Edward Weiss Joins Roster of Steinway Piano Teachers!

It’s one thing to teach piano – it’s quite another being among those talented enough listed on the prestigious Steinway & Sons compilation of professional teachers.

Edward Weiss is proud to have achieved this benchmark in his career.

Steinway & Son’s has been known or over a century and a half for creating the finest pianos available. When a teacher is accepted on their site, you know they are a cut above the rest.

For over 15 years, Edward has been in the forefront of the style called New Age Music, hauntingly mystical melodies combining the free form strains of the 60’s “Age of Aquarius” movement with underlying tones of classical cadence.

Endorsed by one of the pioneers of New Age piano, David Lanz – Edward Weiss has devoted his energies to bringing this wonderful musical style into the mainstream.

Not only does he compose his own scores, he actually shows how even beginners can start to master this style themselves – even if they’ve never wrote a note of music in their lives.

What’s more – he does it all over the internet. As Edward explains:

“My students never have to leave the comfort of their home in order to play their own personal New Age creations. With my method, if you can use a piano keyboard, I can teach you how to improvise and compose. It’s really that straightforward – and fun!”

In fact, Edward’s methods are so unique and easy to master, rank beginners who’ve never even played a piano will soon be composing their very own New Age Music.

Edward reveals: “There really is no secret - playing piano comes from the heart and the spirit. I merely show my students how to unleash that inner creativity, easily and effortlessly, with my step by step approach.”

His detailed online video instructions provides everything needed – except of course the keyboard. It’s basically “Look, Listen and Learn.”

You can view Edwards profile on Steinway & Son’s at: http://www.steinway.com/teachers/eweiss

For more information please contact Edward at quiescencemusic@yahoo.com or visit his personal website at: http://www.quiescencemusic.com

Piano Teachers and Getting What You Want

Let me say from the start that I have nothing against private piano lessons. I think there are good teachers out there who can help you reach your goals. Having said that, I do have some things to say about them from personal experience.

My goal was to find a private piano teacher who could help me create my own music in the style I enjoyed - New Age piano. I knew a few chords but what I really wanted was a mentor; someone who could already compose and improvise and help me do the same. And so I searched my city of San Diego for a teacher.

I found someone who I thought could help me (because of the brochure he mailed) and made an appointment. The first thing he did was assess what I already knew…which was what he was supposed to do. Fine. I showed him the chords I could play.

Then, for some bizarre reason, he started writing out chords on a piece of paper and that was the rest of the lesson! Talk about disappointing! And a waste of time and money.

I soon discovered, much to my dismay, that I probably wasn't going to find private piano lessons that would help me reach my goal. Now, if my goal was learning classical piano, there are literally thousands of teachers out there who could just whip out a folio and have me go through the book.

But I really wanted to be able to create my OWN music. Why was that so difficult?

My search finally took me to my local libraries where I discovered the books and materials to help me.
Look, I'm not saying that there aren't any good private piano lessons out there. I'm saying there are other ways to reach your music goals.

Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Visit http://www.quiescencemusic.com now and get a FREE piano lesson!

Why Most Piano Teachers Can't Help You Create Your Own Music!

Most piano teachers have no problem teaching technique or note reading from textbooks. This is what they're good at. In fact, this is the bread and butter of their curriculum because they can make a lot more money by stretching out the "learning process" ad Infiniti.

But, most piano teachers have trouble guiding students and helping them learn how to trust themselves. Why? Because they aren't trained in this! They're trained in getting you from point A to B and while this linear approach satisfies many... it won't help you with your own artistic expression.

Listen, if you want to spend years learning how to play other peoples music (no matter how good it is) then great. You'll be taught this and you'll pay a lot of money for it. In fact, if you were to see a piano teacher every other week for 3 years or more, that's a couple thousand dollars right there!

And what will you have? The ability to read what other people have written in order to play what other people have composed. Thiink about this! Would any other artist, be it writing, painting, whatever.. spend 3 years learning how to write another persons book or paint another artists picture? No way!

The bottom line is - if all you're interested in is note reading and playing other peoples music, then most any piano teacher will do. If, however, you want to be able to improvise and create your own unique music, then find someone who will help you trust in your own unique talents and abilities.

Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Visit http://www.quiescencemusic.com/ now and get a FREE piano lesson!