Why Do Kids Pick Sports Over Music?
Explore why children often choose sports over music lessons and how music teachers can better compete for students'' attention and time.
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Hacking Your Brain To Effective Practice
Learn to use proven learning techniques like spaced repetition in music practice so that you work with your brain to get the most out of your practice time!
Don’t Go To School To Learn
Challenge the notion that school is just for ''learning''. Instead, go in with the mindset that you are acquiring skills for life.
Help! I’m Not a Good Motivator
How do you build and maintain a student''s energy levels? When energy is up, so is interest and self-motivation.
Teach Students To Teach Themselves: Building Interest and Style
Teach students to teach themselves. Have them constantly building their interest and discovering new things!
Dump the Notebook: Writing Great Assignment Notes
Is using a notebook and pencil hindering your students'' practice and wasting valuable lesson time? There''s a better way - and it''s a win-win for teachers and students!
Teaching the Next Generation of Musicians
Our Generation Z students are growing up in a very different world today. See what makes them different and how we can best engage them.
Being Critical To Yourself: Why Should You Be?
You can practice effectively when you have set and are able to distinguish good, great, and bad efforts. Recording yourself is one of the best ways to give yourself feedback - see how.
6 Things You Didn’t Know YouTube Could Do For Musicians
YouTube as a practice tool? Definitely! See some awesome but lesser-known YouTube features musicians can use in practice.