I am a IPTV, or Iowa public television junky.
We don’t have cable, so I am forced, when I watch TV, to watch something the bunny eared antennas can tune in.
And the other night there was a special on Henry Ford.
I love biographies and this one did not disappoint.
Let me explain.
Henry Ford was known for making the Model T.
Really the first car the “average” guy could afford and drive.
He was relentless on making as many as possible, as efficient as possible, and as identical as possible.
The whole nation changed from those without means to get somewhere, to a nation of travelers. Town to town, city to city etc.
It was awesome and he was a hero.
Right up till the time his investors basically said you have to make more than one model and color.
Ol’ Henry didn’t like lots of options.
And that was eventually how he got quietly removed from the day to day operations.
But the thing most people don’t realize is that Henry Fords greatest accomplishment was not making cars.
It was making drivers.
He made a nation of drivers. The cars just happen to be the way he did it.
And that is his greatest legacy.
Sure the model T wasn’t fancy, didn’t have lots of options, but all people really wanted at that time was to DRIVE, be free to move around from town to town easily.
And that my friend is the same with the Layer Method of Piano.
The Layer Method doesn’t teach how to play piano. It makes piano players.
It doesn’t have lots of options, one color maybe, super simple and efficient, but the end product is piano players.
Both hands, happy as a puppy in a field full of fire hydrants, sitting down in front of others playing the piano and loving every minute of it.
Now…
Ol’ Henry didn’t make Royles Royces, and the Layer Method doesn’t make Beethovens.
But both accomplish something greater than style. They change peoples lives if they just put themselves behind the wheel.
Next stop, piano town.
Get behind the wheel here:
Here to Serve,
Tim (PianoFool)
