One of the first classical music CDs I fell in love with was the album The World’s Favorite Piano Music by Van Cliburn. Ever since then I’ve had a special place in my heart for his music and other musical endeavors. I was excited to learn the other day that there is a documentary of […]
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Got Music Apps?
Are you trying to keep up with the mobile technology age, but drowning in the virtual sea of all-things-apps? I’m raising my hand! Well, now you can cast your fears aside because there is a fabulous website that promises to be a sanity-preserver for teachers like us: Musicians With Apps. All the apps are organized […]
I Passed the Good Teacher Test…
Last year some of you may remember that I reviewed a piece by Wendy Stevens called Tangy Tango and royally bombed as a teacher in preparing my student to play it well. Ever since then, I’ve been determined to try again with a another student to see if I could pass my own self-imposed good-teacher-or-bad-teacher […]
Calling All Composers and Arrangers!
SheetMusicPlus.com just launched a new (beta version) Digital Print Publishing that is open to composers and arrangers who want to make their work available to a large customer base. Just sign up for a free account, upload your sheet music, and start earning royalties. The composer/arranger will earn 45% of every sale, and all music […]
New Coolest Website!
One of my students is working on playing worship songs from lead sheets this year and periodically runs across chords that she hasn’t learned. Yesterday the A Maj 9 chord stumped her. I don’t exactly play Major 9 chords everyday, either, so I decided to look it up on-line just to be sure that I […]
Free Music Curriculum Galore!
I know I’ve been to Jennifer Fink’s fabulous Pianimation website dozens of times, but for some reason I either never realized or forgot about the amazing collection of free music curriculum sets she has available to download. Whether you want to help a student understand how to improvise using the Blues scale, need some extra […]
