Episode five is an interview with Stephen Goacher.  Goacher is a woodwindist and profession performer/educator.  Currently he is the woodwind and jazz professor at Howard Payne University and conducts the Jazz Ensemble as well as university group Winds of Triumph, recently a featured at the 2012 Olympic games.  Mr. Goacher is also active as a saxophonist with the Temple Jazz Orchestra.

A student of Eugene Rousseau, Mitchell Lurie, and Gary Gray, Goacher has a long career as an instrumentalist including performances with The Temptations, Rosemary Clooney, Julie Andrews, and Bob Hope.  In this podcast he discusses his history as a musician and the traits that make a profession musician successful.

In this episode visit with Dr. Robert Tucker of Howard Payne University about composing music.  Dr. Tucker shares some stories and tips in this segment that are sure to improve your music writing!

You can read Dr. Tuckers Blog Here:
http://drtucker.blogspot.com/
Read a bio here:
Howard Payne Faculty
And purchase his book here:
"Like a Crown"

In this episode we discuss the first things you learn when you start playing an instrument.  We also talk about the big question of rather or not you really need to learn to read sheet music.

Next week we have our first guest Dr. Robert Tucker from Howard Payne University.  We will be focusing our discussion on musical composition.

In this podcast, we mention some apps.  Here are links to them:
Cleartune
Tonal Energy

In this podcast, Gannon and Stephen discuss the methods you can use to learn to play an instrument (classes, private instruction, and self teaching) and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Hope you enjoy!

We are also on iTunes now:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/free-music-ed-podcast/id590614216 

Here are links to the books mentioned in the this podcast:
Hal Leonard Method Book for Bass
Klose Method Book (File Below)

Today we are issuing the very first freemusiced.org podcast.  This is an exciting project.

We have recorded the first several episodes and will be releasing them every Tuesday.  We have some guest lined up and quite a few topics to cover.  Guest will include profession musicians and music educators of various levels and backgrounds.

This podcast is designed to cover all sorts of musical territory for anyone from beginners to professional musicians.

This first episode ask and answers the questions "What are some reasons to learn to play a musician instrument?" As we'll as, "How do I decide what instrument to play?"  This is part of a three episode series that discusses basic concepts central to learning about music.

Joining me for these podcast is bassist, trombonist, and musicial instrument repair man- Gannon Phillips.

Hope you enjoy these podcast, and feel free to leave comments here.