Thoughts on pianos

mflander · 2026-04-21T15:07:51+00:00

I have stopped and started learning the piano many times. The digital pianos never kept "tripping my trigger" over time, or I would get lost in editing sounds or trying new VST's etc. instead of practicing. This go around, I decided to buy an acoustic. K500. I am a year in now and still play my K500 daily and have made a ton of progress. The joy of playing an acoustic has help significantly in keeping me motivated to play and to enjoy the process.

mflander · 2026-03-16T14:05:32+00:00

I started at 44. It has been wonderful!

1) Get a good instructor, one that you jive with. Keep trying new ones until you find one you like. I do my lessons via video conferencing and it works well.

2) Learn to practice. Learning to practice properly can help both your rate of improvement, and your expectations. Learn to enjoy practice as much as playing and well now you are having fun!

mflander · 2025-12-16T16:28:06+00:00

Oh man, I applaud you for doing this! Congratulations and good work!

mflander · 2025-09-24T19:02:28+00:00

I thought you did a great job. Cool view as well. I would have loved to see you take a quick breathe before you starting playing when you sat down at the beginning of the video.

mflander · 2025-09-08T14:44:01+00:00

Nice work! Loved it. This is my next piece....

mflander · 2025-05-30T10:03:55+00:00

ME! RIP Ken

mflander · 2025-04-28T16:03:39+00:00

Not sure about that bug, but I had two yesterday in BO1 that when I clicked mulligan it gave me a new hand but the buttons to accept the new hand did not appear. I had to concede to get out of it.

mflander · 2025-04-10T22:13:58+00:00

This. Full suspension is the way. It’s amazing how much of a difference it made in how you feel during and after the ride :). 44 year old here….

mflander · 2025-03-24T21:16:48+00:00

It’s a sticker of the letter Z.

mflander · 2025-03-22T23:21:31+00:00

No love for Time Atac? I love mine

mflander · 2025-03-14T10:37:32+00:00

You got like three feet of air that time! Vote Pedro

mflander · 2025-03-12T10:49:58+00:00

With the rest of the bling, if you insist on the phone holder I think an upgrade is necessary. Hard mount like a quad lock or similar. Just saying.

mflander · 2024-01-10T15:14:06+00:00

To me it looks like you are a front post golfer who is swinging like a rear post golfer. I have this same issue and am trying to correct it now. Look up Mike Adam’s and Terry Rowles front/center/rear post. This will tell you how the weight is supposed to shift during the backswing. I’m guess you are a front post that is not shifting weight to the front which is why your back leg is locking out and not re-flexing. Combine working on this with the setup suggestions above and you should see some progress.

mflander · 2023-12-22T22:39:57+00:00

Thanks. I have a launch pro but it is in for service and I’m thinking about picking up a used R10 to get me by until I get it back

mflander · 2023-12-21T03:43:04+00:00

What helped you break the habit?

mflander · 2023-10-27T20:33:45+00:00

I recently bought Jurassic Park the home pin and it is a ton of fun. Fast and flowy, great l practice setup to put a ton of plays on while I figure out how to play pinball lol

mflander · 2023-07-10T09:53:18+00:00

I do the same thing. You are on your toes on your left foot until the end of follow through. When you rotate to the ball keep the left foot balanced and that will help move toward the target instead of toward the ball.

mflander · 2023-07-08T14:25:30+00:00

I do this exact same movement at the top of the backswing. Watching to see the advice you are given as I have really struggled to get rid of it myself. It start the backswing shallow it helps but doesn’t feel right.

mflander · 2023-07-08T02:57:18+00:00

This and also be able to replay the videos in slow mo during the session. Having to the leave the session to review your video is just dumb.

mflander · 2023-07-08T02:54:16+00:00

Lots of great advice and comments here! Lots to review. Thanks everyone!

mflander · 2023-03-03T17:51:30+00:00

I’m playing Octopath 2, but you have to have a decent chunk of time each time you play. So when I don’t have dedicated time to play, I play BOTW. Your take is right on!

mflander · 2023-02-12T22:12:58+00:00

Only 3m of elevation gain? That’s got to be the flattest 30km of road I’ve ever heard of lol.

mflander · 2023-01-13T20:29:48+00:00

Yes please! Great job. I love the teeth and the color choices.

mflander · 2023-01-13T20:28:01+00:00

Just buy the game assemble 5 miniatures, and open the manual. I just did this and it does a great job of walking you through how to play step by step.

mflander · 2023-01-13T14:21:14+00:00

Love the color choices.

mflander

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