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Yeah, if it would take you 2-4 weeks it will probably take me 2-4 months. I regularly underestimate the amount of time to learn new stuff. I guessed 4 weeks for Interstellar. I'm on page 2 of 8 and I'm about 9 weeks in lol.
Mostly, I'm discovering all of the stuff I don't know and skills I lack!
Piano with Johnny
I worked through the first course. It's good, but I slowed coursework down to put focus on in-person lessons.
In-Person Lessons
This week focused on C major / A minor (the song I learned used these), as well as C and G chord intervals, progressions, and inversions. We also worked on timing. The new song forced me to use a metronome because my fingers couldn't get the rhythm otherwise.
Interstellar
The sixteenth notes give me trouble. I can play them at a slower tempo, but at faster tempos, my fingers get ahead of the beat and my timing is off. I have a hard time counting while playing, so I'm trying to keep time with the metronome.
How to Become a Great Pianist
I will probably never become a concert pianist, but does that mean I can't be a "great" pianist in the eyes of the world? The question is, how? I think the answer is hidden in skills I already possess - psychology, branding, and marketing.
I can't stop watching Anatoly on YouTube. He's a professional powerlifter who pretends to be weak and then blows everyone's mind by lifting incredibly heavy weights. The video below got 6.4 million views.
Obviously, Anatoly is strong, but strength isn't why people watch. They watch because he's an effective marketer with a unique personal brand leveraging basic psych knowledge to wow people.
I believe I can do this with piano. I believe I can learn (at first) and compose (later on) songs like Interstellar or Moonlight Sonata that stir up emotions that tend to make people cry. Then, I can leverage my experience in psychology and hypnotherapy to become the Pianist Who Can Make ANYONE Cry.
I can do this even as a beginner. I just need to know a few tunes that trigger strong emotions in a few different types of people. Then I can use coaching questions and a touch of personality profiling to figure out which tune is most likely to make someone tear up on the spot (kind of like a psychic).
This would make a killer YouTube channel.
So that's my new goal.
To become the Pianist Who Can Make Anyone Cry and in doing so, amass a huge social audience that allows me to become a "great" pianist in the eyes of the world.
None of this is in exchange for the piano business I want to build. It's in addition to it.
Well, Por Una Cabeza has made me cry a few times, so you should definitely add it to your future repertoire!
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