The truth is… you gotta practice. There. I said it. It’s the concept that musicians, athletes, surgeons, bakers, mechanics, hairdressers, etc. etc. etc. (anyone that works in a skills based industry) understand. The good ones have been practicing their entire career and usually many years before getting paid to do it. Sadly, we’ve evolved into…
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The Spirit of Aloha From 2002-2005 I had the privilege of teaching several music courses at Brigham Young University-Hawai’i in Laie Hawai’i. I’m not a touristy kind of person so when I was looking for a place to live near the University, I wanted to be where the locals were so I could watch and…
I started taking piano lessons when I was 5 years old. My piano teacher, Helen Roll, used the Reading Keyboard Music method so I learned to read my pieces very quickly. A few years later my family moved so I got a new piano teacher. She was surprised how well I could read the music…