{"id":61772,"date":"2025-05-23T08:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T08:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musecool.com\/us\/?p=61772"},"modified":"2025-05-23T08:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T08:03:07","slug":"michael-kumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musecool.com\/us\/michael-kumar\/","title":{"rendered":"Tutor feature &#8211; Michael Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"439\">Michael Kumar, 34, left his full-time office role in September 2015 to study Creative Musicianship at BIMM London, graduating in 2018. He\u2019s been playing electric and acoustic guitar for nearly 18 years and brings that depth of experience into every lesson. Each week, Michael teaches guitar technique, music theory, and production to a diverse roster of students, blending formal training with real-world insights.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"441\" data-end=\"866\">With over 16 years on stage and hundreds of gigs across Wales and England, Michael\u2019s performance r\u00e9sum\u00e9 spans original shows and function bookings alike. He\u2019s explored genres from rock and blues to pop and jazz, adapting easily to any musical setting. As a songwriter, he\u2019s signed to a small U.S. indie label and earns royalties whenever his tracks appear on TV or film &#8211; knowledge he\u2019s always happy to share with his pupils.<\/p>\n<ol data-start=\"910\" data-end=\"1929\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\n<li data-start=\"910\" data-end=\"998\">\n<p data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"998\"><strong data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"944\">Favourite Baroque composer?<\/strong><br data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"947\" \/>Bach &#8211; he\u2019s the one I actually recognise on sight.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1000\" data-end=\"1084\">\n<p data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1084\"><strong data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1026\">Animal duet choice?<\/strong><br data-start=\"1026\" data-end=\"1029\" \/>A cat &#8211; masters of dramatic entrances and timed meows.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1086\" data-end=\"1185\">\n<p data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1185\"><strong data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1118\">Guilty-pleasure pop song?<\/strong><br data-start=\"1118\" data-end=\"1121\" \/>\u201cLady in Red\u201d by Simply Red &#8211; but I refuse to call it \u201cguilty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1286\">\n<p data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1286\"><strong data-start=\"1190\" data-end=\"1225\">Instrument for a desert island?<\/strong><br data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1228\" \/>Drums &#8211; if I bang loud enough, maybe a ship will spot me.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1288\" data-end=\"1370\">\n<p data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1370\"><strong data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1329\">Morning routine: scales or coffee?<\/strong><br data-start=\"1329\" data-end=\"1332\" \/>Both &#8211; scales with my coffee in hand.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1477\">\n<p data-start=\"1375\" data-end=\"1477\"><strong data-start=\"1375\" data-end=\"1409\">Most overrated musical clich\u00e9?<\/strong><br data-start=\"1409\" data-end=\"1412\" \/>\u201cYou\u2019re too old to learn that.\u201d Spoiler: age is just a number.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1479\" data-end=\"1572\">\n<p data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1572\"><strong data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1505\">Go-to karaoke song?<\/strong><br data-start=\"1505\" data-end=\"1508\" \/>\u201cBohemian Rhapsody\u201d &#8211; because life\u2019s too short for short songs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1574\" data-end=\"1689\">\n<p data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1689\"><strong data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1620\">Sheet music or free-form improvisation?<\/strong><br data-start=\"1620\" data-end=\"1623\" \/>Both &#8211; sheet music for structure, improv for those \u201caha\u201d moments.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1691\" data-end=\"1793\">\n<p data-start=\"1694\" data-end=\"1793\"><strong data-start=\"1694\" data-end=\"1727\">Your superpower as a teacher?<\/strong><br data-start=\"1727\" data-end=\"1730\" \/>Adapting on the fly and solving problems before they happen.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1795\" data-end=\"1929\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\n<p data-start=\"1799\" data-end=\"1929\" data-is-last-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"1799\" data-end=\"1845\">One piece of advice for budding musicians?<\/strong><br data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"1848\" \/>Remember: Repetition \u2192 Accuracy \u2192 Speed. 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