Archive for April, 2008
What? Take a Day Off. That Can’t Be Right!
Yeah, you heard me correctly. Take a day off from practicing the piano. Take a whole day off from even touching the piano.
I understand the need for structure. I understand the need to persevere. I understand the desire to succeed. I also understand that taking a day off can help you reach all these […]
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28Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
Hand Independance Takes Time
Many people have trouble getting both hands going at the same time when they first start playing the piano. This is normal. It’s something new.
I do not know how else to tell you this but hand independence takes time. It can actually take lots of time. So what do we do for the time being?
The […]
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24Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
Watching Piano Lesson Videos Is Not Enough
It’s easy to buy a piano lesson video and anticipate the moment you get to view it for the first time. It’s easy to unwrap it and pop it into the DVD player. It’s even easier to sit and watch it with glee!
Here is the problem. The above actions will not get you playing the […]
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23Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
Beanie the Chicken Practices the Piano
Sometimes we need to take lessons from the pets and animals around us.
Here, Beanie the chicken shows us just how to practice the piano. This is one diligent chicken!
It gets crazy at one point. Both of her chicken feet and her beak get involved in this piano session!
Direct link for Video at Youtube
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22Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
Practice the Piano Two-Three Times a Day
You heard me right. Yes…I said practice the piano two or three times a day. If you don’t think you have time then read on.
When we sit down to practice the piano we do not have to sit for 30 minutes or an hour. Its as simple as spending 15 minutes two or three times […]
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22Apr2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
Gregg Hannon’s Contemporary Gospel Piano DVDs Review
I like saying the words contemporary gospel piano. It just has a smooth sound to it. Gregg Hannon, of GiftedPlayer.com, has a massive DVD set (lessons 1-16) that is all about learning how to create that smooth contemporary gospel piano sound.
The whole system is set up on six DVDs with two-four lessons on each DVD. […]
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18Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
This One “Cool Cat” Bangs Up the Piano
I had to share this piano playing cat with everyone. This cat looks way too hilarious to keep to myself!
Direct link for Video at Youtube
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16Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
Buy Two Get One Free Blu-ray DVDs
I have something to share with all the piano lesson addicts out there. There is a current special going on where you can get blu-ray DVDs at a very special price. The current special is buy two and get one free!
Just click Blu-Ray Special to check it out.
Why do I tell you all this? Because, […]
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10Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
Gospel Keys Urban Pro 625 Hits the Street!
About a week ago Hear and Play released Urban Pro 625 so this is the newest piano lesson product on the market. I have enjoyed many of their products in the past (I have reviewed three of them on this site) and I am sure this one will be a winner as well.
Many of you […]
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7Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
Classical Music Helps Depression
The April/May issue of Scientific American Mind Magazine suggests that “Classical Music may lift depressed patients’ spirits.”
I will not go into the specifics of how they can even begin to test all this but I think it is true…for me anyways. Any time I feel down I am grabbing at some music. It’s almost like […]
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6Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
New Drawing! Win a Free Piano Lesson!
I have some great news for all you piano lesson addicts out there. I am doing a free piano lesson giveaway each and every month.
The free piano lesson will be one of the products that I have reviewed here at PianoLessonAddicts.com. So, how do you get entered? Simple… just be signed up to my e-mail […]
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3Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
Cosmo, a Border Terrier, Sings Chopin
Yet again, here is another dog at odds with a piano… or maybe Cosmo really likes what it is hearing.
The dogs name is Cosmo, is a Border Terrier, and howls along with Chopin piano music. You decide…you be the judge. Does Cosmo like the sound or dislike it?
Direct link for Video at Youtube
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1Apr2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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