I don't remember a time when I DIDN'T want a piano. At 55, I FINALLY got one - in early November 2021, to be exact. A friend was getting another piano and needed to get rid of this one. Found affordable piano movers and, at long last, my dream has come true!
I've never had piano lessons (which is rather obvious when you listen to me). Thanks to everyone who passed on their kids' long-abandoned how-to-play manuals. I'm posting these videos for my mother and to show you that I have been using your piano books!
Playing piano calms me. It takes my mind away from the stresses and gut punches of chronic unemployment, of gaining all the weight I lost in 2018 & 2019, and of generally feeling pretty lost these days.
I'm going to try to upload a video of my playing something on the piano each month for an entire year. I guess it doesn't take much for me to humiliate myself on the Interwebs. Again. Seriously, I'm trying to be brave. I'm trying to show that you don't have to do something well to enjoy it and share it.
Thank you for watching & liking each video (as in, you literally click "like" on each of them). And if you don't, just move on - there's zero reason to be an ass and say something sh*tty. Zero reason.
My First Imperfect Piano Recital: Amazing Grace.
An Imperfect Recital for May 2022: Bach, Minuet. This is the six-month mark!
An Imperfect Recital for April 2022: Simple Gifts.
Happy Birthday for Alex, April 2022.
An Imperfect Recital for March: My Country Tis of Thee... or is it?!
Added bonus: Unremarkable concerts of me singing with my guitar, playing about as well as I do a piano: Act Like a Married Man and Your Cheatin' Heart.
I upload my imperfect musical performances and unremarkable concerts to this YouTube playlist.
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