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Ken J.

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Good Day Potential Students,

My name is Ken, here is some information about me. I have graduate level and undergraduate level college degrees in business from Rutgers University, where my minor was in music. I am also a current college professor with excellent student evaluations. Finally, I spent two years as the educational Co-Chair of a technology conference called ILTA EVOLVE. So, I am very committed to education!

As it relates to music, I have written songs for close to 40...

Good Day Potential Students,

My name is Ken, here is some information about me. I have graduate level and undergraduate level college degrees in business from Rutgers University, where my minor was in music. I am also a current college professor with excellent student evaluations. Finally, I spent two years as the educational Co-Chair of a technology conference called ILTA EVOLVE. So, I am very committed to education!

As it relates to music, I have written songs for close to 40 years. I have served the past 17 years as a Mass Cantor (solo singer) in Catholic Mass in my Parish in the Northeast United States. I am also the substitute musician (keyboardist) there. I offer several resources to prospective songwriting students, including a Substack site with examples of my songs, music theory analysis of songs and also details on my philosophy for writing song lyrics and connecting with your listeners. I have also written a "concept album" -- putting together 11 songs to describe a story (kind of like Pink Floyd's The Wall or Fleetwood Mac's Rumours -- which I think is pretty neat and look forward to sharing this perspective with students

Lastly, I also bring a tech element to my lessons. I am an expert on AI and can teach students how to improve both music and lyrics with GEN AI tools. I also am very skilled at making music videos with a AI based video production software product called Movavi that I look forward to teaching my students. I have examples of my music videos on a YouTube site also to share with students upon request.

Lastly, for whatever it is worth, I have built our a technology company for the past 25 years, am very professional and have great experience working with people.

I look forward to working with you!

Ken


Education

2) Rutgers University
Economics
Rutgers Grad School of Business
MBA

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General Music

General Music

I play the piano very well, saxophone and trumpet well, was selected for the All-American McDonald's band in high school. I have sang in church choirs for about 40 years. I write songs and post them on my Substack, website and YouTube channel. I have a very strong understanding of music composition and piano and look forward to helping my students explore their love of music and sense of creativity.
Songwriting

Songwriting

I have written many songs and created music recordings and videos using Movavi and other tools. My Substack site at https://kenjonesnj.substack.com/ shows two examples of my work and capabilities although I have many more. I am also a skilled professional teacher at a major university (Seton Hall) and ran a large technology conference.
Video Production

Video Production

I am an expert at creating MURF.AI and Movavi presentations. I am happy to discuss these capabilities further, the idea of the tutoring is to help students learn how to make music videos based on the songs they wrote. Also, I am a music minor in college and also served as a church musician a for 15 years, I am a very skilled songwriter, singer and pianist.
Voice (Music)

Voice (Music)

I have sang in top-tier choirs and settings for 50 years. The past 17 years, I am weekly Cantor in a Catholic church in central New Jersey singing in front of up to 1,000 per week. Earlier in my life, I was a professional boy-choir singer in choirs like the American Boy Choir. I also currently sing songs I write myself and post them on my Substack and YouTube.

Examples of Expertise


Ken has provided examples of their subject expertise by answering 4 questions submitted by students on Wyzant’s Ask an Expert.

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