Music Learning

I'm a pussy cat dad, a long way from being a Tiger Dad, but I have amped up my discipline on piano lessons, keeping my kids at the keyboard for up to an hour. We've been using Mark-my-time to keep the kids on track for their time commitment. Unfortunately, it is a pretty poor quality digital timepiece, poorly constructed and worn out quickly. So when I got a chance to try the … [Read more...] about Review: Time Tracker Mini

I'm a late bloomer piano prodigy. I decided to learn piano at the same time as started to subject my then five year-old daughter to lessons. At nine, she already plays more easily than I do, but we have a great time playing the piano together, learning new music, and singing along. My direction to "go practice" sure has a lot more moral authority when my daughter knows I've … [Read more...] about The Piano Guy has free video lesson of Silent Night

A dad on our forum related how he had made a video of his own son and baby to give to him for Father's Day. Isn't that about the best present you can get as a dad? These fatherhood years go by so quickly and all we all love to try to recapture the feelings we had through them. Videos made in iMovie or in Adobe's Video Editing suite for PC can be the best Father's Day gift of … [Read more...] about Best “priceless” fathers day gift