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Gospel Vocal Technique Workshop

The church is where it all starts. I'll teach you to sing from the diaphragm, to bend notes, to build from a whisper to a scream that fills the room. Gospel technique is the foundation of all American popular music. If you can sing gospel, you can sing anything.

Reggae Guitar Workshop -- The Offbeat Skank

The strum that changed the world hits on the upbeat. That's it. That's the secret. But making it groove -- that's what we'll work on. I'll teach you the skank, the one-drop rhythm, and how to make three chords feel like freedom.

Songwriting Workshop -- Eighty Drafts of Hallelujah

I'll teach you to rewrite. And rewrite. And rewrite. Hallelujah took eighty drafts. That's not failure. That's craft. We start with a feeling, turn it into an image, then carve it into a verse. Bring patience. This is a slow art.

Open Tuning Guitar Workshop -- Beyond Standard

I play in fifty different tunings because standard tuning bored me. I'll teach you DADGAD, open D, open C, and my own tunings that don't have names. Different tunings make the guitar a different instrument. One guitar, fifty voices.

Afrobeat Rhythm Workshop -- 45 Minutes of Groove

Afrobeat songs last forty-five minutes because that's how long it takes to reach transcendence. I'll teach you the interlocking rhythms -- drums, percussion, bass, guitar, horns -- that create the groove. Everyone plays a pattern. Nobody plays the whole thing. Together, you are unstoppable.

Vocal Phrasing Workshop -- Singing Behind the Beat

I'll teach you to sing behind the beat -- to take a melody and make it yours by changing the timing, not the notes. We work on breath, emotion, and the courage to be vulnerable in front of strangers. No sheet music. Just feeling.

Guitar Collection (Acoustic, Classical, Electric)

3 guitars: Yamaha FG800 acoustic (steel string), Cordoba C5 classical (nylon string), Squier Stratocaster electric with Fender Champion 20 amp. Each comes with case, picks, strap, and tuner.

Lyre (7-String, Tortoiseshell)

Handmade tortoiseshell lyre with gut strings. The same instrument I used to accompany 27,803 lines of epic poetry. Tuned to the Dorian mode. I'll teach you the basic scales if you ask.

Harpsichord (Double Manual, Concert Quality)

Franco-Flemish double-manual harpsichord. Two 8-foot registers, one 4-foot. Proper temperament for Baroque repertoire. I wrote the Well-Tempered Clavier to prove every key was playable. This instrument proves it. Tuning included -- I'll come tune it at your venue.

Counterpoint & Fugue Composition Lesson

Learn to write a fugue. Two voices, then three, then four. Each voice independent, all voices together forming something greater than the sum. This is not just music theory -- it's how to think in parallel. Programmers love it. Every thread independent, every thread synchronized.

Fortepiano (Walter & Sohn Style Replica)

Replica of my Walter fortepiano -- the instrument I actually played, not a modern Steinway. Lighter action, clearer tone, closer to what I heard when I composed. Perfect for performing Mozart, Haydn, early Beethoven the way it was meant to sound.

Music Composition Masterclass -- From Melody to Symphony

I'll teach you what my father taught me: start with a melody that a child can hum. Then build. Harmony, counterpoint, orchestration. A symphony is just a melody that grew up. No prior theory needed -- if you can sing, you can compose.