The Inspired Student: Performance Practice
Did you know that the areas of the brain activated while playing from memory are deactivated during improvisation? Playing a written melody and improvising a solo activates different regions of the brain. We all have a Classical musician friend unable to...
The Inspiring Teacher
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” (William Arthur Ward) The Center for Music Learning (in the University of Texas Austin’s) is at the forefront of...
Defensive Pessimism
It’s Summertime! “The livin’ is easyFish are jumpin’ and the cotton is highYour daddy’s rich and your ma is good-lookin’So hush little baby, Don’t you cry” Sunny weather, drinking cocktails by the pool, bikini girls walking around, running, hiking and biking with...