So Taffy, you saying this guy's funny? If it's true I may need to start reading his posts again. But from what I remember he's pretty much a misery. Cue...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5OEJBIo38o&feature=related

I don't think that anything could inspire such fits of laughter as the film of you playing (or rather 'trying to play') Grieg- especially considering the fact that you seem to consider yourself an authority upon the secrets of 'relaxation' and indeed piano technique in general. I think that film removes any conceivable doubt as to the possibility that you may have some faint idea as to what you are talking about. I'm just sad that you choose to stand by subjecting yourself and others to such horrendous tensions in the name of 'relaxation', despite the fact that your vain attempts to 'relax' do not even permit you to play with the most elementary level of comfort or ease. I only hope that you generally avoid attempting pieces beyond a standard of Grade 4 or so, or that you at least have a highly trained chiropractor to be treated by. You criticise so many others so casually and so rudely, yet this is supposed to depict a (self-appointed) technical guru setting a good example to others? Seriously? There's not even a hint of irony involved in the fact that you put such a shockingly incompetent demonstration up- of you hacking away with locked arms and absolutely rigid wrists, as your whole body shakes from the intense exertion? I'm not generally a big fan of the idea that those who can do and those who can't teach, but I do have to wonder when I see such a horrendous example being falsely portrayed as a good model for others. It's simply beyond my comprehension.

The truth might seem like a 'misery', but the sooner you stop telling other people what to do (based on a few anatatomical terms that you looked up on wikipedia and memorised by rote) and start attempting to improve your own extraordinarily basic skills, the sooner you might find a path to personal progress and understanding. And perhaps you wouldn't have to tell your students simply to take your word for things that clearly neither make rational sense nor actually work, instead of seeking to understand them...

Was that funny? On cue at least. And man, he wants to get some sleep.

It's the hairy ears isn't it?