Singer Songwriter only encompasses a small portion of who Sarah Marie Dillard is and what she does. She is also a music teacher and band leader for the band Sarah and The Underground and an advocate for all things art in her community. Sarah is an activist and a person who is so passionate about everything she does. She is a breath of fresh air and…

In this episode I have a conversation with Chase McCall a musical theatre performer and past cruise ship entertainer. Chase tells some incredible stories of his adventures on the 20th anniversary tour of Rent and gives some great advice for those who are looking to follow in his footsteps. Chase encourages you to never give up in the pursuit of you…

Through a career of hard work and good fortune Dana Lamb-Schaubroeck has been able to accomplish many things in the world of music. She is a writer, producer, orchestrator, and music teacher. In this podcast we talk about the series of events that lead to her successes as well as ways that you can accomplish great things on your pursuit of a career…

During our first episode of Learning To Become I talk with Katie Terrell Ramos, the artist and author of the new children's book EGBDF The Musical Yak. During this episode we discuss acting on your ideas, the importance of networking and how you can, "just go for it!" Short excerpts from Katie's book are read throughout the first portion of the pod…

Welcome to Learning to Become, a podcast that explores careers in music outside of education. Host, Mindy Cook, interviews music professionals and learns of the journey they have taken to be where they are today. This introduction features quotes from several of the interviews that will be featured in the podcast during upcoming weeks. Music Profes…

How much should parents be engaged in the child's classes. How much should they know?

I also would like to have my listeners know that I will be going over more info on how to teach effectively from a students POV. I will also be going over how these can help you in the future and why it is good.

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Watch how easy it is to tab out a solo that you're working on, and discover different ways to manipulate string positions. Download the free trial at http://capoapp.com, or buy Capo for the Mac from the Mac App Store.

Learn how to use the new Chord Marker feature, and how to figure out the chords in your favorite songs very quickly using Capo. I'll cover the process starting from dropping chord markers, to correcting incorrectly-identified chords. Download the free trial at http://capoapp.com, or buy Capo for the Mac from the Mac App Store.…

This episode covers a tip for building your skillset slowly until you can work your way up to learning your favorite solos.

In this episode, Chris shows the process he used to learn SkyMall, by Jonathan Coulton.As you can see, the process is pretty simple, and with some practice you'll be playing along with your favorite tracks in no time…

This episode goes over the process of tuning your guitar to a song you're learning, so the process of matching notes you hear to your guitar goes much more smoothly.In addition, the process of fine-tuning Capo to match a piano or other fixed-note instrument's tuning is shown.

This episode covers a basic exercise which involves reproducing simple tunes on your instrument.Chris plays "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on the guitar, which is a familiar tune to many. The same exercise may be applied to a tune heard on the radio, or a song you know from your childhood.