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Re: Khan Academy: A global teacher of 1,516 lessons and counting

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Post by MusicTrainer » Wed, Jun 30, 2010, 12:45 AM UTC

wdewind wrote: post #12

MusicTrainer wrote: post #4

I agree that higher education is the next wave. I am doing kinda the same thing as this math teacher but with music. http://www.MusicTrainer.com . I should be "officially" launching soon. Please let me know what you think. I read hackernews everyday and value the opinions of the community here.

So this is a bit weird but, I recognize my old guitar teacher from there! I used to take lessons from Dave Wood back when he lived in NYC and can easily say if you have him involved in the project you are headed in the right direction. Absolutely amazing teacher! It's not the prettiest site out there, but it's definitely easy to navigate. I would consider making the menu a little smaller, and the page flap in the top…

Man what an amazing coincidence. He lives out in the Los Angeles are near me now. Considering getting rid of the email signup flap. Thanks for the encouragement.

Re: Khan Academy: A global teacher of 1,516 lessons and counting

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Post by MusicTrainer » Wed, Jun 30, 2010, 12:47 AM UTC

jamesash wrote: post #19

MusicTrainer wrote: post #4

I agree that higher education is the next wave. I am doing kinda the same thing as this math teacher but with music. http://www.MusicTrainer.com . I should be "officially" launching soon. Please let me know what you think. I read hackernews everyday and value the opinions of the community here.

I agree with you. As long as you're passionate about a subject, you can start your own micro-school. I couldn't get a job as an organic chemistry professor even with an MIT pedigree and a long list of papers, including one in Science. So I said screw it, I'm doing this anyway, and I'll treat it like it's my own business. So I started a blog devoted to teaching undergraduate organic chemistry, and I make money from fu…

Great story. I agree passion is very important. I believe that is why a ton of companies fail after making a pivot point. I believe it can remove much of the original passion for the project. Good luck with your site and thanks for the kind words.

Re: Khan Academy: A global teacher of 1,516 lessons and counting

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Post by MusicTrainer » Wed, Jun 30, 2010, 12:48 AM UTC

MikeCapone wrote: post #8

MusicTrainer wrote: post #4

I agree that higher education is the next wave. I am doing kinda the same thing as this math teacher but with music. http://www.MusicTrainer.com . I should be "officially" launching soon. Please let me know what you think. I read hackernews everyday and value the opinions of the community here.

Excellent start! I like the way the website is set up, and the videos seem to be high quality.

Thanks Mike. I will be uploading around 600 clips in the next month or so. Keep a look out. I hope I can start generating enough money to up the quality even more. It might take a while though.

Re: Khan Academy: A global teacher of 1,516 lessons and counting

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Post by MusicTrainer » Wed, Jun 30, 2010, 12:50 AM UTC

slug wrote: post #6

MusicTrainer wrote: post #4

I agree that higher education is the next wave. I am doing kinda the same thing as this math teacher but with music. http://www.MusicTrainer.com . I should be "officially" launching soon. Please let me know what you think. I read hackernews everyday and value the opinions of the community here.

From what I've seen the video quality is very good and I like the introduction video. Do you plan on focusing only on these four kinds of instruments? Keep the good work!

Slug, Thanks we take much pride in developing the quality of the production and instructors so it's nice to be commended for that. For now just planning on focusing on guitar, drums, bass, percussion, keyboards, vocals, music theory and ear training. Hope to expand out to many more one day but decided it best to focus on those for now. Anything in specific you are looking for?

Re: Khan Academy: A global teacher of 1,516 lessons and counting

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Post by MikeCapone » Wed, Jun 30, 2010, 2:10 PM UTC

MusicTrainer wrote: post #23

MikeCapone wrote: post #8

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Excellent start! I like the way the website is set up, and the videos seem to be high quality.

Thanks Mike. I will be uploading around 600 clips in the next month or so. Keep a look out. I hope I can start generating enough money to up the quality even more. It might take a while though.

600?! Wow. I wish you had been around when I was first learning guitar.