Charles took the stage, demanded our attention and animated all. He was the catalyst for surprising amount of involvement from the students. It was truly motivational, and I hope in my future I can conduct the same when teaching.
He discussed the progression of song by using an activity called
'The departure, the journey and the arrival.'
Within this, we were shown how to dissect a song and find the story within the song. By using his own hit, "Trees of Brisbane" as an example, he described how its inspiration came from an elderly cab driver on the trip to the airport.
He furthermore provided a detailed list (with the students help) of what a song was composed of, and how even with all those elements, a great song must appear to not need any of them,"It takes a lot of effort to appear effortless."
His passion for music, for writing or perhaps his ability to evoke the passion in others was deliriously inspirational.
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