rock-n-roll high school
Yesterday I was talking with someone about the added challenges of working with very creative people all of the time. And it got me to thinking about creative education - music, art, whatever - and wondering why certain skills aren't emphasized.
If I ever decide to open Silver Turtle's School of Music, there would be only three basic areas of study, and all 3 would be required.
1. Performance: Everyone would be required to perform all of the time, with rotating groups of students to give them as much experience as possible. I think I would require a minimum of 2 performances per month per person, regardless of who it's with or if it's solo. To support this, there would of course be the regular theory-related courses and solo instruction. There would also be workshop-type classes to teach practical, applied theory to how you perform.
2. Production: Everyone would be required to complete at least basic courses in music production. They would be required to know their way around a studio, from the nuts & bolts of recording to the more creative process of producing. And then additional advanced classes would be available for students interested in production.
3. Business: Here is where most creative educations fail, unless the student specifically wants to go in to music business and plans accordingly. Everyone would be required to take business courses. They would study topics like business models of touring bands and recording studios, management, public relations, and legal stuff like contracts.
I think that would be a successful music program because it would train the students to actually get out into the field and how to manage themselves and others once they were there.
If I ever decide to open Silver Turtle's School of Music, there would be only three basic areas of study, and all 3 would be required.
1. Performance: Everyone would be required to perform all of the time, with rotating groups of students to give them as much experience as possible. I think I would require a minimum of 2 performances per month per person, regardless of who it's with or if it's solo. To support this, there would of course be the regular theory-related courses and solo instruction. There would also be workshop-type classes to teach practical, applied theory to how you perform.
2. Production: Everyone would be required to complete at least basic courses in music production. They would be required to know their way around a studio, from the nuts & bolts of recording to the more creative process of producing. And then additional advanced classes would be available for students interested in production.
3. Business: Here is where most creative educations fail, unless the student specifically wants to go in to music business and plans accordingly. Everyone would be required to take business courses. They would study topics like business models of touring bands and recording studios, management, public relations, and legal stuff like contracts.
I think that would be a successful music program because it would train the students to actually get out into the field and how to manage themselves and others once they were there.
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