<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Arioso7&#039;s Blog (Shirley Kirsten)]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://arioso7.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[arioso7: Shirley Kirsten]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://arioso7.wordpress.com/author/arioso7/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The funnies of finding the right piano&nbsp;student]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Ever heard of takelessons.com or related web links that hook up teachers and students? It&#8217;s like Match.com when it comes to a mountain of challenges.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an On SITE sample where a music teacher BIDS for a job, like a construction worker. (Teacher Quotes are purchased as Credits)</p>
<p><strong>The student SPECS</strong></p>
<p>A Request From <strong>South Carolina</strong> </p>
<p><strong>Student age </strong></p>
<p>55+ (I may be lyin&#8217; so don&#8217;t quote me)</p>
<p><strong>Experience </strong></p>
<p>No experience </p>
<p><strong>Interested in following musical styles</strong> </p>
<p>Not sure</p>
<p><strong>Lesson type </strong></p>
<p>Private group lessons </p>
<p><strong>Able to read music?</strong> </p>
<p>No </p>
<p><strong>Does student have access to a piano or keyboard?</strong> </p>
<p>Something in between with bells and whistles-(It has a &#8220;Dixie&#8221; demo) </p>
<p><strong>Frequency of lessons</strong> </p>
<p>Every other Monday, first month; every 3rd Tuesday, second month; every 4th Thursday, third month; repeat sequence from Monday. </p>
<p><strong>Lesson length</strong> </p>
<p>30 minutes for the first month, 45 for second, one hour for third, in triple cycles. </p>
<p><strong>Day preference </strong></p>
<p>Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, except for Confederate Flag Day, Maple Pecan Pie-eating contest finals, “Shrimp and Grits” cook-off, Frogmore stew and Chicken bog Festival, Statewide Get Out the Vote in gerrymandered districts, Super Tuesday Pork fry and taters, and Plantation Monday Street Fair.</p>
<p><strong>Time preference</strong> </p>
<p>Mornings for first month, afternoons for second, and evenings for third.. dependin&#8217; on time zones an&#8217; all you kin eat festivals.</p>
<p><strong>Message</strong> </p>
<p>I want to become a music producer or compose soundtracks for Civil War era movies. </p>
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<strong>Addenda:</strong><br />
I&#8217;ll drive 25 miles, but no steep hills with this ole mule buggy o&#8217;mine. Can be by Internet (once I get hooked up here in the boonies)</p>
<p><strong>ME:</strong> I think I&#8217;ll pass on this one, even though I have TWO lingering CREDITS that I can redeem based on a Fairbanks, Alaska student having found a teacher on a dog sled listing.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s see what&#8217;s next on the roster?  Oh NO!! A pupil prospect from Timbuktu has no piano, no keyboard, just a set of ethnic drums made from eel skins.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m beatin&#8217; it outa here before I&#8217;m creamed by an elephant stampede!</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s move on to Big Sur, California with those sun-tanned surfers! Surely one of them will go SKYPING with me!</p>
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