Aug. 25, 2025

The Sound of Gold with guest Zayas Music Studio

The Sound of Gold with guest Zayas Music Studio
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Season 1

The importance of keeping real music alive! At Zayas Music Studio- A Private music studio school in Jupiter Florida. A place where all music students are welcomed at all ages. No matter what instrument you choose. Learning to play an instrument is beneficial for a healthy mind.

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Hi, welcome to the Sound of Gold. I'm so glad

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to have you listening or watching me today, if you've

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been here for me, if you've heard me before, or

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even if you haven't.

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My name is Lisa Evagold.

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I'm a music composer. They call me the instant composer

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because I create my own music, and I'm also a

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music teacher. I teach piano, and I do a lot

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of other things, but to keep it focused, that's what

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I do mainly. And my reason for having this show

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is there is so much talent.

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Out there in our communities that I really think that

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a lot of people don't give me attention they need.

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And I also believe that a lot of us musicians

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or family parents or seniors all ages who are inspired

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to be musicians want to learn and the best way

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to learn is to have a music coach, a music teacher,

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or go to a music school that's local. And I

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think the more support we can get when we're wanting

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to learn how to play an instrument, the better of

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a student, not a student, but a better musician we've

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become because we get to learn from people that are

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that have come before us. And even myself, even though

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I'm a music teacher, I still enjoy taking lessons because

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being a musician, there's never any like Okay, I've reached

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that platform and I'm done. So it's always constantly growing,

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constantly learning and learning.

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Music, especially from a music coach, music teacher, music school.

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It's a gift you give yourself. And if you are

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a parent who's considering having your children take lessons, believe me,

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it is a gift you give your children. And I

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have my own story.

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I would not be here today playing without the influence

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of my parents investing in the lessons that I took

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for many years.

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Well, today I have a very.

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Special guest on with me.

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I have Renee Zias and Renee and her husband Danny

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own Zia's music studios in Florida, so let's welcome Renee

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to our show today.

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Hi, Renee, thank you so much for having me.

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How are you great?

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Thanks so much for having me on your show today.

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You're welcome. Thank you so much, Renee.

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I'm I'm first of all, I'm.

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Honored to be a teacher at your school. I think

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I've been there five years now. Yeah, And and I

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know you have a busy family life, and the fact

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that you took time out to do this today means

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so much for me. And you know everything I think,

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but I believe comes full circle when it comes to

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karma and and and what we believe in and who

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we believe in. And I'm very grateful for you and

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so many ways, and especially today, especially the schools recently

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started and whether kids are homeschooled or going to school,

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we're all, I guess readjusting to a new schedule.

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So thank you for fitting me.

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Oh absolutely, It's an honor. Thanks Lisa.

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So again, I'm I've been a teacher at at your

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school for five years and I personally never knew about

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like the background of the school. I just love you

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and Danny, and I love the energy that Zia's has

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and and I love the students I have and I

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will be there for forever if the studio exists forever,

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and but other than that, please share with me and

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share with the listeners and the viewers how it all began,

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Like what inspired you and Danny to start this?

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What?

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What's the story behind it all?

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Yeah, it's kind of an interesting story. It's it's kind

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of the kind of story a lot of people love

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and probably grab Tate too, and I would think would

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relate to. It was something that never we didn't pursue it,

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it pursued us.

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Is kind of the moral of the story to go

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way back.

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This is another interesting piece of like our music background.

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My husband, I call him Daniel, but probably the community

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knows him best as Danny or mister Danny. He was

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in a traveling, well known band at the time called

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Tenth Avenue North. This is pre our music school. So

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he and I actually toured, we did the whole road

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life thing for a little under two years together. He

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was in the band for five years and you know,

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the married couples shared a one row on a passenger van,

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so we had you know the classic you know, startup

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band life, which they ended up becoming very popular and

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well known, so we're so thrilled for them.

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And then we came.

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Off the road just because that life is very taxing,

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especially when we're married, and we just began kind of

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re establishing our life through music. And one of those

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was he began teaching just privately out of his home

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on the side and while he was.

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Doing the rest of his degree in music.

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And before you know, we had this little apartment kind

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of in a not so great part of town, and

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we had ended up having like thirty students over time,

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just kind of coming in and out of our dinky,

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little apartment.

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And one day we just kind of looked at each

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other like, is this something?

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Is this something we didn't even know we needed or

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we knew could be. And one day we just kind

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of made the decision to take the risk and to

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just go for it. And our little tiny living room

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was getting very crowded.

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As you can imagine.

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I would be cooking dinner on the stove and there'd

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be parents in my living room, and so one day

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we just decided to go for it, and what do

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we have to lose? So we got a commercial space

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down the street, and initially we were looking at like

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a one or two room, super small space, and the

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landlord we were working with at the time was like, oh,

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I'm sorry, I can't let you have that space.

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It's not the right zoning. But I have this other space.

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And it was to us at the time, this massive

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commercial space. You're like, we're never going to fill this,

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like it's just us and one maybe one other teacher.

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But it ended up working out, and you know, within gosh,

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a few years, we ended up not just filling the

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whole space, but over the span of eight years having

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to build out within the space that we had, and

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we had to keep adding rooms. So it really was

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something that pursued us at the end of the day,

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and we had no idea it would be what it

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is now now. You know, we have eleven teachers, we

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have we just you know, relocated, expanded our and we're

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adding more programs, group group lessons, workshops, performance space, the

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whole thing. So it really has been a family business

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and the heart of it it will always be and

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our passion is very much.

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Too twofold to continue.

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Passing on music of course, and the development of music,

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but also using as a means to build integrity in

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the next generation, to it's it's kind of an avenue

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of mentorship and having partnering with parents. You know, my gosh,

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I think every parent could raise their hand and say

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we need we need some help. So we're kind of

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like you know how it is that you're the third

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the third influence in their life a lot of times,

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and that's a really special thing to have.

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Yes it is, Yes it is. Now how many students

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do do you have? Now?

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A total in the school?

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Yeah?

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Right now we're right around the three hundred students arena

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and we are definitely growing, so that's exciting.

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Now I only know what I know, and I know

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I'm only there once a week, so I only hear

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bits and pieces. Now there are different there. I teach piano,

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and then you have drums, you have guitar, you have

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is there violin lessons?

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Not violin?

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We do guitar, drums, voice, bass, ukulele. I'm missing anything

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else in piano of course, Okay.

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And then we're in the fall. We're in a new

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school year, so everyone's schedule has changed. But I know

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over the summer there were different camps and different programs

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that were offered. Now are they going to continue over

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the school? Year or because of the news schedule, it's

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not that's not going to work.

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Yeah, So we have a few different things that we're

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super excited about. We're actually launching soon. We have a

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group band Ensembles, which are so fun. It's you know,

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taking kids out of the classroom and plugging them into

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a full band setting, which is such a great experience.

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So it's like the liaison between their private lesson time

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and doing like annual showcases and recitals, which you know

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we have and are so fun. So that's a really

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exciting addition to our programs. And then we also have

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we're gonna be offering group guitar lessons, group piano lessons eventually,

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and group drum lessons. And then one really fun thing

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happening soon is our Junior Music class, which is going

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to be for targeting, like we call it, grown ups

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and their littles is kind of who it's for. So

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it's you know, for those students who are under the

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age of five, who aren't quite ready for private one

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on one lessons.

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It's an opportunity for the parent and their.

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Young one to just have a fun time together.

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And explore music and have exposure to it in a

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really fun, playful setting.

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So that's something we're also going to be launching this fall.

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Is that something similar to because I have a daughter

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that's well she's twenty eight now, but back when she

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was a baby, I remember like programs like Jimboree or

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Mommy and Me kind of programmed.

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Yes, exactly, it's right along those lines.

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Okay, moving on, I know, like, well not really, but

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kind of. The students range from like five years old

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to whatever, like a hundred yes.

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Yes, yes, one hundred.

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Yes, I mean I think I would give someone an

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award for taking lessons that one hundred.

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That's amazing.

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One of my private students, in fact, I had her

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this morning, she's ninety four. Wow, Danny to help me

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pick music. There was a song I needed to find

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and he helped me find it, which was I was

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very thankful because it has nothing to do with but anyway,

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I always appreciate your feedback and your husband's feedback. So

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the school ranges from ages five to one hundred, which

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I mentioned, And I love the different programs that I

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didn't even know that went on there. And I love

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the fact that the ensemble that idea I think is

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so important because I'll focus on myself. When I took

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thirteen years old lessons, I started at the age of five,

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and when I became a teenager, I kind of rebelled.

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But then when I grew up, I went back to

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playing and learning. But I think the hardest thing to

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break through is that that one of those one on

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one lessons and then they go home, practice by yourself,

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and then come back and play what you've learned. The

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hardest thing, what I'm getting at, is like if I

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go out and play with a group of friends, like

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I wasn't trained to do that. If you sit me

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down a piano and say, okay, play in front of

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like a stadium of ten thousand people, I can do that.

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But if you put like a band with me, I'm like, okay,

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I'll just sit here and watch.

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Because it's not different skill.

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It's a different skill, but different skills.

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So I love the idea that you're bringing that to

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the table because it's so needed because at the end

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of like the day, you know, I know what I know,

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or my students know what they know, but to be

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able to bring it in as a group, and especially

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looking at the next generation and where is music going,

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What is going to become of it? What is you know,

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what is it going to be in ten twenty years

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from now? Is it going to be as original?

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And as as as how did I say it?

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Not vulnerable? But as musicians, when we compose music, we're vulnerable.

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We're sharing those feelings and that's and when we listen

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to music, certain songs will be like, oh my gosh,

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it takes me back to that place or it makes

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me feel this way, and you can't recreate that on

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a computer.

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You can't recreate that like with AI. So it's so

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wonderful to continue to have this.

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Let's keep music alive.

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Let's you know, bring the kids in, bring the adults in,

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let's do one the one lessons, let's do group lessons.

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I love that, Yeah, love that well.

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And it's kind of like a we have students of

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all ranges, ages, stages of life, different goals in mind.

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Of course, as you can imagine, and most parents would agree.

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Now you know, their students may not plan on or

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have aspirations to pursue music full time in their future. However,

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it's such an incredible like developmental piece for adults and

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young students.

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It builds confidence, It connects your brain, you.

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Know, psychologically developmentally in a completely different way.

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Than academics or logic.

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Would It just kind of taps into a completely different

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part of you. I even I remember hearing from a

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kind of a testimony from one of our parents her

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this is like a very interesting thing to me. Her

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daughter had some sort of speech impediment and she was

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going to all of this medical physical therapy for it.

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Like they had tried several different things, and she had

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enrolled her student with us for voice lessons, and after

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a period of time of her taking voice lessons, her

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speech impediment completely went away. It was like it was

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like I couldn't believe it. I was like, are you joking.

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She's like, we tried everything.

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But it was her well singing.

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And something about it like just made her everything kind

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of aligne. And I think that's true of music in

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a lot of different areas, you know, just in our

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psyche and our soul and our bodies. Physically, it does

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have like a lot of power and wait and influence

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both for you know, adults and younger students.

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And we do work, you know, some with students.

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Who have some special needs, and that also we've watched

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so much improvement and growth.

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In those students through music.

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It's been pretty mind blowing over the years to watch

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the change that we see over time. And some of

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our students do go on to we've had we have

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I know at least two or three of our graduated

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students are Nashville and they're full time actively pursuing music production.

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Touring, recording, the whole thing.

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We have students like locally who are doing music full time.

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So it's it's been such an honor to watch the

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journey over the past seventeen years and kind of stepping

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in literally quite literally from generation to generation through music.

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That's amazing and it's so beautiful to see too. And

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I know I've had again, speaking for myself, I've had

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some students through Zaias that have been with me for

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a few years, and I've first of all the dedication

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and the commitment that goes into the instrument and learning

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how to play it. It's it's what I said earlier

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in the beginning of my show. I don't know if

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you if you heard before you came on, but music

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is a gift you give yourself, or music is a

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gift you invest in your kids. For because it's something

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that you grow upon, it's something that if you work

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at it, you never forget it. Or those who you

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know later on in life don't really didn't make it

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a career, but you could still remember, like Twinkle Twinkle,

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Little Star, like there's still there's little pieces of it

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that you just take with you forever.

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I mean, I not not to get off the subject,

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but the whole idea of what you were sharing with

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at one student to me and I share this in

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a very little way, but it comes from a big

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place in my heart. Like everything is energy, and sound

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is like our frequency, like the way people go about,

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like the behaviors. It's all frequency, and it's almost like

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the mut The instrument itself doesn't do any thing unless.

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You play it.

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I tell my students, they go, you're the magician. You're

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not only the musician. You're a magician because you get

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to create and you get to play. You know what

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we're learning the sheet music or what have you. But

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then I also encourage students to work on like I

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focus a little bit on ear training, I focus a

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little bit on improvisation, because you don't want to always

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play somebody else's music. Without feeling in it. So I

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just think, I just think it's a beautiful thing. And yeah,

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I want to continue to be that that inspiration as

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a teacher and as a musician to listeners and to

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my students. Another question I had for you is, I

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know personally that we've had every Christmas, we have our

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recitals for our piano students now again to just do pianos.

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So there's so much more that you and your husband

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put together throughout the year and the other teachers that

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it's just I'm always blown away, Like I'll come in

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the next day and here like some of the teachers

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talking about you know, the voice performances or the guitar performances,

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and it's just I mean, you guys are just so

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amazing and so I mean you bring our community to life,

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and I'm so thankful for you and for the school.

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But can you tell me a little bit more about

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the recitals and not only piano, but share with me

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some stuff I don't know.

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Yeah, yeah, So we keep kind of adding new things,

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and I'm sure you know, as we expand in the

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future there'll be more. But you know, historically we do

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the traditional piano recitals, which you're part of, which are

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so beautiful, and we always do it at Christmas time

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because it's just.

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A magical time of year.

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So we do our solo you know, students have individual

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solo pieces that they perform on the piano, which to

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me is for rightening. So the fact that like a

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five year old can get up on stage or and

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we have adults students as well that do the same,

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and it's it's really incredible to watch them kind of

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initially be nervous as you can imagine, but then after

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they get past that first experience, you again, like you

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see them shift. It's like there is a sense of

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confidence and poise, and it really does. It teaches students

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from a young age how to handle themselves in public right,

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how to perform, how to conquer fear, how to you know,

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stay focused when you're nervous, and there's just so many

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developmental things that are benefits from having a performance like that.

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So that's kind of like our piano recital is centered

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around individual students. And then in a second show that

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we do is what we call a full band showcase,

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so we take all of our other instruments, so guitar, bassed, drums,

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voice and like keyboard, not so much classical piano, but

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more the contemporary pop recording like coorting for piano. And

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we put them, the students in bands, which is like

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the coolest thing ever, and we give them a song.

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We work all semester on them learning their part for

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that song. We rehearse them as a band together. So

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it's more than just having hey, let me just showcase,

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you know, a little guitar student one at a time.

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It's a it's a full show, like a real experience

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getting to play with a live band. It's a really

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cool opportunity. So we do that and that's a massive show.

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I mean, we have probably between four to five hundred

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people attending that show.

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So that's really fun.

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And then we do vocal vocal showcases, usually in house,

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which are really intimate time where our vocal students get

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to select a song of their choice with their teacher

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and they get to showcase again in front of a

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smaller group of people, kind of more coffee house style.

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And again I think the piano recitals to me would

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be so nerve wracking. So I'm always so proud of

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our students, but voices you and I don't I mean

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you're piano teacher. But we always talk about how voice

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is probably the most vulnerable instrument of all of them.

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You think about it, it's very vulnerable. You don't have

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an instrument to hide behind. It is just you and

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your vocal cords and your audience.

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So voices is definitely.

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There's a lot of courage.

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And vulnerability that goes into being able to perform vocally.

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So we do try to create more of an intimate

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setting for our vocal students, just a little bit more conducive.

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Sure. Sure, And then look you said earlier, which I

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know too, having the students, having these recitals. For the students,

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it builds their confidence, especially in front of like an

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audience and in not really knowing where like the next

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generations are going to be going, knowing where we are now.

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I noticed there's a lot of like and I think

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you your boys are also homeschooled? Is that correct?

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Yes, So a.

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Lot of families today I'm finding are homeschooling their kids.

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In fact, I have family members that are homeschool My

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niece is being homeschooled. And so to have these extracurricular

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activities like going to a music school and working with

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a teacher one on one and then having a recital

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at a certain part of the year. I think it's

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huge for especially homeschooled kids, because it's giving them the

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opportunity to be in front of other social like a

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social setting, and then how how do you show up

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for that social setting? Because if we're home and I

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look at my niece and but she she is so

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so smart, she's got so much energy. Yet when she's

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in front of like so many people and she does

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play piano, she loves the attention and it's almost like.

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She wants to do her best.

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So it's almost like I'm finding the homeschooled children are

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almost performing even better because because they want to show

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up better, right, Yeah, I mean do you feel that?

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Yeah? Yeah, I mean.

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And there's also not as much insecurity there too, I

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think sometimes. I mean, I mean, I'm just speaking from

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my own experience. You know how peer pressure is. I mean,

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everything gets scrutinized, your overthinking every little move and action.

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So I think in my case, I've watched my kids

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really really pro like in their self esteem, and they're

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like they're just so not bothered by public speaking or

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performing or and I'm just like when I was your age,

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I think I probably would have been and most students

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would be, you know. So, yeah, think that is a

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little bit of a different element. But I wanted to

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kind of speak into something that's that is very pertinent

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to this generation, especially the one that's coming up underneath us.

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Is it we are even though kids that may or

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may not homeschooled or not homeschooled across the board, it's

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a very digital world, right AI, You're talking about everything's online,

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everything's not in person, right, We're making they're making connections

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that are really.

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Not face to face. Something like music.

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Is, especially when you're looking at it from a performance

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perspective or actually implementing music in a live way, is

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fostering and kind of keeping those skills alive in a

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very digital world. And I think a lot of younger

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students may be lacking in that area because everything is

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so online these days.

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Yeah, I'm yeah, I don't know, you know, I don't

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want to know what's going to be in the future,

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but I know that you and your husband, myself.

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The other teachers I work with, and then I know,

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you know, we want to keep it alive as much

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as we can, and yeah, I mean, I just believe

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we just keep doing what we're doing and give it

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the best that, you know, the best attention that we

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can and inspire. And yeah, just to me, music is

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everything I've I've been playing since I was five, and

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so I just couldn't see a life without it. And

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so to think of like a life just on a

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computer and just digitally synthesizing stuff like that, I don't know.

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My heart's you know, my heart is expressed when I'm playing.

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In fact, I tell my students that too. When you're

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playing music, Like we read the lyrics and I'm like,

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the lyrics is the story. Like in the music world,

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the lyrics is story, So like, what do you think

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about the story? Like, can you relate to the story?

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00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:07.039
How does the story make you feel? The more you

477
00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:10.519
can relate to the story, the more I want you

478
00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:14.400
to feel that when you're playing the music, because when

479
00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:19.039
you're when you're playing the words, you're not speaking them,

480
00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:21.200
you're playing them for me. So how does that feel?

481
00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:24.079
So the more you feel the music, the more I

482
00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.680
can hear it.

483
00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:25.319
Mm.

484
00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:28.200
Yeah, well it reminds me that saying, like, you know,

485
00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:30.519
music is the universal language.

486
00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:32.839
Who does who doesn't connect with music.

487
00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.079
Who doesn't.

488
00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:39.960
It's something that you know, cultures and ages, it's like

489
00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:43.960
everything kind of dissipates when music is there, Like we're

490
00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.880
all the same.

491
00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:47.039
When music is there, when music is present.

492
00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:52.079
So it really is a universal language that does need

493
00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:54.000
to be intentionally.

494
00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:57.640
Fostered and passed on to next generations. And it is.

495
00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:59.240
It's it's something that's.

496
00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:01.799
Always been in existence and in some ways.

497
00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:05.680
I had a guest on my show last week, David Goodman,

498
00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:08.680
and who's also a friend of mine, but he mentioned

499
00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:11.440
something about I think it was handless it with somebody

500
00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:16.200
else Africa and the drumming of it, like of the

501
00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:19.599
African tribes like that will never change. Like yes, some

502
00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:21.759
of them have are able to get to a computer

503
00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:24.359
to use, but for the most part, that's like one

504
00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.759
generation after the other. They have that drumming, they have

505
00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:30.559
that beat that they're like music is their life and

506
00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:35.160
and it's almost like, gosh, I don't know if bringing

507
00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:40.480
that that into our culture more into our culture because

508
00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:44.200
it's it's the heartbeat of the rhythm that really keeps

509
00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:48.319
it all going. And I'm not just saying drumming, it's

510
00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:52.720
just rhythm, melody, music, and you know the sound. Like

511
00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:55.559
you said, we're all it's a universal language. We can

512
00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:57.519
all no matter where we are in the world, if

513
00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:59.279
we hear a song, we're either gonna dance, or we're

514
00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:02.079
gonna cry, or we're gonna laugh, or we're gonna smile,

515
00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:06.559
or it's just it does something to the human being

516
00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:10.839
that it draws out, just it touches our deepest feelings.

517
00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:15.920
I just think music is amazing. And I know we

518
00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:19.119
kind of want to watch the time, and I know

519
00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:22.960
you have other obligations. Do you have any last minute

520
00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:25.680
words you want to share with us about Zia's studios.

521
00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:29.200
I know you were in Jupiter and Jupiter, Florida. Yep.

522
00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:32.640
Any inspiring words you'd like to share with our listeners

523
00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:36.200
and viewers.

524
00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:39.839
I'm also thinking about the people who may be listening.

525
00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:45.279
Obviously there's parents out there, and we're obviously adults. But

526
00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:51.559
to us adults, it's never too late to pick up music,

527
00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:53.480
to get back into music. And I can't tell you

528
00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:56.559
how many adults have walked through our doors, and they're

529
00:29:56.599 --> 00:30:01.119
probably the most fearful of them all too sign up

530
00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:03.240
or to try it or to get back into it.

531
00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:06.680
And I would just encourage those group of people like

532
00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:10.240
you'll never regret doing it. We've watched i think our

533
00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:14.039
adult students once they finally cross the threshold of just

534
00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:18.079
building enough courage to do it. There's some of our

535
00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:22.400
most long lasting clients because they just get hooked. They're

536
00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:24.880
just and you don't realize, I think is as you

537
00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:27.440
get older and you start adulting and parenting and doing

538
00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:30.200
all the life things you don't you know, passion in

539
00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:33.559
music and art and creativity tend to take a back burner,

540
00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:36.359
right Like we lose that in the in the midst

541
00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:39.079
of the demand and chaos that is adulting.

542
00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:42.480
But it is very much what we need.

543
00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:45.680
To stay grounded and to stay focused and to feel

544
00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:51.440
you know, centered in life. So to that demographic of

545
00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:55.039
people like I would just encourage them to, you know,

546
00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:59.000
pursue their passions in any art form if it's if

547
00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:02.559
music happens to be that it's just always such a

548
00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:06.799
beautiful way to express yourself and to find relief and

549
00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.880
kind of have an outlet.

550
00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:12.000
So that that would probably be my last closing thoughts.

551
00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:14.759
Well, thank you, Renee, thank you so much for your

552
00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:19.400
time today. And yeah, I just I mean not only

553
00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:22.400
because I'm a teacher at Zia's Music Studios. It's just

554
00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:25.759
such a warm, welcoming place. And I recently had other

555
00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:28.279
adult piano student. I'm not going to say names because

556
00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:32.920
I know she's looking another adult piano student. It took

557
00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:35.160
a break, but she came back, and then I have

558
00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:38.160
a piano student that's been with me for three years.

559
00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:40.400
And even though sometimes we kind of go over a

560
00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:44.319
lot of the same things for a while, there's no

561
00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:47.160
like there's no like goal date.

562
00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:48.720
That we're going to get like a song done, and

563
00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.960
that's for all of us.

564
00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:54.319
So yes, I agree, if you're an adult and you

565
00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:57.160
want to take lessons, don't limit like, don't limit yourself

566
00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:58.839
like you know you're too old or you're you know

567
00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:02.359
you're not gonna trust me. I think the older we get,

568
00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:06.039
like once we get past the young parenting, like the

569
00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:09.640
parenting of young children. Once our kids get older, we

570
00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:12.079
kind of as adults at least I'll speak for myself

571
00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:15.519
kind of have to find my place again and then

572
00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:18.480
almost have a rebirth of my own life and like

573
00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:20.240
what am I going to do now? And so if

574
00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:23.039
even if you're like an empty nest or type of parent,

575
00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:27.119
like think about taking lessons because it's just so much fun.

576
00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:29.640
It's you're giving back to yourself and you're doing something fun.

577
00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:32.160
And we've had we've had parents like that come in

578
00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:37.880
too recently or that, Yeah, absolutely lots of them. And

579
00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:40.960
so one last thing, how would what is the best

580
00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:42.759
way for students to get in touch with you if

581
00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:46.319
we have listeners that and not viewers on today? Is

582
00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:48.039
there a phone number they can call? Is there an

583
00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:50.480
email address or a website? Yeah?

584
00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:54.200
Our website honestly has so much information, it's very visual,

585
00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:58.720
it's very interactive. So our website is basically our music

586
00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:03.400
school's name, so it's Zius Studios Z A Y A

587
00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:05.720
S and then S T U, D I O S

588
00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:10.279
dot com. That is the best way you can find texting, phone, call, email,

589
00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:13.720
all of it on there, So Zius Studios dot com

590
00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:16.640
is the best route. Otherwise, we do have our local

591
00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:19.559
phone number which is five six one eight four two

592
00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:24.759
one five one five. We are on Instagram and Facebook

593
00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:28.279
as well. It's probably been a while since I've posted though,

594
00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:29.480
I will be honest.

595
00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:34.200
But yeah, website is perfect.

596
00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:36.839
Well, well, we'll have to post our show on on

597
00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:42.319
our website, yes, absolutely, your web yes, so well, thank

598
00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:45.200
you so much for Renee. I know you're, like I said,

599
00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:48.680
you have other commitments. I appreciate your time today and

600
00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.920
this has been so much fun.

601
00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:52.359
Yes, thank you so much for having me, Lisa. It's

602
00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:52.960
been a pleasure.

603
00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:56.200
Absolutely. I look forward to seeing you maybe next week.

604
00:33:56.480 --> 00:34:00.319
Yes, one hundred percent. OK, I have a great day.

605
00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:03.079
Well, thank you very much. I was so excited to

606
00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:06.400
have Renee on the show today and we got done.

607
00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:11.000
We got our interview finished a little bit earlier. And

608
00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:14.679
that's okay, because today I thought I could share some

609
00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:18.280
music with you, and if you're driving, just kind of

610
00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:21.719
use this as your time to just relax and listen

611
00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:26.639
in if you are home or in a place a

612
00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:28.840
space where you can sit back and close your eyes,

613
00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:31.039
go ahead into.

614
00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:35.039
So because I believe that music can be very healing

615
00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.679
and relaxing.

616
00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:39.840
It's fun to play.

617
00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:41.199
Music we've heard in the past.

618
00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:50.519
It's also I think it's fun. I also find it

619
00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:54.039
fun to just kind of sit back and relax and listen.

620
00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:58.320
To music that helps me kind of stop. Because I'm a.

621
00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:02.159
I'm not gonna say I'm a type A because I don't.

622
00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:04.920
I don't think I am.

623
00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:08.880
But I do like to always keep busy even something,

624
00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:11.840
and I will purposely turn on some.

625
00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:16.159
Relaxing music every now and again just to.

626
00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.840
Be more present.

627
00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:34.000
H m h.

628
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M hm hm.

629
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Sixty in.

630
00:39:37.840 --> 00:41:13.159
It than in acquis the ram them from Angada.

631
00:42:06.559 --> 00:45:56.119
And thinking from then.

632
00:46:05.280 --> 00:46:08.679
Thanks for tuning in today, everyone. I appreciate every one

633
00:46:08.760 --> 00:46:12.119
of you, and whether you are a musician or not,

634
00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:14.280
or even if you're just starting to learn to play

635
00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:18.800
an instrument, you are a musician. And wherever we go,

636
00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:21.679
whatever we do, there's always sounds and music around us,

637
00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:28.320
and may may be blessed with great energy, and may

638
00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:32.880
the love of sound surround you all the time, and

639
00:46:33.239 --> 00:46:35.119
may you be in good health and.

640
00:46:36.760 --> 00:46:37.199
Be happy.

641
00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:40.079
I think that's what we're ultimately here for, is to

642
00:46:40.199 --> 00:46:43.559
live our existence and happiness and in peace. So thank

643
00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:46.440
you for tuning in wherever you are in the world.

644
00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:49.800
I am certain that there are musicians out there that

645
00:46:49.880 --> 00:46:54.239
you can connect with, music schools that you can connect

646
00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:57.000
with as well. And I like to thank my guest

647
00:46:57.079 --> 00:47:03.239
again today's Zaia Renees Hyahs Zia's studios. And on a

648
00:47:03.280 --> 00:47:07.400
different note, I wish you all the best and let's

649
00:47:07.480 --> 00:47:08.280
keep music alive.

650
00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:10.360
Everyone. Many lessens to you,