Don't Go To School To Learn
Everyone says, “Go to school to learn.” But that doesn't really encompass the true purpose of school. The mindset should be, “Go to school t… Read More
How to Create A Music Practice Habit
This is a continuation from last week's article: How To Make A Habit Stick. Make sure you read that first to understand the steps we use bel… Read More
7 Steps To Stick To Your Habit
It’s the new year! Which means most of you have resolutions to create some sort of good habit this year (the most common of which are regula… Read More
Stories Behind Holiday Song Favorites
It’s December!… Which means you hear the same songs being broadcast and performed everywhere you go, all the time. You sing along, almost me… Read More
Practice Strategy: Chaining
You practice sections over and over, yet when you go to play your whole piece you still stop and stumble at those same sections. Why is that… Read More
The 7 Most Common Mistakes in Music Practice
Students, this is for you. Here are the top 7 biggest pitfalls of practice I’ve seen (and have been guilty of doing) and how to work around … Read More
Improve student retention by changing your culture
For a typical music school, 80 percent of students are youths. This means families are involved. Families are invested (in their child's gro… Read More
Teacher's Guide to Planning Performances
As a music teacher, I believe that having recitals are tremendously important for our students. I remember when I was taking piano lessons a… Read More
Practice Strategy: Chunking
Chunking is, in my opinion, one of the best strategies to learn pieces. Not all parts of a new piece are the same difficulty and so those pa… Read More
How to Motivate Adult Students
Whether it is to fulfill a life-long dream, relieve stress, or pursue an interest, more adults are taking music lessons these days. Teaching… Read More
Staying Involved For Busy Music Parents
For working parents, juggling the demands of work and trying to stay involved with our children’s activities is hard to do. We pay for activ… Read More
My Experience Performing with an iPad
I’ve always been a paper-and-pen person. I took notes by hand all throughout college and printed all of my music - even though my backpack w… Read More
Growing Your Music Business Through Referrals
Referrals are loved by almost any field of work. They’re much more likely to become loyal customers compared to those who find you off of an… Read More
Why It Is Harder For Music Teachers To Be Successful
The traditional model of music lesson isn’t working anymore. But why not? Music lessons, for the most part, have followed the same format fo… Read More
Bringing Technology into your Music Classroom
The advance of technology has gotten a bit of a bad rap lately with the killer robot movies and technology-is-going-to-take-your-jobs mental… Read More