute much of my good health to my interest in information in the area of healthy living and care. For the past fifteen years, I have undergone EDTA chelation therapy. I believe my longevity is related to that.

In addition to the foregoing, I must add my deep concern with today's course of events in the world. I've always been interested in politics and what factors are responsible for what is happening in the world.

I sense, with deep sadness, a degradation of manners, morals and public awareness. My gut feeling is that television has been misused, and become a device that Aldous Huxley would have given a prominent role in his BRAVE NEW WORLD.

I have many favorite quotations, but the one that is most profound, in my opinion, is one by Albert Einstein: "WITH THE SPLITTING OF THE ATOM, EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED EXCEPT OUR WAY OF THINKING." *

* In the summer of 1944, I was boatboy at a private consortium of six summer homes on Lower Saranac Lake (The Knollwood.) The occupant of Cottage 6 was Albert Einstein.
I saw him several times over the course of that summer. To me (in retrospect) that was an awesome experience!

Phil Klein

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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 28, 2011
Telephone Madness Who hasn't been frustrated by what has happened to making a simple phone call? This tidbit may give new insight into the idiocy that has entered our lives! By the way...couple "hypocrisy" with "idiocy," while you're at it. Sometimes our animals are a hell of a lot smarter than we are... and I'm including the fleas when I say that! (I wrote a song called TAKE ME BACK TO THE GOOD OLD DAYS.) The words were never more true
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Ramblings KIDBITS#1 Guessing Ages Can there be anything funnier* than KIDS, as they learn to handle conversations without the inhibitions that gradually change a wonderful lack of the same to a carefully- considered caution! How funny, as they simply blurt out exactly what's on their young minds. I'll bet you have copious memories of your own kids' amusing rejoinders. Isn't it sad that we have to lose our natural sense of honesty? *Not always! funny!
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Gambling: A Malignancy that Thrives on Euphoric Hope Called "ACTION" America is beset by the malignancy called "gambling." The fabric of our life has been invaded by the "need" for more thrills, and the habit of gambling has permeated almost every walk of life. At a time when we are facing financial catastrophe, the thrill of gambling also provides an escape mechanism. Worst of all, we are walking in the path that other civilizations have followed to their ultimate catastrophic failures.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Some Sarah Palin Palindromes As I was ruminating about the problem that (in my mind) is Sarah Palin, the word,"palindrome" suddenly occurred to me. This was fortuitous, because it seemed to offer a possibility for some verbal skulduggery! (A "palindrome" is a word or phrase which reads the same backward or forward. I consulted some lists of palindromes that seemed to be pertinent to Sarah and her proclivities. Here they are! can YOU contribute any?
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 5, 2011
MELODY'S DEMISE Here, at last, is an article which analyzes the root causes of the degradation of so-called "popular music." Those who are dismayed by the horrendous musical fare available to the public now have a "how and why" it happened, coupled with a more sinister turn of events (emphasis of VISUAL over AUDIO. Thank you, TELEVISION and your devil's spawn of SCREENS EVERYWHERE! There is no return to the comfort of gorgeous sound!

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