May 17, 2005
Gotta Teach!
I’m a lucky fellow. I get to do something I love as my vocation. Everything I do is connected with music in some way. I perform, write, arrange, record, produce, write about, and teach music.
I have found that teaching tends to enter in to just about everything I do. When I’m working with an artist in my project studio, I tend to explain to them what I am doing as we go along, especially if the artist has not done much recording. When I perform live, sometimes afterward an audience member will ask me about my keyboard, or how I played a certain song, and off I go, teaching again as I demonstrate one of my keyboard’s functions, or demonstrate a way of playing a chord. And of course, when I write about music, that’s a form of teaching.
Whereas some folks would rather die than speak to a group of people, I am most comfortable when I am talking to an audience. It can be a handful of people, or an auditorium full, it makes no difference. I love to impart valuable information.
I’ve also learned the value of wit and brevity. (“Tell ‘em what you know and then sit down!”)
I also enjoy working one-on-one with someone who wants to learn how to play the keyboard, and how music works.
I’ll be here most days sharing with you my thoughts and musings about music and music education. My goal is to help you have fun as a music maker.
Tune in tomorrow!
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