No. I do not use any type of MIDI's or MP3's that are not mine.
Everything I upload is played on my piano/keyboard by my own fingers.
I've been taking piano lessons since I was 4 years old.
I learn the songs three different ways:
1) Via Ear
- I've been using this technique forever and it really works well for improving as you can chain up notes for like a combo or something and (in my opinion) its the easiest way to learn a song.
2) Via YouTube videos
- Believe it or not, YouTube has a huge assortment of videos of kids playing and tutorials on a couple songs. I only use the tutorials to learn a couple songs that I can't seem to get down and I watch the videos to get the timing down pat.
3) Via Sheet Music
- Everyone has their different opinion on sheet music. You either hate it or you love it. I personally love sheet music because not only are they giving you the correct notes, they're giving you the correct timing, octave, etc. Granted, there isn't sheet music for every single song out there, but if I can't find one, I usually learn by ear followed by videos.
4) Via Synthesia or Finale Notepad 2008
- I rarely use Synthesia and I actually only have it on my PC for my music class to visually teach kids. Finale Notepad 2008 on the other hand gives you the sheet music and the actual song itself, all in one. This is what I use sometimes but not all the times because I'm not really a huge fan of FN2008's interface.
So in conclusion, I do not use MIDI files and I actually despise MIDI files. I've worked with them in the past and I truly do hate them. Granted the time will come eventually where you'll have to look for a MIDI file and whatnot and then they become useful but for now, they're just not cool xD.
So yeah, I just wanted to clear this up for some people that have been asking me.
Thanks for reading!
More songs on their way <3