Thoughts on history, culture, music, the details of our world, and how learning matters. Written by a musician and professor, Learn with Mike provides insight and resources for those looking to maximize their creative potential through developing the skill of learning. Also posts from On Learning Percussion, my more practical posts about musical learning that I hope are helpful for curious learners.
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Thoughts on history, culture, music, the details of our world, and how learning matters. Written by a musician and professor, Learn with Mike provides insight and resources for those looking to maximize their creative potential through developing the skill of learning. Also posts from On Learning Percussion, my more practical posts about musical learning that I hope are helpful for curious learners.
LEARN WITH MIKE Thoughts on history, culture, music, the details of our world, and why learning matters. From Michael Compitello 04/23/2025 Below is a post I shared in my Learning Percussion newsletter. If you're interested in more than nerdy percussion tech-talk, I hope you take a look. It’s been a remarkable semester here at ASU and with my little studio of curious learners across the country. I’m excited to reflect on those experiences in the coming weeks. But first, the NanoSIMS. I...
ON LEARNING PERCUSSION Step inside my practice room as I get my rolls back in shape! From Michael Compitello 01/23/2025 I’m currently working to record all of Jacques Delécluse’s music for snare drum. What a terrible idea! It’s led to some fun research into performance practice in his work, which led to… a lot of interlibrary loan books But a small % of my tomes I've even made an annotated bibliography of Delécluse's percussion music. One technique that comes up a LOT is ROLLS. Having decided...
ON LEARNING PERCUSSION Practice tips, musings on musicianship, and ideas about productivity, advocacy, and more. From Michael Compitello 01/14/2025 New semester, who ‘dis? This semester, I’ve decided I’m going to record as much of Jacques Delécluse’s music for snare drum as possible. Along the way, I’m going to be sharing my process for learning, incubating, refining, performing, and recording music. The goal is to do this through my writing (here), my IG channel, and through my youtube...