Last Monday and Tuesday, a few of us from the PULSE multimedia team attended the Berklee Teachers on Teaching (BTOT) events. Lori Landay’s presentation, Play! Games and Gaming in Learning and Our Culture, was an inspirational lecture on the importance of game play in life and society. As educational game developers for PULSE, it was great [...]
Author Archives: James Staub
PULSE launches Improvisation Unit
September 21, 2010 – 9:27 am
Improvisation is: “The ability to emote through whatever means you have.” “You speaking through your instrument.” “Taking music that you like, and putting yourself into it.” These are just some of the responses we received when we asked Berklee students what improvisation means to them. Improvisation Level 1 is the first unit in the PULSE [...]
From the Intern’s Desk: Practice Journal
May 5, 2010 – 12:42 pm
I’ve been spending a lot of time recently working on custom practice materials for the PULSE Practice Journal. The Practice Journal is an array of documents that help with keeping an organized and efficient practice routine, as well as resources to help with notation and performance. Here are some sample guides from the Practice Journal. [...]
Young Guitarist from Lawrence Music Clubhouse
April 14, 2010 – 12:15 pm
Here’s a video I shot of Wilfredo Gomez playing an Eddie Van Halen guitar solo, during my trip to the Lawrence Music Clubhouse a few weeks ago. Warning: Some face-melting may occur.
From The Intern Desk: Speaking on Camera
April 12, 2010 – 12:47 pm
I recently attended another shoot with the PULSE video team for City Music’s On-Camera Interview and Public Speaking Skills workshop. The idea was to put some City Music kids in front of lights and a camera, perform a mock interview, then talk about their performance and public speaking skills. Nora (a fellow PULSE intern) and [...]