Volunteers for teaching/studenting

In order for this new lessons idea to work, there must be not only "students", but "teachers" too.

Please post here if you'd be interested in acting as a teacher for one or more students. Should you make it through the screening process (the staff will decide who is suitable), you can do as much or as little as suits you. Also post if you'd like to be a student.

Who is interested?

P.S. Perhaps I should mention that the actual tuition is likely to occur via PM, or possibly in a thread in this forum. Or maybe in some separate designated system that I haven't yet coded...

I wouldn't mind being a teacher.

I also wouldn't mind, but of course, I'm not that qualified.

Originally Posted by Mike

In order for this new lessons idea to work, there must be not only "students", but "teachers" too.

Please post here if you'd be interested in acting as a teacher for one or more students. Should you make it through the screening process (the staff will decide who is suitable), you can do as much or as little as suits you. Also post if you'd like to be a student.

Who is interested?

P.S. Perhaps I should mention that the actual tuition is likely to occur via PM, or possibly in a thread in this forum. Or maybe in some separate designated system that I haven't yet coded...

I don't think anyone should have to be screened by staff if one person likes another's music and wishes to be taught by them. I'm not really sure I see the purpose of the subforum anyway - since people with questions or wanting tuition or advice can seek it in the forums that are already available or through pm.

Let the students pick their teachers based on whether they like the teacher's music or not. Having "staff" decide who is "suitable" or not is really not neccessary and implies more things than should be implied about the staff, teachers and students.

The purpose of arranging lessons is to facilitate a focused, extensive, one-to-one discussion between student and teacher. Such an interaction can be very conducive to good learning.

Ideally, some kind of relationship will be built up, too, which can only make the exercise more worthwhile.

As for staff screening, we merely want to ensure that "teachers" aren't so elementary themselves that they would instruct their "students" outright wrongly, or just be next to useless. We have no plans of being snobbish with this - we can't afford to be, on account of the finite resources before us. And of course, if one takes, say, Qccowboy as being representative of the mean teaching standard we are aiming for (which he isn't, as I'll explain in a sec), it excludes pretty much everyone else on the forum. We don't all possess master's degrees, after all.

Having "staff" decide who is "suitable" or not is really not neccessary and implies more things than should be implied about the staff, teachers and students.

Care to name them?

I'm not exactly sure how this is going to work, but I'll volunteer as a student. Wait, did you say tuition?

I did indeed say tuition.

Originally Posted by Mike

The purpose of arranging lessons is to facilitate a focused, extensive, one-to-one discussion between student and teacher. Such an interaction can be very conducive to good learning.

You mean as opposed to having multiple people make comments or suggestions on a piece of music. I suppose it makes sense if the subject is not simply a review, where the opinion of the larger community is sought, but on a specific aspect of the music.

Originally Posted by Mike

As for staff screening, we merely want to ensure that "teachers" aren't so elementary themselves that they would instruct their "students" outright wrongly, or just be next to useless.

Ok, that makes sense. But what is the basis for making that determination? Wouldn't it depend on the goal of the student?

For example - a friend of mine has alot of talent in solo improvisation on the guitar in a blues medium. But he struggles with some basic music theory(for instance, notation). His talent far exceeds many musicians who know the theory he struggles with.

If someone wants to be taught by him (they want his talent) - what would the better choice be? The knowledgable teacher who can't do what my friend does, or him? The screening process may not match the students needs/wants with the teacher they are landed with.

Originally Posted by Mike

We have no plans of being snobbish with this - we can't afford to be, on account of the finite resources before us. And of course, if one takes, say, Qccowboy as being representative of the mean teaching standard we are aiming for (which he isn't, as I'll explain in a sec), it excludes pretty much everyone else on the forum. We don't all possess master's degrees, after all.

I think this comes close to what I'm talking about. I've heard music on this site and in general by people with far less formal education than others which I personally like better. Academia carries a fair distance - but it doesn't mean it matches the particular goals of the student in whatever area that he seeks to improve in.

Originally Posted by Mike

Care to name them?

I think your explanation and mine have answered that.

We aren't going to focus obsessively on academia. The ones here who have talent but only mediocre/little theoretical knowledge will have their strengths acknowledged - their talent.

I didn't actually verbalise this, but we would actually try to aim to match people up based on interests or objectives.

Ok... tuition...

hmmm, well that counts me out. I have absolutely no money available to me.

Why tuition, Mike?