Tag: piano instructor

  • The legend.

    There is this story that Steve Vai tells about an extraordinary player. The musician is talking about is Vinnie Colaiuta, drummer or unsurpassed skills that started his career with Frank Zappa, where Steve Vai met him. Steve Vai states that he wanted to develop sight reading and worked very hard at it. But he couldn’t…

  • Always busy.

    One of the normal question about the music business is: What do musicians actually do? Usually people will assume two things: play or teach. Now, although we’re not far off, it’s not exactly like that either. So, in the interest of furthering human knowledge in particular and the fate of the universe in general, here…

  • The business.

    As I live my life as a musician, I realize that there are many more aspect to said life than I thought at first. I went into it assuming it will be mainly playing the drums or the piano for an attentive crowd, or talking and explaining things to an attentive student (my audience is…

  • Camping

    We just went to the Michigan Upper Peninsula with my Sweetie. It is the land of the cold and harsh winter. It is the land of the frozen trees where summer heat is just a respite before the snow covers it all. By the end of September they expect the warm temperature to pack it…

  • What do you need?

    What is the equipment you need for you first steps into drumming? A lot of people assume that before you take a lesson, you’re going to need a drum kit. I do not recommend it. Look, if you got an instrument that’s great, congratulations! But it could also mean you bought something without knowing if…

  • How long does it take to learn drums?

    Good question! A rock rhythm doesn’t take long. Usually in a few minutes one can already get the basics and play along a straight forward song. Learning a fill requires even less time and it’s a lot of fun. You fly on the toms, making noise and smiling, then you land on a big old…

  • Adding music in your life

    When someone start an instrument it could be for many different reasons. Usually, in case of an adult, the burn has been going on for a long time, the desire has had time to mature. In any case, the person has been listening to music with the strong intent to, one of these days, get…

  • How long does it take to learn the piano?

    I think a couple of months can get you to play a few songs already. During the first lesson with me, there is already a song the student will play. We’ll touch on technique, on position, on getting to know the keyboard as well as getting to know each other as student/teacher. I want to…

  • Tommy

    Last sunday was Father’s Day. My Sweetie had planned a little something for me: we went to see Tommy at the Goodman Theatre. I wasn’t expecting much besides a psychedelic adventure full of weird characters and messages too confusing to understand. I was also thinking about a production with actors/singers, a nice décor (This is…

  • Summer’s struggles

    Let’s face it summer is not for practicing. Summer invites to the outside: swimming, biking, kicking a ball, throwing a ball, having a picnic, hanging out at the beach, traveling to a far away place. We want to enjoy the outdoors when the weather is nice. Especially in a northern city like Chicago where the…