John Powers

They didn't really leave me alone, but until junior year, I got to the point where the things I was doing outside of school, I was touring and I was playing shows and I was coming in and I was doing the work, but I also was not following the pattern of the ideal student. And it became a question of Is my ambition going to pull me out of school before they kick me out of school?

They didn't really leave me alone, but until junior year, I got to the point where the things I was doing outside of school, I was touring and I was playing shows and I was coming in and I was doing the work, but I also was not following the pattern of the ideal student. And it became a question of Is my ambition going to pull me out of school before they kick me out of school?

And they wanted me to make the choice.

And they wanted me to make the choice.

And they wanted me to make the choice.

My mother, she's, you know, the reason I play the piano. She's the one who's kind of always there to see me through if I have a question about, you know, this is something that I believe in, but doesn't seem like it's clicking. She was like, you know, you got to think with your own mind. Nobody has... Anything that they know that is more than you, you respect people and you learn from folks.

My mother, she's, you know, the reason I play the piano. She's the one who's kind of always there to see me through if I have a question about, you know, this is something that I believe in, but doesn't seem like it's clicking. She was like, you know, you got to think with your own mind. Nobody has... Anything that they know that is more than you, you respect people and you learn from folks.

My mother, she's, you know, the reason I play the piano. She's the one who's kind of always there to see me through if I have a question about, you know, this is something that I believe in, but doesn't seem like it's clicking. She was like, you know, you got to think with your own mind. Nobody has... Anything that they know that is more than you, you respect people and you learn from folks.

But if you know something, then you know it and believe it and follow through and don't quit. So she just told me all of these different ways of affirming the things I believed about music and the ways that I wanted to approach giving that to the world and uplifting folks and healing folks. And, you know, my dad is my first musical mentor.

But if you know something, then you know it and believe it and follow through and don't quit. So she just told me all of these different ways of affirming the things I believed about music and the ways that I wanted to approach giving that to the world and uplifting folks and healing folks. And, you know, my dad is my first musical mentor.

But if you know something, then you know it and believe it and follow through and don't quit. So she just told me all of these different ways of affirming the things I believed about music and the ways that I wanted to approach giving that to the world and uplifting folks and healing folks. And, you know, my dad is my first musical mentor.

And he's someone who, through his experience playing on the Chitlin circuit, doing all these incredible performances from, you know, the likes of Isaac Hayes. And I remember they played the same bill as the Jackson 5 at one point early on. And just his stories of...

And he's someone who, through his experience playing on the Chitlin circuit, doing all these incredible performances from, you know, the likes of Isaac Hayes. And I remember they played the same bill as the Jackson 5 at one point early on. And just his stories of...

And he's someone who, through his experience playing on the Chitlin circuit, doing all these incredible performances from, you know, the likes of Isaac Hayes. And I remember they played the same bill as the Jackson 5 at one point early on. And just his stories of...

you know traveling he'd always wished that he could go to a school like Juilliard and do something like that so you know it's for the legacy of my family and um I mean now fast forward a decade later I'm on the board and I'm helping to change the place for folks who come in there like me who are maybe not the uh the the typical conservatory musician student

you know traveling he'd always wished that he could go to a school like Juilliard and do something like that so you know it's for the legacy of my family and um I mean now fast forward a decade later I'm on the board and I'm helping to change the place for folks who come in there like me who are maybe not the uh the the typical conservatory musician student

you know traveling he'd always wished that he could go to a school like Juilliard and do something like that so you know it's for the legacy of my family and um I mean now fast forward a decade later I'm on the board and I'm helping to change the place for folks who come in there like me who are maybe not the uh the the typical conservatory musician student

Oh, yeah. This is one of the things I love the most. I'll just start with the first chord. It's D minor. All intents and purposes, D minor, okay? So now I'm going to voice this chord with the same notes, but it's going to sound completely different based upon what voices I bring out. Now this is one element of a world of nuance that I learned from my mentor, William Doglian.

Oh, yeah. This is one of the things I love the most. I'll just start with the first chord. It's D minor. All intents and purposes, D minor, okay? So now I'm going to voice this chord with the same notes, but it's going to sound completely different based upon what voices I bring out. Now this is one element of a world of nuance that I learned from my mentor, William Doglian.

Oh, yeah. This is one of the things I love the most. I'll just start with the first chord. It's D minor. All intents and purposes, D minor, okay? So now I'm going to voice this chord with the same notes, but it's going to sound completely different based upon what voices I bring out. Now this is one element of a world of nuance that I learned from my mentor, William Doglian.