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Why Take Piano Lessons When I Can Use an App?
These days, it seems like there's an app for everything. I mean, I'm not even 30, and I distinctly remember the first time I saw a smartphone. It was my older sister's, and it was the absolute latest technology available. My older brother and my dad would continue using flip phones for several more years. (Actually, Dad clung to the flip phone for as long as he possibly could. He finally has a smartphone now.) My mom didn't even own a cell phone. My friend's dad, a computer programmer, had a Blackberry. Now people depend on their smartphones. And you can get an app for literally anything, from budgeting to cooking to... learning piano. As you can imagine, we piano teachers are not crazy about the latter apps! But why is this? Are we just anti-technology in this department because it takes away part of our income? Or is there a real, genuine reason for taking actual piano lessons above using an...
Whew! I'm back! (I think)
After a very busy couple of months, I'm finally writing my long-overdue update! Thank you for your patience. You know, I never realized that I'd be one of those bloggers... the kind who has intentions to blog... but the weeks slip by... and next thing you know, it's been months since I've actually written anything. I think, though, that today's post will prove, if nothing else: I really have been busy. Very busy. Weddings Within the last six months, two of my friends have been engaged and blissfully wed. Congratulations, ladies! Their weddings, as it turned out, wound up happening one weekend after the other. Both asked me to play for them. Now, to make it clear, I don't advertise playing piano for weddings. As part of my career, I'd be too picky about which ones I took and which ones I didn't to make it worth my while. However, this was different. These are my friends we're talking about. So ...