Sam Not really - I am enjoying doing my own thing. I do have a piano performance/piano pedagogy degree. [/quote]
Oh believe me, I never forget that for a second. I was so impressed with your journey as you documented it at PW!
I am not playing music anywhere near the level that you are, but I have been playing piano for 26 years now, and am definitely very self-directed. At the same time, I love working with a teacher and the benefits I get from that are very apparent to me.
But recently I’ve been thinking that I will probably always want to work with a teacher. I feel like what I want is becoming more like that of a coach than teacher. And I’m lucky that my current teacher and I work really well together in that regard, but when I eventually need to find someone new (he expects to move overseas in 2026), I think it will be really hard to find someone who can work with me in a similar way…
Anyway, that’s where my question was coming from.