Blog posts in January, 2011

How do you overcome being nervous in public performing? This comes from feeling inadequate and like you're fixing to make a fool out of yourself in ...

As our studios approach recitals in 5 weeks, it's appropriate to discuss performing. There are 2 kinds of performances; we are going to talk about ...

Like an actor, a musician is trying to be as dramatic as possible without breaking the spell by being melodramatic, that is, overly dramatic. We want ...

Great cartoons and movies have subplots and back stories that make them seem more substantial, more engaging. Bugs Bunny cartoons always had gags ...

As you work on your music and get better, your tastes change and grow. You know that your solo stinks and that so-and-so song used a progression a ...

Most people do not want to be challenged in their music listening. They just want to enjoy sounds and be lightly entertained as they go about life, ...

There are many parts, aspects, dimensions of music. Pitch, rhythm, dynamics, timbre are the starting points, then as further differentiations we could ...

Most people's musical interest is focused on styles, rock, country, classical, jazz, etc. But it's interesting that some students (and thus musicians) ...

When you buy a great album or go to a concert with a group you love, you have a performance expectation – you anticipate that this will be GREAT! and ...