>> ^handmethekeysyou:
Scala and Kolacny Brothers (Belgian girls choir) do an amazing version of Joga. Only YT vid I could find has it as the music to some Final Fantasy video, but well worth the listen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj_gs0rarcQ


Wow.

Thanks for reminding me how amazing Bjork is.
This music teacher does a great job with his students. >> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
quality

>> ^EDD:
Dang, with that description I was expecting WAY more performance-wise. And what the hell was up with those horrible facial expressions and hand gestures? Seems to me kids shouldn't have been told they were being filmed
Still, I also have to admit it's an example of great taste for a music teacher


Way to miss the point.

Dang, with that description I was expecting WAY more performance-wise. And what the hell was up with those horrible facial expressions and hand gestures? Seems to me kids shouldn't have been told they were being filmed

Still, I also have to admit it's an example of great taste for a music teacher

This is awesome! I wish my music teachers had taste. Instead, we had to sing such classics as "What shall we do with a drunken sailor?"

Isn't it a *bit* unfair to blame the school for not being able to pick up on Paul McCartney's musical talent as a kid in a class of roundabout 30 students, in a subject that's not meant to foster child prodigys but to get everyone to get a feel for music and to stimulate their artistic sides by playing instruments, sing and create sounds? Seriously, this talker seems to believe that the arts class should be some sort of talent show for youngsters.
If McCartney hadn't gone to those classes, he might never have had the inclination to play in a band. Who can say for certain what made him go into music? I can tell you this though, the school bloody well didn't supress or ignore him by "not spotting anything".
That music teacher, who "had half the Beatles in his class", most likely had well over a hundred students a year. He/she would have had a strict curriculum stating that all the children would have to preform certain things before each school year was out, like for instance sing a song and play an instrument etc. That's what the music class is for, not spot the most musically gifted students and make popstars of them! And let's not overlook that neither McCartney nor Harrison at that time might've had their musical talent developed to any degree at all.

No, from my perspective it seems as if this talker needs to bring his expectations of teachers to the reality-based world and maybe try teaching gradeschool himself, or just stop talking to think for a second, before creating impossible demands like that.

I'm a freelance musician/arranger/film composer/music teacher in my mid-30s from Anaheim, CA. My main instruments are drums and percussion, but I also play piano, guitar, theremin as well as many different weird, exotic, homemade and toy instruments. I love music of all genres and have been lucky enough to be able to perform and write in many styles - concert music, jazz, rock/pop, film, world, avant-garde/experimental, etc.

My career has allowed me to travel around the continental US, as well as Hawaii, Cannes, Paris, London and Taiwan, but would love to travel more. Scoring movies is what I like to do most, and what I'm best at, but I don't get to do it nearly as often as I'd like. I'm also a big gaming fan and would love to collaborate on experimental, abstract, musical, dark and/or avant-gard games - if any of the game industry peeps on the sift are interested, pm me.

Issy is my girl and we have two awesome kitties together, Isobel and Frankenbutt.

But would be useful skills for a school music teacher. Jack of all trades isn't inherently bad.

Years ago I remember a music teacher talking about this piece. I just happened to stumble across it.