Instrument to accompany.  It's tricky singing loudly into a headset or microphone as Zoom has a tendency to cut out.  We will just have to work out the optimal set up as we go.  Make sure you have the sound settings to Musician (Zoom has a setup for that). Also familiarize yourself with mute and unmute so that when the performer is done you can unmute to share. 

Please remember that these are teenagers writing songs.  There may be language warnings and what might be deemed as inappropriate content for some.  I will ask each learner to tone down their compositions and to warn the group if the content contains sexual references, offensive language or violent imagery.  I would prefer that it doesn't but sometimes songs can be quite emotionally powerful or triggering so please check in with your learner after class. 

Also, reminder to set your audio settings in zoom to be the Audio setting Original Sound for Musicians should be selected and then when in class, remember to select it at the top to be ON (this removes noise suppression and allows me to hear your instrument as well as your voice (as well as all your background noise so you need to be in a quiet room).