Jazz and Blues Improvisation for All Instruments: Berklee BIN Expert | Master the Language

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• When did you first develop a passion for music and your favorite instrument?

  I started playing the piano when I was 4. I can't say I've stopped ever since!

• Is there a particular type of music or artist that you listen to on a loop without it driving you crazy?

  I'm very fond of jazz, but I enjoy all its derivates, like soul and r&b. A band I've been listening to lately that I'm obsessed with is Sault.

• Explain to us the most difficult or riveting course you could personally give to a student of music.

  Each student would have their own difficult course to follow. What I love to do with my students is to find the things that they dislike doing the most in their instrument and making them fall in love with them. After all, you probably don't like them because you don't understand them well enough.

• What do you think is the most complicated instrument to master and why?

  Piano is pretty up there with all the different things our 10 fingers should be able to master. However, the intonation skills and dexterity a violin player should have is unparalleled by any other instrument (in my humble opinion).

• What are your keys to success?

  Be kind. Be hardworking and tenacious, of course. However, success is not only reached with skill. Kindness entails empathy with yourself and others. This broadens your mindset and makes you a person others want to be around of. After all, we can't accomplish everything by ourselves.

• Name three musicians you dream of meeting in your favourite bar in the early hours of the morning. Explain why.

  Bill Evans: my favorite piano player of all time.
  Erykah Badu: I love her artistic vision and looks like a cool hang.
  Cory Henry: One of the coolest showmen I've seen. He looks like an amazing musician and his skills are perfect.

• Provide a valuable anecdote related to music or your days at music school.

  I'll never forget the first time I disappointed my piano teacher. Straight A's in every class except for this one, in which I got a perfect 0. I had no reason to not study, I had just been perfectly lazy and drinking a bit too much (college, am I right?). I was so sad and worried about not meeting my teacher's expectations it was too obvious for him. Calmly, he said "there's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about; and when there's something to worry about, worrying about it won't change a thing.". That day, I finally understood that the only person I'm letting down by not being my best self is me.

• What are the little touches that make you a Superprof in music?

  I'm very analytical and methodic. I figure out where my students are lacking and I start breaking the problem into little pieces. It's amazing how much progress one can make with a slightly different focus.