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The 10 Commandments of a music student
10 rules you must follow as a music student if you want your teacher to love you!
Set yourself up for success with these 3 things!
The 3 things you need this year to set yourself up for musical success!
4 essential pieces of equipment to start producing music
Want to start recording and producing your own music? Here are the essential 4 pieces of equipment you need!
Improve your practice today!
Music practice doesn’t have to be boring, annoying or repetitive. Learn why music practice is important, and how you can improve the way you practise!
Do professional musicians get nervous?
Maybe you’ve gone to a concert and the musician on stage looked so confident and sure of themselves you thought, “surely they’re not nervous”. Are they or are they not? Let’s find out!
Making the most of your music lessons
Music lessons give you the opportunity to not just make music, but to learn new skills or knowledge about music, reinforce your current understanding, and clear up any confusion you may have. Because a lesson is often over in the blink of an eye, and usually covers a wide range of elements, it’s important to be super prepared for one. In this post I share a few tips on how to prepare for your music lesson to enable you to make the most out of the precious and limited time you have with your tutor.
Your first lesson
You might feel some anxiety or nerves about your very first music lesson. I want you to know that is quite normal to feel this way: you are about to start something new, and that is always a daunting situation to be in. This post is to help you feel a bit more calm and confident about this very first lesson, by letting you know what to expect from it and how best to prepare yourself.
5 funny music memes
Who else loves memes around here??? We find them so entertaining! We’ve picked 5 funny music memes just for you.
4 easy things to do to get practising
Your instrument is sitting there in the room, staring at you, reminding you of all the practice you have to do. And yet, you walk past and ignore it. Sounds familiar? Sometimes, the hardest thing about practising is actually to start. So here are 4 things you can try to get practising!
What I do as a teacher before each term
In this post I’ll show you how I prepare my term as a harp and piano teacher.