It’s a pretty simple setup.

I’ve got a card table that folds up in 5 seconds and slides behind the piano; three or four lights that can be set up in a jiffy; a mic; and a pair of open-back headphones.

Did I mention a sense-of-humor?

Very necessary since anything can (and does) happen while online: connections freezing, batteries dying, sound frying.

But it works.

The fun part from a tech point of view?

Working with platforms that allow me to accompany students in real time: Cleanfeed, Restream, and FarPlay. Game changers, they are bringing the future into the present, one where we have greater connection to each other.

Making music together while 300 miles apart?

It’s possible.

I will be online for 4 hours today; two lessons followed by a two hour Awakened Ear Workshop. The 12 participants will be spread across the globe, this particular workshop having a coterie of Tomatis practitioners from England and Australia.

It’s kinda wild actually.

Wonderful too.