Yuupp, lesson 7 was easy! And no cats to distract either this time, they were busy "helping" my husband fix some broken thingemethingie in the house which apparently was much more exciting than me playing a few licks.
Here it is, onto lesson 8 and my second book already (if only Alfred went that fast, heh)!
I had a really nice day today. Meet some old friends, have a good meal, no arguments, good jokes, a lot of fun and laughter, all were happy and then this:
Lesson 6: 6 days ago
Lesson 7: 6 hours ago 
Buhuhuuuu! 
This is not fair, you are learning fast as a 
and me like a 
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Hahaha don't feel bad.... truth be told I watched the video a few times and I'm actually not overly happy with it. It's way too bouncy, too much staccato, not enough feelings. Compare how Christian plays it... smooth... suave... sophisticated. Mine: choppy, bouncy, harsh. So you still have one up on me because your playing is usually very smooth too 
Sophia Christian plays it in slow motion. And I have no clue how he makes it happen to sound so good. If I play as slow as him, it sounds like a bloody amateur beginner, who is trying to learn it.
Ok, your slow blues was a bit in the humptee dumptee style of lesson 1-6. But only six days of learning is amazing! Play it ten minutes for three more days and listen to Christians version as reference. Then you are that smooth. Ok, with your pace less days.
In my video you can hear the "style"-break to everything from the earlier lessons.
Ok, here's another one. I think it's a better version: slower, less mechanical, a little smoother.(open for any critique in case it isn't!)
Thank you 
And remember: 
and are very musical together!
Nope, but it looks like fun loving friends who are having a good time. Sometimes people seem to forget that playing piano doesn't have to be all work and no PLAY 
I am at my parents place without a piano right now. No sheet music, only Youtube. But I watched lesson 3 and managed to get line 1 out of 9 veeeeeeeeery slooooowly going on a cheap keyboard. Only 8 more lines to follow + making it sound good + going faster + becoming fluent + no mistakes anymore.
Hey, I am on track! 
Couldn't be better!
I really enjoy Fuchs and have learned some great things from his lessons so far. One thing I will say that has been game changing in my jazz studies which I also apply to any other musical genres that I get excited to study (too many!), make sure to explore the history and the vocabulary of all of the greats that influenced Fuchs. Find some OG players you truly love and spend some time copping their licks and most importantly their swing/time feel. It can be a lot of work to put in the time to transcribe when it’s not handed to us in such an easily digestible way as great teachers like Fuchs but it can be extremely rewarding to go to the source and dig deep to find our own voice.
Thanks for continuing to post your progress as it inspires me to stay the course when it’s too easy to get distracted by all of the rabbit holes we can go down these days.
Whew, lesson 8 was a long one! I recorded it today but it's not flawless. In fact, it fails miserably towards the end. I have two excuses
First, it's soooo very hot and (truth!) the keys were getting a bit slippery. And second, the kittens started a fight with Simba right under my nose and I got distracted. I know, not much of an excuse and if you all tell me to do it again because it's garbage, I will But if it's okay (for a lesson), I'll move on to lesson 9...
11 days only? And then with Alfred's AND submitting to the recital? Impressive, if you ask me. You can give yourself a big tap on the back.
About the sloppiness: it was basically just the slide uncontrolled, but if you are saying it was hot 
, and you are sweating
, and the keys get slippery (or maybe sticky) it just doesn't work. I had the exact same issue a few days, and even if I concentrated to slide properly, it didn't work out. My best results were using the fingernail on the black keys - but don't get used to that technique. Never. 
And old topic about staying in staccato with LH:
Your recording is the same, as mine was back then. The LH black keys perfectly staccato, until RH needed to play legato at the same time. And sometimes you made the RH staccato together with LH. (This I didn't do, because nobody told me to pay attention to LH staccato, haha. @TC3 spoiled me after listening to my recording. 
)
Next is mine... Got 7 out of 8 lines. But I must get my recital piece recorded, first. 
WieWaldi The LH black keys perfectly staccato, until RH needed to play legato at the same time. And sometimes you made the RH staccato together with LH
Thank you!!! So how did you overcome that issue? Practice, Practice and practice some more? Or can you share a secret to a learning shortcut?
And although it was hot 
and the keys were slippery 
I don't think that was the reason of the sloppy fingers 
I just need more practice there too 
I was afraid you'd say that, lol! We're living 50 years too early... by then we can just download those skills directly to our brain 
doesn't look like good pianists making any progress.