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This is not your basic/simple ordinary (boring) "piano" lesson. |
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Music is the Universal Language and there is Psychological Power in Music! |
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We ae an Alternative Solution to the common statement "MY CHILD IS ADDICTED TO GAMING!" MUSIC & VIDEO CREATIONS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND™ |
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Do you know that saying "think-out-of-the-box"? Well, that has been our founder's life. Our focus is to teach your teen to play keyboards (and soon other instruments), and how to craft song lyrics and melodies which we then may evolve into a music video through a very unique-award winning custom approach. They learn about "boring" music theory without realizing it's a good thing! Your teen is obviously surrounded by technology, and why not utilize the tools you already own to encourage fun, creative, and productive "practice" schedules? Some of our students are already playing keyboards and singing in churches and performing on public stages at the age of only 7! Some of our teens have full albums of music published already!Your teen is introduced to music more through "video games" since they were toddlers then you were by listening to the radio growing up. Hmm? You may often say in utter frustration " MY TEEN IS ADDICTED TO GAMING!" Well, using the same devices (smartphones & tablets) which helped to cause this problem, we use to give a successful ENTICING MORE PRODUCTIVE ALTERNATIVE! |
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We understand that some students are aspiring performers who wish to incorporate technology, and others use these skills to help improve their mind's ability to better excel in other subjects, after all: MUSIC IS MATH and there are "rules of thirds", contrast "ratios" & "rhythms" in video editing! Soon we will be teaching all kinds of apps, (see below) and other alternative controller instruments like "MIDI" (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) Guitar, Drum Pads, Violin & Cello, Electronic Wind Instruments (EWIs), Malletkats (Vibes/Marimbas) and more. This is what we call MusicTech Teens® and our "TEENS" excel! |
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REQUIRED INSTRUMENTS/APPS & SUPPLIES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We run parallel courses for MAC & Droid products. The most popular app is "GarageBand" (it has evolved immensely since its birth) which is easily attainable on an iPhone or iPad/laptop and FL Studio Mobil. Your device should have AT LEAST 32 GB of memory or more. (An "Apple" is a "Fruit" and GrarageBand started with great recorded "loops" of acoustic sounds. Many of the world's greatest musical "bands" were formed by people who's housemates ordered them to go play in the "garage"! Droids simply "copied" the concept with "Fruity" Loops of sounds.) An electronic MIDI keyboard is helpful but not neccessary. (I have had the honor to meet Mr. Dave Smith several times who invented this code in 1981.) It is required if you are going to take private lessons in keyboard performnace. Here is the difference between styles. |
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This is SkyRoom Studio (in 2014) when Professor Musial applied for the Unied States Trademark® You can do much of this now on an iPad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Professor David Musial is an Award-Winning • Music & Video Creator and Producer. |
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Free Informational 1/2 Hour lunchtime SEMINARS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
One Hour Interactive WEBINARS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PRIVATE LESSONS: |
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Online "VIRTUAL BAND" GROUP of 4 LESSONS: |
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So... how does this work? It's fun and easy! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We meet twice a week for 2 hours at a time for one month, with all 4 students on the screen with the teacher, who has multiple cameras in use so it is almost like bering there in person! The student needs to be in a relatively QUIET living room so a parent can enjoy the session, but the student "VIRTUAL BANDMATES" do the talking to each other. Since we will share the Music Session in a "cloud account" the Virtual Bandmates will collaborate together after the class and "jam"! Parents, you will be saying "MY TEEN's ADDICTED TO MAKING MUSIC! Sorry :-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sometinmes the parent also learns like Timmy Cudmore the "King FishMan" who now has published over 1,700 songs on SoundCloud all because he watched me teach his son Brady to do this OnLine from way up in Prince Edward Island, Canada! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Your teen learns the basic about singing, songwriting, and the basic styles of music, plus they get a unique introduction to the technology that is already in their hands (iPhones, iPads, etc). We form a "VIRTUAL BAND" Online, and the teens share a Music Session "in-the-cloud", and then make a music video with their smartphone camera and iMovie in a fun way! Prof. Musial has received a multitude of positive comments about his teaching style, but the most unique is his ability to exercise extreme PATIENCE. Let’s face it, the more brilliant a young mind is, the more it needs to be occupied. Music & Video can help channel these energies and David has developed a very powerful method, to help the teen direct this energy in creative arts. Our Videos are like our "RECITALS"! Look at the videos on the sites! See the "outcomes". | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The "VIRTUAL BAND" acts like a real 4-piece "group" with at least one singer, maybe more? (We all sing a little!) The APPS have great "loops" of pre-recorded real instruments, AND we can play in sounds as well. So each "BAND" will obviously be different, but in general, we will assign an instrument category for the song between the 4 members in our OnLine Course. One teen will be the "Drummer" one the "Bassist" one "Keyboardist" and another the "Guitarist". We then discuss things we all have in common to help us write song lyrics. He also teaches or "refreshes their minds" about the differences between the basic music classifications like Pop, Jazz, Rock, Country, Urban (the differences between Rap, RnB & HipHop), Dance/EDM, Ethnic, Classical, etc. We provide a "reference" page where the teen can quickly check out samples on Spotify which helps to understand the discussions. We learn about the basics of room acoustics and how to make a "vocal" or "isolation" booth in your home with blankets, pillows, or even a clothing closet! Once the instrumental "track" or "beat" is made, we do some vocal scales & warm-ups and learn how to easily record thew vocal in segments. He teaches us to do a "mix" (he will do the final "mastering"), and then we start the music video. We create a concept, use props in our home, film in our back yards or on the public sidewalk in front of your home, and then we learn how to edit to the beat, and "presto" a Music Video is made and we premier it on the NextGen Stars® YouTube Channel! Prof. Musial's been doing this for over 25 years, long befor "Idol" was born! LOL |
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Oh, this is not your “ordinary” kids group music lesson! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On Jun. 25, 2019 this is now an Official REGISTERED United States Trademark #87234740 |
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Samples of some "Outcomes" by Prof. Musial | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A 7-Year-Old Plays, Sings in Church, Makes Music Video I WANNA PLAY IN THE SNOW TAKE A STAND WE, ARE, DRUG, FREE! PROUD TO BE WHAT DA HECK IS DYNGUS DAY? THE SUPER BOWL SUCKS IT's MY CASTLE HORRAY FOR HOLI HAI! MY IRISH FRIES ARE SMILING SKATE DANCE I thought “ hmm, the power of music”! Then I noticed an older man walked by who looked familiar, and he happened to be “Gene” the owner of the roller rink who is there 18 years ago when I used to hang out there… I pulled him aside and thank him for the good memories. I then thought to myself maybe someday I’ll write a song about him and give it to me as a gift… Also knowing I probably would never have the time. The next day on my way back home to New York City I got off the airplane and onto a subway… And all of a sudden the train stopped underground. It broke. So bored, and kind of trapped, I searched my pockets and found a napkin in a pen and that’s where I decided to write a song about "Gene "called “get on the floor and skate now“! Once they fixed the train and I got home I went into my studio and I made an instrumental track and I sang it as a demonstrational song. The next day I had a teen from the area come in and sing it. A few months later I returned at Christmas time and I gave it to Gene at the roller rink. He was confused and I said have your DJ play it… And he did… And nothing happened because the kids never heard it… OK I thought, I did a good deed! Two months later he returned to celebrate my dad’s birthday and I passed the roller rink by and it was packed… I did a U-turn and pulled into the Rink and there is Gene at the front door and he proclaims “Dave check this out”. DJ plays “skate now“ and swish hundreds of kids came to the floor and I couldn’t wait to shout out what you gonna do? “ call rollerskating”, where? “ at Orchard Park”! Wow, the song became a hit at this roller rink! I came back a month later with the singer from New York City area and the kids went nuts over this song and I suddenly realize there’s a need for music for roller skating rinks! I wrote a second song “Skate Dance” and had a brother and sister kid act record it and it’s been performed all over the nation. This song inspired the making of SKATE DANCE RECORDS, and now we have about 30 songs in our catalog. ON TURKEY DAY WHAT SHOULD I BE? WE LOVE CHRISTMAS TREES I'M A SPUNKY PUMPKIN THE FIDGET SPIN DANCE I HAVE A REAL DREAM
Visit the "Testimonials" to see our outcomes! |
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THE INSPIRATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prof. David Musial is a master at Music Technology winning “Instructor-Of-The-Year” at New York University & a high award at Best Colleges for the Music Technology program he created at Stevens Institute of Technology. He also inspired the “Student Division” for the “Bob Moog Foundation” THE Music Technology Legend! He is also a master in conducting Choirs. One song with a children’s chorus section “Spread Peace All Over The World”, was used by the United Nations for the 50th Anniversary. He has been a professional church musician since the age of 10! He was hired to play the king of instruments, the PIPE ORGAN and to accompany a choir of about 20 singers at a church in Buffalo. He has gone on to conduct a multitude of choirs, many where with children… especially at Christmas time with songs like “The Drummer Boy” & “O Christmas Tree”. Most of Professor Musial's college "kids" when asked the question "Where do your see your self after graduation?" answer; I wanna make MSUIC for VIDEO GAMES! When one student entered SkyRoom Student at age 6, he asked Professor Musial if he could play the song "Minecraft"? Musial knows many, many songs but never heard of this song. His mom interrupted the session and apologized and said that the boy was obsessed with this video game and thought he was in Video Game Paradise with all of the "Computer Screens" in SkyRoom! So David thought "Hmm, how on Earth am I going to get this excited, rambunctious child to ever learn to play boring scales, which are so vitally important? Presto, Musial instantly wrote a song with him titled "Zombie Dance" and used 3 scales and words inspired by the boy’s visual explanation of his dream to be inside a video game. This instantly captivated the boy’s attention. Musial proceeded to record the song with loops of sounds the boy selected (he thinks he making MUSIC for a VIDEO GAME). He then taught the boy to sing it into a top quality Mic and they make a pop-dance song! Musial then filmed and edited a music video starring the boy at just age 6! The bow now had already played the grand piano and the pipe organ and sang in POLISH in his church 4 times at just age 7. He can't wait to practice and asks every Sunday at church if he can play more! Now he has become a live stage performer, all because of the unique, Award-Winning "MusicTech Kids™" approach to teaching children the art of Music! |
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HOW THIS TECHNIQUE EVOLVED | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Music Technology was introduced to David when he was just 7 years old and he has been a professional church musician since the age of 10! His father Alfred Arthur "ART" Musial was born with a musical gift to be able to "play by ear" where he could hear something and start to play it on a keyboard. He also had an eye for the camera and would often make home movies on super 8mm film, and eventually on VHS video. His dad also was a natural carpenter, electrician, and auto mechanic. David learned the "the apple does not fall far from the tree!" David was surprisingly hired to play the king of instruments, the PIPE ORGAN, and to accompany a choir of about 20 singers at a church in Buffalo at the tender age of 10. David Musial was a child prodigy and simply, innocently could not understand why none of the other kids were doing this, but politely did not publicly question it. David has gone on to conduct a multitude of choirs, many for children… especially at Christmas time with songs like “The Drummer Boy” & “O Christmas Tree”. David has since worked on or produced over 1,000 songssongs with Music Technology tools, worked on over 400 TV show episodes including many cartoons, video games and film scores! He worked his way through the early days of college teaching children how to read music and play the piano and organ. He then won scholarships to the prestigious Juilliard School of Music Conservatory where he studied Orchestration, Electronic Music, and the Psychology of Music, Musial earned "Instructor-Of-The-Year" 4 times at New York University by the undergraduate student government. Professor Musial's Music Technology work on the "Anti-Bullying" venture created by the United States Department of Education won an Emmy Award for MTV! A 12-year-old boy was one of the singers. Many of his students get hired to act and sing in cartoons he also works on, how cool? Many eventually perform at D.A.R.E. Drug Awareness Graduations for 10-year-old kids, we even performed at the International Convention! His "Smart Trax®" educational media company won a unique, prestigious award for "PROMOTING POSITIVE MESSAGES THROUGH MUSIC" to the youth of our nation by the United States Department of Justice. He went on to design the Bachelor's Degree in Music Technology Stevens Institute of Technology and his curriculum won second place in the nation as the “Most Innovative Changing The Industry”! He has taught hundreds of children, and some have grown up to perform in Disney, in Sports Arenas, on Broadway, and even in the “Hall of Heroes” in the Pentagon, imagine that? David uses Music Technology instruments live and via “tape” to make the sounds of realistic orchestras. This has worked so well that he was featured in the New York Times, Business Week, and also Modern Liturgy magazines! One song with a children’s chorus section “Spread Peace All Over The World”, was used by the United Nations for the 50th Anniversary. He then won the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Award! Now Prof. Musial is directing his own school of Music Technology at the amazing SkyRoom Studio perched high in a Penthouse Suite in Newport/Jersey City, as a private consultant and this is the “Kids” division! Prof. Musial is in discussions with book publishers for his new Paper/eBook & cartoon series called “MusicTech Kids®”. More details here and course details soon. See what his students say! |
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"MAX" ther Mascot named after Musial's Computer Music Code Mentor Dr. "Max" Mathews, because Prof. Musial conducted electronic music research at NYU from 1990-1992 in a very early version of "Max/MSP. Prof. Musial went on to teach a student how to use this app at Stevens Institute of Technology and then supervised a summer research grant display of the work at the Statue of Liberty Science Center. The mascot image was re-designed below to be more "friendly" under comission by Brady® Cudmore |
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