A recent bit of podcast serendipity and what makes someone a professional.
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While practicing is necessary to improve, you can only improve what you hear!
You’re Only As Good As Your Ears
It’s no secret that I may have a podcast problem. One new podcast that may be of interesting to music teachers and music educators that I’ve recently come across is the Music On Purpose podcast, with host Bryan Crisp. Bryan is a trumpet player in northern Kentucky and has an […]
New Podcast for Music Education
It looks like Julie Landsman is making the rounds to all sorts of different musical blogs, and her insights continue to be both interesting and energizing! A few weeks ago I posted about several different interviews that Julie Landsman has done – two different Horn Hangouts with Sarah Willis, an […]
Another [Great] Julie Landsman Interview!
If you’ve never heard of Seth Godin, and you’re in any type of entrepreneurial or customer-focused field (like musicians and teachers), you should check him out. His daily blog entries are both incredibly insightful and ridiculously short. Take this 7-sentence entry posted a few weeks ago as an example. Short, […]
Don’t want to practice? Listen to this instead.
I am a podcast addict. There I said it. To some people (mainly, my wife) that comes as no surprise. Whether it’s writing, working out, washing the dishes, or driving, I almost always have a podcast going. Sometimes, I confess, I listen at 1.5x speed so that I can fit […]
My Top Podcasts of 2016
For most students, practice recommendations are often given in minutes, since that is by far the easiest way to quantify practice (especially if you are teaching a large ensemble!), but one thing that is often overlooked by beginning and intermediate students is their practice productivity – making the minutes count, […]
Increasing Productivity in Practice
I’m pretty sure my podcast listening has turned into a minor obsession/addiction. Right now, my regularly updated BeyondPod subscription consists of the following, (in alphabetical order):