http://fastpianolessons.com/blog Learn a song in 10 minutes! Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:44:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You don't have to practice a huge amount to see fast results. If you look back over a whole week you'll be amazed at what you've learned. But just like at the gym, don't measure muscles each day after you work out... you won't see results. Measure your weight or ... http://fastpianolessons.com/blog/how-to-keep-practicing-part-2/ So its a little more than half way through February. A great time to check in on the new years resolutions that you wrote down and see how you're doing with them. Wait.. you didn't write them down?!? Thats step #1! Do it right now. This applies to everything, not just piano. One ... http://fastpianolessons.com/blog/how-to-set-goals-for-practicing-piano/ Michael buble is the perfect thing play on valentines day. but wait, valentines day was yesterday! thats ok. presidents day can be just as romantic... besides, you shouldn’t need an excuse to play a song for that special someone of yours and this song will make anyone feel ... http://fastpianolessons.com/blog/everything-michael-buble-valentine-piano-lesson/ I just finished working on this commercial where i wrote and recorded and performed all the music for a salon in seattle called habitude. Composing and recording is a lot of fun! Technology is getting so good that one person (a piano player) can record all the instruments and have it come ... http://fastpianolessons.com/blog/habitude-commercial-music/ I've been experimenting lately with doing live interactive piano lessons on ustream.tv. You'll frequently find me streaming a live show on this page: www.ustream.tv/channel/fast-piano-lessons-com---songs-questions Its taken a while to work out most of the technical bugs and things like distortion or video not syncing to audio... but after much trial and error, ... http://fastpianolessons.com/blog/live-piano-lesson/ This is a wonderful work of animation and poetry! I love all the internal rhyme and wordplay. Plus its about cats and pianos!!! What better subject matter? Its about 7minutes long. Enjoy!!! But don't get any ideas about making a cat piano at home...   I'll begin posting more lessons soon! I've been really focused lately on ... http://fastpianolessons.com/blog/the-cat-piano-animation/ Mercy Mercy Mercy was written by Joe Zawinul... also Berklee College of Music grad! The Notation for the song: Mercy Mercy Mercy Music Handout   Video Contents: There are two arrangements of Mercy Mercy Mercy in this video. The first half is the easier one, its all written down in the handout. The second half of the ... http://fastpianolessons.com/blog/mercy-mercy-mercy-piano-lesson/ This lesson is a quickie!!! Play along with the video. Then play through all 12 major chords in one hand. Time yourself! Then work on all 12 minor chords in one hand. Time yourself again! Try to beat 30 seconds. I know ... http://fastpianolessons.com/blog/major-minor-chord-quiz/ I just wanted to get a feel for how many people online read music!   Of course there are different kinds of reading music. Can you read music?(polls) Some people can only read chords symbols or just a few of the notes on treble clef.   I ... http://fastpianolessons.com/blog/read-music-poll/ Twitter is a great way to stay connected with people online, plus its pretty addicting! I'm going to use twitter to point to good piano lessons and mention other things I'm doing.   If you want to, you can follow me on twitter here: http://twitter.com/chrismarx85 I'll use twitter to announce piano scholarships and ... http://fastpianolessons.com/blog/piano-lesson-twitter/