This is about my 12th lesson with Michael Polesky

[Wow71@xxxxxxx]

As I mentioned before.  When you have an appointment with M.P. he always 
meets you at the front door.  When you enter the house you enter the living 
room.  Your eye is taken by the many CD's, harps, harp parts, electronics 
etc.

The music stand is up and the chairs are in place. Do I want to stay wet with 
coffee, alka-seltzer or water?......"I'll take coffee," (like I'm not nervous 
enough just being there)?

This is approximately my 12th lesson.  I got my first chrom a year ago 
Christmas.  I lost 4 months to a psychotic episode last summer so, I've been 
playing 7 months.  As a rule I practice four different things. (1) Daily 
excercises.  These are tongue twisters in every key. Difficulty? Difficult! 
(2 and 3) 8 bars of two jazz tunes. Bobplicity and Roadies.  Difficulty? 
Difficult, but sooo enjoyable. (3) Ballad. "Don't Blame Me" with recorded 
back ground chords.  Difficulty? Moderately difficult! I've almost got this 
one down.  I feel a sense of achievement.

"Try to play everything up to speed" he says.  "Faster. I don't care about 
the mistakes"......"Now, slow it down to your speed without mistakes" Do it 
again and again.  The lesson always goes beyond the allotted time.  I'm tired 
and my lips are falling off when I leave, but my head is jammed with new 
info. I leave feeling good about my progress. If you keep the notes between 
the staff, from C to C I know when to draw and when to blow. Sometimes I even 
know when to depress the slide.

I look forward to my Saturday mornings, with Michael.

Now that I read my post I'm not sure anyone, but a beginner thinks it's 
interesting.
Ah, well!............Kenny