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(By Meredith Haas ’24, editor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chaotic. That\u2019s how Josh Tindall would describe the lifestyle he lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many LVC students, Professor Tindall is a name that may go unrecognized \u2013 unless you\u2019re a student in the music department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tindall had roots at LVC long before becoming a professor. He became a student at the school in 1998, attending for five years to complete a double major in music with a concentration in piano and business administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immediately following his five years of undergrad, Tindall began pursuing his Master of Business Administration (MBA). Simultaneously, a piano professor was needed to fill a hole in the department, and Tindall was the perfect candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was basically recruited right out of undergrad, which was cool,\u201d Tindall said. \u201cI was teaching and getting a degree at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While his initial duties originally started just with teaching music classes, as demand from LVC changed, so did Tindall\u2019s role. He was now being asked to teach more gen eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLVC redid their Constellation LVC plan, so as a part of that, they were looking for folks to teach an integrative class,\u201d Tindall said. \u201cI saw pop culture as a way to bring in both what I knew and popular things of today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pop culture that Tindall is referring to is the \u201cPop Culture: Entertainment Industry and You\u201d integrative class, a course that explores how pop culture and the entertainment industry both shape and are shaped by today\u2019s society. Despite being relatively new, the course is already a favorite among students, filling up with a waitlist almost every semester it has run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the course topic itself is interesting, perhaps we can attribute the popularity of this course to Tindall\u2019s laid-back teaching style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI teach classes the way I learn the most, because I feel like what worked for me is what works well for a lot of students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the class is open discussion and activity-based, lacking the most dreaded elements of college classes: quizzes and exams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to create an anxiety-free environment as much as possible. All I want is for students to engage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While teaching is a huge part of Tindall\u2019s life, there is a whole other side to him that many students don\u2019t know about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tindall is in a band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His favorite part about it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing a rockstar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music has always been a part of his life. He was surrounded by music from a very young age, and by the age of 13 or 14, Tindall himself started playing in bands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy dad was in a band. Just going to different events and being around music is what got me to start in a band,\u201d Tindall said. \u201cWhat I did when I first started out was mostly older music for older crowds. Completely different than now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn\u2019t until around 2015 that Tindall kickstarted a band of his own \u2013 Josh Squared, a band made up of himself, another Josh (hence the name) who was a student of Tindall\u2019s, a drummer, guitarist, and a female singer who is also a graduate of LVC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Off to a slow start, the band really got on their feet in 2016. Not easy, the band persevered and overcame the typical challenges that come with asserting yourself as a true band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were on track to have our best year in 2020, when COVID hit and knocked us off our feet. In 2021, things started ramping up and by 2022 and 2023, we\u2019re slammed with gigs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Josh Squared is a well-known band in the nearby and surrounding areas, traveling up and down the east coast performing at various events. From weddings and corporate events to parties, restaurants and casinos, the Josh Squared Band does it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tindall admits that the entertainment industry surely isn\u2019t for everyone, but he feels confident that he is right where he belongs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen it comes to the entertainment industry, you have to love it. I would not advise anyone get into it unless you really love it because if you don\u2019t, you won\u2019t make it. You know you are in the right place in terms of career path because even if everything goes wrong in the job, you are happier to be there than anywhere else. A musician needs to be a musician. Leading a band, playing an instrument. I never expected to do it for this long, but I\u2019m glad that I do. I love everything about what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To him, the busy schedule is all worth it, and it has been since the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just remember at one point looking out and just being so happy \u2013 maybe happy isn\u2019t the right word \u2013 so excited to be doing my own thing. I wouldn\u2019t have even cared if we had completely bombed it. I was just so proud of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He spends his daytime as a professor, and his night times as a performer. It\u2019s a delicate balance that allows him to do both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLVC is semester-based and everything happens during the day, so I have evenings and weekends free for performances. So, the timing really works out and fits together well. You\u2019re kind of always in performance mindset. You don\u2019t really balance things; you just get used to living in chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tindall sends all his students away every class period with the same message, one that applies to both his music career and his teaching: \u201cDon\u2019t pursue perfection, pursue excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pursuing excellence can look like many different things, but to Tindall, it means being open to learning all the time. Both on stage and in a classroom setting, he\u2019s tasked with getting to know many different people with huge differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe more you know, the more you\u2019re willing to learn, the more compassion you can have.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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