He acknowledged that because students have the tools to compose their own music, they may not feel the need to join a band or perform. But for those too busy for a full-fledged music career, he said, learning music this way is better than nothing. “Making high-quality music at home isn’t a bad thing because it leads to self-expression in a society where schoolwork tends to dwarf all other activities,” Schonbrun said.
Back in Los Gatos homework makes it difficult for Joe Hospodor to pursue his passion. “The guitar is really nice to calm the nerves, but I have so many other commitments,” he said. Even so, he signed up for traditional music lessons last summer, and now he’s learning to read music. And he’s cool with that. So is his dad. “Apparently,” his father said, “it wasn’t that Joe didn’t want learn how to read music, he just didn’t want to learn from his dad.”
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