Instruction
Over the years I have taught tennis, science, drama, audio, video, and streaming media. I enjoy the discerning task of breaking complex topics / skills down into linear, digestible lessons, uniquely tailored to a student’s needs and abilities.
From 1999 to 2010 I taught audio, video and web media production at the Art Institute of Seattle. I liken that job to an “instructor olympics,” as it forced me to dissect, categorize, and re-deliver a large portion of my technical understanding on a regular basis. It is one thing to know a lot about a subject. It is entirely another thing to be able to teach what you know to another human being concisely, fluently, and with a high degree of retention. There is nothing like having to teach a subject to discover what it is you really know about it!
More recently, I have distilled my knowledge of audio and Ableton Live in particular into a series of books. Any crannies of unclarity that had not been ironed-out while teaching for a decade were gone over with a microscope while writing these books. Nothing like writing a book to REALLY discover what you know! (And what you don’t know, you know?)
I am also an Ableton Live Certified Trainer, which means I have proven to Ableton that I know what I know, and can present what I know to others with a high degree of skill. To that end, I am the Lead Trainer at WarpAcademy.com, an online school that I started with Drew “Vespers” Betts and Andrew “Myagi” Mavor, where we have a very broad and deep curriculum for learning Live. The quality is high, and the prices are low—stop by and see what we have to offer.
