WEBVTT 00:00.734 --> 00:02.535 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >>Hi, I'm John D'earth. 00:02.535 --> 00:04.437 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I'm a musician who lives in Charlottesville. 00:04.437 --> 00:07.707 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I play trumpet, I write music, I teach music. 00:07.707 --> 00:10.210 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I've lived here for about 43 years, 00:10.210 --> 00:12.645 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and I feel like I just moved here. 00:12.645 --> 00:15.181 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I always say I have learned more from teaching 00:15.181 --> 00:17.117 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% than from any other thing, 00:17.117 --> 00:19.486 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% because it's easier for me 00:19.486 --> 00:22.222 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and for many people to do for others 00:22.222 --> 00:25.358 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% what you are having a hard time doing for yourself, 00:25.358 --> 00:27.794 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% like learning something. 00:27.794 --> 00:31.398 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So I'm coming up with stuff for my students 00:31.398 --> 00:34.601 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that turns out to be me teaching myself. 00:34.601 --> 00:37.704 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I have been teaching since I was 19 years old. 00:37.704 --> 00:41.541 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I love to teach, but I come from a family of teachers. 00:41.541 --> 00:45.011 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I have to say, my grandmother, my father's mother 00:45.011 --> 00:49.449 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% was a real little red schoolhouse teacher. 00:49.449 --> 00:51.985 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% My father was a natural teacher 00:51.985 --> 00:53.453 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% who wasn't a professional teacher, 00:53.453 --> 00:55.221 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% but I learned more from him about music. 00:55.221 --> 00:58.491 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And he was not a musician, his ears were unbelievable. 00:58.491 --> 01:01.694 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But I had many great teachers and I copied the teachers. 01:03.096 --> 01:05.965 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Partly I love to teach or I'm good at teaching maybe 01:05.965 --> 01:09.502 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% because I am very understanding 01:09.502 --> 01:12.539 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of having a hard time with certain things 01:12.539 --> 01:14.340 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because I have a hard time with certain things. 01:14.340 --> 01:16.810 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% So that helps teaching. 01:16.810 --> 01:18.912 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% But also it's just a crystal in me 01:18.912 --> 01:22.982 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I think that I just delight in seeing people 01:22.982 --> 01:25.185 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% take off with music 01:25.185 --> 01:27.854 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because I feel like people are cheated of it 01:27.854 --> 01:31.458 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because music is the most conservative art. 01:31.458 --> 01:32.792 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% That's what Nietzsche said. 01:32.792 --> 01:34.727 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% He said it's the most conservative art form. 01:34.727 --> 01:37.897 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It's the last art form to catch up with innovation 01:37.897 --> 01:40.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because there are so many gatekeepers. 01:40.400 --> 01:43.670 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% How many people do you know who thrive on listening to music 01:43.670 --> 01:45.371 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and say they're not musical? 01:45.371 --> 01:48.274 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% How can you not be musical if you love to listen to music? 01:48.274 --> 01:52.879 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But the message that they got is clear when you hear that. 01:53.913 --> 01:55.048 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Wrong message. 01:55.048 --> 01:56.649 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>Part of your approach too, 01:56.649 --> 02:00.553 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% is this whole idea of letting people jump in the deep end. 02:00.553 --> 02:02.388 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>I had that with my teachers. 02:02.388 --> 02:05.992 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% That's a big part of studying with real jazz musicians. 02:05.992 --> 02:09.295 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I was so lucky to meet real jazz musicians 02:09.295 --> 02:12.599 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% who really played jazz in the real world. 02:12.599 --> 02:15.902 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Made records in the real world, knew Charlie Parker, 02:15.902 --> 02:19.305 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% knew Dizzy Gillespie, played on the Stan Kenton Band, 02:19.305 --> 02:22.575 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and the standard was very high. 02:22.575 --> 02:25.111 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So they would give you impossible things to do 02:25.111 --> 02:27.280 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and then say, you're only doing 60% 02:27.280 --> 02:29.415 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of what I'm asking you to do here, John. 02:30.917 --> 02:34.154 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I'll never forget when my teacher Boots said that to me. 02:34.154 --> 02:35.989 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% I was just devastated. 02:35.989 --> 02:38.725 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% He only spoke badly like that to me about twice, 02:38.725 --> 02:41.728 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% but it made an impact. 02:41.728 --> 02:43.796 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I think we're stingy with the information. 02:43.796 --> 02:46.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% When we teach music, we withhold the means 02:46.933 --> 02:49.169 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% of production from the workers. 02:49.169 --> 02:51.437 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We need to share the means of production with the workers 02:51.437 --> 02:54.140 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and tell kids right away, hey, somebody wrote this music. 02:54.140 --> 02:55.074 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% You can write music. 02:55.074 --> 02:56.676 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Anybody can write music. 02:56.676 --> 02:58.044 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Let's write some music. 02:58.044 --> 02:59.712 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% It puts it on a whole, 02:59.712 --> 03:01.514 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% it puts it in a different perspective to think 03:01.514 --> 03:02.749 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that you're gonna create. 03:02.749 --> 03:04.450 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% You give a kid a sheet of paper. 03:04.450 --> 03:07.220 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You know that joke I like so much about the mother 03:07.220 --> 03:09.756 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the little girl says, where do you go to work every day? 03:09.756 --> 03:11.357 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% I go up on the hill 03:11.357 --> 03:15.094 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and teach the university students how to paint and draw. 03:15.094 --> 03:17.664 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And the little girl says, what you mean they forgot? 03:17.664 --> 03:19.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Well, we do that in the UVA Jazz Ensemble. 03:19.666 --> 03:21.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We step out of the comfort zone 03:21.000 --> 03:23.736 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because we have all semester to rehearse. 03:23.736 --> 03:25.505 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So I give 'em stuff that's really hard. 03:25.505 --> 03:28.141 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Well, my role at UVA is to be 03:28.141 --> 03:30.343 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% the Director of Jazz Performance, 03:30.343 --> 03:33.313 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and I have given myself a virtual trophy 03:33.313 --> 03:36.783 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% for never having called a meeting of the jazz faculty 03:36.783 --> 03:39.485 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% at UVA, because it's all of us who are friends 03:39.485 --> 03:41.020 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% who play together all the time, 03:41.020 --> 03:44.591 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and we know intuitively what we need to do for our students. 03:44.591 --> 03:46.526 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And that's a very special thing at UVA 03:46.526 --> 03:51.164 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because we teach very gifted, brilliant people 03:51.164 --> 03:54.467 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who probably aren't gonna play music for a living, 03:54.467 --> 03:57.203 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% who really want music in their lives. 03:57.203 --> 04:00.406 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And we want them to keep that for the rest of their lives. 04:00.406 --> 04:01.708 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% So that's the goal. 04:01.708 --> 04:05.578 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And learning to respect a person like that 04:05.578 --> 04:07.347 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and not expect that they're going 04:07.347 --> 04:10.516 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to pursue their music like a conservatory student 04:10.516 --> 04:12.885 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is something we've all had to learn 04:12.885 --> 04:15.521 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and address in ourselves. 04:15.521 --> 04:17.724 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The thing that I'm proud of as a private teacher 04:17.724 --> 04:21.861 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% with people who are serious is they don't sound the same. 04:21.861 --> 04:23.896 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% They end up finding their own thing. 04:23.896 --> 04:26.199 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And that is one of the first rules of jazz. 04:26.199 --> 04:27.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% There's two rules, basically. 04:27.500 --> 04:31.337 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Master the vocabulary and be yourself. 04:31.337 --> 04:34.807 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Everyone else is taken, whoever said that. 04:34.807 --> 04:37.410 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% How do my students perceive me? 04:37.410 --> 04:39.312 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% People don't know how to take me sometimes. 04:39.312 --> 04:43.816 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So that's interesting working with that. 04:43.816 --> 04:48.021 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I think they go through a progression with me where they, 04:48.021 --> 04:49.722 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% hopefully, this is what I hope. 04:49.722 --> 04:53.026 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% First of all, I think they're usually intimidated at first 04:53.026 --> 04:55.561 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% because it's just somebody who's over the top in some 04:55.561 --> 04:58.598 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% way, and they think that I have this reputation 04:58.598 --> 05:00.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and blah, blah, blah. 05:00.033 --> 05:02.068 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I teach at UVA, made a record, whatever the heck. 05:02.935 --> 05:04.637 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% So they start with that. 05:04.637 --> 05:06.839 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Then they realize, oh, this guy's, 05:06.839 --> 05:08.141 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% he's not that intimidating. 05:08.141 --> 05:09.542 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% In fact, he's funny. 05:11.044 --> 05:14.514 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I think they think that I'm really serious about the very, 05:14.514 --> 05:17.383 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% very basic things of playing. 05:17.383 --> 05:19.252 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And they get that and they take it. 05:19.252 --> 05:21.888 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And the ones who are gonna play run with that, 05:21.888 --> 05:23.122 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and then they come back to me and say, 05:23.122 --> 05:25.191 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% you're not serious enough. 05:25.191 --> 05:28.695 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I think they think that I've got their backs. 05:28.695 --> 05:30.697 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% I hope they think that. 05:30.697 --> 05:32.799 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'm not competing with them. 05:32.799 --> 05:34.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% I'm retiring from UVA. 05:34.100 --> 05:36.536 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% What am I gonna do with that extra time? 05:36.536 --> 05:39.305 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% That is the million dollar question that I'm asking myself. 05:39.305 --> 05:41.040 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And I'm really trying to sort of 05:41.040 --> 05:43.876 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% bootcamp my way towards that 05:43.876 --> 05:45.812 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% with a little more personal discipline 05:45.812 --> 05:47.013 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and not just have to show up 05:47.013 --> 05:48.648 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% because you're scheduled to be there. 05:48.648 --> 05:50.283 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% That's the hope. 05:50.283 --> 05:54.921 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% But I also hope to get very mobile 05:54.921 --> 05:59.425 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in a van and drive all over the continent 05:59.425 --> 06:04.364 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and visit cities, visit people, friends, play music. 06:05.398 --> 06:06.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% This thing, try to figure out a way 06:06.866 --> 06:10.203 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to do music in a meaningful way that doesn't involve 06:10.203 --> 06:15.208 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% a lot of hype and doesn't involve a lot of self-promotion, 06:16.109 --> 06:17.777 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% because I'm terrible at that. 06:17.777 --> 06:21.114 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I'm gonna keep playing gigs and I'll keep composing, I hope, 06:21.114 --> 06:22.915 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and actually a lot more composition. 06:24.083 --> 06:26.519 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So yeah, I'm hoping it'll just unfold 06:26.519 --> 06:29.522 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% into much more music all the time. 06:29.522 --> 06:33.092 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (upbeat jazz music) 06:33.092 --> 06:36.162 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (band member laughing) 06:36.162 --> 06:39.165 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (upbeat jazz music) 06:52.278 --> 06:54.847 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (gentle music)