Nima Abbasi performs “Klangbild 24” by Carlo Domeniconi

At times, people who are studying music seem to judge themselves on the complexity of the music being learned. As music listeners, we, more often than not, could not care less about the complexity of a piece of music. Nima Abbasi’s performance of Carlo Domeniconi’s “Klangbild 24” reminds me of the importance of enjoying the moment when somebody is performing. I trust that you will enjoy his interpretation of what to me is a piece of music that has timeless beauty. It is “one-take Domeniconi”, which is not “a thing” yet but still possibly could be! I look forward to making more videos for his “one-take” interpretations recorded during these pandemic times.

Once a train leaves a station, it moves along at its own pace. I have found classical guitarists of all ages make significant progress once they “leave the station” and move in a direction that helps them help themselves. I hope that makes some sense of the train in the video.

A Student’s Debut Video Performing a William Beauvais Composition.

As I mentioned previously, the changing circumstances of the past year led me to make some changes to my own skill set. I had noted that I never had done anything in terms of using my creative energy to produce videos. Relying on others to do so for Globe Educational Services with varying degrees of success did not help students at Globe Educational Service, which is a decision I made in very different circumstances compared to those of 2021. I see students working so hard on music daily. I wondered for a while what I could do in terms of adding some new ways of helping them with their creativity and sharing their efforts with you. I decided to learn how to use Blender, which is an open source program used for animation and video editing, in response to the needs of students. I am pleased to be able to feature a student performance on this website for the first time It does not seem likely that there will be any in-person performances this year so please enjoy this presentation of Chicago Style Blues (for Gary Gontier) composed by William Beauvais and performed by Matthew Yang.

Blender: Open Source Programs

The changing circumstances of the past year led me to make some changes to my own skill set. I had never done anything in terms of using my creative energy to produce videos. I had relied on others to do so for Globe Educational Services with varying degrees of success. When I see students working so hard on music, I wonder what I can do in terms of adding some new ways of helping students with their creativity becoming part of the larger canvas of society. I decided to learn how to use Blender, which is an open source program used for animation and video editing, in response to the needs of students. Moving forward, I will be featuring student performances on this website with videos produced by Globe Educational Services. It does not seem likely that there will be any in-person performances this year so having students be able to work toward recording and having a video for their ongoing efforts might be a distant second but for now it will suffice.

Blender has made making music more fun for students.

More Performance Anxiety Considerations

As mentioned previously, students identified performance anxiety as a trouble spot in regard to their learning how to play guitar. The video embedded below was made to help students understand some aspects of during-the-performance anxiety. If you have any questions or comments, please direct them to Globe Educational Services so we can help you be the guitarist everybody listens to.

Performance Anxiety Experienced By Music Students

Students have mentioned performance anxiety as a trouble spot even while preparing for daily practice. The video embedded below was made to help students understand some aspects of pre-performance anxiety. If you have any questions or comments, please direct them to Globe Educational Services so we can help you be the guitarist everybody listens to.

How To Learn To Play Guitar Well — Performance Anxiety Considerations