Wow Great and lovely playing @LoriNelson !!!
Bravo !!! I dont feel lonely anymore 
and hope other will have this courage .
thanks so much
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Thanks everybody for the nice comments. I had to record it about five times before my nervousness settled down (silly, I know! Iām alone and can delete it 
). Anyone else want to present one little simple song that you have learned? Go for it! We are in this learning curve together.
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I just listened again Loriā¦ your introduction is sublime.
I also love the ācall and responseā thing you have going tooā¦ at 0:55 ā¦ you state the melody, and then fill the space with a response. Itās really nice 
Lori and Paul,
I read with interest your comments about jumping to the tunes and sort of skipping over the the theory lessons. My experience with PianoGroove has been the opposite. I fear Iām sometimes spending more time with the theory than the tunes. But that has to do with my own personal history.
I had lessons as a kid that like most I sort of stumbled through. Between 15 and 25, I played pretty regularly and seriously, but never studied muchāexcept for a year in my twenties with a guy that played marimba with Xavier Cugat (use your Wiki 
). I played by ear and did most of the charts off the records for the bands I played with (mostly rock/pop/country). No idea about extensions or anything of the sort. Just basic chords and sorting stuff out between ourselves listening to the records.
I never knew what I was doing. So now at my age I have one last go-round, and I want to try to figure it out formally. I tell you, Hayden, your approach is brilliant. With just a month or so of fiddling around with your system, I now know the vocabulary/grammar, the things/questions I need to ask to navigate some of the theory books that I have, like those by Mark Levine, Jerry Coker, Dan Haerle, and Bert Ligon. Sort of daunting, but they are starting to make sense now (well, parts are 
) ; it would take another lifetime to work through all thatās out there).
And also Iām so enjoying some of the lovely sounds of the chords in your transcriptions. Sometimes I just play certain chords over and over and listen to the sound. Itās like reading/listening to poetry. I know how to scan poetry; now Iām starting to understand how to scan chords. (Years ago, I had a recording of Dylan Thomas reading his works and would put it on when I was working around the house. Didnāt matter the senseājust the sounds and rhythm were enough to enjoy.)
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we all have our own tendencies, just make sure it is always fun and fascinating!!
I NOW try to take a little more time as I am learning the tunes to say aloud the intervals in my fingers; some of it sticks in my head and sometimes not, but I tend to just let go and keep tinkering around with songs and re-visiting PianoGroove lessons, I frequently surprise myself with some sense of ear/hand coordination even when I donāt fully understand what I am doing from the sense of theory. you are right Scott - its a lifetime endeavor ā¦ So nice to have this PianoGroove community to support each and challenge each other.
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Awesomeā¦ Iām glad to hear that Scott.
Even after a lifetime of studying jazz, i think there is always more to explore and discover!
Thatās great. I like to think of chords and voicings in terms of the colour and texture they create.
I agree, I find it such a pleasure to simply indulge in the wonderful sounds of jazzy chords and voicings.
YES YES YES @LoriNelson I agree with @paul1523727 with underestimating yourself but thatās just a meticulous pat of our nature and ultimately what makes us better ourselves!
Your pace I thought was great, it communicated a real nice (but not over the top) level of passion to the piece, keep them coming.
Also - This is a firstā¦
Top marks for camera shot/angle and audio. You are top of Dr Dans Leaderboard for technical delivery for Pierreās Practice Routine 
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. Thanks Dan, I have to laughā¦that was an iPad perched on a book and I was worried that my 10ft ceilings and hardwood floors would make my piano ring like an old clunker.
I want to tell you that I just watched the Facebook link: pianogroove promotional and informative video that you have created, and the quality is astounding.
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Thanks @LoriNelson, glad you like it 
Throughout my video career, you wouldnāt believe some of the props Iāve had to improvise withā¦ folded up card, chairs, boxes, haha, anything to get the right shot
Thatās brilliant Lori! Serious me gets way too hung up on technicality and I have a hunch that if I lighten up and take a more fun approach like youāve done I could be loving it even more than I already do. And youāre so right about how blessed we are to have such a gifted, passionate, and generous master teacher in Hayden.
Your performance of Laura was absolutely beautiful and I applaud your courage for sharingā¦bravo!
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Thanks Kim, so there you are, itās your turn, you are among friends and fellow self-critical studentsā¦so just relax and post one small thing you are working on. ( I hated the notion, but breaking that ice has really helped me chill outā¦ mistakes and all)
I can play Beautiful Love as a ballad, but my next goal is to add left hand voicings and comp and improv on itā¦ Iāll keep ya posted.
p.s. If you ever take that motorcycle on a road trip to the PNW let me know!
@kim22 Yep itās so easy to get caught up on small technicalities and little āmistakesā but ultimately, we just play to express ourselves through music. Everything does not need 100% perfect.
I was honestly a terrible critic of my own music and hearing how much our students enjoy the arrangements has been a huge boost in confidence for myself to play in front of others. Itās just so easy to be self critical!
Congratulations @Pierrot for starting this wonderful thread - and to @LoriNelson for sharing that beautiful rendition of āLauraā
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Thanks as always Hayden, for the words of encouragement! And yes, thank you to Pierre and Lori!
I wish we could someday have a Pianogroove retreat where we would all get to meet in person!
I spent a fun day in Loriās hometown several years ago and wish I could have known her then ā¦we could have had a toast to you!
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Funny you mention that Kim as I think PianoGroove Meet Ups / Retreats would be a fantastic idea. We could have our teachers on stage giving lectures with overhead view projected onto a big screen, and then lots of keyboards with headphones for so that it doesnāt get too ruckus 
Perhaps we could host multiple ones as we have students throughout the USA, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
I would be more than happy to spend a few weeks of the year doing this and Iām sure our teachers would be interested too.
Something for us to explore this year for sure!
Yes I was up near @LoriNelson 's hometown over the summer for the Port Townsend Jazz Fest ā¦ the Olympic Peninsula is such beautiful part of the USA and I had fun cycling/hiking with an old friend of mine.
We have a studio in Seattle for working with our Seattle-based teachers, soā¦
If you do ever arrange that toast, let me know and i will come and join you groovy gals 
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WOW!! Iām looking forward to the evolution of that retreat!! Italy would be great fun lol, but wherever it ends up being Iāll want to be there. You are definitely the everything is possible kind of thinker! 
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Nice. Which chord progression are you playing over and key?
6 2 5 1 etc
Thanks
Dr Dean
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Beautiful! You have inspired me to record a video. I will use iPad Pro but not sure how to send it.
Dr Dean
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in this case i was just waking up and playing some kenny Barron voicing which fly me to this little piece ā¦ nothing about theory send me to this piece ā¦ just my ears and fingering trying to catch what i had in my head one chord or melody getting me to the next ā¦ more a ambience to catch than a key at this moment.
diminished harmony is around i think
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I am really a windows guy but it should not be such complicate you can download it in youtube or just on some dropbox or icloud and just paste a link to it .
heres a link to post it on youtube
ļ£æ How to Upload Videos Straight From The iPhone iPod iPad to YouTube
[Hayden Hill]
Yes simply drop a YouTube URL in the thread and it will automatically embed.
We can also do the same with Vimeo URLs.
Now , we are all waiting this video Doctor !
Yes as @Pierrot says, the best thing to do is to upload your video to YouTube, and then simply copy the YouTube URL into the forum post.
When you copy a YouTube URL into the forum post, it automatically creates a video embed.
The benefit is that YouTube can handle big video files, and also ensure the video playback speed is top notch.
@Dan - do you have any ideas here?