SKANDA'S TEACHER AND THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN HIS LIFE TODAY
I was very fortunate to have a great teacher in my life - he introduced music to me in a way that was not traditional. When I hear how my friends learned music, it was very much, “I learned this book, and then I took this test, and I went to the next level.” My teacher had his own curriculum of music, and he would just encourage me to experiment with it as well. He'd talk to me about how music can be used to improve yourself internally and work through challenges, and not just as an art form that you perform for other people. With my classes, it wasn't just like, I go there, play what I learned last week, and then learn something new. It was very interactive and sometimes I’d hang out with the other students for a little bit, learn some music, we would listen to each other and learn something new about someone else's performance. The thing is, there'd be some beginners and some very advanced-level students, so it'd be cool to see that maybe one day I could be someone who could perform at kacheris and concerts.
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