...thank you all for the brilliant program you have put together.
I'm a 61 year old classically trained piano player who hasn't had a whole lot in the way of formal lessons since high school, but have managed to keep my fingers working and learned a few random pieces along the way, with some (truthfully, less than stellar) forays into various musical avenues. For quite a while I've had a hankering to get into some New Orleans style piano and suchlike: music that is fun to play and to listen to.
Imagine my delight when I stumbled on your site and found the lesson for "Tipitina". I've learned so much just from this one piece in a short time (am now playing level 7 with relative fluidity) and it has brought me enormous pleasure.
The combination of videos, lessons, exercises, etc is amazingly effective and works perfectly for a motivated (if normally slow!) learner like me. I can literally sit for three or four hours working away at various aspects and still not be bored. The sense of progress and accomplishment is fantastically rewarding. In a sense I have had many of the pieces to be a reasonably competent pianist but your approach is helping me to put them all together in a unique and fun way. Of course, I still have a long long way to go!
But on to "Such a Night" and "Jessica": the fun continues …Thanks again for the thoughtful and comprehensive program. Keep it coming!
MatthewP