Showing posts with label piano. Show all posts
Showing posts with label piano. Show all posts
Friday, September 05, 2014
My Son - 9 year old Piano Prodigy!
You know they laughed at me online when I referred to him as a "prodigy" in the past...
But he's certainly narrowed the gap because him and actual prodigies, don't ya think?
If you are lazy, just watch from the 4 minute mark on.
NOTE - he's only been playing the piano for 2.5 years!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Cool Piano Tunes
I hadn't heard this one before coming across it playing in the background of someones' blog the other day:
Here's another good one from Yiruma
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:Saturday, March 13, 2010
YouTube Musicians
My son and I had a blast the other day, learning this one:
I'm left wondering if piano lessons are really even necessary - given the amount of free and purchasable resources out there for the self-motivated.
After all, I've never taken a golf lesson in my life and yet I've become quite proficient at whacking that little white ball. Although, I freely admit that it should never have taken me so much time or effort to get to where I am now, a 7-handicap or so.
But who knows, had I had professional lessons as a kid and a rod at my back....perhaps I would have turned out like all those other child golf prodigies - burned out and without any love left for the game?
This is why, aside from financial considerations, I'm not too eager to get my kids paid piano lessons. Forget reading notes and classical music, let's keep it fun, let's stick with pop music and movie themes until a higher-level interest takes root on its own.
I'm left wondering if piano lessons are really even necessary - given the amount of free and purchasable resources out there for the self-motivated.
After all, I've never taken a golf lesson in my life and yet I've become quite proficient at whacking that little white ball. Although, I freely admit that it should never have taken me so much time or effort to get to where I am now, a 7-handicap or so.
But who knows, had I had professional lessons as a kid and a rod at my back....perhaps I would have turned out like all those other child golf prodigies - burned out and without any love left for the game?
This is why, aside from financial considerations, I'm not too eager to get my kids paid piano lessons. Forget reading notes and classical music, let's keep it fun, let's stick with pop music and movie themes until a higher-level interest takes root on its own.
Friday, March 05, 2010
Moronic Musicians
Not long ago, my wife called up some music teacher inquiring about piano lessons for our son.
They said....the kid has to be 6.
And then a week or so ago, I heard another parent of a 5 year old lamenting the same. She said that she too had contacted an instructor who also *age discriminated* against her child.
Okay. How freakin' dumb are these *teachers*???!!!
If the parents want to pay, what do you care if they kids are a little young?
Furthermore, if they get a student when they are young and everything works out....conceivably they could be teaching them AND EARNING COIN for the next 10 years or so.
Who out there in this economy is doing so well that they can stiff-arm potential multi-year revenue streams?
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