why I play the piano, What about you?

[PTpiano]

Hi I'm new here at LGM, but i just wanted to tell my personal reason why i have come to love playing the piano.  I love ushering in the anointing to a service with melodies I make up and using simple worship chords.  Every time it is a thrill to me to see the saints faces as they listen to the music and open up their hearts to God.  that's what keeps me striving to be a better muscian.

[babygrandy2k]

There are several reasons i think I became fond of playing the piano....Starting at the age of 6 my mother always wanted me to play and sing....So in an effort to be good I did that. At first, I didnt like it but once I realized that God was blessing me thru my music then I saw that it was for me...Years later I still drive off the support even though my mother is deceased...Its just something that makes u stand out from most peers.  I have always been an entertainer whether its ackin crazy or just chillin wit friends.  They know that when i get to piano we really gonna have a blast.
I love it and simply find complete joy and peace within playing the piano.

[essence01]

hey....the both of you are inspiring.  there are also quite a few reasons i play.  i always wanted to play since i was 5 or 6, but i didn't nurture the gift until recently...and i'm now 26!  

two years ago, i returned to church.  i eventually started playing around with the musicians....and recently, God saw fit to move me into the position as head musician.  when i'm totally and spiritually in place to be called the Minister of Music, i'll change my title.

i've always had an emotional connection with  music....basically other people's music; however, now i can emotionally connect with music from my own hands and heart and voice. playing takes me into another dimension of existence.

another reason is the worship experiences. some people don't like it when i say this, but music ministry can be just as powerful as preaching.  i've witnessed souls saved through worship experiences alone.  i love everything about the role music plays in ushering in the presence of God.

i can go on and on and on and on.

now, i'm not going to lie...there are times i go see people like George Duke...and i want to get up on that stage and throw down...but my confidence isn't there yet.  

so, there, you have three reasons i'm motivated musically.

...sorry about blabbing on and on...

Aisha

[jayjay]

I first saw the piano when I was a little kid in my great grandmothers house something went off in me then, but it was a few yars later before my parents got me one.  I started taking lessons like most little kids in my neighborhood did.  It was a hobby to occupy my time.  Years past again and then O Happy Day hit the air waves, which was my first real gospel song and it opened a whole new world for me.  It was listening to gospel radio programs that I heard about a church musician position at a local church.  I went was tried out for a couple of weeks, but my playing was not up to par so we mutually parted ways.  I didn't give up I kept playing and have been consistently playinfg for church for almost thirty years.  Matter of fact playing for a church has been the most consistent occupation in my life becasue I've had other jobs outside the church, but playing piano for somebody's church just seemed to stick.  I wish I was a better player though like many of my collegues, you know phat chords and all, but that which I can do I enjoy.  I bless God that I can do something positive.  I think the other reason why I've stayed with the piano is because I had or have a fear of the organ and most of my career has been in churches without and organ or who didn't require organ music for the service.  I still have a goal to play organ well enough to hold a small to medium size church.  peace

[2octaves]

To be honest Mike wasn't always saved and I always though that when I was a backslider I need something to keep me busy so that is where the interest started.But now Mike is back on the road for almost a year and enjoying every moment playing for the Glory of God. I know it was the Holy Spirit that put this desire in my heart, and every time I learn a new song I praise God for leading me this way.
I just wish I started when I was a kid but my parents could not afford it anyway.There is no musicians in our family so I am busy changing that and in years to come my little baby girl will start with piano lesson and the too of us will jam in the house when we have family parties.
Still have a long road to go, but through Jesus everything is possible.

Mike

[lordluvr]

This past Sunday, we had a guest preacher for our church anniversary service.  The anointing in the place was heavy.  This guy is old-school pentacostal, so me and the other keyboard player needed to throw in some shouting music.  The problem was, neither of us had ever tried to play shouting music.  Nonetheless, we played, and let me tell you, I played chords and progressions that I never played before.  So did my partner.  It was amazing playing under such anointing.  Apparently, we did good because the guest pastor told the congregation to give us a hand and after church, many people came up to us telling us how well we played.

I shared that because it explains why I started playing.  I've always had a passion for music, and finally, about two years ago, I took up the keyboard because my church was without a musician (had been for years).  There's something about being able to have a positive effect on people's lives.  I know that music has the potential to do that.

[soundsofintegrity]

well my parents started a church in our house when i was about 11 years old, there's only one keyboard, (very cheap) and no musicians, i just started hitting keys and from years of horrible play i taught myself chords and applyed them to songs that they sing, i never had lessons, except from books that i read and listening to others play. thats how i got started, now the reason why i play now is because music is my ministry, it's how i praise God, and the piano is a challenge because it can never be mastered, just gets better and better

[Bronzee]

Well, my old story is nothing like you all, but, its an inspiration to me. I had to quit my professional deputy job, cause i had a baby that was very ill and she require 25 hr care. But, even in the pass i was a bad brat always fighting in school and getting in trouble and was seculded from the other schoolmates plus my 7 brothers and sisters.  I always loved music as a little kid and i use to set at the dinner table pretending that i could play the piano and the guitar..if i had my music at nite in the bedroom with me..i never felt like i was on punishment..cause i was always happy..i love the sound of piano, bass, and strings.  Well, the years i had to be home with my daughter..i decided to get me a small keyboard and read and learn the keys and do the correct fingering myself..cause i had..all this time at home alone with my just one baby at the time...and i was very lonely.  So, it wasn't easy but, i prayed and learn and practice all the time..and my nephew would help me out ..so i started to back him up with the strings in the choir..playing by ear..i played for 2 choirs. Then, my faith shattered, while at church..something happened..but, now i just play at home..i yet love it..its the greatest..encourager thats ever happened in my life and i wouldn't give my fingers to anyone..when iam without a piano..i miss it just like i haven't had my medication for the day..does anyone else feel this way.  I had to get started at an ripe adult age on the piano cause my parents couldn't effort one and didn't think I really wanted to do this to invest in me.  I love it more then anything else..I have learned how to read music even..now, i just gotta remember the chords..and sing alone with the music i play..O..and by the way ..that baby..that cost me my job she is 23 yrs old and bigger then me..and she has been inspired to play the piano.

[T-Block]

Well, I have loved music all my life. I started on the drums since I was a baby, then when I was a teenager I got into the bass guitar, and now I am into the keyboard. It was a gradual thing, but now I love the keyboard
and soon I will try the organ out. No one forced me into lessons or anything, I just love music and the desire came out.

[alquarles]

The same thing applied to me T-Block.  I started on the drums first but I was a little bit older (teen), then moved to the bass and now to the keyboard.  I love the keyboard now myself and hopefully graduate to the organ myself.  The passion playing for the Lord and to see the reaction of the church makes it all worth it.  The drive and desire to play keeps me practicing and wanting to learn more.