I've had my share of training with things related to the Disney Institute.
The thing people now might not know about the Disney Institute is...
There's 2 Disney Institutes.
The Old Animation-Process Centric Disney Institute that was mostly for kids and families at the theme park.
The Newly Re-Invented Big-Business Centric Disney Institute.
I trained under a guy from the Disney Institute V. 1.0. That was a lot of fun, and I learned lot. Plus, he went on to become one of myself and my parents best friends and he ended up being my closest mentor, and a person who I got a lot of advice from. Under Phil's supervision, I felt like I could do anything his personality was so inspiring and professional. He had complete faith in me completing just about any animation task, even when I didn't want to believe in myself at the time. I really just wish everyone was lucky enough to have a friend-mentor of the caliber I had.
The Disney Institute has re-adjusted to the times. The Tweet world, the big business training world, training managers and whatnot. I actually think that decision is pretty cool.
If there's two famous local lesser known pros I'm friends with who are famous locally, I'd say those people would be Matt and Phil.
If there's 2 things I know, it's music and animation. Matt taught me music. Phil taught me animation.
Matt C. ended up becoming close friends with Rob Thomas and the entire band of Matchbox Twenty, when they were merely another struggling local band in Florida. And he's still friends with them to this day, if I'm not mistaken. I was in the same middle school band class as Matt C. and my other friend Johnny B. We were all in the percussion section of the school band. But we would always goof off in class and joke around, read comics, draw, and just do drum licks the whole time, showing off our skills to one another. Good times. One time I even got to go to Matt's house where we formed a temporary alternative rock garage band, and we did a few songs on the spot. Johnny and I took turns on the drum set, and Matt played electric guitar. Our best song was a song Matt C. called "The Surf Song" where we played a California-style surf rock vintage melody, that sounded like a mixture of Dick Dale Del Tones and Smash Mouth. If I remember correctly, there was no singing involved, just instrumentals. We kicked ass with music. That was one damn catchy song. Too bad we didn't record it. This was before Yourself or Someone Like You was released, and Matchbox Twenty was still called "Tabitha's Secret", if I'm not mistaken.
Phil's sessions were more formal and I worked on cartooning stuff instead of music with drums, but yeah, we freestyled a lotta art, drawing sketches on the spot, testing my chops. This was around 5 to 6 years after the Jam Sessions.
If there's two famous local lesser known pros I'm friends with who are famous locally, I'd say those people would be Matt and Phil.
If there's 2 things I know, it's music and animation. Matt taught me music. Phil taught me animation.
Matt C. ended up becoming close friends with Rob Thomas and the entire band of Matchbox Twenty, when they were merely another struggling local band in Florida. And he's still friends with them to this day, if I'm not mistaken. I was in the same middle school band class as Matt C. and my other friend Johnny B. We were all in the percussion section of the school band. But we would always goof off in class and joke around, read comics, draw, and just do drum licks the whole time, showing off our skills to one another. Good times. One time I even got to go to Matt's house where we formed a temporary alternative rock garage band, and we did a few songs on the spot. Johnny and I took turns on the drum set, and Matt played electric guitar. Our best song was a song Matt C. called "The Surf Song" where we played a California-style surf rock vintage melody, that sounded like a mixture of Dick Dale Del Tones and Smash Mouth. If I remember correctly, there was no singing involved, just instrumentals. We kicked ass with music. That was one damn catchy song. Too bad we didn't record it. This was before Yourself or Someone Like You was released, and Matchbox Twenty was still called "Tabitha's Secret", if I'm not mistaken.
Phil's sessions were more formal and I worked on cartooning stuff instead of music with drums, but yeah, we freestyled a lotta art, drawing sketches on the spot, testing my chops. This was around 5 to 6 years after the Jam Sessions.
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