This month Lessonface celebrates the fifth anniversary of our launch in February 2013. It has been a wonderful journey so far, and I wanted to write a quick note to mark the occasion, especially as we have achieved some noteworthy milestones in this past year:
Lessonface is happy to announce the revival of our podcast, Meet Your Mentor! We're starting off with our February Teacher of the Month, Emily Coulston. Emily is a songwriting, voice, and guitar teacher, as well as a talented performer. The podcast begins with an intimate recording of Emily's song, "Hands" and continues on with her experience as an educator and songwriter.
Transcription may sound like a fancy musical term, but the truth is you have probably already transcribed a tune and didn’t even know it! Let’s start with Merriam Webster’s definition:
Transcription - an arrangement of a musical composition for some instrument or voice other than the original.
Sound Bites are live-streamed events with accomplished musical artists to discuss their sources of inspiration and motivation. The events are streamed, recorded, and totally free to watch live or re-watch later. Sign up on each individual event page to send your questions or comments for the artist(s) ahead of time, and to get access to the event recordings.
...treat it no differently than they would coming to a studio in person. Be committed to the process, realize that the instruction is the same, whether on screen or in the room. Your work is no different. The learning process is the same.
--Mike Mitchell, Lessonface teacher of the year's advice on Lessonface & online music lessons
Want to make some real progress musically in 2018? Now that the holidays are over, the new year is here, and winter is REALLY settling in (especially for those of us on the east coast of the US), it's the perfect time to cozy up to your instrument and think about what you want to accomplish this year — and how you're going to do it.
Join our Lessonface teacher Yonit Spiegelman for her second video in the series 'Time and Feel for Bass Guitar' for cool techniques including ghost-notes, hammer-ons, a few tips for your fills, and a challenging yet fun track to add to your practice routine.
Use the backing tracks to practice, and download the handout here:
There’s an old tale that says once you’ve turned 18 years old, you can no longer pursue the dream of learning a new instrument. We can’t pick things up as quickly, we don’t have the appropriate time to practice or have limited motivation - these are all stories we tell ourselves to make us feel a bit better about staying within our comfort zones.
Forget these excuses! It takes one decision (and a bit of a daily push) to give your life some new color and sound. Here are a few tips on how to set yourself on the right path.
