Vanna Curses CD

00 (It was worth much more). I told the man I didn't have the money but I could sell my V. W. and get the money to him soon. So, that week, I sold my 1967 bug to a neighbor. I had just enough money left over to have the movers put the piano in my apartment in Santa Monica. Soon I was on my way to making music. I had no formal training, but every now and then a friend would show me a few basics and piano techniques. I enrolled in a few classes at the local junior college. I ended up discovering the piano and how to play in a very organic way. I went with what sounded interesting to me and kept experimenting with simple ideas. The thing that made it work was the fact that I was in love with the sound of the piano and I was encouraged by people around me who seemed to sense that something deeper was blossoming. Being in my early 20's I was also at a point in my life where I was still discovering who I was and what was important to me. I was growing spiritually and my faith in God was an essential part of my development in music. During this time I took a trip to Oregon with my brother Philip. This trip ended up to be one of those life changing vacations that soon led me to move north. I ended up selling my piano to the choir director of the church I was going to. The idea of moving first, and storing the piano never occurred to me. I sold almost everything I had and purchased a small truck with a canopy. Now I was free to explore the northwest. I moved from L. A. with under a hundred dollars and started a newlife. I greatly missed my piano and I was truly sad that I had undervalued such a precious instrument. My first experience playing piano for an audience was at the University of Oregon. It was my first year playing the piano, but people seemed to like what I was doing. I would experiment and ...