If you’re reading this from anywhere in America, you’ve probably been caught up one way or another in the protests across the country about the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and most recently, David McAtee at the hands of the police. Compared to these tragedies, I […]
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In a previous blog entry I talked about some projects that I and others are using to fill up the time due to the cancellation of all upcoming performances and most teaching. In that blog entry (which you can find here), I talked about going through several technique books that […]
SmartScore is WIndows software designed to convert and edit sheet music to digital PDFs.
This year, pay more attention to what you listen to.
Telling a student to memorize something is not the same as telling them to memorize it. Seth Godin explains.
While this almost certainly belongs on the tech part of my website, rather than the music portion, I just really love the phrase, probability-based drummer. I can think of a few probability-based musicians I’ve known in my life, and I think I’m going to start using that phrase instead of […]
It’s no secret that the increasing development and research into sports psychology has trickled down into the performing arts fields. Books from authors like Don Greene, Timothy Gallwey and Barry Green have brought many aspects of the mental preparation done by elite athletes (and others in high-stress jobs) into the […]
A bit of musical humor, courtesy of the Youtube channel 2SetViolin.