Member's Monthly Live Coaching - discuss!

RuthPower

noellah-jeannica fantastic! Thanks for the feedback and sharing your experience Noellah! I'm hearing you guys, that you are not really fussed on Zoom- so maybe I will just do one every now and then so we can see each others faces- but on the whole we'll stick to the current set up 😃

alexx88

@RuthPowerSounds like a good plan!

RuthPower

Hey everyone, looking forward to seeing you tomorrow! It's a bit earlier than usually to hopefully accomodate our friends in the UK & Europe - I hope you can make it!

noellah-jeannica

RuthPower hello, has the link to the coaching been posted already? I’ve noticed I haven’t received any emails regarding its schedule yet, so I’m not sure whether I can attend the coaching or not. Thanks!

alexx88

@noellah-jeannica @RuthPower I haven't received any emails either. I will look around on Facebook to see if I can find anything about at the scheduled time. I already have a couple of things scheduled tomorrow (Friday 6/25/21). I need to see what time it is.

Evidently it's today! 6/24/21 in the US! 4:00 EST. I managed to find an email with an old link to the site, but I don't have a password. Bummer, because I'm here now & I could join. It starts in 20 min here 🙁

RuthPower

alexx88 @noellah-jeannica YOU GUYS! I'm so sorry! I've just sent you an email about it - will arrive in your inbox 11am Friday - basically I did the coaching, no one showed - I thought this is weird.. but continued anyway – and then realised afterward that my email provider had un-scheduled my email notifications to you!!! So.. imagine Ruth getting super angry at the customer service person and then finally we've sorted it out - I'm back on board with the emails and we're going to re-stream the coaching next week and have a zoom party while we're at it. So sorry for the confusion! #technology!

noellah-jeannica

RuthPower sounds cool, since I'm less busy next week anyway. Thanks for the notice!

RuthPower

noellah-jeannica Oh well that's worked out well! See you tomorrow!

RuthPower

Hi @all! As per the request of some students last month, I've done a quick follow up video explaining the fingering for multiple octaves of the Advanced Scales - you can watch that additional video at the bottom of the June coaching here:
Let me know if you have any follow up questions! 🤩🤘

noellah-jeannica

RuthPower thank you so much for this extra lesson! I’m so excited to get into it.

RuthPower

The coaching this month will be on the same topic as our new course releasing in 2 weeks 'Yoga for Pianists' - we're learning about taking care of our minds & bodies as pianists! But I want to know what you guys are doing at the moment - what do you do for the relief of your body & mind for playing the piano? Or if the answer is 'nothing', do you think you could be open to doing a short routine?

noellah-jeannica

RuthPower I do a set of finger exercises for dexterity and some basic full-body stretches every time I sit down at the piano. I also do a bunch of floor stretching routines regularly. However, it’s my first time encountering a yoga routine designed specifically for pianists — and done conveniently on a chair! Super excited for this new course 🧡

alexx88

I just watched the replay of Rhythm Station. I also plotted out the notation examples. I find looking at the notation & plotting out super easy. The grid exercise took me right back to the Riffing Pro examples. Very reminiscent.

I only had time to do one of the 3 suggested songs, (plus we did #3 in the coaching lol). I did Rhythm Nation. It was pretty easy to tap out the beats of the refrain, so plotting wasn't bad. I haven't had time yet to plot out a song of my own, but I will try that at some point. I don't think I will add the fingers in. That's sort of subconscious for me.

RuthPower

alexx88 Yes Alexx!!! So good to hear! Yes the fingers is an extra step - only really needed if you do have a difficult passage that you need to work out the fingering in advance. Super stoked that you drew the comparison to the riffing work of the Riffing Pro course! Just another way to look at those rhythms in terms of that 'conversation' that our hands are having.
Glad you found that one easy - I thought Rhythm Nation was going to be a difficult one, so nice work!

RuthPower

noellah-jeannica Oh this is brilliant! I'm delighted that you are excited for the course! It's a bit of a different one, so I'm a little nervous but I'm confident it's going to be useful to you all. Only a few weeks to go!

RuthPower

The replay is now up for 'Meditative Piano' - here https://school.pianopicnic.com/courses/the-creative-pianist-offer/lectures/34426146
Enjoy! Keen to hear your thoughts and how your new composition / improv in this style is going!

MikeClarke

Hi Ruth, just checking: for the monthly live coaching session, we get an email with link & password? Just checking for Oct one, which i think is next Wed 6th.

RuthPower

MikeClarke Hi Mike - yes there are a number of things going on at the moment so I'll list this out more clearly:
1 - On Wednesday 6th - we are starting the 'NEW MEMBERS CLUB MIX' which is a fortnightly live training for new members (like yourself) this is recommended to go through before you get to the other new coachings (like the October one)to make sure you have all those foundational skills. Access will be sent out beginning of next week.

However, if you are super interested in the topic and eager to dive in to the new monthly coachings, you may choose to come along to those too (details below)!

2- The end of the month coaching for September (and all other replays) are in the members area under 'Live Coaching Sessions' No special password needed other than your login.

3 - The end of the month coaching for October is announced at the start of the month (the topic is also in 'Live Coaching Schedule'). It's the 4th Friday morning (NZ/AUS) of each month usually (or Thursday night for those behind New Zealand/Australia). I send out the access details in the week of the coaching.

Let me know if you have any further Qs! Happy to answer.