Today’s Musician’s Motivator is a a guest post from my friend and piano/vocal teacher, David Hastings. David has written a fun post about experiencing more effective practice sessions. David writes: Let’s get it straight. I am not a Ninja. I have never met a Ninja. I have never played a Ninja on TV. However, I do [...]
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Practice Like A Ninja!
Posted by Mary Ellen on April 26, 2011
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/04/26/practice-like-a-ninja/
Tune Into Tone
Tune Into Tone Scritch, scratch. Snap, crackle, pop. Hoo-rah! Clang, clang, clang. Velvet. Loo-loo-loo. Boing! The sounds made by our musical instruments are limitless. Not only does each instrument have its own particular sound, or timbre; they also have a variety of ways to express those sounds. This week’s Musician’s Motivator is all about experimenting [...]
Posted by Mary Ellen on March 9, 2011
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2011/03/09/tune-into-tone/
If I Worship a God, Her Name is Music
I really just wanted to play my sax today. I wasn’t in the mood to write this post or do any kind of work. I spent the morning and most of the afternoon stuck in a funk. Get out of the house! It took some time, but I finally heard my inner voice, my deep-knowing, [...]
Posted by Mary Ellen on December 22, 2010
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2010/12/22/if-i-worship-a-god-her-name-is-music/
Get Fuzzy, Bizarro!
or How 2 Independent Comic Strips Twisted My Practice Like A Pretzel. It begins just a few days ago as I am reading the Sunday Comics. Darby Conley’s strip, Get Fuzzy depicts 2 main characters, a cat and a dog, in conversation. The cat has written a song for his mewsical, The Sound of Meowsic. [...]
Posted by Mary Ellen on September 8, 2010
http://gracenotesmusic.org/blog/2010/09/08/get-fuzzy-bizarro/