Such things are handled in certain quarters!
"I can't afford it!" and "Piano lessons suck and I won't pay good money for them." are the two most common objections. I agree. It's a rough economy, to say the least. However, let me see if I can deal with these sensible objections.
1. "I Can't Afford It" - Can you NOT afford it? If there is something that makes you happier cheaply, why would you NOT latch onto that? Now I can see not wanting to spend money on a huge, ungainly, piano which will need further infusions of cash to maintain. Still, if you could learn (and you can) on something that costs maybe $100 and the learning would make you a better person to cope with all the current set of problems, wouldn't you do it?
2. "Piano lessons suck and I won't pay good money for them." Again, I agree, as the majority of piano instructors I have encountered teach a very hard instrument in really silly ways. I ran (did not walk) from such teachers. I know I am something of a "maverick." I teach musically easier stuff, appropriate to the desires of most folks. Most people don't want to learn how to be professionals since they have a profession already. They just want to be hobbyists.
I personally believe that this is a good thing. It doesn't take all that much time to learn a simple keyboard at the hobbyist level. There certainly aren't recitals and competitions, not the way I teach. I have found that folks will play when they get good and ready and bug the crap out of others to listen. No recital needed for that. And as for competitions, I mostly have to talk folks out of competing with themselves in this.
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