The DLP Jazz Series will be released in early 2012. Once in a while when we're describing the Kore Series or Jazz Series to a potential new user they'll ask, "Will I be learning REAL songs in here or just exercises?".  The answer is, we believe, that these are real songs BUT that they are also songs that function as exercises to review ONLY the concepts you have learned up to that point.  They are songs built specifically for where you are in your musical learning and for where you are in your technical development on your instrument at this time.

So, from a concert I did this past Monday (12/12/11) are 2 songs from the upcoming DLP Jazz Series.  These feature; myself on Keyboards, Jennifer Escue (from the DLP Staff ) on Vocals, Jeff Plant on Bass, Larry White on Steel Guitar and Lamont Taylor on Drums. 

Every DSM and DLP student has a private, secure, virtual workspace.  This is the hub for your music education.  You have access to the entire DSM Staff, who are glad to answer any questions you have regarding playing your instrument or the musical language.  Video and sound files, relating to your education, can be exchanged here. 

Login from the link at www.dsminfo.com.

You should have received information on your username (generally your primary email address) and password when you started at DSM or DLP.  Please use our contact form if you are not sure of either.

Hopefully, one of the first things you notice is that the entire DSM staff is a consultant on YOUR project!

We're all here to help you with your music education.  Submit a question at any time and it immediately goes to all staff members.  You may end up with several replies to your question and a few different ways to solve your problem.  This is not possible with a traditional method book!

At the top right, you can find another way to access your DLP curriculum material, our calendar of events at DSM and our extensive library of videos for all instruments.  These are both videos we have created and ones we have selected as containing good valid information for music learners.  Spend some time with these.  There is a lot of great information and our library is being constantly updated!

If you're a DSM student you will have a project assigned each week.  This is the; WHAT/WHY/HOW for your musical week, also known as an II Doc.  This is always listed as due at your next session, though of course, some assignments may require several weeks to complete.  But, the goals that your teacher assigns should be possible to accomplish in a week.
You'll find all of your II Docs in the Project Tracker of your workspace;

Your assignment for this week, and past weeks, appear in the Project Tracker area.  This is where you can view all of the comments for your "project".  If you hit Reply at the bottom, your comment or question goes directly to your educator.  You can also post a message that will go to all of your consultants.  This is a great place to post any general music questions you have, or questions on the DLP curriculum.

The message area can also be used to share MP3 files or leadsheets/worksheets for your assignemnts.  Simply click on ATTACH FILES to upload or DOWNLOAD FILES to download any files that your teacher attaches.  This is a wonderful way to expand your lesson materials.

Your private virtual workspace is a unique music education tool and is only available through DSM and DLP.  It's personal care and service using 21st century technology.  We're proud to be able to offer this to our students and hope this brief walk through helps you have a better understanding of how this educational tool can be utilized.

Thanks and keep checking back as I delve further into the DLP Series in future blogs.

- Mike