One of the things I most like about teaching electric bass is that very few kids are ever told by their parents to play it. ‘You need to learn piano/violin/clarinet because I never had the chance’ is the bane of so many teacher’s lives and one of the main driving forces behind kids giving up […]
Teaching Thoughts Pt 4 - Pleasing parents is bad for the student.
July 9th, 2008 · 14 Comments
Tags: Musing on Music · bass ideas · teaching news · tips for musicians
Teaching ideas part 1. There’s no electric bass in most orchestras.
July 4th, 2008 · 8 Comments
The state of contemporary music teaching in the UK is terrible. Actually, the state of music teaching across the board is pretty awful. But at least with the classical stuff, the method makes sense, even if so many of the teachers are failing to inspire the students (do a straw poll of the people you […]
Tags: Musing on Music · bass ideas · teaching news · tips for musicians
