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Woodward,
6 yr 99 days ago
This is the place to express your musical musings!
Can you play a musical instrument?
How long have you played?
What styles of music do you like?
Leave all your thoughts here that have to do with the wonderful world of MUSIC!
Languages Native speaker: English Languages: Spanish Level of English: Native Speaker, English Teacher Personal Information Location: A New Zealander in Chile Interests Interests: Languages - Cultures - Travel - Chocolate - The Middle Ages Teaching English Teaching experience: Since 1997 Contact Information Website: http://www.woodwardchile.com Blog: http://www.southamerica.cl/blog Education/Work Occupation: Student of Life
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kitkattail,
6 yr 99 days ago
I began taking cello lessons about 13 years ago, when I was four. I am now in a program for high-school-age music students at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto; the program includes fun things like chamber music, orchestra, and a series of master classes with all sorts of teachers both from Toronto and from wherever else they bring them in. As for what sort of music I like, well, I could name a few composers, but jeez, it's hard! There's so much good stuff out there! I just wouldn't know where to start!
But yeah. I love music, and it is a wonderful thing, but sometimes it is frustrating, in that I really suck at it, so ick. :( It makes me look face-to-face at my own inadequacies on a daily basis. Sigh...
hitchhiker,
6 yr 99 days ago
I used to play the euphonium, trumpet and tuba at school (heheh).
Managed to get a record deal a few years back (for house/club music) by making a worldwide #1 dance tune and having it ripped off!! (I made that remix of the 'Bee Gees tune: You should be dancin').
They ripped me off horribly, and another (v.cool) record company gave me a deal when they saw it happen.. The "evil" record company made 100s of thousands, and I made diddly-squat. The good, the bad and the ugly..
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Elena,
6 yr 99 days ago
My mother wanted to give a surprise to my father, she made me to learn piano but under secret, the idea was to surprise my father seeing the daugther playing one day 'suddenly'. I studied for a short time only when my father was working but it was really difficult to keep the secret, so, the whole issue was clear and both of them were very happy with it.
My mother still doesn't know how good was for me her idea, I think music is the best , the most important thing, the nearest thing to our inner.
The second chapter later, I have to go. See you.
hitchhiker,
6 yr 99 days ago
Elena, great story!! I will definitely try that if I ever have kids, what a wonderful idea; you are lucky to have parents with good ideas ..
Elena,
6 yr 99 days ago
Thanks, you've encouraged me to relate the second and final chapter.
I stopped a bit with piano while I was at college but what happened afterwards??
That the thing supposedly was the first aim in my life (Anthropology) became the secondary and the secondary became the primary and here I am, enjoying teaching piano as a mad.
Orpheus,
6 yr 98 days ago
Wow, wow, wow!! Look what we've got here: a cellist, a piano teacher and a world-famous DJ (that's you Hitch ![Wink [;)]](/emoticons/emotion-5.gif) ). I am no musician but I do play the piano, just as a hobby. I began taking piano lessons long long ago and graduated from the Yamaha Music School in Indonesia. I then continued my piano lessons with a local pianist for several years. A few years ago, when I started working as a translator, I hardly had the time to practise. That was why I stopped the lessons and now only play the piano as a pastime.
I like classical music and my favourite composer is Rachmaninov.
Elena,
6 yr 98 days ago
I had an experience with Yamaha. They were looking for piano students to become them in yamaha-electronic-organ and piano teachers for their schools in Madrid. I was with them for a while, the course was interesting experience seeing how Japanese work and make to work. That finished but I liked it.
Orpheus and everybody, tell me please which is the effect of Bach in you all.
kitkattail,
6 yr 98 days ago
1. The Rachmaninov cello sonata is really pretty. It manages to be cheesy without being shallow. A rare thing.
2. Bach is a GENIUS. That's all I can say. It doesn't get any better than that.
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