Can't Help Falling in Love, by Elvis Presley (3 months piano progress!)
To celebrate my 3 months piano anniversary, I decided to stray away from method books and learn an easy arrangement of Elvis' Can't Help Falling in Love. Recording is hard. I filmed 19 takes to get th...
3 months piano progress!
I am learning so much from Ilinca and her PCA course (piano career academy). I'm really happy I discovered this so early in my piano journey! Here are some of my favorite pieces I worked on this month...
Piano progress: 2 months
After about six weeks with the Faber method I realize it'd take me forever to progress if I continued entirely on my own. Also, the arrangements all sound the same and it was starting to get under my...
Piano progress: 6 weeks
I keep practicing 1 to 2 hours a day and can feel my speed reading music is improving. I am still working on Faber Adult Piano Adventures and I also bought Keith Snell Essential Piano Repertoire Prepa...
Piano cover: Yakety Yak, by The Coasters
Yakety Yak, by The Coasters (1958). Loved learning this one! It finally feels like I'm playing real music! Sheet music arrangement from Faber Studio Collection: Selections from Showtime Piano (Level 2...
Piano: Egyptian Ballet Dance
This is the first piece I worked on that is not from my Adult Piano Adventures method book! Egyptian Ballet Dance is an easy arrangement of Danse Bacchanale from the opera "Samson & Delilah", by Camil...
Piano progress: 1 month
To start my piano journey, I opted for Faber Adult Piano Adventures books, rather than the ubiquitous Alfred's. The reason being, Alfred focuses too much on left hand chords and (very ugly and outdate...
La Vallesa
This weekend we went exploring the forest La Vallesa and the margins of the river Turia! 🐕
15 days with Luna
Yesterday we celebrated exactly 15 days since Luna joined our family. Welcoming a second dog has been at the same time joy and challenge. 🐶 Here are three things I (re) learned about dogs in those pas...
Luna, day 3
Day 3 of Luna. She's crazy about food. Today she tried to steal a wooden spoon from the sink with rests of omelette on it. The spoon fell with a noise and I caught her in the act. She then pretended s...
24 hours together
24 hours together. Luna's a little shy, but she already jumped on all beds and she found a great spot on the couch. She also tried to steal the garbage and has been brainstorming ways to get to the fo...
A brief history of Astro
Astro Astro came into my life in 2013, when I lived in Sweden. I didn't have friends, barely went out (only for groceries), got a major vitamin D deficiency, life sucked. I considered getting a cat, t...