Updates, Downdates, and Hackers

 First, some updates.

My professional website got hacked.  Try as I might, I've not been able to fix the issue, so I've taken the website down.  Maloypianostudios.com no longer exists.  As much as I would like to rant about hackers, computer viruses, and users who get their kicks posting porn on my website, I will keep my opinions to myself.

I still have Facebook pages.  At least for now.  F. Lynn Godfriaux hosts the three suspense/thrillers I've published, and the poetry book I self-published ten years ago.  The Dyslexic Musician will have to double as my pseudo website.  I'm really losing interest in online "opportunities".  Scams abound, and I've fallen for more than my fair share.

Now, the downdates.

I've gotten a couple of inquiries lately about teaching blind students.  I really appreciate the interest in taking piano lessons, but dyslexia and blindness are two completely different problems.  And while I have personal experience with dyslexia and have found ways to cope with my own and also with students with reading issues, I have absolutely no experience with how to approach a student with serious sight issues.  And that's a bummer, because it would be cool to be able to help.

Hackers.

Everybody hates them.  Need I say more?

Dyslexia.  It never goes away.  But I'm working on solo and duo-piano repertoire, brushing up on my theory and analysis, and coaxing my aging gray cells into memorizing a list of my all-time favorite piano pieces.