Mike Miller

Once again, I must apologize for not keeping up with info on this site but my New Years resolution will be to do much better….I promise!

Lately, I've added a new instrument to my family of instruments. It's an AE 30 Aerophone made by Roland and It's a blast! I've been very busy learning all the many things it can do and it has a saxophone fingering. Feel free to email me if you want to talk more about it. My plan is to put some videos on this site playing the AE 30 so keep checking back.

Got some gigs coming up in 2024 that I will also post. A number of them are in Door County, WI if you're in the area.

That's all for now. Hope to see you at some of the gigs or email.

Mike 

My New Year's resolution should be to keep updating my web site but I will try to do better!

Now that I've been working for a while virtually with my students it seems that more info on connection with the Zoom lessons might be helpful. I'll keep it as short as possible.

1.MOST IMPORTANT!!! Turn on original sound. It's in the settings drop down screen on PC and Ipad. There are lots of Youtube videos to help with this.

2. Make sure your computer volume is all the way up.

3.Sit where I can see your upper body and I can hear you talk.

4. If you have music that you want to work on other than our lesson material please scan it and send it to me. jazzmike1894@gmail.com

That's all for now. See you soon!

Welcome, Parents and Students to the first news letter of my much ignored website.I couldn't think of a better way or time to communicate with you what with all the new and exciting software dedicated to online lessons. Texting is too limited so I hope you will enjoy this and feel free to respond.

It looks like online teaching will be with us for the unforeseeable future so I thought I'd say something on how I feel about it. First off I'll say that there are pros and cons however I think the pros far out weigh the cons. Online has increased the individual lesson time significantly by eliminating travel and setup time. We can always get in a full lesson. Also, being at home I have access to all my sound equipment and reference material. No drive time and reschedules are much easier.

On the con side I'll say that playing duets is difficult if not impossible with some computer and speaker setups. With my students who are playing duets I've been recording my part and Skyping it to them which has been okay but not like real time which brings me to the main reason I'm writing this letter.

Recently I've been working on a music app called Jamkazam which does allow you to play in real time with one or more people. So far it looks good and I'm pretty excited. Please feel free to check this out for yourself. It's free but may require buying some equipment.

Let me know what you think. I think this can be a great way to communicate that can also be a lot of fun. Creating audios and videos and our own recitals are possible.

That's all for now. See you soon.

Mike