DVD Piano Lessons ARE NOT In Person Piano Lessons

[Tiptip357]

...i...totally...agree...with...you...

    Are you mocking me?!!!...(yep... I still put it there even though it's not needed...)lol

          I don't know why I do this...it's a habit...

[floaded27]

I would listen at home and write them myself...
        ...it's a trust issue for me...

If you can do that, then you are already doing what you're not trusting yourself to do. If you can listen and write sheet music, and read sheet music and play, then listening and playing is just eliminating the middle man. Already doing it but in steps, so try taking out the sheet music step, and you have the goal you're reaching for in your grasp.

a friend showed me that sometimes when what we ask God for doesnt come in the way we expect, we dont notice that he's already given it to us but we just have to recognize it.

[Tiptip357]

If you can do that, then you are already doing what you're not trusting yourself to do. If you can listen and write sheet music, and read sheet music and play, then listening and playing is just eliminating the middle man. Already doing it but in steps, so try taking out the sheet music step, and you have the goal you're reaching for in your grasp.

a friend showed me that sometimes when what we ask God for doesnt come in the way we expect, we dont notice that he's already given it to us but we just have to recognize it.

  Goodness...you are so right especially the part in bold...

     ...that's confirmation to what has already been spoken to me for so long...
 
   Nothing's wrong with using sheet music, but I have been using it as a safety net...too afraid to step out of my comfort zone...

   ...giving others advice that I'm not taking...

                               Thanks for that!

[floaded27]

  Goodness...you are so right especially the part in bold...

     ...that's confirmation to what has already been spoken to me for so long...
 
   Nothing's wrong with using sheet music, but I have been using it as a safety net...too afraid to step out of my comfort zone...

   ...giving others advice that I'm not taking...

                               Thanks for that!

your welcome. and nothings wrong with sheet music, i dont favor it because its not the best thing in a spontaneous atmosphere. some places have a mixed experience, but when you in that anything can happen at anytime, sheet music just goes out the window. so even if i have to learn off of sheet music (i have for concerts i played in) i commit to memory instead of trying to sight read because the song can go anywhere and now ive internalized it and can follow. and then i no longer need the sheet music.

ive been coming out of my comfort zone. playing keyboard is coming out of the comfort zone. im a bass player and i learned keyboard to really build my foundation and create my own songs, but found myself having to play for p&w on a sunday morning. talk about out of my comfort zone; felt like i was in another universe. it takes time though, dont try to do it all at once. do it in steps and its more likely to become a permanent part of you

[kenlacam]

I understand the need to compare dvds with teachers because the common denominator is :THEY ARE BOTH LESSONS. Maybe different formats, as one is an audio and the other is a human being but the bottom line is that they are both lessons, and music lessons at that. So why we are comparing, because even though they are different, they are both the same as the intent of both is to deliver musical knowledge. So the end result IS THE SAME.