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Discover, Learn, and Play is an innovative, online, self-paced, music learning program developed by the professional educators of the Dallas School of Music in partnership with the technology experts at MusickEd.com. The program is currently being used by music makers and enthusiasts all over the world.
We believe that everyone can benefit from learning music and playing an instrument. Our campaigns to promote music-making have targeted public and private schools, homeschool groups, church organizations, music retailers, and even active senior centers. Through our affiliate program you can help us provide our brand of quality music education and earn 15% recurring commissions on all members that you refer!
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Our affiliate tracking cookies are "forever" cookies. This means you can earn commissions for as long as your referral remains a member - even if they cancel and re-new at a later date!
All transactions are processed securely by the PayPal system and your affiliate portions are deposited instantly to the account of your choice. There's no waiting for checks to clear or snail mail, just instant deposits upon every membership and renewal.
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It's an easy process to set up your personal affiliate account and you can tailor the presentation to your desired objectives. We'll even provide several artwork options, and links to our community to make your affiliation as strong as possible. So tell your story, spread the word, and start earning now!
A wise old teacher and mentor once said, "The greatest thing about music is the people you meet through it" ...and we couldn't agree more. Patrick Oliver Kohalmi is a personal trainer, web- entrepreneur, and budding soprano sax player from Hune, Nordjyllan, Denmark, a picturesque area just off the coast of the North Sea.
The beautiful but rugged landscape in Hune creates a cool contrast to the IKEA-like interior designs of homes and businesses in the region. So where does someone from this area with a passion for soprano sax go to learn the instrument? Discover, Learn, and Play of course!
We met Patrick a few months ago when he submitted a few videos and friend-ed us on facebook. It's easy to see that he is quite a character and very passionate about a number of interests in his life. He recently agreed to answer a few questions for this blog and he agreed to share his story with other DLP users -enjoy!
POK - I am a personal trainer (coach) and I'm working on my webshop. So, I am a fitness and bodybuilding guru. :) I have been playing piano since I was 12 years old. I got some piano lessons when I was 15, but it was only 25 minutes per week and lasted only a half year...it was too expensive. I never really learned to read notes, instead I learned songs by ear and at the time my inspiration was Richard Clayderman.
I heard Kenny G's songs when I was about 20 years old and I really liked them. At that time, I wasn't interested in learning to play sax but I think I got the idea about 2 years ago that it could be cool to be as good as Kenny G. I lost my job and I thought it would be a good time to start something new. I said "I want a soprano saxophone, I want to be good as Kenny G!".
So I bought a Yamaha and have been learning it for exactly a year. The first time I ever tried to play on it I loved it. Fantastic instrument! I did not have a private teacher, I have used "Discover, Learn, and Play" and checked youtube for information when I was in doubt about something. I bought the same reeds and mouthpiece that Kenny G uses. I also bought a lot of music books and now that I have been through all 20 lessons of the Kore Series I can try to learn some of Kenny's songs.
What I liked most about the lessons were the songs. Even at a beginner level, they have a good melody and background play-alongs. You can enjoy them without getting bored and thinking: "Oh God, when will I become a pro so I can play good melodies?" I have suggested DLP for one of my friends who got a guitar for his birthday. I still have to practice song 2 and 3 in Lesson 20 a bit more to make them perfect and I will be sending those videos soon!
We think you are doing a fantastic job Patrick and we look forward to hearing more from you along the way. PS - the Kore Series II and Jazz Series are coming along - we'll let you know when they're ready to go!
Be sure to visit our User-YouTube page to see Patrick and a few other DLP member performances.
"MediaFire is an amazingly simple tool that allows our users to share their video performances quickly and easily" said Bob Lawrence, president of MusickEd.com. "It eliminates the problem of attaching and sending large files via email and replaces it with one simple drag and drop process".
All of the song pages within the Kore Series now include the MediaFire interface and the 'file description' prompt allows users to include their Name, Email, City, Series Title, Lesson Number, and Song Title for each video. After approval, our staff can provide feedback and/or make the files available to other Kore Series learners world-wide.
MediaFire is based in The Woodlands, Texas, just north of Houston. We are proud to support another Texas business!
Click Here to create your FREE MediFire account and start sharing your videos with the world!
SHINE is a non-profit 501c3 organization designed to provide cooperative opportunities and a support network to families educating their children at home in the Northeast San Antonio, TX area.
SAIL is a member-governed, inclusive community of homeschooling families in the McKinney, Texas area. We encourage and respectfully support a membership diverse in homeschool style, race, religion, life philosophy, political views, and family composition and situation.
We look forward to helping you all enjoy the benefits of adding music to your current curriculum and activities. For those families already playing and learning music, our program can act as a fantastic base curriculum or supplement your current course of study. If you are new to making music, your membership includes the full support of our professional faculty as well as access to an extensive online support center.
We'd like to invite you to attend one of our FREE weekly webinars. We'll guide you through each step, explain how we use it with our students here on campus, and show you how you can get the most out of it at home. We'll also answer any questions you might have along the way.
This post is in response to one of our users trying to tune her saxophone using an electronic tuner. She said she was having trouble matching the written pitches she was playing with the letter names on the read out. We realized she didn't know her alto sax is actually in the key of Eb!
We'll spare you the mystifying and convoluted history lesson on why this has come to be and just get on with the gist of the information.
Many instruments are already in the key of C which simply means, when you play a C on these instruments, it registers a C on a tuner. Those of you learning piano, keyboards, flute, oboe, bassoon, mallets, trombone, baritone horn, euphonium, tuba, violin, fiddle, viola, cello, acoustic bass, bass guitar, or voice - you are hereby dismissed! All of those instruments are in the key of C and the letter name of the note you're reading and sounding will match up with the letter name on your tuner (provided of course, that you are in fact in tune). Hooray for you - now go practice!
(PS - Guitars are also in C - however, the note you're sounding is actually an octave lower than where it is written on the staff... don't even ask...but you too, are excused).
For the rest of you, it's best to memorize the following concert-key mantra; "MY C IS CONCERT KEY!" C'mon, say it with me... "MY C IS CONCERT KEY", LOUDER NOW! "MY C IS CONCERT KEY!" Good! Now here's what it means;
If you play:
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Sax, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Cornet, or Flugelhorn these instruments are in the key of Bb. When you play a C, (as in, "my C") it will read Bb on the tuner ("= concert key").
Alto Sax and Baritone Sax are in the key of Eb. When you play a C, (as in, "my C") it will read Eb on the tuner ("= concert key").
And, French Horn is in the key of F. When you play a C, (as in, "my C") it will read F on the tuner ("= concert key").
Luckily, most all music you'll be reading (like songs in the Kore Series for example) has already been transposed for you. You will however need to remember the "MY C is CONCERT KEY" mantra when working with a tuner or when reading the same piece of music with someone who plays an instrument keyed differently than yours (more on that later).
We hope this helps. Now everyone can go practice.... and happy musicking!
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