How to find music for your skill level is one of the most difficult challenges when learning music. If you choose music that’s too easy, then you won’t really be challenging yourself. And your skills won’t grow. If you choose music that is too hard you won’t actually get better, just struggle. What does music… Continue reading Find Music For Your Skill Level
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How To Be Prepared For Music Lessons
An important step in your musical development is how to be prepared for music lessons. Being prepared is more than having your sheet music ready, instrument packed, and your pencil sharpened. Being prepared is about understanding what you want to achieve from the lesson. About knowing where you are at in your studies. And showing… Continue reading How To Be Prepared For Music Lessons
How To Tell If A Musician Is A Performer or a Writer
One of the things I’ve discovered in over 30 years of playing music is that there are fundamentally two types of musicians: Performers or Writers. So how to tell if a musician is a Performer or a Writer? It usually breaks down into what/where/why they enjoy about making music. Both are closely related: they like making audible… Continue reading How To Tell If A Musician Is A Performer or a Writer