video – Rich Batsford

December 18, 2014December 15, 2017

Adelaide Christmas – a piano improvisation video

Hey folks, I hope youre going well. This is my first go at a piano improvisation video – I only recorded the video using a smartphone, but it came out pretty well. Ive called it Adelaide Christmas, so please share and enjoy in the spirit of the season with all good wishes for the New...Continue reading

December 6, 2013December 15, 2017

The Beautiful Stories of Adelaide Buskers

I recently made my debut on the streets of Adelaide as a street musician aka the noble art of busking. Through meeting some of the others buskers in the area – a very community-minded and welcoming bunch, I heard of a series of short films made by local film make Dan Hamilton highlighting the stories...Continue reading

June 7, 2013December 15, 2017

Beautiful and Meditative new video for The Cello Song (Piano)

Thanks to Naomi Heath for this beatiful visual experience. Do have a read of her notes in the info section here on youtube for a fascinating insight into the thought process behind the video.

May 24, 2013December 15, 2017

Meditative Improvisation on a theme by Steve Reich

As an artist I think its good to seize a moment of inspiration when it comes. A friend of posted this musical theme on facebook recently and I was curious to know what the theme would sound like, particularly as the friend in question writes and produces beautiful orchestral electronica. It turned out to be...Continue reading

June 28, 2011December 15, 2017

Mindfulmess at mac remembered

Well, the dust has about settled on my concert at mac back on June 11th (2011). Im glad to say it went really well. To be honest, my main worry – stemming from many years experience of small time music and comedy promotion – was getting a big enough audience to make it worthwhile playing...Continue reading

January 21, 2011December 15, 2017

Improvisation 1 – the video

I’ve rather grown to love my first foray into recorded piano improvisation, so I’ve gone one step further and produced a video for it. What Ive done is pretty straightforward, setting the piece to a series of my favourite photos from last year, but I think its come out quite effectively, the changes of images...Continue reading