I have played the piano from the time I was around six years old. Blessed with parents that noticed that I had an ear for music (picking out the melody of Beethoven's Fur Elise at around six), they ensured I would have the opportunity to develop my gifting. With our meagre resources, my dad then working as a janitor and my mom a homemaker, they saved up enough money to buy me my first piano. My journey of piano lessons was often fraught with frustration for my teachers. Throu