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Hey Reader! Have you ever wondered why some musicians seem to get more opportunities, land the interview, get called for the gig, more students, or bookings to present masterclasses or clinics? The difference often isn't in their musical abilities—it's in how they present themselves professionally through their materials! If I had a dollar for each time a student has put down their instrument in a lesson and said… “Actually… I have a question… How do I build a website? Or maybe it’s… “Do I...
"Uncertainty is the only certainty there is (and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security).” This quote is from John Allen Paulos, Temple University professor of mathematics and author of A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, I Think Therefore I Laugh, and Innumeracy, and is apt for the times we are living. But it also resonates with musicians because making music means working with a living art form. Ours is an art of the moment, and we've got to realize that things change...
A whole year of goals can be daunting to tackle. If you answered "unexpected turbulence" in today's IG poll... ...take a breath. 2025 for many of us, and maybe you too, hasn't started out exactly stellar. As we move through the world, doing our work, caring for others, and tending to ourselves, I find I keep asking myself: what's the balance between those things? While I resolved to focus on small ways to support health, taking s-p-a-c-e and allowing little everyday joys, I'm finding that my...