This Is Courtney Dubois
Tell us ALL about your past. Well your musical past at least....... I took an interest in music when I was very young. There's a home movie my family has of my sister playing the violin for my dad, he didn't know that she had been taking lessons. Naturally I wanted to share something, so I ran upstairs and got my little toy piano and performed Joy to the World for my folks. They didn't realize that I had been teaching myself and playing by ear. Shortly after that my parents got me an acoustic guitar (like my favourite country singer Alan Jackson) and an upright piano and put me into piano lessons. I very much disliked the royal conservatory way of teaching and learning. I just wanted to play my favourite songs and make stuff up on my own. I managed to fake my way through the first couple years without learning how to read the music, by watching my teachers hands and listening. My teacher eventually caught on, and stopped playing the pieces for me forcing me to ...