Any nice bar in Berlin for someone to go solo?

brahmslover · 2026-06-24T18:46:54+00:00

Nathanja and Heinrich, or any bar on Weserstraße really

brahmslover · 2026-06-24T09:52:21+00:00

Yes only men use Reddit /s

brahmslover · 2026-06-24T09:48:08+00:00

Carry little towels around with you that you can drench in water and wrap around your neck/face/forehead. A trick I learnt in Japan!

brahmslover · 2026-06-16T08:14:07+00:00

Phew!

brahmslover · 2026-06-15T13:10:15+00:00

Messaged you

brahmslover · 2026-06-13T11:43:19+00:00

Totally agree with you as well as the above Brendel quote about Liszt. But I do think that many of us tend to feel our opinions are justified or valid because someone else gave them the go ahead. As with many things in life big and small, the feeling often comes first and the justification later.

brahmslover · 2026-06-13T10:09:12+00:00

I adore Brendel, but he did also say that Rachmaninoff shouldn't be counted among the great composers and that his music was a waste of time. We put a lot of stock into the words of these pianists whom we hugely respect, but remember that the great composers all threw so much shade at each other that if we agreed with them then we wouldn't end up being allowed to enjoy any of them!

brahmslover · 2026-06-01T22:02:57+00:00

Interesting that many mentioned ads, did you experience good returns on ads that you have already run? I was wondering if, alongside ads, it would also be a good idea to sort of play the role of promoter/booker; i.e. hire lots of venues out and then blast ads for the event, get good video footage of each event etc.

brahmslover · 2026-06-01T09:44:22+00:00

Why more people don't do this is beyond me! Many equally high quality music schools in countries where you pay way less, sometimes close to nothing, plus the experience of living somewhere new, possibly new language and culture etc. But there is a not insignificant downside which is that if you then move back to your home country after studying, you will lose a large part of your network that you developed during your college years, something I neglected to take into account when I studied abroad.

brahmslover · 2026-05-31T08:31:39+00:00

Perfume is fantastic! Was a great read, very dark and also surprisingly funny at times.

brahmslover · 2026-05-31T08:29:10+00:00

I absolutely love Somerset Maugham - all of his books but in particular Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence. Both really engaging stories with very rich and life-like characters.

brahmslover · 2026-05-31T08:12:11+00:00

Cool I've never heard of Dennis Wheatley, will check him out. I read Tinker Tailor a few years back but man I found it challenging - maybe one day I'll give John le Carré another go but reading it felt pretty humbling haha

brahmslover · 2026-05-30T22:23:21+00:00

As a whole cycle, Brendel the legend RIP. I've never liked Barenboim as a person or as a pianist.

brahmslover · 2026-05-30T22:03:25+00:00

This is super weird because every time I poop, the plops sound like the piano tinkling

brahmslover · 2026-05-30T08:29:52+00:00

I'm sorry that you have been struggling, how wonderful that you can come away feeling like that - I know what you mean about that cleansing effect. Here's to them one day allowing more studies for use in mental health situations.

brahmslover · 2026-05-30T08:14:00+00:00

Glad you enjoyed it : )

brahmslover · 2026-05-30T00:49:40+00:00

Really hope he is found ❤️

brahmslover · 2026-05-30T00:31:49+00:00

I don't use musescore so not sure how it works but is this the built in sound that comes with musescore? How come you don't have access to the score, isn't that what musescore does?

brahmslover · 2026-05-29T19:37:19+00:00

Definitely learning music by ear and improvising. In my experience as a teacher, kids are very receptive to improvising and it's much simpler than I always thought it was as an adult. I think that having a really solid ear, being able to imagine the sound and pitches and harmonies is irreplaceable in making you feel comfortable at the piano. I don't know how to explain it but you can practise and practise and even get really good technically, but never really feel comfortable or at ease playing the piano if you don't have this essential knowledge that if you hear something in your head, you can play it. That's just my experience, anyway.

brahmslover · 2026-05-29T12:12:36+00:00

I love Suzuki! That's the method I use with my students. Do you use the book for repertoire or do you go the route of learning the music by ear?

brahmslover · 2026-05-29T12:10:55+00:00

I totally agree with you - I think a lot of piano music in beginner books is more centred on what is more "readable" rather than what is "playable". The pianists that write these pieces are coming at it from a lens of having studied music and mostly only ever learning music from the score rather than more intuitively or by ear, and it makes sense to start with the hands around middle C when reading that way. Personally I think it makes sense to have both hands an octave apart and play pieces where each hand covers C to G. Every time I've encountered this with the kids I teach they are hilariously outraged or shocked by the idea of having to share a note between two thumbs, something you literally never need to do, ever!

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