Calling all deaf and hh pianists

kokonut · 05-13-2009, 09:27 AM

I noticed a few people in AD that do play the piano. Do you currently play the piano and practice on a regular basis? Let us know.

My blog
Ragtime Piano!

Been playing the piano since 7.
Goal? Get a baby grand piano someday and my own piano room so I can practice in peace for a change.

Grummer · 05-13-2009, 11:31 AM

i dont but when my ear is in a good quiet mode (i have tinnitus), id listen to Choplin, as he's my favourite piano composer, excellent stuff !!!, very mesermising and relaxing at same time, Mozart is also another for different moods When i can, i listen to it on this ;

mariano · 08-08-2009, 01:17 PM

I started playing the piano when I was 16, stopped cause I was horrible at it. I recently picked it up again and my sight reading keeps improving faster and faster. I love it... I practice daily.

Mechanical · 08-09-2009, 03:03 PM

I play on occasion, it's not really something I do often, just when I'm in the mood to.

kokonut · 08-09-2009, 03:44 PM

I play it often. Last night played and practiced my piano for 5 hours.

mariano · 08-09-2009, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kokonut

I play it often. Last night played and practiced my piano for 5 hours.

I use to practice like that when I was 16. I wish I still had such will as far as practicing piano goes. The most that I can do is one hour before I start falling a sleep.

kokonut · 08-29-2009, 12:17 PM

Only when the opportunity is right do I sit down for 5 hours straight. More often it's about 2 to 3 hours a shot on most days.

CJB · 08-29-2009, 01:36 PM

I'm a HH pianist. I play every few days whereas I used to play every day when I was hearing.

Bottesini · 08-29-2009, 01:42 PM

Deaf learner? I did buy a keyboard that is amplified with headphones. I am having fun trying to learn by Suzuki books, but I don't think I will probably do it in public.

kokonut · 08-29-2009, 02:01 PM

Oh, doing it in public is fun! There's nothing like seeing and hearing a crowd really appreciate the music afterwards. And get personal thanks and kudos later on.

thesynthfreq · 10-03-2009, 03:15 AM

Hello. Love this topic! I have been playing the piano and synthesizer (electronic waveform generator with user programmable parameters for creating new waveforms into sounds, with keys) since I was 6 and started writing music at age 9 ( taught myself). My hearing was better then and I could hear most of the notes except the lower or higher end of the keyboard. I have played my piano and several synthesizers everyday for 20 years, I also write a song a day. If I do not play music for half a day, I start to feel starved and will Have to go and play some music. I usually play twice a day somtimes three. I work on waveform theory, analysis and creation after I work on a song or two. My sister and wrote and produced 2 CDs before we were 16. We played our school's synthesizer with special permission in 4th grade and got to skip reading time every other day each week. We also had the honor of playing on the news and the radio here in Austin. Will never forget it. I use Phonak Naida hearing aids now and still never hear high or low end notes, but I have made do without those notes but my hearing aids with the Icom help me a lot in my studio. I also have posted our music on Youtube under "jumellemusic". I also work with a drum machine, it takes more programming than you'd think. it doesnt play a beat for you, you have to set the different steps (16) to each part. 16th notes or 32 it depends. Anyway , I literally sleep in my studio, partly cuz I feel more comfortable close by and I do not have much space. I own 6 synthesizers (24 years old or older) and 1987 sequencer for recording. As my name states, I am a synthfreak and love anything with piano or synthesizers! I also like to play Beethoven's Inventions, cool stuff. I would love to have a grand piano, the most awesome instrument! In college I went every day after classes to the music dept. and played the Steinway. Love it!

kokonut · 10-03-2009, 03:38 AM

When you can, play on an Estonia grand piano. The sound is fantastic. Better than a Steinway. And love the Renner action and you can certainly feel the difference. Only problem is it cost $26,000.

thesynthfreq · 10-22-2009, 02:11 AM

Wow, that is expensive.
I love playing grand pianos. Many times I would play in the practice rooms that have the little glass window in the door and I would see people standing there listening to me. That makes me more nervous though.I was wondering if they liked it or thought it was strange funky music I was writing! lol
I have been composing music for 20 years of the 26 years Iv been alive and I still feel self-concscience about my compositions. I always feel like I can be doing better, maybe that is what keeps me playing every day. I cant go a day without writing something new and then practicing more later in the day. I have to play every day. If I dont, I feel like I have forgotten something very important and it will bother me until I do. I feel that composing music and programming synthesizers and playing the cello have really helped me with some of the issues I have with my blindness, epilepsy and deafness. Its my therapy! lol Music really does something to you. I had my first CD published when I was in middle school because my mother was told that I do not have much time left before I lose all of my hearing. Sometimes my heart aches for the hearing I used to have. I lost more of it slowly over time and I remember one day in college, I went to go and play the grand piano and it sounded so soft and far away and without the shimmer to its sound. I was so sad at that moment when I reliezed that my hearing really is going to get worse. I have spent lots of time crying in my studio in front of all my synthesizers and my piano just thinking and relizing that there is nothing I can do about it. I live for music and composing and will never give it up no matter what happens. I just take it one day at a time and adjust to things like I have always had to do. Maybe god has a plan for me in this life.

On a more positive note, lol, my synthesizers keep me happy and my favorate thing in the world is to give a concert and the audience enjoying my music and everyone is happy and enjoying themselves.
Sorry for the long post! lol
Take care everyone. Keep playin the music proud and loud!

05-13-2009, 09:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
kokonut Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,697	Calling all deaf and hh pianists I noticed a few people in AD that do play the piano. Do you currently play the piano and practice on a regular basis? Let us know. My blog Ragtime Piano! Been playing the piano since 7. Goal? Get a baby grand piano someday and my own piano room so I can practice in peace for a change.

05-13-2009, 11:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
Grummer Burn fat off your soul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Island in the South Posts: 3,248	i dont but when my ear is in a good quiet mode (i have tinnitus), id listen to Choplin, as he's my favourite piano composer, excellent stuff !!!, very mesermising and relaxing at same time, Mozart is also another for different moods When i can, i listen to it on this ; __________________ Some people will tell you that slow is good - and it may be, on some days - but I am here to tell you that fast is better. I've always believed this, in spite of the trouble it's caused me. Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles. Hunter S Thompson

08-09-2009, 03:44 PM	#5 (permalink)
kokonut Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,697	I play it often. Last night played and practiced my piano for 5 hours. __________________ If you're one of those crazy Obama fans please do NOT click here. Warning: May cause seizures.

08-29-2009, 12:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
kokonut Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,697	Only when the opportunity is right do I sit down for 5 hours straight. More often it's about 2 to 3 hours a shot on most days. __________________ If you're one of those crazy Obama fans please do NOT click here. Warning: May cause seizures.

08-29-2009, 01:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
Bottesini Bodhar agus leath dall Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Middle of dog pack Posts: 16,083	Deaf learner? I did buy a keyboard that is amplified with headphones. I am having fun trying to learn by Suzuki books, but I don't think I will probably do it in public. __________________ It's a joke Nathan!

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08-08-2009, 01:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
mariano Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 144	I started playing the piano when I was 16, stopped cause I was horrible at it. I recently picked it up again and my sight reading keeps improving faster and faster. I love it... I practice daily.

08-09-2009, 03:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mechanical Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 106	I play on occasion, it's not really something I do often, just when I'm in the mood to.

08-29-2009, 01:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
CJB deafblind writer Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: U.S. Posts: 1,425	I'm a HH pianist. I play every few days whereas I used to play every day when I was hearing.

08-29-2009, 02:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
kokonut Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,697	Oh, doing it in public is fun! There's nothing like seeing and hearing a crowd really appreciate the music afterwards. And get personal thanks and kudos later on. __________________ If you're one of those crazy Obama fans please do NOT click here. Warning: May cause seizures.

10-03-2009, 03:15 AM	#11 (permalink)
thesynthfreq Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Austin Tx Posts: 32	Hello. Love this topic! I have been playing the piano and synthesizer (electronic waveform generator with user programmable parameters for creating new waveforms into sounds, with keys) since I was 6 and started writing music at age 9 ( taught myself). My hearing was better then and I could hear most of the notes except the lower or higher end of the keyboard. I have played my piano and several synthesizers everyday for 20 years, I also write a song a day. If I do not play music for half a day, I start to feel starved and will Have to go and play some music. I usually play twice a day somtimes three. I work on waveform theory, analysis and creation after I work on a song or two. My sister and wrote and produced 2 CDs before we were 16. We played our school's synthesizer with special permission in 4th grade and got to skip reading time every other day each week. We also had the honor of playing on the news and the radio here in Austin. Will never forget it. I use Phonak Naida hearing aids now and still never hear high or low end notes, but I have made do without those notes but my hearing aids with the Icom help me a lot in my studio. I also have posted our music on Youtube under "jumellemusic". I also work with a drum machine, it takes more programming than you'd think. it doesnt play a beat for you, you have to set the different steps (16) to each part. 16th notes or 32 it depends. Anyway , I literally sleep in my studio, partly cuz I feel more comfortable close by and I do not have much space. I own 6 synthesizers (24 years old or older) and 1987 sequencer for recording. As my name states, I am a synthfreak and love anything with piano or synthesizers! I also like to play Beethoven's Inventions, cool stuff. I would love to have a grand piano, the most awesome instrument! In college I went every day after classes to the music dept. and played the Steinway. Love it!

10-03-2009, 03:38 AM	#12 (permalink)
kokonut Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,697	When you can, play on an Estonia grand piano. The sound is fantastic. Better than a Steinway. And love the Renner action and you can certainly feel the difference. Only problem is it cost $26,000. __________________ If you're one of those crazy Obama fans please do NOT click here. Warning: May cause seizures.

10-22-2009, 02:11 AM	#13 (permalink)
thesynthfreq Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Austin Tx Posts: 32	Wow, that is expensive. I love playing grand pianos. Many times I would play in the practice rooms that have the little glass window in the door and I would see people standing there listening to me. That makes me more nervous though.I was wondering if they liked it or thought it was strange funky music I was writing! lol I have been composing music for 20 years of the 26 years Iv been alive and I still feel self-concscience about my compositions. I always feel like I can be doing better, maybe that is what keeps me playing every day. I cant go a day without writing something new and then practicing more later in the day. I have to play every day. If I dont, I feel like I have forgotten something very important and it will bother me until I do. I feel that composing music and programming synthesizers and playing the cello have really helped me with some of the issues I have with my blindness, epilepsy and deafness. Its my therapy! lol Music really does something to you. I had my first CD published when I was in middle school because my mother was told that I do not have much time left before I lose all of my hearing. Sometimes my heart aches for the hearing I used to have. I lost more of it slowly over time and I remember one day in college, I went to go and play the grand piano and it sounded so soft and far away and without the shimmer to its sound. I was so sad at that moment when I reliezed that my hearing really is going to get worse. I have spent lots of time crying in my studio in front of all my synthesizers and my piano just thinking and relizing that there is nothing I can do about it. I live for music and composing and will never give it up no matter what happens. I just take it one day at a time and adjust to things like I have always had to do. Maybe god has a plan for me in this life. On a more positive note, lol, my synthesizers keep me happy and my favorate thing in the world is to give a concert and the audience enjoying my music and everyone is happy and enjoying themselves. Sorry for the long post! lol Take care everyone. Keep playin the music proud and loud!

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