Presenter Dylan Savage gives his vision for expanding the parameters of the traditional music lesson, with detailed examples. During the conversation, Dylan will discuss a number of non-traditional uses for music, including how live performance can be used to help people in non-music fields learn new approaches for applying universal skills. He will also cover in detail new ideas for how we might further expand the boundaries of the traditional music lesson to teach universal skills and concepts to students who will use them as a springboard to non-music careers, making the primary goal of the lesson life-skill proficiency, rather than instrument proficiency.