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2021 Recommended Reading

A few books that have helped me through 2020 and give me optimism for 2021.
Productivity Apps: 2020 Edition

My top two productivity apps that I’ve been using in 2019 and will be using in 2020.
Need to Rise and Shine? Reset Your Sleep

Just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean that you are destined to wake up at noon!
Facebook: Dumb or Evil?

There’s been lots of pretty negative news coming out of Facebook over the past few years. I’ve only touched on a couple of things (smartphone privacy, social engineering), but it’s looking more and more like Facebook is either grossly incompetant or a bad actor when it comes to respecting their customers information and privacy. The…
No Time To Practice

“I didn’t have time to practice this week, I had too much to do.” It’s an excuse that everyone who has been teaching for more than 15 minutes has heard. It’s also an excuse that almost everyone who has played an instrument for more than a week has made. But it’s a lie. And no…
Why You (Yes, You) Need A Website

One question I get fairly often these days is about the need for a website, especially with the explosion of social and professional media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Soundcloud. My response is usually pretty simple: Maybe more than ever, if you don’t have a website now, you need one! While having social media profiles and…
A Single Habit Now Can Save You Lots of Stress Later

Although it seems like the school year just started a few weeks ago, this a pretty crucial time for the rest of your semester (and year). To me, it seems, that these next few weeks determine how the rest of your school year will go. For students here in Kentucky and Indiana, this is the…
Tired of Facebook Bubble? Break Free With RSS Feeds!

If you follow the news at all, you’ve heard about the problem of social media “news bubbles”. This is especially true for people who primarily get their news (real or fake) from social media. Since social media sites value user engagement above all else, it’s in their best interest to keep users on the site.…
Increasing Productivity in Practice

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, instead of counting the minutes!…