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Antonio Garcia – How to Improve
In your current role, what are you looking to improve upon or change?
I’m always looking for the next thing to work on and improve. At home I keep this big marker board or white board that I have divided into two categories, short term goals and long term goals and I encourage my students [...]
Antonio Garcia – On the Music Business
What have you learned about the music business that was a surprise?
I think when you get started in the music business everything’s a surprise. I was really fortunate growing up in New Orleans. I mean I was extremely fortunate! I had no idea how fortunate I was until I moved to upstate New York, [...]
Antonio Garcia – Where I am Today
What led you to where you are today?
When I was a kid, I was really fascinated with the emotional rush of playing music. As a teenager looking for an outlet, I would move from time at the piano, to time at the guitar, to time at the trombone, then I’d go on to write music, [...]
Antonio Garcia – Getting Started
How did you get started?
I got started in music when I was eight or nine. My parents had an upright in the house and encouraged everyone to take piano lessons. For awhile, I was doing some guitar and enjoying that and eventually I started playing some piano reading the guitar symbols on the sheet music [...]
