The Wild Pianist: Self-Guided Lessons for Adult Beginners

Last April I sat down at the piano and started writing a book.

A book I WISH had existed long ago. Because I’ve met so many adults who want to play the piano but don’t know where to begin. 

As a piano teacher, I knew that I needed to create a new kind of piano book. One that supported you as a WHOLE musician, in spirit, mind, and body. Not just another boring old lesson book with ugly songs and technical exercises. A beautiful book, with beautiful songs, full of real, meaningful conversations about what it means to become a pianist. Designed to take you from knowing absolutely nothing to playing beautiful, moving music at your own pace, and in your own home.

The Wild Pianist is part traditional, “teach yourself” piano book (jam-packed with songs, 70 piano lessons, and helpful techniques). But it’s also part journal, part memoir, and part meditation. Because learning the notes isn’t the hardest part about learning the piano. The hardest part is learning how to keep going and stick with it, even when the playing gets tough. As you learn to play, you'll also discover the mindset you need to become an artist. 

Each chapter has a streamable playlist so you can listen to each and every song in the book while you play. I’ve also created video piano lessons for all 70 lessons in the book, where I guide you through each lesson as if you were my private student, us sitting together in my sunny, periwinkle piano studio. Everything is lifetime access. No subscriptions. In a world that feels chaotic, this is your roadmap. 

You’ll have everything you need to become a pianist…once and for all.

x Alden