032: Turning Ordinary People into Musicians, with Casey McCann (Eclectic Music)

Today we're speaking with Casey McCann, founder of Eclectic Music and The Little Middle School in Atlanta. We had the pleasure of meeting Casey in person recently and found her to be such a kindred spirit in the way she thinks about music education and the importance of empowering musicians with ear skills and musicality from the outset.

 

Talking with her was so enjoyable that we knew we had to have her on the show, and share some of her ideas and insights with you too.

 

Casey is the founder of Eclectic Music which offers music lessons and classes to musicians of all ages, and The Little Middle School, a small private academic program for ages 11 to 14. Casey believes that anyone can learn anything, as long as they have the tools and guidance.

 

She especially enjoys working with students who have struggled in the past and helping them to find success. At Eclectic Music, they have the tagline of "Turning ordinary people into musicians", which we love. And she's also incorporated musicality training into The Little Middle School's academic program, something we talk about in this conversation.

 

As always, we were keen to dig into Casey's own early music experiences and how she developed her musicality before starting to help others to do the same. We talk about:

 

• The key insight about guitar and music theory that let her immediately have new freedom playing piano

• How she was able to start playing songs by ear, even without formal ear training

• Why at her school they let students pick each day what instrument they want to play rather than expecting them to pick one and stick with it for weeks or months

 

There are a few really key insights in this episode as well as a refreshing and powerful philosophy on approaching music learning in general. We loved having the chance to speak with Casey again and we think you're going to really enjoy hearing her perspective and seeing how it can impact your own musical life.

 

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Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 032

 

Links and Resources

• Eclectic Music

• The Little Middle School

• Kodály: A Musical Language

• The Benefits of Do-Re-Mi, also known as solfège

 

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