Showing posts with label new age music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new age music. Show all posts

Thursday, September 8, 2011

NewAgePianoLessons.com Gives Away Free Piano Sheet Music!

For those who play piano and who are also looking for free piano sheet music, Quiescence Music has something you’ll like - over a dozen free piano pieces in the New Age style.

The owner of the site, Edward Weiss has been playing and teaching beginning adults how to play in the New Age piano style for over 15 years.

Edward says…

“I teach an improvisational approach to piano playing. But many of my students also want sheet music so I decided to create a site where I could post this and give it away for free.”

The first piece of sheet music on the site is titled ‘Summer Morning.’ A description of the piece from the site … Experience the gentle beauty of Summer! Summer Morning uses broken chords in both hands to create a bright, welcoming mood.

Find this free piano sheet music at http://solosheets.blogspot.com

Thursday, August 18, 2011

New Age Piano Man? Piano Teacher Brings his Unique Lessons Online!

New Age music … it calms and soothes stressed out psyches. And now, it’s available as an online piano course.

First popularized by pianist George Winston with his bestselling December album, New Age music has seen better days. It peaked back in the mid 1980’s when everyone was getting into the 12-step craze and Madonna.

But now it’s back, thanks in no small part to piano teacher Edward Weiss‘s efforts. Weiss, himself a pianist and composer has put together a website that promises to teach anyone how to improvise and compose their own New Age piano music.

With over 100 lessons and growing, the site now has over 1000 members. When asked why he thinks his course is so popular right now, Weiss responds:

“I think people are looking for something that will help them relieve stress and get creative at the same time. The New Age music genre is perfect for this since it doesn’t take long for beginning students to get started creating something that actually sounds like music.”

Weiss has also published a bestselling book on Amazon.com titled ’Free to be Creative at the Piano’ which, ironically, he now gives away for free on his website.

Weiss says…

“I’ve always wanted to be able to just sit down at the piano and play what I feel. No matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t find any kind of instruction that would help me do that so I had to come up with something on my own. Once I was able to freely improvise and create music on the piano, I knew I wanted to share it with others.”

A free piano lesson ’Summer Morning’ and book ’Free to be Creative at the Piano’ are currently available at Weiss’s website Online Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Move Over Classical Piano lessons: New Age a Hit for Summer!

When most people think of taking piano lessons, the names Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart spring to mind. But not anymore. At least that’s according to Edward Weiss.

Weiss is a pianist, composer, and webmaster of NewAgePianoLessons.com - an online site that teaches, you guessed it, New Age piano.

When asked why he teaches piano in this style, Weiss responds:

“It’s a very freeing style. You don’t have to read music. You don’t have to spend years playing the ’masters.’ The whole idea is to just learn a few chords and then jump in and improvise. Something I’ve always wanted to do and now that I can, I enjoy teaching others how to do it.”

The course Weiss teaches now has over 1000 members and keeps growing at a steady pace. Students receive over 100 New Age piano lessons when signing up and also receive a free workbook.

When asked why he thinks so many people want to learn this style of piano playing now, Weiss says:

“I think people just get tired of playing other people’s music - no matter how good. They want to create on their own and the New Age style helps them do just that.”

Weiss is currently offering a free piano lesson and book at his website Online Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Piano For Beginners - An Easy Way to Play!

Ah the piano. So beautiful So elegant and wistful. But you can't play it for the life of you. At least not yet.

Piano for beginners has always been a somewhat difficult path. Here's what I mean. The hopeful student looks for a local teacher and asks about styles, rates, etc. Then the first meeting approaches.

You see your teacher and wonder just exactly what you're going to learn. Most likely, you will be encouraged to play in a classical style.

This means learning how to read music. It also means spending years and years learning how to play the classics. A noble goal and one pursued by thousands every year.

But what if there were an easy way to begin your piano studies? There is. And it has everything to do with learning a chord-based approach first!

What's that you ask? Simple. Chords are used to make music on the piano. Once you learn how to finger a few chords, you can make music. And not just the music written centuries ago. You can actually create your very own unique music!

What a difference that is. No longer "tied to the page" so to speak, the student who learns how to play chords on the piano is light-years ahead of his note-reading counterpart. How? Because by learning how to play chords, you learn theory. Once you learn a little theory, there really is no end to what you can play on piano.

I'm a big fan of the New Age style. Here, you can actually play piano right away. And with both hands using chords! It's exciting because a complete beginner can place fingers to keys and begin the act of creative playing.

Improvisation - the art of spontaneous invention is also a possibility for the complete beginner. That's right! Piano for beginners does not have to be hard and monotonous. On the contrary, it can be quite liberating

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 now and get a FREE piano lesson and book!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Thousands Escape Stress, Get Creative at NewAgePianoLessons.com

Stress … it affects us all. But it doesn’t have to put a damper on your creativity. At least that’s according to pianist/composer Edward Weiss. Weiss is also the webmaster and creator of NewAgePianoLessons.com - a website that teaches beginning adults how to play piano in the New Age style.

New Age music was extremely popular in the mid 1980’s and is making a big comeback now. When asked why this may be so, Weiss comments:

“I think people always used music to reduce stress. The great thing about New Age piano is that it’s also easy to create on your own. By actually making music, students get the additional benefit of getting their creative juices flowing at the same time. It’s just a beautiful genre of music.”

The piano course offered at the website includes over 100 piano lessons and comes with a free workbook. Students sign up via paypal and pay a small monthly fee of $19 to access the lessons. The course has been going strong for over a decade now has been praised by Grammy nominated pianist David Lanz.

Weiss, who also has written a book ‘Free to be Creative at the Piano’ offers his own unique philosophy on playing piano:

“I think many adults want to be able to go to the piano, sit down, and just play what they feel. But there aren’t many (if any) courses or lessons that teach this. Once I could easily do it myself, I wanted to share this beautiful style of music with the world by teaching others how to do it as well.”

A free piano lesson ‘Summer Morning’ and a free copy of Weiss’s bestselling book ‘Free to be Creative at the Piano’ are both available at his website Online Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music.