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Where's that "blush" icon when you need it?

Cathy

Less than I used to. The S-->N ratio hasn't been favorable lately.

Ah, don't want to put you to the blush my friend !! 'nuff said.
PW silliness is.......sometimes just that - very silly

(and that's why they are called "private messages" right?)

Me too! Though almost every time I come here I learn about a new song, a new technique, a story about an interesting piano, or a new book to read, I find that there are just some threads that I find pure entertaining! As Casinitaly says something for most moments of the day!

Too much! We'll say between 30-45 minutes, on average, but it has definitely been higher with some topics

After some extensive research, it turns out that music is in something they call the "Entertainment industry". So apparently we are all here for entertainment. My mistake.
You win.

My name is pg2 and I am PW junkie. I lurked in this PW thingy for a very long time and I can honestly confess to having read every single posting since the beginning.

Sometimes I was in here for hours, no let's be truthful... days on end... doing just that. It took a whole bunch of 8-12 hour days. I have no idea quite how many but I was both red and bleary eyed for a while. It all came about from "no pianna" starvation. I had waited over 50 years to get one, to give myself permission to fulfill the life long hidden dream. So when I found this place by accident I just dove in.

Now I have reduced my being in here to just checking in a dozen times a day cruising through each forum in case I've missed something. Believe me that's an improvement.

I am considering stoping the internet for a while and just going to the library once a day for a while. Just until I get this addiction under control you understand. Just so I can trust myself around internet access to PW again.

I've learned so much and was introduced to so many wonderful pianists I'd never heard of through this place.

OMG, I just had a terrible thought. What if I can't get to library on time to record my practice time every day on Piano World Practice Log. I do love seeing my ins and out in there everyday. Watching those practice minutes show up in there thrills me and it's just a click away from PW.

Like I said, My name is pg2 I am a PW junkie...

Ooops, sorry, I'm Greek...SCREAMING is my normal volume....

Yeia sou Pianochara!!! eime pandremeni me Ellina kai xero ta panda ya phones!!!!

Yia sas Pianochara ke GlassLove! Eme ke eyo Ellinida!! Oh andras mou ene xenos ke malon eyo the fonazo ta pedya po polli!

:-)

Zoe

LOL! kai o thekos mou andras ene "xenos" , eftehos, ha!

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LOL! kai o thekos mou andras ene "xenos" , eftehos, ha! [/quote]

, eftehos indeed.

So have either of you played Greek piano music? A good friend of ours bought me a beautiful volume of songs by Manos Hadjidakis. They are easier arrangements for the "young pianist" but the sound is very satisfying.

I had a few Greek songs my aunt had brought me from Greece years ago. I can't seem to find them. I remember them
Being too difficult for me. I'd love to get Greek music as I really like it and the rhythms are unique. I just don't know where to get it from. I especially like the older songs. Do you know a place to order it from? In the meantime I have to find what I have. Just a few songs but I wonder if I would find them less daunting now.

really not sure, other than some websites, perhaps? My 82 YO mother managed to give me a Greek song she wanted me to play " afta ta malakia sou" or something like that, but the arrangement was HORRIBLE! and, so, of course, she didn't like it so I said "forget it". I don't have time to learn horrible arrangements of Greek songs and then not be appreciated- ha ha!

There's another member on the pianist corner (nikolas, I think) who is also Greek, I think he's a teacher? He might be a good resource...

I got my book from Fagotto Books in Athens. Here is their wesite:

Fagottobooks.gr

To email them: info@fagottobooks.gr

Ridiculous amount of time spent on PW ! over the past 3 years!
Mostly on the Piano Forum , Pianist Corner and Composers Lounge.
Saw the thread title here though, so popped in for a visit.

Define "ridiculous"

My Apple online dictionary defines it as:

deserving or inviting derision or mockery

So I reserve the right to keep this information private.

Do I really deserve/invite to be derided and mocked for reading and participating in such a wonderful forum?

Merriam-webster online includes "extremely silly or unreasonable". I think that applies to the amount of time I'm here, which I refuse to estimate or acknowledge.

I've been way too busy at work lately, so the past few months I would say I spend a total of, oh, maybe 30-60 minutes spread throughout the day. (I usually keep PW up on one of my browser pages more or less permanently.)

But in my first couple of years on the forum, let's just say I spent quite a bit more time posting.