Last night I was reading about The Gorillas In The Mist Lady, Ms. Jane Goodall. She was the one who spend years living with chimpanzee and gorillas in jungles. Her whole life was devoted to better understanding these creatures and then protecting them. There is no doubt it is what she was designed to do. [...]
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A Simple Piano Playing Lesson From Pheasant Hunting
Let me tell you a story about from last year. So Wifey was having her baby shower (due Jan 31st!) Pretty excited about that. Anyway. My buddy decided he was going to throw me a mini “guy” shower the same day. I was kicked out of the house and had to do something right? So… [...]
Imagine Doing This On The Piano At Christmas
Great email from (overachiever) Marlene: "Hello Tim, I have gone through your method twice and am repeating it for a third time. I always seem to pick out something I didn't catch the first two times! Lol... ...Loving your method. I can't wait for Christmas as that is when I plan to unveil my new [...]
The Biggest Challenge For Sheet Music Readers
Is "traditional" piano playing experience an advantage or not? Layer Method Piano Student Charlie wants to know: "I took lessons for many years, stopped playing, started back and can read sheet music, quite honestly can play fairly well (but nothing without musical score in front of me). Would I have to unlearn all I do [...]
Prozac For Pianos?
Words from Layer Method student Josephine made me question whether or not pianos struggle with depression. Her words: “If more people could look into your Layer Method, then piano playing wouldn't look so complicated that it should take years and years from childhood to learn it, until the eye bags have become too heavy and [...]
