tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548870895179135780.comments2008-10-09T04:17:55.679-05:00Melissa's JourneysMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18110518349076655159noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548870895179135780.post-6391154496785262502008-10-09T04:17:00.000-05:002008-10-09T04:17:00.000-05:00Hi Melissa. I reached your blog, and have written ...Hi Melissa. I reached your blog, and have written you an email. Could you plz find the time to read and reply. My email is ceegeevee@gmail.com and the email to you is captioned " WILL YOU PLZ REPLY, MELISSA". Thank you so much. George ( from India).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548870895179135780.post-39915466358533207252008-06-25T10:59:00.000-05:002008-06-25T10:59:00.000-05:00I have a friend who has R.A. That you are playing...I have a friend who has R.A. That you are playing piano is an awesome thing. I hope you continue on and that God blesses you with grace to withstand. <BR/><BR/>Blessings!<BR/><BR/>Rebecca<BR/>fourmyers.blogspot.comRMyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781413563866413733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548870895179135780.post-65420118841867880522008-06-06T12:07:00.000-05:002008-06-06T12:07:00.000-05:00Melissa,Congratulations on starting your blog! Thi...Melissa,<BR/>Congratulations on starting your blog! This is the first time I've seen it. (Haven't been hanging out at PW much lately.)<BR/><BR/>Blogging my piano learning experiences has helped me tremendously (even if hardly anyone reads them). <BR/><BR/>I hope you post some recordings soon so we can all hear how you're doing.<BR/><BR/>I'll put a link to you on my blogroll.<BR/><BR/>PS - I loved your "crazy world" post. I'm totally moving to Guam for my next job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548870895179135780.post-58232225293421636742008-05-27T18:24:00.000-05:002008-05-27T18:24:00.000-05:00I love you mommy and you are a great writer.:)I love you mommy and you are a great writer.:)Tristan's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386465083001428830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548870895179135780.post-31274365272904437612008-05-26T14:23:00.000-05:002008-05-26T14:23:00.000-05:00I got this link from the pianoworld one, but too l...I got this link from the pianoworld one, but too lazy to sign up for a google account. Anyways, about your neighbor, there is probably something wrong with her. I have a 5' 10" grand piano and my closest neighbors barely even acknowledge that I have a piano. Only once have they even said they can hear it.<BR/><BR/>And I do play at night, in the morning, at any time I please. I suppose I wouldn't if someone complained but I haven't heard anything at all from them. Maybe the walls are really thick. My piano is right in the living/family room of my smallish house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548870895179135780.post-13117621740277082312008-05-23T06:28:00.000-05:002008-05-23T06:28:00.000-05:00Hi! I came here from the Pianists forum. The weat...Hi! I came here from the Pianists forum. The weather is playing havoc with my fingers and knees and with my elderly mother's hips--it's humid and really getting hot here in the Dallas area. So I commiserate with you on the pain-while-playing. I wonder--does your teacher have you doing any Hanon or Schmitt exercises as warm-ups? Don't spend a lot of time on them, but I find that Hanon 1 played up and down a few times really loosens up my finger joints. Regarding "On Wings of Song," is that a Melody Bober solo? I think I may have that sheet music in my vast pile of stuff.<BR/><BR/>I had to laugh about your neighbor. I think it's so wacky when people complain about hearing a piano . . . and at the same time, there are cars passing by with huge vibrating bass from hip-hop and rap music! If you are in the Dallas/Ft Worth (Texas) area, we can get together and play duets. I am an early advanced player when I practice . . . a late intermediate if I haven't practiced for a while. *grin*<BR/><BR/>Do you have an interest in classical music, or just in playing pop? I play by ear as well as reading music, so I do both. For easy pieces that sound full, try the Paul Sheftel books or the Tom Roed arrangements of jazz standards.<BR/><BR/>Visit my journal at shalanna.livejournal.com if you feel like it. I find LiveJournal so much easier to use than Blogger, and I have a "friendslist" there that's so easy to read. But they have put ads on their free accounts now. *aack*Shalannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05503978745207805622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7548870895179135780.post-41045234258267942942008-05-21T17:14:00.000-05:002008-05-21T17:14:00.000-05:00Hi Melissa.This is Cindy from PianoWorld.Don't get...Hi Melissa.<BR/><BR/>This is Cindy from PianoWorld.<BR/><BR/>Don't get discouraged about your piece. Are you breaking it up into small chunks? My teacher tells me to take a few measures a day in a difficult piece and play them 10-20 per day...moving on to a little more everyday. <BR/>I find that my progres sis really limited whne I tackle the entire piece at once. Just a thought.<BR/><BR/>Hey , just think how much your neighbor will love hearing repetitive small passagework !<BR/><BR/>Keep your head up. We've all been there with a piece. I played "Over the Waves" for THREE weeks/lessons because I couldn't get the pedal just right. It drove me nuts. Then my teacher asked me if I wanted to play it for the recital and I said, "Absolutely freakin' not".<BR/><BR/>:)sportsgirl132https://www.blogger.com/profile/06001368175686284045noreply@blogger.com