As a boy, my parents had me doing royal conservatory piano. The thing is that I really enjoyed piano, but I didn't want to have to do recitals or exams. Once I

As a boy, my parents had me doing royal conservatory piano. The thing is that I really enjoyed piano, but I didn't want to have to do recitals or exams. Once I was old enough to really say no, I quit lessons. I still play, but it's mostly chording. I have always been pretty good at playing by ear, and even when I was in lessons, I did better mimicking the teacher than I did sight-reading. I still play a bit of piano, but I'm no-where near as good as when I was practicing regularly when I was young. I've also picked up guitar a bit, but I'm just chording there, too. That said, I play to have fun, to entertain my son, or just to belt out a fun tune.