funny story actually. i was five years old and i really wanted to play piano but the lady at the store said ‘no you have to be six years old, you have to be able to read’ and i so i put my hands on my hips as this little five-year old and said ‘i want to play piano now’. this one teacher there found me amusing, and he took me to his studio and would play something and i would play it right back. over the years, that is actually how i learned piano, by watching people play and just playing it back. needless to say reading music is 