or How 2 Independent Comic Strips Twisted My Practice Like A Pretzel. It begins just a few days ago am 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. …
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Embrace the Great Outdoors for Summer Practice
It is summer now in the Northern Hemisphere, and people are wont to travel and take vacations. I recently had the opportunity to attend a music technology workshop in Carson, WA where I enjoyed my time in the Columbia Gorge and the small towns of Stevenson, Carson, and Home Valley, WA. As I’ve mentioned before …
The Personality of Commitment
“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 …
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 …