By
Derek Sivers, Early to Rise, Aug. 12, 2016
Whether
you’re a student, teacher, or parent, I think you’ll appreciate this story of
how one teacher can completely and permanently change someone’s life in only a
few lessons.
I
met Kimo Williams when I was 17–the summer after I graduated high school in
Chicago, a few months before I was starting Berklee College of Music.
I
called an ad in the paper by a recording studio, with a random question about
music typesetting.
When
the studio owner heard I was going to Berklee, he said, “I graduated from
Berklee, and taught there for a few years, too. I’ll bet I can teach you two
years’ of theory and arranging in only a few lessons. I suspect you can
graduate in two years if you understand there’s no speed limit. Come by my
studio at 9:00 tomorrow for your first lesson, if you’re interested. No
charge.”
