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Just another point of view from a guy who makes his living playing and teaching piano...although as I get older, I teach more than play...I'm not sure if that's good or bad?...I should probably quit teaching, and go on the road playing Jazz...well maybe if I didn't have kids to feed...3 teenaged boys - oy! and what about me pooches??
  Sir Whackness

In what states do you teach and do you also teach classical music along with jazz?...

07/08/2005, by 0 replies
  Message number: 14631

hehe - now why didn't I think of that - will do:)...

06/06/2005, by 0 replies
  Message number: 13161

small world:) I'm not Jewish either but I've played thousands of bar mitzvahs and Jewish weddings ...I have a pretty good repertoire of shares, hora...

04/23/2005, by 0 replies
  Message number: 13154

Good idea; Wacky, to do a jam session with all LJP partners. I have something in common with you: I’m the organist or all synagogues here in Bogota. I’m n...

04/22/2005, by 0 replies
  Message number: 13151

Thank you! I'd like to hear you play sometime:) Better yet, it would be fun to play with you:) Not too much Salsa around here:( - it's proba...

04/22/2005, by 0 replies
  Message number: 13150

Thanks, Whacky, for your review of my Salsa file. Enjoy it playing salsa.

04/22/2005, by 0 replies
  Message number: 7673

lol:)...

10/02/2004, by 0 replies
  Message number: 7670

So, if I've followed the logic correctly.... I can safely say that before 'the artist formerly known as Whacky' there was just Whacky - perhaps for histori...

10/02/2004, by 0 replies
  Message number: 7660

This is one whacky room#*@%$ thanks for stopping by:)...

10/02/2004, by 0 replies
  Message number: 7656

I 've been called a "wiener" many times, but never in the sense that I come from Wien (I was born in the USA). Chüüüs...

10/02/2004, by 0 replies
  viennese dialect

first of all, thanks to all of you for your contribution to a great site I recommend to all of my students! "ur" is btw used in viennese dialect ...

10/02/2004, by 0 replies
  Message number: 1075723878

no, im sure i didnt insult your beard LOL :-)...

02/02/2004, by 0 replies
  Message number: 1075591340

about your beard? oh god, i was probably drunk, as i have no recollection! haha :-)...

01/31/2004, by 0 replies
  Message number: 1075512683

The only thing worth converting to mp3 was an easy listening jazz standard CD I did a couple of years ago...and I sang on it - yuck! The problem is that i...

01/30/2004, by 0 replies
  Message number: 1075504143

Lol :-) I could make my own room but i dought that much would happen in there! Ive been meaning for the last 3 months to get round to finding a compute...

01/30/2004, by 0 replies
  hmm??

I don't know Rick...I've always been the kind of guy who deals with what hits me in the face as I go down the road...perhaps I'm not worthy of my own room!...

01/29/2004, by 0 replies
  Message number: 1075370105

Im suprised this room isnt really full of activity! What kind of stuff do u wanna do with it? Peace Rick...

01/29/2004, by 0 replies
  Message number: 1075339358

Thanks! and thanks for coming to my empty room:)...

01/28/2004, by 0 replies
  found that Chopin

Check the lobby...

01/28/2004, by 0 replies
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