Lonely pianists

[da jake]

Are pianists more likely to spend time on the internet away from actual human contact, because it is an extension of the solitude of practicing?

[jeremyjchilds]

yes

[thalbergmad]

yes

[Jacey1973]

Yes, it's just that i practise all day then it's too late to go out and do anything so its easy just to come online.

[ako]

C'mon young people, go out, get some sun and have some fun! BTW, spending too much time on the computer will give you carpel tunnel and a stiff neck and sore shoulders and arms which means you can't practice piano as much. ...ouch..ouch...

[pianohopper]

Not really.  Adolescent males are just as likely to spend just as much or more time on the internet looking at porno.

[quantum]

Yes 

[ted]

No, certainly not for me. I do not really like computers at the best of times even though I have earned my living programming them.

[Kassaa]

Well, I have summer holiday, my holiday exists of practicing, playing World of Warcraft, and watching a movie now and then.

[dinosaurtales]

Great minds think alike, Ted!  I am also a computer "nerd" for a living - forensics - and I woiuld much prefer to go do a social thing than hang on the internet in my spare time.  I am usually on the board taking breaks from work stuff.

[Kassaa]

Btw, if you play World of Warcraft, you're definately not lonely, since you're playing with thousands of people at the same time.

[Barbosa-piano]

Are pianists more likely to spend time on the internet away from actual human contact, because it is an extension of the solitude of practicing?

I don't think so, I think it would be pretty fun if every "active" member on the forum could have a reunion of some kind. I keep imagining everybody from pianoforum, in one old mansion at night, with about five different concert grand pianos and Harpsichords on a big music hall, getting to meet each other, and exchange some musical thoughts (I think I've actually dreamed this before  ). But I think practice is a ritual, and I love being lonely in practice. Everyday, I talk to the school's superintendent, and ask him if I can play in this discussingly crappy old Baldwin upright piano (is has a fair sound) in the auditorium, before school starts and during lunch (I actually rush through lunch or don't eat at all so I can play the piano). What makes it cool, is that it is often very cold in there, and in my school there is this old story about the ghost that lives there (people actually keep asking if I have ever seen anything. You know what, I've played there in the darkness, and I have never seen anything (only heard some pretty weird noises coming out of nowhere)- This ghost is said to sit in the auditorium and watch the students rehearse whatever they are doing. I never feel lonely in there... But sometimes people come to listen. I don't believe that there is anything in there.

But at this summer vacation (almost over) I only practice and come to check the forum- Except when my mother calls me to cut the grass, put the trash out, clean something, etc...

Mario Barbosa  TM

[jeremyjchilds]

I guess I shouldent cry, my wife is always around....

[Barbosa-piano]

I guess I shouldent cry, my wife is always around....

Ha Ha 
Play a melody, make her cry, then cry with her...

Maybe Rachmaninoff gave concerts as seriously as a soldier at war, but cried like a baby during practice... I'm just joking, he is great...

[stevie]

ideally it would be great to socialise with other pianists in person...but this place is great, because where on earth can we find such a mass of piano fans just as obsessed as us?

the best i can do around here is find a people who are half-serious about piano...but the quality of people on here outweighs the physical presence...to me anyway.

[minimozart007]

I have to settle with string players and singers at my high school...

I have an extensive social life just from attending a high school...

[Bouter Boogie]

Nope, not really

[da jake]

Guess I'm just anti-social.

[raffyplayspiano]

i look forward to checking the piano forum     how sad...      lol

oh well,

raffy

[Barbosa-piano]

I have to settle with string players and singers at my high school...

I have an extensive social life just from attending a high school...

This may sound idiotic, but this is how I got popular at my high school, I know almost everybody there- The piano- My name- My nationality... They refer to me as Mario- The Brazilian boy who plays the piano...  He He. 

[JPRitchie]

Where else can you find a crowd that knows Chopin from Chopsticks ?
-Jim

[marinated tofu]

I think it's harder for me to be lonely at this point in my life, considering I am in University and living in a house with 6 other people.  But I am an introvert by nature and naturally tend to isolate myself.  But I find that I am much happier if I make time for friends.  This way I obsess less, and don't have to think about how neurotic I am.  But I do long for conversations relating to music; it's hard to find people who know anything about pianists and music in my world. 

[prettypianoplaying]

I HATE being alone!!

[thalbergmad]

I LOVE being alone.

[raffyplayspiano]

yes, i like being alone too, i feel i can get more done, and also I feel i can really be myself without having to worry about people judging me, or misinterpreting me...although true friends wouldnt really do that i guess.  I dont really have any other friends that play piano, at the school i just graduated from there was too much competition..   but i like the forum because I can find people that share the same interest at the same level or greater!   

raffy