Music IS A Language!

I have a different way of approaching playing and learning music. I taught in the public schools for many years and watched a failing system turn off countless eager young musicians from music. I’ve developed an approach that treats music a language. The latest research shows that our brains are hard wired to receive music and that it has numerous human benefits, especially during the developmental ages, as it offers tremendous benefits to brain development and growth. The time public school approach, if the student does quit, merely offers a minuscule fraction of these benefits. Music is highly marginalized and valued only for “something artsy for the kids to do.” This approach does not seek to maximize or even take in to account those numerous benefits. I’d be happy to share a video I made that explains the rationale and the science in more detail.

My apprach focuses on listening, playing, creating, composing and improvising. I can teach you how to read music as well, but just like we learn our native language, we practice listening and speaking for many years before we’re expected to even attempt to learn to read. According to our brains Music should be the same way.

If this sounds interesting to you, I’d love to hear from you.

I just love talking about music, and getting people to think about music differently. I also love the many ways in which music can be useful in peoples lives, and I’m open to all of them. In my experience, most teachers are only concerned with doing things their way. My goal is to learn how to do things your way, and utilize my experience and knowledge as best I can to help you accomplish whatever goals that you want, in music.