Introducing the Master Class

Already proficient with your instrument?

If you've been playing for a while, but would really like to sit down with someone and get down to the nitty gritties, the Master Class is for you. 3 people to a class, and specific, student centric content brought up by you will mean an environment of intense learning tailor-made by you, for you!

More details here…

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Music Mechanics - Saturday, Feb 20th

How much music can you handle in one day?

If you're anything like us, you've got music in your home, office, car, headphones, and the rest of your time, in your head. So we decided to take a day out, an entire day, and fill it with everything music: giving you that jumpstart to learning music you always wanted.

Meet the likes of Bruce Lee Mani, Jason Zachariah, Gaurav Vaz, Ryan Colaco and Naveen Thomas. Hear them play, talk, teach you techniques, confess their motivations and tell you why and, more importantly, how they do what they do.

We'll cover instrumental training, vocals, plus songwriting, the business and stage presence. Here's a list:

Speed King: A session on shred guitars
Exercise to Improvise: Improvisation concepts and exercises
Blaze in Keys: Performance keyboard techniques
Music.biz: All about the business of music
Vox: Techniques to improve your vocal skills
The Showman: Learn to present yourself with confidence and poise on stage
Digital Music School: Music technology and production in a nutshell
Beat-Roots: Rudiments of drumming
Song Writing: Get a peek into the mind of the composers

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Rs.600 for full day.

For more information contact
+91 99869 94707 | +91 98806 30535 | +91 98454 65411
music@nathanielschool.com | www.nathanielschool.com

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New Batches start Jan 5th!

On January 5th, 1940, FM Radio was demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. Now, that has nothing to do with anything, but I figured I'd share some trivia.

Exciting things have been happening (see below… and I really hope you made it for Music Mechanics!) and Season 2 of Music Method is getting prepped. We start Jan 5th, so sign up, dust off your fingers/vocal chords/friend's borrowed instrument, and start singing in the shower again (if you ever stopped) and we'll start the new year with some musical goodness.

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Music Mechanics

Nathaniel School of Music brings to you “Music Mechanics”, a first of its kind comprehensive music workshop in Bangalore. The workshop covers various aspects of music, right from the intricacies of playing different instruments to making a successful career in the music industry. Sessions on the importance of music in cinemas for the movie buffs and the art of presenting oneself on stage with confidence are all covered. These sessions are unique, special and are conducted by the best in the Industry! 13 sessions on offer from which the participant can chose to attend 7 of their choice.

1. Groovy Kids – Fun music workshop for kids under 5 - 12 years
2. Speed King – A session on shred guitars with Naveen
3. Leave no Tone Untu(r)ned! – Bruce Lee Mani on getting the guitar to sound right
4. Exercise to Improvise – Improvisation concepts and exercises by Bruce
5. Blaze in Keys – Jason Zac on performance keyboard techniques
6. Music.biz – All about the business of music by Gaurav Vaz
7. The DnB Coalition – Prakash and Rajeev demonstrate how to lock and groove
8. Vox – Techniques to improve your vocal skills with Lillian Zac
9. In the movies – Explore the role of music in movies with Nazarius Manoharan
10. The Showman – Learn to present yourself with confidence and poise on stage
11. Digital Music School – Music technology and production in a nutshell with Jason Zac
12. Beat – Roots – Rudiments of drumming with Ryan Colaco
13. Song Writing – the acoustic way – Get a peek into the mind of the composers.

Date: 12/12/09
Time: 9.00 am to 7 pm
Venue: Cathedral High School, 63 Richmond Road, Bangalore - 560025
Price: Rs.600 for full day. Kids with ID cards get a 50% discount

Appendix- Who’s Who?

Naveen Thomas- Guitarist – Galeej Gurus
Bruce Lee Mani- Guitar player/Vocalist/Songwriter- Thermal and A Quarter
Jason Zachariah- Keyboardist- Thermal and a Quarter/ Certified Pro Tools Instructor & Trainer
Gaurav Vaz – Radio Verve/ Bassist Raghu Dixit Project
Prakash K N – Bassist L Subramanium and Karma 6
Rajeev Rajagopalan – Drummer – Thermal and a Quarter
Lillian Zachariah – Choir Director, Cathedral School and Organist, All Saints Church
Nazarius Manoharan – Creative Head, M&M Connect Advertising & Promotions
Anmol Vellani – Emminent Director and Theater Personality
Ryan Colaco – Drummer – Kryptos
Joey – Guitarist – Allegro Fudge
Timothy Thomas - Singer – Mood Logic/ Audio Engineer

Contact Information: +91 98448 85836 | +91 93419 61169 | +91 97417 63549 | +91 98806 30535
music@nathanielschool.com

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Strawberry Fields

Strawberry Fields has come around again, and it's quite exciting cause Nathaniel has gotten upto a lot of different things. So for those coming down, we look forward to seeing you there; and for those who aren't, you really should!

Prize Sponsors

We are sponsoring Strawberry Fields this year, so the winning band gets to MIX and MASTER a three song demo with the school.

Judge Jason

Mr Director, Jason Zachariah, takes on judging responsiblities for the finals on Sunday.
Quiver in fear, or practice hard.

We have a stall

So come down, say hello, and we'll answer questions. Bring friends, family, bosses, clients - bring everyone you know...

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Bruce Lee Mani

We don't have much formal music training in our regular schools, so a regular music school is a good school! Without exception, everybody likes music. And I would go so far as to say that studying music helps improve not just your appreciation of it, but also your math ability, your self-expression, your world-view, and even your spirituality! And when a bunch of dedicated, experienced folk (like the folks at Nathaniel) are trying to put together a school for music, they deserve every encouragement.

I never had much formal training myself; what little I had came from a man called Bhaskar Maben, a little-known but dedicated music teacher that life dealt several unkind cards to. He taught me how to read music, and he taught me to be systematic, to organize my thoughts and studies. That's all I got for him before he left, but it was a good start. The rest I have picked up from all the wonderful musicians I have had the privilege of working with - in styles as diverse as Heavy Metal and Progressive Rock to Jazz, Hindustani and Carnatic. Picked up the hard way, making many many mistakes (and still making them, of course) along the way. With the guidance of a good teacher(s), I feel that I would have progressed much faster. The big-name schools in the West - Berklee, GIT - were always too far out of reach financially, even with a scholarship. So having a school like this one, close at hand, can only be a good thing.

It is very very important to get started off on your musical journey with the right first steps, and if possible with a teacher that inspires. For example, ear training - in our 'Google' era, so many people just learn songs by Googling them and reading the chords off a web page. Theory - many musicians find they need theory when they hit a 'plateau' and can't seem to get ahead. Sight reading - a useful skil, but not everything; it can become easy to focus so much on this that self-expression and improvisation are all but forgotten. Ergo, a school that understands these things well is the one I would go with.

Jason is one of the young guns who has consistently delivered the goods on stage with TAAQ. For those that know us, perhaps we can say that it is no mean feat. I wish him and his family every success with the Nathaniel School of Music!

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Rajeev Rajagopal

NSM's new package course sounds really exciting and is very well structured. Playing for 10 weeks and being able to get on stage and perform is a tough ask if you are starting from scratch, but as the cliche goes 'nothing comes easy' and if you have the will to do it, there's nothing to stop you.

I think the first song we made as TAAQ in 1996 was a track in 7/4 timing (or something equally absurd, for a beginner at least!). The song 'might' not have been to everybody's liking :) but hey we did it and till today we enjoy all the wonderful things to be learnt in the great world of music. Today we have almost 100 songs composed and who knows if we had a school like NSM back then maybe we would be at 200 or more.

Going out there and doing it is the only way to actually learn anything. Getting thrown in the deep end of things always brought out the best in me, Whether it was playing music or mainstream academics, or corporate work life or anything in general.

I played my first show within a few months of learning to play the drums and since then its been non stop for the past 15 years now.

I think everyone should give music a genuine try and with a great school like NSM around its definitely going to be a rewarding experience.

Go for it!

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