Jazzedge willie myette biography
- As a professional musician, Willie has toured.
- Willie Myette is a pianist, serial entrepreneur and author of over a dozen books on piano and music education.
- Willie has toured both the U.S. and Europe as clinician and performer.
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Willie Myette
Jazz Keyboardist, Composer, Author, Teacher
There is a way that most people do things. There are trends and styles; common mistakes and Murphy’s Law. However, Berklee College of Music graduate, Willie Myette has been bucking the system for most of his adult life. Shortly after graduating from Berklee in ‘96 with a degree in Film Music, Willie set out to live as a jazz performer. He started by returning home to Rhode Island, where his father had taught him piano.
Like those before him and after, he taught to make a steady income. Wanting to teach jazz and improvisation to his students, he looked for materials that mirrored his own free- formed musical upbringing. What he
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This article is in collaboration with JazzEdge.
Music lessons are important to many homeschool families but can be a difficult subject to add to an already busy schedule. With multiple children, just trying to get them all to their various lessons can be the reason it is left to the wayside. Finding a way to attain this experience at home is a long time request from many homeschooling families.
Enter JazzEdge.
JazzEdge was created by Berklee College of Music graduate, Willie Myette. He wanted a place to put all of his jazz education and performance ventures to make them easily accessible. It was later expanded to include piano lessons, drum lessons, and experiments in jazz, funk, Latin, rock, gospel, and blues. Lessons for homeschool families were later integrated.
Recently, members of the Schoolhouse Review Crew were given the opportunity to try out three different JazzEdge products:Easy Piano Basics, PianoWithWillie andDrumsWithWillie.
Easy Piano Basics – This program is great for any age of piano beginner. From basic reading music to understanding rhythms. Ea
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About Willie
Willie Myette is a pianist, serial entrepreneur and author of over a dozen books on piano and music education. Starting from humble beginnings, he received a scholarship to Berklee College of Music. Graduating in under 4 years, Willie began his first business, JazzKids®, a piano method that teaches children as young as six how to improvise and create their own music.
As a professional musician, Willie has toured the United States and abroad with his trio Katahdin’s Edge and other nationally recognized musical groups. As a bandleader, he produced and recorded 3 CDs which have garnered him radio play on over 90 stations nationwide along with write ups in Downbeat, JazzTimes and Jazziz. His group, Katahdin’s Edge showcased at the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas.
Willie is the creator and president of online piano instruction sites Jazzedge®, PianoWithWillie and HomeSchoolPiano which cater to absolute beginners at the piano to professional pianists looking to learn new skills using a unique 6-step method. Willie’s online students span the globe and his Jazzedge
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