Introduce Yourself!

[Dirk]

Hello everyone!

I come from Germany and live about 70 kilometers from Frankfurt am Main.

I’m 61 years young! 😉

I’m at home in rock music, funk, soul and POP, but basically I like all kinds of music. Well, I don’t really like German brass music and German pop music, they give me ear cancer.

I’ve already taken lessons from 5 online teachers and none of them have really helped me. Since I play more than one instrument and have a classical education, I don’t really need all the basics.

But I want to become more relaxed with my fingers on the piano and will learn more over time and the entire keyboard. I’m most interested in technical playing techniques on the piano, keyboard or organ. There are so-called rools, for example, but I’m also interested in fingerings, because I haven’t found anything on these topics yet.

Every keyboard is different, so synthesizers in particular can be played in very different ways. I’m looking for tips and haven’t found anything yet.

I compose myself and am therefore not interested in playing other people’s songs. But in order to get better at composing, my goal is to become more relaxed on the keys.

I have something very special in mind with the music I write. It’s about having fun playing the piano, I’ve always wanted to, but I’m more interested in using music to convey something.

If you’re interested, I’d write more about what exactly I want to convey.

But so that I don’t have to do everything alone, I’m looking for other musicians who would like to take part in a project. Nowadays, you don’t have to be in the same room together. There are ways to work together over the Internet.

At the moment I play all the instruments myself and sing, but it doesn’t have to stay that way and it shouldn’t.

In addition to music, I also have a sound engineering qualification and a small home studio.

So that was a bit long and I’ll stop telling you more for now.

Now I’m excited to see who I’ll meet here and what the course can achieve.

Kind musical greetings

Dimugi (Dirk)

[Marine]

Welcome Dirk! 🙂

[Daniel]

I am from the United States, 82 years old, and love many genre’s of music, including Classical, Pop, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Native American, Taiwanese Folk songs, etc. I signed up because Marine told be about the Hammond B3-X organ app and she gives tutorials on the Hammond organ. I prefer the organ over simply playing the piano.

[Marine]

Welcome to the school Daniel!
Happy to have you in my community! 🙂

[Rhonald]

Hello…

I’m from Arcadia, FL in the USA

I’m 45

My favorite genre is electronic dance music

I joined so I can learn to play piano in hopes that it will help me become a better music producer

My number one goal is to become a decent and proficient piano player

Cheers!

Ron

[Marine]

That’s amazing!
Welcome Rhonald! 🙂

[Marc]

1. Where are you from? currently GA
2. How old are you? 59
3. Your favorite style of music? 80’s rock, blues and jazz

4. Why did you sign up for Online Rock Lessons? learn some new techniques
5. What is your #1 piano & keyboards goal? to be able to play some songs and improvise

[Marine]

That’s great Marc!
Welcome 🙂

[Danijel]

I am from Slovenia.
I have 55 years.

My favorite style of music is Rock

I signed up, because I believe that here I will find most exercises and guidance those I need to build up my skills.

My No.1 goal – to be able to play accompaniment to any song on piano or keyboard.

[Marine]

Hey Danijel!
That’s amazing, welcome to the school 🙂

[Jeannie]

Hi my name is Jeannie

I am from Ottawa Ontario, I’m 67, my favorite style of music is Pop/Rock. I’ve been taking piano classes one on one for over 9 yrs classical and a few popular songs. I signed up to learn more, play popular songs fast and be comfortable playing in front of people and most of all have fun!

[Marine]

Hey Jeannie,

Happy to have you here!
Welcome to the school!

[Markus]

Hi Marine,

1) I live in Bavaria, Germany.

2) I am 61 years old. When I was young I played Guitar and Bass Guitar in several bands.

3) My favourite music is Blues, Blues and Blues 😉 and some Hard Rock.

I grew up with Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Barclay James Harvest, just to name some of my „influencers“

4) I already attended to other piano schools online, each for one year. They did not convince me.

The Concept of ORL seems to be much better. I started the beginners chapter in order to learn from scratch.

5) I want to play the Hammond Organ in the style of Jon Lord, which will be very challenging. But learning piano as the fundamental prerequisite is absolutely fine for me.

My Equipment is a Roland FP30 with hammer weighted action and a Yamaha CK61 with a great Hammond simulation.

Markus

[Marine]

Hey Markus!
Glad you are here!!
If you wanna start from the beginning take a look at the Piano Method Beginner!

Welcome to the school 🙂

[Arte]

Where are you from?: I’m from the Boston area in the US.

How old are you?: I’m 63 years old.

Your favorite style of music: I like Americana (blues, folk, country, rock), and even play around with cajun and zydeco (and other New Orleans/Louisiana styles).

Why did you sign up?: I recently purchased a Hammond Sk2 dual-keyboard electronic organ, and wanted to learn how to play it.

What is your #1 piano and keyboards goal?: I’d like to become functional on the Hammond organ.

I’d love to become proficient, but I’ll settle for functional. I’ll also settle for being able to play piano at the same level as I currently play acoustic guitar when accompanying myself as a singer/songwriter.

I started on acoustic guitar, but when I started playing in bands it was as the bass player (acoustic and electric upright basses, and fretted and fretless electric basses). I am fairly functional on acoustic and electric guitar. Finally, I sing lead and harmony vocals in many of the bands I’ve played in.

— Arte Kenyon

[Arte]

I also have a Yamaha digital piano (fully weighted keys, nice piano sounds, great for practicing piano lessons). I intend to use this digital piano to do most of the piano work, and the Hammond Sk2 when I’m ready to start the organ lessons.

[Clarence B]

Live in Laurel Maryland USA, 70 years old, all genre of music, spiritual and blues. Joined because you made it interesting, and I want to be able to play everything just by sitting and listening.

[Marine]

Hi Clarence!

Glad to have you here! Welcome 🙂

[jean-pierre]

1. Where are you from?

Genève
2. How old are you?

68 ans agriculteur retraité non pratiquant
3. Your favourite style of music?

Tout, de Deep Purple, Bach, Chick Corea à Boris Vian

4. Why did you sign up for Online Rock Lessons?

j’ai commencé la musique il y a 49 ans: flûte traversière au conservatoire, sax baryton dans des groupes et théâtre, piano autodidacte avec des cours d’harmonie. J’ai envie de passer la vitesse supérieure pour le piano, je crois avoir trouvé la bonne adresse ici, la partie intermédiaire me plaît bien et avec 2 heures par jour ça devrait progresser…Mon problème est que je dois désapprendre ce que je fais faux avant d’apprendre à nouveau. Heureusement j’ai vu que dans les routines il y a les doigtés mais c’est pas gagné de remettre les doigts dans le bon sens.

5. What is your #1 piano & keyboards goal?

Pouvoir chanter en m’accompagnant au piano. Ce qui m’a fait sourrire dans la partie débutant concerne la posture: à quoi ça sert d’expliquer les bons gestes quand la prof joue couché sur son orgue à l’envers…je croyais qu’il fallait montrer l’exemple…( je déconne ). Je ne viendrai pas tellement sur ce forum car je suis très peu réseausocialisable!

Love from Switzerland ( smoke on the water, Montreux 1971 )

[Marine]

Hey Jean-Pierre!
Haha c’est très drôle! Disons que je pratique pas comme ça à la maison XD
Bienvenue à l’école! 🙂

[Ricardo]

Hi!

1. Where are you from? Madrid, Spain.
2. How old are you? 47
3. Your favourite style of music? Rock, Blues, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Classical.

4. Why did you sign up for Online Rock Lessons? I started classical piano with a teacher (for a few years), but I wanna play Rock and Blues. I think this course is really well thought out, and with great material.
5. What is your #1 piano & keyboards goal? I want to play with friends.

Happy to be here!

[Marine]

Welcome to the school Ricardo!

[Richard]

I’m from Portland, Oregon, I’m 70 years old. My favorite style of music is 60’s rock. I joined the academy because my progress has been slow and frustrating with my self instruction. My piano goal is to be able to play my favorite rock and classical songs.

[Antony]

1. Where are you from? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
2. How old are you? 61
3. Your favourite style of music?

I like a wide variety from blues rock 80’s syntg pop through to Jean michael zarre

I do like synths

4. Why did you sign up for Online Rock Lessons? to learn to play my keyboards better and To learn to play my hammond m solo (drawbars)

5. What is your #1 piano & keyboards goal? To play songs, riffs that I like mostly using a chord base approach

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[THIERRY]

J habite en Corse

J ai 72 ans

Je vexu aprrendre le piano pour m accompagner car j aime chanter.

[Hervé]

Hello!

1. Where are you from?

I live in France, Antibes (French Riviera).

2. How old are you?

45

3. Your favourite style of music?

I like (nearly) any kind of music, but love 70s rock.

To name a few of my keyboard idols: Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, John Lord, but also younger players like Jordan Rudess.

4. Why did you sign up for Online Rock Lessons?

<div>I want to learn basic accompaniment improvisation.</div>

And Marine’s Youtube tutorials proved easy to follow and useful.

And when I saw a video of Marine playing ELP, it gave me a bit of hope she could learn me how to play the same :’D

5. What is your #1 piano & keyboards goal?

Currently, be ablo to join a rock jam session and follow the band with simple chords progressions.

[Marine]

Amazing!
Happy to have you here Hervé 🙂