love the tone of the piano

love 5:55 section

I just got a keyboard finally and am inspired by you to step up my piano game!  if you have any learning/beginner tips&advice

i'd love to hear it!

love the tone of the piano love 5:55 section I just got a keyboard finally and am inspired by you to step up my piano game! if you have any learning/beginner tips&advice i'd love to hear it!

thank you so much! I think you'll do amazingly and I'm excited to hear your new piano! first lesson: there are no wrong notes! if you follow this you will learn to judge sounds in a different paradigm than bad/good, instead you will find all the different colors within each unusual combination of keys and harmonies that you stumble across, and slowly you will learn what you prefer and what you don't, knowing all the while that someone else might enjoy the same things, or prefer something else, which doesn't make them wrong or right but just different. And with this comes a great celebration of diversity and an endless journey in the search for your home, in a musical sense, and this lesson will soon seep into daily life in other areas. You will grow to respect (even more) the unusual and rare things, as well as find beauty in simplicity and appreciate even more just how hard and satisfying it is to find one's own voice, and how everyone is deserving of respect for doing whatever they're doing when done passionately and honestly (but you already knew that). And we haven't even started talking about playing with both hands! Actually for more such insights you should check out Monty Alexander on youtube, he is an amazing piano player from Jamaica and he has a pandemic series where he tells stories from when he started playing piano. It's so different from what I'm used to in Europe and what I imagine is the case for many USA folks too. Oh and I guess another tip is to find as often as you can the chance to play on acoustic pianos. They are truly something else than the best plugin could ever be.

[quote=orangedrink]love the tone of the piano love 5:55 section I just got a keyboard finally and am inspired by you to step up my piano game! if you have any learning/beginner tips&advice i'd love to hear it! [/quote] thank you so much! I think you'll do amazingly and I'm excited to hear your new piano! first lesson: there are no wrong notes! if you follow this you will learn to judge sounds in a different paradigm than bad/good, instead you will find all the different colors within each unusual combination of keys and harmonies that you stumble across, and slowly you will learn what you prefer and what you don't, knowing all the while that someone else might enjoy the same things, or prefer something else, which doesn't make them wrong or right but just different. And with this comes a great celebration of diversity and an endless journey in the search for your home, in a musical sense, and this lesson will soon seep into daily life in other areas. You will grow to respect (even more) the unusual and rare things, as well as find beauty in simplicity and appreciate even more just how hard and satisfying it is to find one's own voice, and how everyone is deserving of respect for doing whatever they're doing when done passionately and honestly (but you already knew that). And we haven't even started talking about playing with both hands! Actually for more such insights you should check out Monty Alexander on youtube, he is an amazing piano player from Jamaica and he has a pandemic series where he tells stories from when he started playing piano. It's so different from what I'm used to in Europe and what I imagine is the case for many USA folks too. Oh and I guess another tip is to find as often as you can the chance to play on acoustic pianos. They are truly something else than the best plugin could ever be.

this stuff hahhah: love this guy!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXf01JtvpWo

this stuff hahhah: love this guy!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXf01JtvpWo

dang why is this going to make me cry?

we actually have an upright piano in the house, which is such a blessing, but not the most ideal spot for playing/relaxing - my idea with the keyboard is to have a more portable option and to just take it around and hangout/watch TV/relax and play rather than be in the "studio" making music and practicing "for work"

I absolutely love your philosophy and I will tell you it 100% comes across in your work.  Thanks for the tips, so honored to know you.

[quote=horatiuromantic][quote=orangedrink]love the tone of the piano love 5:55 section I just got a keyboard finally and am inspired by you to step up my piano game! if you have any learning/beginner tips&advice i'd love to hear it! [/quote] thank you so much! I think you'll do amazingly and I'm excited to hear your new piano! first lesson: there are no wrong notes! if you follow this you will learn to judge sounds in a different paradigm than bad/good, instead you will find all the different colors within each unusual combination of keys and harmonies that you stumble across, and slowly you will learn what you prefer and what you don't, knowing all the while that someone else might enjoy the same things, or prefer something else, which doesn't make them wrong or right but just different. And with this comes a great celebration of diversity and an endless journey in the search for your home, in a musical sense, and this lesson will soon seep into daily life in other areas. You will grow to respect (even more) the unusual and rare things, as well as find beauty in simplicity and appreciate even more just how hard and satisfying it is to find one's own voice, and how everyone is deserving of respect for doing whatever they're doing when done passionately and honestly (but you already knew that). And we haven't even started talking about playing with both hands! Actually for more such insights you should check out Monty Alexander on youtube, he is an amazing piano player from Jamaica and he has a pandemic series where he tells stories from when he started playing piano. It's so different from what I'm used to in Europe and what I imagine is the case for many USA folks too. Oh and I guess another tip is to find as often as you can the chance to play on acoustic pianos. They are truly something else than the best plugin could ever be.[/quote] dang why is this going to make me cry? we actually have an upright piano in the house, which is such a blessing, but not the most ideal spot for playing/relaxing - my idea with the keyboard is to have a more portable option and to just take it around and hangout/watch TV/relax and play rather than be in the "studio" making music and practicing "for work" I absolutely love your philosophy and I will tell you it 100% comes across in your work. Thanks for the tips, so honored to know you.

Wow that sounds like a heck of a concert. Would have loved to be in the audience. Sounds lovely.

Wow that sounds like a heck of a concert. Would have loved to be in the audience. Sounds lovely.

really nice to feel we are in the room with you

really nice to feel we are in the room with you