I’m a busy mom myself, and I know that embarking on a new commitment is not something you enter into lightly. I’ve designed my lessons to be concise and effective, so each video lesson is typically under 10 minutes long. I know you’ve got places to go and mouths to feed and Gilmore Girls to watch, so I want you to be able to view the important information that you need as quickly as possible.

As far as your practice commitment goes — that’s completely up to you and will definitely vary from week to week! The technique exercises and songs are typically around 16 measures long, short enough that you can find a few stolen moments here and there throughout your week to learn a piece in its entirety. I try to balance the difficulty from one lesson to the next, so if we have a piece that is a little bit longer or more challenging, I often follow it up with a piece that is shorter and more accessible.

I currently have 140 lessons available on my site, which should keep you pretty busy for awhile! I do add lessons and repertoire and new song challenges to the bonus lessons from time-to-time, and active members will have access to the new material.

Each set of lessons includes a technique lesson where we will explore and learn a technical exercise to help you grow your skill set. The other lesson will help you break down a song, giving you the tips and information you’ll need to add a new piece to your ever-growing repertoire.

Monthly and annual subscribers can cancel your membership at any time! You’ll continue to have access to the site through the remainder of your payment period, but will not be charged the following month or year after cancellation.

Those with a lifetime membership will have ongoing access to the site.

Nope! Unlike other online lesson programs, there is no separate materials fee when you become a subscriber. All the music you need to correspond to the lesson videos will be available for you to download after you login to your account.

You’ve come to the right place! I have a Newbies course designed with you in mind. Each set of lessons still includes 2 brief videos, but the technique lesson will also include a theory worksheet that I will go over with you to explain all the music theory that you need to make sense of your pieces.

The Newbies course starts from the beginning and takes you up to the late-elementary level — about a Level 2B in a typical method book.

Then you’ll want to check out the “Back in the Saddle” course! This course begins at about the late elementary/early intermediate level of music. Since you already have a working knowledge of music, we won’t do any extra theory worksheets in this course. I’ll simply explain the theory that you’ll need to understand your technique exercise and song.

If you’re somewhere in between the 2 levels, you can hop around as you wish! Your membership includes access to both levels.

Fancy pianos are fun to play, but no – you don’t need to invest in a grand piano to take this course. If a digital piano is what’s in your budget, that works great! We do use the pedal in both of our courses, so be sure that you purchase a damper pedal to connect to your digital piano. It is also worth looking for a piano that has weighted keys, as this will be closer to the touch and feel of an acoustic instrument.

Of course not! You can be a Busy Dad, a Busy Retiree, a Busy College Student or even A Busy Single-And-Ready-To-Mingle. This course was inspired by the mamas of my many young piano students of my thirteen years of teaching, who often expressed that they wished they had time to learn piano so they could help their child at home, or shared their regret at quitting piano lessons far too early. But the refrain I always hear from them is, “I just don’t have the time to take lessons now…you know how it is.”

This program is pretty fast-paced, so I would recommend checking out my program that’s developed specifically for younger learners — BUSY KIDS DO PIANO.