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Bill is a professional musician: teacher, author, pianist, composer, producer & musical director.
Private lessons
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Do you want to know how to play piano? Whether you are a beginner or a working professional, you will find Bill to be a patient teacher who will guide you to your musical goals.
The “Bill Keis Method” was developed over years of teaching. In a nutshell, it consists of a step-by-step, individually tailored program based your past experience with music (education and performance, if any) and your purposes and goals.
Subjects covered include: Jazz piano, Repertoire (learning songs), Improvisation, Music Theory, Technique, Transposing music.
Also covered: Composition, Arranging, Harmony, Chord Substitution, Sight Reading, Rhythm, Keyboards, Recording, Performance, How to Play in a Band, How to Find Work as a Musician, and more.
What you study will be based on what you want to learn.
Music School vs Private Instruction
If you want to ‘make music’, there are definite things that need to be learned. However, you don’t need to master all of them to have fun making music. Just like you don’t have to learn all the words of the English language before you have your first conversation.
As a matter of fact, you can learn a couple simple things and begin to make music in a few minutes. Then, depending on how far you want to take it, you can continue to learn more.
Private lessons are highly recommend by most professional musicians. Music school is also recommended. Both compliment each other.
I Wish I could Play Piano
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard that!
I’ve been a piano teacher for over 25 years and I’ve heard countless people say, “I love the piano, I wish I could play,” or “oh, you teach piano, I used to play piano,” or “we had a piano when I was a kid,” or “I wish my mother had forced me to practice,” or “I never learned to read music, I always memorized what my teacher played. When she found out, I was in trouble!”
Of course studying music is a wonderful activity for a child. Whether he/she goes on to a career in music or not, it is still highly recommended. Numerous studies have concluded that children who study music do better in school. In general the world needs more art and music and even if one wasn’t interested in becoming a professional musician or making a living at it, playing music is a good thing!
The main point is, however, you can learn how to play music anytime. You don’t have to be a child to learn. I’ve taught countless people to play who never played as a child. In fact, often adults learn faster than children!
One can get many hours of enjoyment from the music. It really doesn’t take that long to get some satisfaction. Anyone can learn to play a song fairly quickly. Anyone can even learn to improvise (play by ear)! Whether you like Classical or Jazz, Rock or Pop, you can learn to play.
1st Choice Recording
Do you want to record your music? Need a CD or demo recording?
Bill has been producing recording for over 20 years in numerous styles of music including: Jazz, Rock, Classical, Pop, Country, Latin, Show tunes, etc.
Services: Production, mixing, mastering includes: arranging, songwriting/composition, recording, drum programming and keyboard playing by Bill Keis, Record live bands. Click Studio tab for more info.
