: About Me

With a passion for playing piano, I've found that it pales in life to being a husband and the father of three kids. Music fails to provide security and financial rewards needed to raise a family, so I work full time as a courier for FedEx Express in my spare time.

I like to share what little I know by writing, and that's where Helium comes to play. By no means a professional writer, I still like to see my words in print. I guess it's the vanity side of being a performer/musician coming through.

My passion is ...

reading.

I know too much about ...

nothing, to to little about everything to be dangerous.

My parents always told me ...

sit up straight, comb your hair and put your shoes on the right feet.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a concert pianist.

My favorite memory ...

My wedding day in Peru, Iowa.

Why I write ...

I write to try and better understand myself and what I'm all about.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Civil War by Shelby Foote.

My first job ...

cowboy at Southwest Feedyard of Ulysses, Kansas.

My best moment ...

The days my children were born.

My inspiration ...

Will Rogers.

Entertainment > Music Education Tips for learning how to play a musical instrument as an adult

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I've heard people say that they wish they had continued music lessons as a kid, but now they are too old to learn. I beg to differ; in my experience, adults make the best music students and usually the best musicians, no matter when they started playing. If you are an adult and are thinking of learning to play, there are a few general things to keep in mind. As an adult music student, you bring much more to the table than a child brings to the study of music. You bring desire, life experience and physical maturity. First, you have desire. You want to learn. You want to make music. The drop...

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