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Tone base is really amazing to meet our needs already. The recent inaugural summer camp is so reasonable for everyone, I wish i could attend, but we have already made our summer plans, hopefully it will be repeated. I realize it would be convenient for it to be held on the East coast for global members. I am wondering whether you could have a mini camp here in California. I know from my strings friends they go to The Claremont colleges for summer chamber workshop for a weekend. Thanks for a Great job Dominic.
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Tonebase is quite good already. I actually don’t mind the black background at all. It looks refreshing and classy (unlike masses of terrible corporate presentations I’ve been exposed to). For me, the greater issue is the lack of new repertoire content. For awhile, there seemed to be a new rep. video almost every three weeks. That generation of new content has slowed dramatically lately. Instead, lots of “live” events have taken place, which I understand do not require as much time to create, but they don’t replace what I find more effective in the regular “lesson” videos. Asiya Korepanova’s lessons are so detailed and she offers lots of possible exercises and solutions. John Kimura-Parker’s lessons are excellent for similar reasons as well. I also really enjoy the straightforward and scaffolded approach provided by Leann Osterkamp. The lessons from professional teacher-performers are more effective because they appear to understand the student perspective better though I do appreciate the more philosophical and abstract lessons/interviews from the “gods” of piano like Ax, Hamelin, etc. Please work on creating more lesson videos please!
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You have accomplished two humongous projects this year, the piano workshops that will be coming up this summer (wish I could go, but not this year). And the other is the presentation of the program with all the curriculums for all the levels (I assume). Not only that, you produced tutorials for some of them and I wish they had been available when I was learning. And somehow you have accomplished that in addition to all of the fabulous programming you do in terms of bringing artists to us and keeping the community chat going. And I believe you have your own professional artist career going as well and maybe you do more teaching -- who knows. So bravo to you, Dominic!! You are doing more than yeoman's work. Just want you to know, it's noticed and appreciated. It's also well done!!! Glad we have you here at Tonebase and Thank You!
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Dominic, Thank you for putting the workbooks together. What a great resources. I must admit I overlooked them till you pointed out.
re:workbooks: It would be nice to have it organized or alphabetically ordered - by composers and a section of "technical studies". Instead of "time periods:romantic", levels would be really helpful (I'd imagine most people could tell the time-period by the name of the composer).
For me, one of the most unique thing about tone base is the connection to other pianists on the similar path (since I'm not in a conservatory). Hence, I would cherish a discussion board around each lessons. It's nice to share notes/questions and see what other people say as they're going thru the lessons, and their challenge/success stories, and what next lessons do they watch etc.
That also creates the effect of a cohort-group, which encourages re-engagement with the platform.
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First off, I love Tonebase and it’s more than I could ever dreamed of. So with that in mind, I would love to offer some feedback.
I believe there are several threads here on the Community site that might not longer be in use, and that might confuse people. Like the “Call for recordings for virtual concerts” thread. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m guessing that’s not the way we do it here longer(?). Maybe a little “clean up” on the threads?
I love the community concert, and I think it should be a monthly thing without recording the event. I also believe many people miss it, since there are no reminders for the concerts. Maybe remind the community of these events? I also think Saturday is the best day for the concert, but I understand that it’s not always possible for the host, and that other people may prefer other days.
I’ve been thinking that there could also perhaps be some extra theme-based concerts. Like an all Schubert-concert, 20-century composers concert, Nocturne concert, etc. With a little longer preparation time.
Just some thoughts. Keep up the good work! :)
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I could sing the praises of Tonebase endlessly. I would LOVE to see the capability added where one could download to watch the videos when not connected to wifi. I travel a lot and often find myself wishing I could review the videos when I'm on long flights with no wifi access. Hopefully, that's coming down the pike.
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It would be cool if 2-week intensives could start on Fridays or Saturdays. That way, we could have the weekend to do the assignment and then submit it early/mid-week so we can get feedback. Sometimes, on the Monday-start schedule, it happens that we don't submit till Friday/Saturday, and instructors don't see it because they're off for the weekend, and then the intensive ends with an anti-climax.
Nonetheless, ToneBase is great, so keep up the good work!
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Tonebase has been life changing for me. I love all the high level content as well as the amazing efforts with community engagement. It might be nice to know some of the challenges a few months in advance at least so we can fit them into our learning plan for the year. Also, I do like the longer 4 week challenges as they give us more time to get into the details of a piece. Thanks for all that you do for us Dominic! You and the whole team are much appreciated by us!