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Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Washington state, USA
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Natalie Peh Thank you, Natalie!
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Priya Viseskul @Derek McConville @Vidhya Bashyam Thank you all for your kind comments. I was going to sing along, but a funny thing happened: the louder I tried to sing, the louder I played!…
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Randall Wayne Kay Hanna, this was absolutely beautiful. Your playing took me on a journey. I'm a fan of the composer's choral works but don't know his piano works well.…
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Libby Craig Thanks, Libby! Your comment is much appreciated.
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Priya Viseskul This music is like sunlight shimmering on a lake, with little fishes jumping playfully out of the water - your playing is so beautiful and light.…
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Darrell Jenkins I'm a big fan of your playing of this piece. I find the tempo and the way you weave your way through the notes to be magical. What I see when I listen to you play this piece is a…
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Judith Lovely playing. I especially enjoyed the dynamics and thought the tempo was just right for a waltz.
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
With all of the glorious music and playing in this forum, I feel a bit silly submitting my little piece! 😄But I enjoyed working on it, and I hope it will encourage more beginners to participate and…
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Libby Craig This was thoroughly enjoyable to listen to, Libby! I agree with Vidhya that it was very meditative.
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Derek McConville Nicely played. Thank you for sharing, Derek!
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Vidhya Bashyam Incredibly beautiful, Vidhya! A beautiful piece, sensitively played. Brava!
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Andrea Buckland Ahh, Andrea! Beautiful playing - such peace and warmth all wrapped up in an elegant performance.
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Brett Miller Sounds really good, Brett! It was very enjoyable to listen to.
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Juan Carlos Olite This is gorgeous, Juan Carlos! There is so much going on, but I can hear everything - incredible! I am somewhat in awe of your ability to play with so many colors. Bravo!
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Sindre Skarelven Wow, Sindre! This is fantastic. You captured so many different emotions.
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Hazel Absolutely lovely! I so enjoy Mozart's minor key works.
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Adriana López Beautiful!!
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Musicians' Health Matters: Discussing Music-Related Injuries and Prevention Strategies 🩺
I'm dropping this here as I just found it: https://www.musicandhealth.co.uk/health.html I haven't looked at the site thoroughly, but it looks like there may be some useful information on it.…
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Michael Thanks, Michael. I'll let him know about this product. Great timing, because his lateral epicondylitis flared up again this week.
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Ching Lee Goh Wow! You have played beautifully.
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Musicians' Health Matters: Discussing Music-Related Injuries and Prevention Strategies 🩺
@Michael Popping into this discussion: my son's first teacher (group online lessons during the pandemic) didn't address technique much. But his second teacher (again,…
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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Re: Week 2: Amplifying your message!
@Gillian 😄. I tried singing along today as I played, and I can actually do it now. It's fun to sing along (when no one else is in the house!!). I just wish I could make the piano sing.…
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Amplifying your message!
This audio file is for me to remind me of how much better this sounds, even today. I recorded on Tuesday after I had memorized the piece (I didn't practice it last week,…
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Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Michael my husband (family medicine doc) has had a recent bout of epicondylitis (probably lateral, but I don't remember for certain) from the whole mouse-clicking thing since everything is…
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
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"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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Re: Week THREE: Share your love! (Watch Party is next week!)
@Michael Oh, no!! I hope you caught it early/immediately and have a quick recovery. I know in sport we have pro-active exercises to reduce the occurrence of injury - essentially they are the physical…
Michelle R
Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
Michelle_Russell
2 yrs ago
"Music YOU Love" Community Challenge!
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