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The other day I talked about Smart Music and how they charge for their service. Well, I received a comment asking how a company like this survives when there are other platforms such as YouTube that can reach out and teach someone how to play just about anything. Smart Music focuses more on a classroom setting then a computer/self taught process. Smart Music allows the student to play along with the music they are practices and in an effort to guide them what they have done wrong and what they are doing right. This also gives the teachers a sense of how their students are doing outside of the classroom.
Now I never said that I personally think that this program is great nor have I actually seen it used in a classroom setting but I just wonder myself how efficient this really is. I remember when I was in Junior High and High School, if we needed help our music teacher was there an hour after school to lend his/her help to us. Yet, I do feel that Smart Music is a much more useful program to a band student then YouTube.
As for some more ways of learning, Hudson Music is a video and audio product support company. They supply videos for music instructions and entertainment. The program and membership is free through http://www.hudsonmusic.com/hudson/ you can purchase and download some video lessons, audio and play-along tracks. Hudson focuses mainly on playing the drums. Some of their instant downloads include: Getting Started on Djembe, Getting Started on Cajon and Intense Metal Drumming II. Hudson Music has a feature about their artists, from jazz drummer legend Buddy Rich to individual snare drum champion Jeff Queen.
If you know someone or who may be a drum teacher, they can register in the program to share and learn about how to incorporate the material from Hudson Music into their teachings.
The video below presents the Hudson Music Teacher Integration Program.