From being about 10 years old to my early twenties, I was a very keen pianist. Not necessarily a very good one when compared to some of these fantastic kids you see playing, but acceptable all the same. For reasons I’ll probably go into later, I ended up abandoning the piano and pretty much didn’t touch one for twenty years.
About 3 years ago, I finally treated myself to a Yamaha Clavinova with the intention of starting to play again. In reality, I didn’t touch my new piano too much for a number of reasons (a combination long spells away from home on business, frustration with sounding like a train wreck when playing and a preference to open a bottle of red in the evening rather than tickle the ivories).
Anyway, cutting a long story short, back in August of 2015, I finally decided that enough was enough and I was going to do some real work to see to what extent I could recover my old piano playing skills and hopefully progress even beyond my old level.
I’m writing this blog to share my experiences and in the hope of getting in touch with others a little like myself. From reading Pianist Magazine, it would seem we’re a fairly common breed.
