Hiya music lovers, I recently found a beautiful interview between Rick Ruben and Paul McCartney on Disney+ in taking some veg time - and it is really great. There is a lot of revisiting of song elements and hearing Paul play and show his passion of playing and piano is really neat. Risk hs an interesting way of pulling some gems and his perspectives on sound and music is awesome! Just thought I would share:)

Hi Tribers - we here, started as piano community in April. The point was to learn piano, stay motivated, improve skillset, meet friends that are likeminded. And then, we started getting in Tribers that do not play piano but play all kinds of other different instruments. We also have been getting in a lot of Tribers that do not play any instruments but like to vibe with us. A ton! I came to Skool cuz I had 2 back to back accidents and had to cancel a summer European tour (AND BURNING MAN!!!!) and needed to go to therapy 5 days a week and stay put… I made a piano community cuz I was new to Skool and knew that there is a learning curve - so I picked the lowest hanging fruit… for me… PIANO — as I have been playing and teaching worldwide for the past 30+ years… with great success! So why not use the piano tribe as a learning ground and help a ton of people in the process?!! But, I am not gonna lie, I just can’t. I say it how it is and often people don’t like it, but oh well… Piano only - felt, umm restricted… to me… believe it or not… that’s the truth!!!! I also produce my own music — in different genres and even became a DJ — so I can spin my own records… cuz none of my DJ friends wanted to spin them — the tracks were either too complicated or too long until getting to the point or had too much classical piano in them — pretty much “too sh1tty” lol, to be spun in a club setting… Even when I founded Alexandrova School of Music in 2010 and included more instruments and teachers in our curriculum - still felt restricted and not to mention I was close to burnout the majority of time due to overwhelming amount of quality control that was required from me. I gradually slowed that down… In 2020 (we all know what happened then) I founded V1B1N - and did a series of virtual worldwide fundraisers for victims of natural disasters (typhoons, tsunamis, wild fires, hurricanes, etc). The collected funds were going directly to the associated charities and I have not taken a dollar from those.

@Casey Fox this gif you made for me is so super awesome!!! And I didn’t ask for it 💕💕💕 thank you!!!! Also, super welcome here!!!!! Let’s celebrate!! Cuz, until further notice, celebrate everything!! (MMM) Cuz why not??? How amazing is this???

Sometimes we have a dot after a note. It looks like full stop (see photo below). - it makes the note longer and specifically half of that note’s value, is added to it. - example would be a dotted half note - regularly, without the dot, it gets 2 counts (beats), but with the dot - 3 (2 for its value + 1 which 1/2 of 2, for the dot) - another example would be a dotted whole note = 6 counts (cuz a whole note is 4 and then half of that is 2, so 6 in total) - one more example - dotted quarter note equals 1 and 1/2 beats or 3 eight notes. Please vote and let me know if this makes sense!

A multi-community music concert is exactly 2 weeks away and everyone here is invited to play and/or attend! The SKool Bus is organizing a fun, free music concert hosted inside the Confident Introverts community on Friday November 21, 2025 at 1pm Eastern. Please join us for the sheer fun of it as we meet new friends, play and enjoy music together in community. If you are interested in performing, or know someone who might like to participate, please let me know. All ages and abilities, groups (in the same room) or solos welcome! So far, these lovelies have confirmed: @Jack Shiller +? (Cello) from Confident Introverts on SKool @Robert Palmer (French Horn) from Lindsey Wilson College Edwin Aybar (piano) from Hannibal-LaGrange University @Nathaniel Parant and daughter (Voice) from✨💗🐛🦋Light Heart Vision @Mark X (guitar) from Path of the Dragon  @Brandon Smith (guitar) from Mental Momentum Two optional live jam sessions for performers are scheduled for: Wednesday November 12th at 8pm Eastern Tuesday November 18th at 12pm Eastern Drop a music gif and let us know what you'd play!