I remember when I was a kid my dad took us to hear some guy at a church who was about blown up in Vietnam and had a prosthetic ear that when people would ask how he played piano, he actually removed the plastic ear and started banging on the keys with it.......what a thought........ :eek:
I play by ear (not literally, I use a pick), but recommend learning how to read sheet music, our keys player has given me some basic instruction and it's helping.