Baldassarre began a YouTube channel in 2021 initially devoted to his research of Led Zeppelin’s second album “Led Zeppelin II”.  The series covered every song on that historic Led Zeppelin album with not only insight into “what” was played, but most importantly ansering the question (from a composers perspective), as to “why” was it played.  That is to say, why did the artist choose notes, chords, progressions, rhythms, lyrics, moods, timbre, etc. in the course of writing and recording a particular piece of music.  In the end, Baldassarre’s mastery and interpretation of Led Zeppelin’s repertoire and especially Jimmy Page’s techniques found an enthusiastic niche on YouTube. 

As a music theorist, Carl is a well-studied, well-traveled historian and aesthete which enables him to bring great meaning and context to not only his work, but also to his analysis and interpretations of other great works of art, music and life in general. His immersive approach has few limits, whether it’s jumping a velvet rope to play Beethoven or Mahler’s personal pianos or standing on the conductor’s podium of the great music halls of Europe or even sneaking a quick repose on the birth bed of someone he’s studying, Carl leaves no stone unturned when it comes to research.  This breadth of experience has allowed Baldassarre to expand the scope of his YouTube channel to artists and topics beyond Led Zeppelin.

Buoyed by his unrelenting youthful enthusiasm and armed with decades of incredible experience and repertoire, Baldassarre is not only bringing his own music to concert stages, but also Led Zeppelin’s music and influences to concert stages everywhere.  You can discover more about Carl Baldassarre by visiting carlbaldassarremusic.com and YouTube.