Joanna Funk

Joanna Funk

I play and teach piano, and write about creatives

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  • PODCAST: Bao Pham, founder Team Bliss Esports

    PODCAST: Bao Pham, founder Team Bliss Esports

    Bao Pham, a gamer, helped his friend build a team of PUBG gamers. He ended up creating an esports organisation called Team Bliss Esports. Now there are several Bliss teams competing internationally.  Brisbane-based Team Bliss HQ has become a training centre for professional gamers, with state-of-the-art gaming hardware, and a gaming-oriented internet cafe.  It is […]

    Joanna

    July 13, 2021
    Asian, Creatives, story
    Andrew Kinch, Bao Pham, Game Aware, gaming, mental health awareness, PUBG, Team Bliss, The Fam
  • Watercolour by Shinji Ogata. Thanks Shinji!

    Watercolour by Shinji Ogata. Thanks Shinji!

    I found this when clearing out some files! I was playing my friend Sophie’s piano, around 2015. Shinji Ogata is an artist in Brisbane. Here’s something about him.

    Joanna

    July 12, 2021
    Asian, Creatives, music, story
    artist, pianist, The Fam
  • Piano lid up fully for the first time! Bachianinha No. 1, by Paulinho Nogueira

    Piano lid up fully for the first time! Bachianinha No. 1, by Paulinho Nogueira

    The grand piano has been in my home for 35 days but I hadn’t put up the lid fully until a few days ago, and I wanted to record playing it! This is a beautiful piece for classical guitar called Bachianinha No.1 written by Brazilian composer Paulinho Nogueira. This piano version came about when a […]

    Joanna

    July 11, 2021
    music
    Bachianinha No.1, grand piano, Kawai GM-12, Paulinho Nogueira, pianist, teaching
  • The Grande Dame arrives

    The Grande Dame arrives

    Last week I wrote about my Beale going to a new home. Well that sure did happen and I was texting photos like this to Hanna saying, “They’re taking it now!” Later, she sent back… I’ve said before that buying the Beale felt like putting down roots in Australia – I wouldn’t buy an acoustic […]

    Joanna

    June 12, 2021
    music
    Beale, Gerard Wilkinson, grand piano, Kawai GM-12, pianist, Scenic Rim, teaching
  • The Making of ‘Giants’, a film by Eddy Bell

    The Making of ‘Giants’, a film by Eddy Bell

    Sydney-based filmmaker Eddy Bell took a weekend trip to a polocrosse event in Narrabri, New South Wales. It became an 18-month journey with a farming family facing the harsh reality of unrelenting drought. Eddy witnessed their luscious green landscape evolve into an arid dust bowl, and the result is his short film ‘Giants’. While empathising […]

    Joanna

    May 13, 2021
    Creatives, film, story
    actor, Australian film, director, drought, Eddy Bell, Giants, short film, writer
  • The Occasion #7 — Alexei Slater

    The Occasion #7 — Alexei Slater

    Interview with writer/director Alexei Slater for Continuance Pictures “I want to write. That’s what it’s always been. But I’m not some writer in an attic who’s got no understanding of the industry. I co-produced my first short film and got into this habit of learning what to do. If you look at my career trajectory […]

    Joanna

    May 5, 2021
    Creatives, film
    Alexei Slater, Continuance Pictures, director, short film
  • My Hohner Piano 27 melodica circa 1960 ❤️

    My Hohner Piano 27 melodica circa 1960 ❤️

    I’ve been looking for this kind of melodica for ages — it’s the kind that Augustus Pablo played. Hohner piano 27 melodica – called piano because the earlier models had buttons rather than an actual keyboard. It has a very warm tone, not bright at all. I really want to play it in Roaring Lion […]

    Joanna

    May 3, 2021
    music
    Hohner, Melodica, Piano 27, vintage
  • Another festival selection and now we have an official poster

    Another festival selection and now we have an official poster

    Crime comedy short film JACKS has been selected by Byron Bay Underground Film Festival (BUFF) and to celebrate, 13th Street Films and Visul made this poster. I am officially a gangsta mum.

    Joanna

    April 18, 2021
    Asian, film, story
    13th Street Films, actor, Australian film, Jacks, short film, Visul
  • Creatures of the Half Sleep – John Reeves Trio

    Creatures of the Half Sleep – John Reeves Trio

    Step into the world of jazz pianist John Reeves, who is releasing his first CD ‘Creatures of the Half Sleep’, a collection of original compositions arranged for accordion! Here, we geek out over his beautiful instrument, and his journey with it so far. The John Reeves Trio has Helen Svoboda on double bass and Aaron […]

    Joanna

    April 7, 2021
    Creatives, music
    accordion, Brisbane Jazz Club, CD launch, jazz, John Reeves, pianist, reviews
  • Cosmos 🌸

    Cosmos 🌸

    Joanna

    April 1, 2021
    flowers and wildlife, garden
    meadow flowers, Scenic Rim
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