Always Wanted to Play Piano

Watch me and my daughter (and son!) learn to play piano.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Light blogging to resume in 3, 2, 1...

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Sorry for extended blog silence. And it won't entirely abate, but I did want you to know we're still kicking it here 41 miles west o...
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Monday, August 16, 2010

So I married a triathlete

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Congrats to Sue, who finished mid-pack in last month's Woodridge Mini Triathlon. And if it wasn't for a displaced bike chain, combi...
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10 Amazing and Stunning Piano Pieces

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10 Amazing and Stunning Piano Pieces
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

No recital piece this time

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For the first time in, I guess, a year and half, I won't be submitting an ABF Quarterly Recital piece. The Kuhlau Sonatina just isn'...
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Larry King Style

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Back in the 1990's, I used to listen to a short annoying* fellow on the radio. Jim Rome was (and, I believe still is) the guy's name...
Friday, July 16, 2010

Hot Air Ballons, Weight Loss, and Piano

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The Internet has covered a lot of off-the-wall topics since Al Gore gave it to us decades ago. Bacon taped on a cat. Bluhd ("not funny!...
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Monday, July 12, 2010

Back from the 2010 Tour de Dixie

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Since last time, we have spent nights in: - Elizabethtown, Kentucky - Blairsville, Georgia - Montgomery, Alabama - Smithville, Tennessee - L...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Some observations on piano and key touch

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Recently, while staying at a Marriott that was hosting a convention, I happened across a large Kawai grand piano. And of course I sat down a...
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Monday, June 28, 2010

Succinct Book Review

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The Supplement to Larry Fine's Piano Book is the best bathroom reading since the last Calvin and Hobbes Treasury was released. - Aw2pp,...
Monday, June 21, 2010

The Secret to Classical Music: It's Just Music - Culture - The Atlantic

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Once again, my apologies for extended blogger silence. I was at a conference most of last week (although the hotel had a piano... more on th...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Where's the recital?

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Sorry for the delay, I am still recovering from Epic Fail (as the kids these days say). I haven't had the time courage to pull the came...
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Friday, June 4, 2010

Back from the recital

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Briefly: Jillian was amazing. Awesome. She played with a smile on her face, and clearly, obviously enjoyed being up there. Mine? I was so ba...

Pre-Recital Practice

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I've read threads Piano World ( Home of the World Famous Piano Forums! ) where folks posit that one should NOT play their recital piece ...
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

T-minus one day...

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... before Recital. Yes, tomorrow evening, Jillian and I play in front of dozens, nay, SCORES of friends, family, and curious onlookers comp...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Tale of Two Trip Legs

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I had to get creative to get to Phoenix. For the outward leg of the trip (Chicago to Phoenix), I cashed in some miles. For the homeward leg,...
Monday, May 31, 2010

And that is that from Phoenix

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We're done. We never did recover from the disappointment of losing our Gold Bracket play-in match. So, as I feared, we were an emotional...

So much for the Gold Bracket

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Lost our first Gold Bracket challenge match this morning. Congrats to Rizen from Hawaii, who played a tough, hard-fought match that was marr...
Sunday, May 30, 2010

Day two update from Phoenix

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Easy day today. Two matches, two wins, I played only the first. After dropping our second match yesterday, we seem to have composed ourselve...
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Day one update from Phoenix

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We ended up being seeded a gaudy third, which is really an endorsement in a 72 team field. After the first day, though we proved unworthy of...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Piano takes a break for a few days...

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... unless my hotel has one, in which case all bets are off. My flight leaves this afternoon for Phoenix, for the 78th Annual USA Open Natio...
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Friday, May 21, 2010

Hylands (and other Houston friends)... (fixed)

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... you MUST take 3 minutes out of your life and watch this. It is... The World Cup is starting this month. As you know, I'm a sucker fo...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Back it down now

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It's been a little too exciting around lately. I thought I might ease the pace a little. Here is a video of grass growing. If you think ...
Friday, May 14, 2010

Le Onde - Behind the Tapestry (way too long)

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The old adage holds in many ways. Focus on the finished product, because you may be better off not knowing about the bits and pieces and eff...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Le Onde - Final Take

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(Two posts in one day? Blogger overload. I may have to take a day off tomorrow.) As I said earlier, today is / was piano lesson day. I stumb...
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Aw2pp overcome by Red Dot Fever

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I have a piano lesson in 29 minutes. Was just playing my recital piece, and played the first half, even three-fourths so well that... it mad...
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