Natalie performs and records as Soma Music, and receives rave reviews for her songwriting and vocal style. She uses her skills as a full-time working musician, as well as her Bachelor’s in Music and her ongoing continuing education with ASCAP’s “I Create Music” Expo and as a featured artist for the Sisters in Songwriting forum, to create a rich learning environment for her students.
Voice
Using one's voice as a musical instrument can be invigorating, uplifting and healthy for the mind and body as they get in touch with their vocal health.
Voice lessons will be covering:
- Proper Posture
- Breath Management
- Pitch Matching/ Warm Tones/ Vowel Formation
- Harmonizing
- Songwriting
- Stage Presence (Concert Etiquette)
- Recitals/ Live Performance Experience
- Microphone Technique
- Sight Singing
Piano
Piano is a great musical foundation that encompasses every instrument involved in the musical family.
Piano lessons will be covering:
- Chords (Major/ Minor)
- Scales (All Modes)
- Music Theory (in depth chord analysis, dynamics, time signatures, key signatures, etc…)
- Sight Reading (Notes and Staff)
- Transposition
- Improvisation
- Composition
- Learning out of the Bastien Piano Basics Books
- Recitals/Live Performance Experience
Songwriting
Songwriting is one of many ways for musicians to express themselves to the world! Learning to craft a well-written song can evoke emotion.
Songwriting lessons will be covering:
- Song Structure (Intro., Verse, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, Bridge)
- Lyrics
- Interpretation
- Different Genres
- Rhythmic Meter
- Different Instrumentation Applications
Guitar
Guitar lessons are offered by both Natalie and Zachary Honstein. Zachary Honstein picked up a guitar shortly after high school and has been playing music ever since. Throughout his years he has taught himself to play, as well as received some instruction from other guitarists. His love for music has evolved into a desire to teach. He currently plays in the band Fresh AF and frequently gigs around Boise with Soma.
Aside from voice, the guitar is a mobile instrument which is very much loved and popular with most musicians.
Guitar lessons will be covering:
- Maintenance (Tuning and Stringing of the Guitar)
- Electric vs. Acoustic
- Picking Your Guitar
- Learning Frets/ Different Chord Placements
- Strumming/ Picking
- Bar Chords
- Note Reading
- Improvisation (Within the Scales)
- Recitals/ Live Performance Experience
Fresh AF performing
