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Alternate Learning, which was [[Scott Miller (pop musician)|Scott Miller]]'s first band to record on independent recording label Rational Records, was initially formed while its original members were in high school.<ref name=burt/> Miller, Jozef Becker, and Scott Gallawa began performing at [[Rio Americano High School]] under the name Alternate Learning as early as 1977.
 
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The group's self-titled first release, a four-song 7" [[extended play|EP]], was recorded by the three original members in [[Sacramento]], in Miller's home recording studio. The EP was independently released on Rational Records in 1979.<ref name=burt/>
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In February 1981, drummer Eric Landers joined Alternate Learning, as did keyboard player Byl Miller (no relation to [[Scott Miller (pop musician)|Scott Miller]]).<ref name=alrn-news5/>
 
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The 1981 lineup of Alternate Learning recorded a full-length [[LP record|LP]] called [http://www.discogs.com/ALRN-Painted-Windows/release/1619433 ''Painted Windows''], which was released on Rational Records.<ref name=alrn-discogs/> During the recording of ''Painted Windows'', Miller distanced the band from the previous ALRN release, writing in a newsletter that the 1979 EP "was not made by the present Alternate Learning, but by Scott Miller with Joe Becker and Scott Gallawa (now of Les-Z-Boys)."<ref name=alrn-news5/>