Growing up in a Chinese family, piano, along with maths and Chinese school was my life outside school. Asian childhood trauma is real, especially piano. I had five piano teachers and not one teacher left a positive effect on me. The first two piano teachers didn't like my mother's pushy demands and quit 'us'.😂 The third piano teacher was nice but I was forced to change by my high school teacher who was not happy with how I was being taught.😅 The fourth teacher was brilliant with her own skills but gave me pieces beyond my capabilities at the time.😢 Finally, I decided to picked a teacher who was actually an AMEB examiner thinking that should solve my problems until she told me that she had taught me everything she knew and it was up to me to figure it out!😮 That was when I decided to give up on music. All the hours I put in only to be seen as not practising enough! Only recently I have decided to pick up the piano again to heal my body except this time I have decided never to go to anymore teachers. For the first time in my life I don't feel stressed playing the piano. No lessons means no stress. 🎉
