“I’m so busy. Who has time to practice?” So says the 45-year-old clarinet student who is a commercial loan officer by day with a husband and 2 teenage sons at home. “Between soccer practice, debate team meetings, and band rehearsals, I’m hard-pressed to find 30 minutes for playing my tenor.” That from the 9th grade …
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Saying Yes To Building Bells
Saying yes can go way beyond accepting a party invite. It could lead to playing your horn more and even finding a cache of bells in the neighborhood. Here’s how that happened for me. A few weeks ago, I took a call from Lee. He had a favor to ask. “Meg, can you fill in …
Got Motivation?
What do photos of Turkey have in common with Burning Man? How do The Pledge of Allegiance and Steve Jobs relate? This issue of Musician’s Motivator connects these dissimilar items in five musical motivations. Unleash Your Creativity Claim Your Space Get Focused Party On, Dude! One More Thing Unleash Your Creativity Open the Creativity Valve …
Taking Your Music On The Road
Summer vacations are a time to have some fun. It’s a good thing that playing a musical instrument is such a blast! Vacation Season Begins Memorial Day is next Monday. In addition to being a US holiday that honors those fallen in war, it also signals the beginning of summer and the travel season. From …