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]]><![CDATA[BAckground]]>Sat, 05 May 2018 15:57:32 GMThttps://zakslab.weebly.com/news-and-blog/backgroundWhy Zak's Lab?

Zak is simply Izak without the I. This is not about a person, but about a phenomenon.

Lab is short for Laboratory, for in such things science makes new discoveries.

It is also short for Labuschagne, a french surname with roots in the Huguenots that travelled to the Cape of Southern Africa in the 1600's

In the early eighties Izak Labuschagne travelled from South Africa to Japan to study karate and then ended up in Australia where he first sold original oil paintings. He started started playing in pubs and clubs in the course of that and it soon became his primary source of income when he was retained on a resident basis by John Berry of the Perisher Valley Hotel in Australia's Ski resorts. Neil Mayger from the Alpenhorn lodge stood next in line and from there he went to Sydney where he played in most of the top clubs like the the Crows Nest, Sheilas, the Stars at Bondi Junction, the Rio at Bondi Beach (where he was resident for a while), Danny's, the Australian Youth Hotel, the Air Crew Bar at Kings Cross, Ragers and so on. At the Gold Coast he played at the Broadbeach International Hotel. They called him Crazy Harry in those days, because he was not just a piano player but a (sit down) comedian between sets and songs on many an occasion, depending on where the crowd took things. Harry was a nickname he had from the start for his middle name which is Hermanus.
After a trip back to South Africa he returned, became an Australian (1986) and went into the financial services industry until 1990. When he went back to South Africa to attend to an inheritance of farms, some barrister in a court case made a fuss about his nickname, so he became known by his first name Izak from then on. Almost 30 years later and he is back after having lost everything in a country which is now sadly spiralling into a civil war.
On his return, most people simply started calling him Zak. When Australians name you, there is precious little one can do but acquiesce.
So Zak it is.
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Here's the thing:-
One can play a piano and sing - with the heart or the head,
And whoever does, cannot help but reveal that to their audience.
True art is never constrained by formalism.
With zak, chances are you will rarely hear the same song played the same way twice.
It is always a brand new experience.
Life is like that too.
Tomorrow will never be the same as yesterday.
A true entertainer plays the crowd, knows the mood, can set it and change it.
The mystery of how a song could be rendered tomorrow can become an irresistible magnet.
It amounts to the celebration of true freedom and liberty in the arts.
Constraints have boundaries. The liberty in freedom of expression has none.
And when the crowd and player conspire together on this level.
Ah well, then the possibilities are forever new and never ending.

And here is another thing: -

Each piano has a soul.
Most piano cases are somehow tuned.
Knock on the various panels. - Hear that?
The action, pedals, sound board, cover, lid, even the hammers..
All have their own particular sound.
A true piano player exploits all of that in his rendition.
like the beat of the foot-pedal and its action.
A rhythm section so unique it just bellows 'piano bar'!
Why muffle all that?
No, we want you to feel like you have full access to everything that makes a piano a piano
just as much as you experience the spirit and soul of the voice resonating with that piano.
That my friends is a true piano bar/lounge/restaurant experience.
Something very rarely heard these days. If ever, by some.
And once heard it is never forgotten.
Ah, and always yearned for again and again...

And here's the deal:-

All good deals follow a good collaboration and the pooling of resources
The synergy so created should become music to your auditors.
Our aim is simply to bring something unique to our negotiating tabel.
something that will give you an edge and make money for both of us.
There are many ways to achieve this.
A share of the increase in turnover being just one of them.
Lets be creative.
And strike the perfect accord.
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