“I wanted to thank you for my songwriting lesson on Wednesday. I have a deep love for music, but I’ve never felt like I could trust myself to actually write it out and make it into something. The structure that you taught me in our short lesson has helped me immensely. For the past three days I’ve been watching YouTube videos of music analysis (everything from Katy perry to Chopin!) and I feel like I can finally see the structure that I was blind to before. It feels like learning how to read all over again! I also think that you are an exceptionally compassionate teacher, and great listener. I think those are two of the best qualities a music teacher can have. Anyway, thank you for opening this door in my life.”