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2021-01-20 The Danger of "Natural Technique"
2021-01-13 Horn Nerd: Meticulous Terms Edition
2021-01-06 New Year, New (and Better) Posture
2020-12-30 Start 2021 (Practice) Off Right!
2020-12-23 Yearly [Transposition] Rant
2020-12-16 Recording the Horn - Mics and Techniques
2020-12-09 Christmas Music for Horn
2020-12-02 What to Expect at (Some) College Auditions
2020-11-25 How to Be A Creator: Follow The Practice
2020-11-18 Keep Your Air to Yourself: French Horn Bell Covers
2020-11-11 All-State Progress Stalled? Audit Your Practice Diet
2020-11-04 Pandemic Practice: Push Your Limits
2020-10-28 Julie Landsman: Conn, Caruso, and Confidence
2020-10-21 Social Media and Practice Efficiency
2020-10-14 Music, College, and COVID
2020-10-07 Band Rehearsals in COVID Times
2020-09-30 All State: Plan Your Practice
2020-09-23 Julius Watkins and the French Horn in Jazz
2020-09-16 Practice Hacks From Canadian Brass Trumpeter
2020-09-09 KY All-State Music for 2020 Announced!
2020-09-02 Quarantine Recital
2020-08-26 Can Too Much Analysis Lead To Paralysis?
2020-08-19 Farkas Mouthpieces: Troubles and Alternates
2020-08-12 Finding the Hours
2020-08-05 Copy-Paste Your Practice
2020-07-29 Beethoven + Statistical Analysis =...
2020-07-22 Being A Professional
2020-07-15 How to Excel at Making Beats
2020-07-08 Expert of Experts Died
2020-07-01 Best Excerpt Materials for Horn
2020-06-24 The Arts and Social Justice
2020-06-17 A Successful 1,000-Day Practice Challenge
2020-06-10 Sketchy UK Horn Site Shut Down, Horns Still Missing
2020-06-03 A Little Hope
2020-05-27 David Cooper On Auditions and Warming Up.
2020-05-20 Some Social Distancing Distractioning
2020-05-13 Seth Godin on Boredom
2020-05-06 (Over-)Commiting and Learning Under Stress
2020-04-29 Review: Messina Mouthpiece Pouches
2020-04-22 The BEST Etude Collections for French Horn
2020-04-15 Warm-up (and learn to practice) with Solo Training
2020-04-08 The BEST Solo Collections for Middle and High School Horn Players
2020-04-01 Quarantine Projects
2020-03-25 Transposition: Useful or Waste of Time?
2020-03-18 Thoughts About Online Music Teaching
2020-03-11 Pathways Talks with Lukas Horns' Dan Vidican
2020-03-04 Classical Music: Why It Matters
2020-02-26 Lots of music, little time: Organizing Practice
2020-02-19 Stefan's Big Secret
2020-02-12 Horn Shops and "Custom" Horns
2020-02-05 Learning: The Inner Game Method
2020-01-29 The Two Types of Technique
2020-01-22 RIP Barry Tuckwell
2020-01-15 ScanScore Review: Scan and Edit Your Digital Music
2020-01-08 You Are What (and Who) You Listen To
2020-01-01 Make 2020 the Year of Mental Models
2019-12-25 Practice Triage: Sorting Out Your Practice
2019-12-18 Practicing Auditions [Step by Step]
2019-12-11 Learning Strategies: Block vs. Interleaved
2019-12-04 Why You Shouldn't Have (One) Warmup Routine
2019-11-27 Dropping A Dime On Mouthpiece Measuring
2019-11-20 Most Effective Learning Style Feels the Worst
2019-11-13 Memorizing =/= Learning
2019-11-06 Eldon Matlick and A New (To Me) Tuning System
2019-10-30 MobileSheets Pro Tips
2019-10-23 Practice Recipe: 3 Parts Focus with 1 Part Distraction
2019-10-16 When NOT to Practice
2019-10-09 Pre-Performance Rituals
2019-10-02 New Horn Studies from John Ericson
2019-09-18 Trigger Phrases to Improve Performance
2019-09-11 Outdoors with a Tablet: Pros and Cons
2019-09-04 Cleaning and Maintenance Page Updated
2019-08-28 Prepare for Fall Band Camp (and Auditions!)
2019-08-21 Simplify Practice Decisions: The Practice Menu
2019-08-14 2019-20 KY All-State Etudes Up!
2019-08-07 It's not just a punchline - the "Probability-Based Drummer" is a real thing.
2019-07-31 Calm vs. Nerves vs. Terror: Which is Best?
2019-07-17 Book Review: Horn Technique by Jeffery Agrell
2019-07-10 Need to Rise and Shine? Reset Your Sleep
2019-06-26 Self-Talk: Criticism vs. Compassion
2019-06-19 Warming Up - Summer Edition Changes
2019-06-12 Epstein Resources: Breathing, Support, Practice
2019-05-29 Some Humor For Your Next Practice Break: 2SetViolin
2019-05-22 Hooked on (Horn) Phonics
2019-05-15 Great Web Resource for Brass Players
2019-05-08 You're Only As Good As Your Ears
2019-04-17 No Time To Practice
2019-04-03 Deciding On A College? 2 Things To Consider
2019-03-27 Top-Notch Resource for Any Horn Ensemble
2019-03-13 New Podcast for Music Education
2019-02-27 Teaching Musical Interpretation: Learn, Listen, Count
2019-02-13 Upgrade to Digital Music Reading: New Stand!
2019-01-30 How Important Is Intonation? It Depends.
2019-01-16 The gate is open. Don't wait to be chosen
2019-01-09 Yo-Yo Ma and Doug Yeo on Changes and Choices
2018-12-26 Do More in Less Time: 80/20 Your Practice Next Year
2018-11-28 2018 Music Notation Software Options
2018-11-14 Performance Day Preparation Template
2018-10-31 3 Quick Tips to Reduce Nerves in Performance and Auditions
2018-10-17 Wiseman Horn Case Review
2018-10-03 Performance Anxiety: Classical vs. Pop Musicians
2018-09-26 2018 KY All-State Horn Clinic Notes
2018-09-26 A Single Habit Now Can Save You Lots of Stress Later
2018-09-19 Practice Roadblocks? 2 Quick Fixes to Try First!
2018-09-12 3 Famous Tuba Players Talk Audition Preparation
2018-09-05 Be Your Own Motor
2018-08-29 Another [Great] Julie Landsman Interview!
2018-08-22 2018-19 All-State Horn Etudes Out (+Recordings and Tips)
2018-08-15 Book Review: The War of Art by Steve Pressfield
2018-08-08 The Importance of "Yet"
2018-08-01 IHS 50th Symposium is THIS WEEK!
2018-07-25 Scales, Caring, and Cursing
2018-07-18 App Review: Hz Intonation
2018-07-11 Can You Practice on Vacation WITHOUT Your Instrument?
2018-06-27 Some Links for Summer Horn Reading
2018-06-20 Interview(s) with Julie Landsman
2018-06-13 Looking to Remove Bad Habits? Two Strategies You May Not Have Tried
2018-06-06 New Custom Horn Model - Lukas/Pinc Horn
2018-05-16 Keep Your Face in Shape - Embouchure Health Thoughts
2018-05-02 Online Horn Master Class Resource
2018-04-25 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Horn Hangout
2018-04-18 What do "playing musically" and the mellophone have in common?
2018-04-11 20+ Warm-up Routines Available Online
2018-03-21 Being (or Feeling) Rushed Can Hurt Your Practice
2018-03-14 Don't want to practice? Listen to this instead.
2018-03-07 No time to practice? Here's how to do it!
2018-01-02 Up Your Intonation Game With Drones
2017-12-25 A New (To Me) Resource for Brass Players
2017-12-11 [UPDATE: Not Dead Yet] Moosewood Mouthpieces: Closed
2017-11-05 Reducing Frustration and Rage Quitting During Practice
2017-10-31 Practice Strategy: Use Ship Dates to Optimize Practice Time
2017-10-18 Electronic Music Readers - An Update
2017-07-29 2017-2018 All-State Etudes (+Recordings and Tips)
2017-07-24 Electronic Music Readers - iPads, Android, and More
2017-06-10 The Theory Behind Stopping The Horn
2017-06-02 MuseScore + IMSLP = OpenScore
2017-05-21 Why You Should Make Purposeful Mistakes In Practice
2017-04-23 Tradition vs Progress in Horn Pedagogy and Playing
2017-04-10 Minimum Viable Warm-up - Never Feel Unprepared for Playing!
2017-03-16 Not Even Horn Mouthpieces Are Safe From Internet Scams
2017-03-09 In a Practice Slump? This 5-minute Video Can Help
2017-01-06 App Review: TonalEnergy
2016-12-29 Make One Note Count/Make Every Note Count
2016-11-27 The End of November Means...Time for Solo and Ensemble!
2016-11-20 Make Practice More Enjoyable in One Simple Step
2016-10-25 Fix Your Focus, Improve Your Playing
2016-10-03 Erik Ralske Interview: Playing in the Met and the Dangers of Over-Hydration
2016-08-23 New Metronome Practice Idea: No Instrument Necessary!
2016-08-16 Kendall Betts, Former Principal Horn of MSO, Dies
2016-07-21 Quick Feedback From Teachers May Slow Progress
2016-07-08 The Beginnings of a New Chamber Ensemble
2016-06-18 IHS Symposium: Day 5
2016-06-17 Horn Symposium - Day 3 and 4
2016-06-15 Horn Symposium Report: Day 1 and 2
2016-06-07 Timothy Jones & LSO Section Horn Hangout
2016-06-02 Tony Halstead Horn Hangout
2016-06-01 VerMeulen Video: Six Quick Fixes to Horn Playing
2016-05-16 Horn Nerd: Bumper Material Edition
2016-05-01 Increasing Productivity in Practice
2016-04-08 App Review: Tunable
2016-03-25 App Review: ClearTune
2016-03-16 Google & Bing make finding a metronome even easier!
2016-03-04 Horn-Timpani Interaction: Confirmed
2016-02-29 Why You Should Use a Practice Log
2016-02-26 App Review: Official Quality Tones App
2016-01-24 Can A Model Performance Improve Your Practice?
2015-12-26 Transpostion - The Skill That Keeps on Paying
2015-12-18 Give Your Horn a Gift - Clean It!
2015-11-29 French Horn Gifts
2015-10-21 What if a French horn and disco hooked up in a retirement home?
2015-10-19 PSA: Clean Your Horn!
2015-09-22 Horn Player Problems, Vol. 1
2015-09-05 Michael Thompson: Elegant Simplicity of Horn Playing
2015-08-29 Ear Training - Work Your Ears!
2015-08-24 Preparing for All-State - Fundamentals
2015-08-13 KY All-State Horn Excerpt #2
2015-08-13 KY All-State Horn Excerpt #1
2015-06-13 Horn Nerd: Case Edition
2015-06-02 How Long Should I Practice?
2015-04-27 Horn Playing From the Inside
2015-04-14 New Toy - Zoom H4N
2015-03-20 Know your Right (Hand Position)
2015-03-13 Reviving a mute
2015-02-28 The Importance of Articulation

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2016-12-27 My Top Podcasts of 2016

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2021-01-01 2021 Recommended Reading

Tech [134] ↑

2021-01-22 Charter Pulls FCC Data Cap Request
2021-01-15 A Useful Diversion - In 13 Kilobytes
2021-01-08 If You Run The Great Suspender Plugin, STOP NOW!
2020-12-25 December 2020 Tech and Security Roundup
2020-12-18 WordPress 5.6 - What to Expect
2020-12-11 Why long (and random) passwords matter
2020-12-04 Incoming: Higher Cable Bills
2020-11-27 November 2020 Tech Roundup
2020-11-20 Google's Project Zero Scores Again!
2020-11-13 Breakdown of New Macs and Apple Silicon M1
2020-11-06 Raspberry Pi 400: Dip Your Toes Into Linux
2020-10-30 October 2020 Tech Roundup
2020-10-23 Antitrust Behavior of 4 Tech Juggernauts
2020-10-16 AT&T DSL is Going Away
2020-10-09 Network Security: Home(wares) Edition
2020-10-02 Stuff I Like/Use: Fall 2020
2020-09-25 September 2020 Tech Roundup
2020-09-18 New iPad/iPad Air as a Music Reader
2020-09-11 Pixel 4a: (Should Be) Your Next Android Phone
2020-09-04 Google's Privacy Controls: Confusing Own Employees
2020-08-28 August 2020 Tech Roundup
2020-08-21 FCC Requesting Comments on Charter Data Caps
2020-08-14 A Look At 1 Billion Passwords
2020-08-07 Mid-Range Phones: FINALLY Good
2020-07-31 July 2020 Tech Round-Up
2020-07-24 Apple Makes Fingerprinting (A Bit) Harder
2020-07-17 Twitter's Very Bad Day (Again)
2020-07-10 Putting Digital Voice Assistants to the Test
2020-07-03 Your clipboard is showing (and that's bad news)
2020-06-26 June 2020 Tech Round-Up
2020-06-19 StrandHogg: When Malware Means You Need A New Phone
2020-06-12 Clearview AI: Data Breaches, Facial Recognition, & Protests
2020-06-05 Bluetooth Security - (Mostly) Gone
2020-05-29 May 2020 Tech Roundup
2020-05-22 Securing Your Online Accounts: Use 2FA
2020-05-15 Selling on Amazon? Maybe Don't
2020-05-08 New Twist on Old Banking Scam
2020-05-01 Critical iOS Mail Vulnerability [MAYBE?]
2020-04-24 April 2020 Tech Roundup
2020-04-17 Windows 10 Privacy Settings for April 2020
2020-04-10 FBI On Ransomware Impact & Protection (6 steps to take)
2020-04-03 Zoom Security
2020-03-27 March 2020 Security/Privacy Roundup
2020-03-20 FCC/ISPs Acknowledge Necessity of Internet
2020-03-13 New Mexico Sues Google Over Student Data
2020-03-06 Windows 10 Update Deletes Data
2020-02-28 February 2020 Tech Round-Up
2020-02-21 Jumpshot Bricked
2020-02-14 MS Office "Features" and Sync
2020-02-07 Internet of (Useless) Things
2020-01-31 The Galaxy Fold, Folds
2020-01-24 New Vulnerability Targets Cable Modems
2020-01-17 Old Browser Scam Has A New Twist
2020-01-10 Top Security Stories from the 2010's
2020-01-03 Productivity Apps: 2020 Edition
2019-12-27 Avast Spying On Users
2019-12-20 Bleak Outlook for Flagship Androids in 2020
2019-12-13 "Upgrade" to Win10 for FREE
2019-12-06 Chromebook Stylus Fixes/Replacements
2019-11-29 Pixel 4 Reviews: A(nother) Google Fail?
2019-11-22 New Malware Strikes Biggest WordPress Vulnerability
2019-11-15 ISPs Lying About DoH
2019-11-08 Even Computers Need A Fan
2019-11-01 Code That Has Changed History
2019-10-25 Google Giveth And Taketh, 2019 Edition
2019-10-18 Google Will Automatically Delete Your (Worthless) Data
2019-10-11 MacOS/iOS Updates
2019-10-04 iOS vs Android: No Winner Here
2019-09-27 Monitor Password Breaches with Firefox Monitor
2019-09-20 Digital Music Reader: Buying Guide [Updated Sept 2019]
2019-09-13 Google Calendar Spam is 2019's Junk Mail
2019-08-30 Open-source Dangers: Supply Chain Infection
2019-08-23 Understanding Email Headers
2019-08-16 Bluekeep: Bad to Very Bad
2019-08-02 The Quest to Cripple Encryption
2019-07-26 Amazon (Also) Wants Your Data
2019-07-19 Raspberry Pi and USB-C: Broken(ish)
2019-07-12 Why UX Matters
2019-07-05 Facebook Study: New Name, Old Violations
2019-06-28 Mac Pro On A (TINY)Budget = RasPro
2019-06-21 Google Kills Its Tablets (Again)
2019-06-14 News Consumption: One-Off vs. Subscription
2019-06-07 Another One Bites The Dust: Nest is Dead
2019-05-24 Forget Floods and Earthquakes - Ransomware Takes Out Cities
2019-05-10 Browser Notifications Bugging You? Here's How To Turn Them Off
2019-05-03 Facebook: Dumb or Evil?
2019-04-26 (New) Trust Issues With Google
2019-04-19 WinRAR Vulnerability Leaves Millions of Users at Risk
2019-04-10 Why You (Yes, You) Need A Website
2019-03-20 Password Security Is No Joke
2019-03-06 Site Reveals Dangers of Free Android Apps
2019-02-20 Social Media Paranoia: The New Normal?
2019-02-06 Apple vs. Facebook vs. Privacy (and Google too!)
2019-01-23 The UnGoogleification Continues: A New (To Me) Chrome Alternative
2019-01-02 My 2019 Productivity Setup
2018-12-19 Apple's New iPad Port Adds to USB-C Mess
2018-12-05 2 New(ish) Options for Cell Plans: Never Overpay Again
2018-11-21 FCC Comments Show Nuanced Net Neutrality Understanding
2018-11-07 Update Your Router [NOW!]
2018-10-24 Chrome Takes A(nother) Step Back From Privacy
2018-07-04 Life with a Chromebook - 1 Year In
2018-05-30 My favorite productivity apps: Spring 2018
2018-05-23 Separating Yourself From Google - A Guide
2018-05-09 Android Tablets - Finally Dead?
2018-02-12 How Google Knows So Much About You (Hint: It's your Android phone)
2018-01-12 Android to iOS: Why I Switched
2017-12-26 Google Maps vs. Apple Maps
2017-10-23 Stay Away from Project Fi - Maybe
2017-05-17 Google I/O 2017
2017-05-15 WannaCry Virus: What You Should Know
2017-01-05 MKBHD Video - USB-C Made Interesting?
2016-12-13 Tired of Facebook Bubble? Break Free With RSS Feeds!
2016-10-18 Google Pixel Phone Initial Reviews Released
2016-09-11 Google's Pixel C - Better With Android 7.0?
2016-09-08 Requiem for the Headphone Jack: An Android User's Perspective
2016-07-11 USB Type C Chargers Reviewed: Charge into the Future (Safely)!
2016-07-08 Android Apps on Chromebook - Video
2016-07-01 How Much Does Google Know About You?
2016-06-29 OK-Google: A Complete List of Google's Voice Commands
2016-06-23 Google Prompt Makes 2-Factor Authentication Easier
2016-05-30 Android Apps on Chromebook: A Better Android Tablet Experience
2016-05-23 The Best Bluetooth Car Adapters for Any Car
2016-05-21 Netflix Has It's Own Test for Your Internet Connection
2016-05-19 Google I/O 2016: What's In Store For Google
2016-05-04 Get the Most Out of Google's Project Fi
2016-04-26 Adapters Make USB C Transition (Mostly) Painless
2016-04-25 Google Fi - A New Sort of Cell Phone Service
2016-03-15 Google Releases Android N Developer Preview Unexpectedly
2016-02-15 Schadenfreude: Comcast vs Google Fiber
2016-01-22 6 Senators to FCC: Broadband Should Stay in 2010
2015-12-29 Google Moves Toward Ad-Free Sites - Google Contributor and Youtube Red
2015-12-14 Google Engineer is Sherlock Holmes for USB Type C Cables
2015-12-10 The Google Pixel C - What's Up With That?
2015-11-21 T-Mobile, AT&T, Comcast: Net "Neutrality"

Uncategorized [2] ↑

2019-09-25 Bubbles and Clicks and Bumps (and Mouthpieces), Oh My!
2017-06-04 Google Vision For Ad-Free(ish) Internet

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