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Just got back from a week south of Cancun...beautiful beach, tequila AND my roll it up piano. Everyday I practiced and played some music too. :-) The flat keyboard is frustrating because it notices when my finger pressure is not consistent and it plays double/triple if I press too hard. Grrrrrr. BUT! I played and still have everyday so far in 2011. VBG

I'm new here, just a beginner but I'd love to join.

It's 11pm right now and I practiced for a little over an hour today.

My history on playing instruments:
I got a VL-1 when I was around 6 (it's that calculator-keyboard thing from Casio), and I treated it like a toy. I only learned some very basic tunes with it back then, like the built in tune, our national anthem and a few more whose titles I don't know.

I got a burning desire to have a piano when I was in my last year in high school. That was the year I first saw The Lion King. I found Hans Zimmer's work to be really amazing, but the only instrument around was my cousin's recorder, so I practiced with that for some time. I played mostly just songs from The Lion King and back then I could sightread slowly. I played it until before I entered second year college.

I got a cheap keyboard (~$100)later that year and practiced Be Prepared. I could only play the treble, but at least I got something that can play more than one note at a time. It was the first time I learned how to do play by pressing multiple keys together. Interest shifted to software development through most of my college years, but I regained the desire again this last semester.

I saw Balto for the first time, and again, a cartoon drove my desires, but it's greater than it ever has been. I practiced Heritage of the Wolf since late November 2010, and now I can say I can play something using both hands!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CPitsHfr_w

I practiced using the vid above, and wrote the notes on paper while watching, then played it on the piano. Here's a recording of me playing:
recording

I've been practicing some more songs, such as ones found from video games (TF2's Playing with Danger). Sometimes I get addicted and practice for like 4 hours straight... which I've never done before. A few times I found myself playing past 3am.

I signed up for the forums since I wanted to get more serious. I didn't know any forum that was active, and I just stumbled upon this site when I was looking up reviews for the CDP-100, which I plan to save up for when I start working.

I need to go on the "Excused Absence" list for 2011. I had to drive my daughter and some of her teammates to an academic team tournament in South Carolina on Friday-Saturday. We didn't get back until after 1:00 am last night, so I didn't play at all on Saturday.

The good news [bragging shamelessly] is that my daughter's team came in first place in the JV division at the Dorman Invitational tournament, one of the major quiz bowl tournaments in the country with over 100 teams competing. WOOT. She's a smart one, my little girl.

Pokes his head up from lurking

I'm in for 2011.

So by all means, just wait til everything is back to normal, then let me know which days you need to be excused for.