Post by paul wolfe on May 8, 2008 16:33:41 GMT -5
Hey Steve
I've not posted for a while (god, at least a year) and though I've not been writing (for loads of reasons - all of them crap) I always check out your blog and occasionally the forum.
Anyway I've got some teaching questions for you (and the group in general).
I'm 44, have played bass guitar since I was 15. I'm OK, not brilliant but I don's suck and I've managed to turn it into a career in a sense (I manage 3 bands in the UK that play on the wedding/corporate circuit) and business is pretty good.
To cut to the chase, I bought my eldest son a bass for his 5th birthday and have started teaching him (I know that might seem kinda young, but there's a guy in the States called Victor Wooten who started when HE was 5 and man, he absolutely burrrrnnnnssss). And I've also started getting involved in teaching other students (the usual thing, someone heard about it and his nephew had just started playing and needed lessons, and HE had a friend who played...etc etc and things are starting to snowball into another business).
Anyhow I've been trying to organize my approach to teaching into some kind of master document and in doing so one of the things that appears to be missing from the masses of tuitional material available for bassists (or guitarists...or sax players etc) is any serious study of HOW TO PRACTICE. There's almost no literature available on goal setting, time management, aligning goals to materials practiced etc etc.
I had a re-read of my Lifewriting notes and wondered if you can point me in the direction of further information on the SMART system of goal setting and also if you had any other thoughts/resources that could help with this aspect of teaching?
Cheers from the UK
Paul
I've not posted for a while (god, at least a year) and though I've not been writing (for loads of reasons - all of them crap) I always check out your blog and occasionally the forum.
Anyway I've got some teaching questions for you (and the group in general).
I'm 44, have played bass guitar since I was 15. I'm OK, not brilliant but I don's suck and I've managed to turn it into a career in a sense (I manage 3 bands in the UK that play on the wedding/corporate circuit) and business is pretty good.
To cut to the chase, I bought my eldest son a bass for his 5th birthday and have started teaching him (I know that might seem kinda young, but there's a guy in the States called Victor Wooten who started when HE was 5 and man, he absolutely burrrrnnnnssss). And I've also started getting involved in teaching other students (the usual thing, someone heard about it and his nephew had just started playing and needed lessons, and HE had a friend who played...etc etc and things are starting to snowball into another business).
Anyhow I've been trying to organize my approach to teaching into some kind of master document and in doing so one of the things that appears to be missing from the masses of tuitional material available for bassists (or guitarists...or sax players etc) is any serious study of HOW TO PRACTICE. There's almost no literature available on goal setting, time management, aligning goals to materials practiced etc etc.
I had a re-read of my Lifewriting notes and wondered if you can point me in the direction of further information on the SMART system of goal setting and also if you had any other thoughts/resources that could help with this aspect of teaching?
Cheers from the UK
Paul
