![]() School of Rock Syosset/Oyster Bay is a clubhouse for our students. ![]() Monica and Gene started School of Rock Syosset/Oyster Bay knowing that it would change the lives of those who walked through the doors. It was also at this time that Gene told Monica he knew what her calling was, and he was right! It was around this time that Michael's band, The Inoculated Canaries, started to develop into more than a garage band. They introduced her to the music business, teaching her about recording, managing, touring, and the list goes on. She was not only fortunate to have met some incredible artists but is lucky to now call them her friends. They had no idea that Google had not only changed her son's life but the lives of her entire family! Throughout Michael's years at School of Rock, Monica turned her photography to the concert world. Monica and Gene quickly scheduled an appointment thinking this was all just too good to be true. Google had made a mistake! We all know that School of Rock was a movie, how would that help her child? What she didn't know was that the movie resulted from an actual school! She asked Google, "what can we do to help our child find other kids to play music with?" Google replied, "School of Rock." Monica was in disbelief. Like most of you, Monica turned to my dear trusty friend, Google, to help solve the problem. Coming home and practicing on his own wasn't fun. She and her husband, Gene, encouraged Michael to play but quickly realized that taking lessons just wasn't enough. Monica's son, Michael, became interested in playing the guitar at a young age. After the second month of lessons, the instructor told Monica that he would pay her to stop going if she promised not to tell anyone she had been his student (true story!). Her parents sent her to piano lessons even though she really wanted to play the drums. She would sing at the top of her lungs not really caring that she was pitchy and off-beat (and still does). Monica, on the other hand, was musically challenged. Her dad, a self-taught musician, could play anything you put in front of him. Monica grew up in a talented home where everyone had a musical talent except for her. Monica didn't know when she was younger that this is where she wanted to be but her life has led her to School of Rock Syosset/Oyster Bay. ![]()
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