Specifically: How Music Can Set You Free… If you are like me, feeling the mysterious power of music is one of the best parts of your life. Music can be a way to escape the normal gravity of everyday existence, a way to “dance beneath the diamond sky
Practicing Music in Revolutionary Times Today I have some tools for you that may help you cut through the noise and distraction that swirls around you so you can find more time to practice and play music. I read a lot and listen to interviews with people who seem to
Today I have some ideas for you that can help take the fear out of taking solos on stage with a band. Believe me, I’ve crashed and burned plenty of times when taking solos. Here is one thing I’ve learned: you can get over it. And if you spend a
One of the most mind-blowing musical performances I ever saw was a few years ago at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Sonny Rollins played to a large crowd outdoors on a perfect summer evening, and the highlight of the set was his version of “The Tennesee Waltz”. Here
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Picture what your life would be like if you could not read the words you are now reading. It’s hard to imagine, right? Reading words gives you the power to sift through thousands of ideas in a fraction of the time it would take you if you were learning them
I’ve been preaching the gospel of going beyond 1st, 2nd and 3rd position by using pentatonic scales in 4th, 5th, and 12th position for years. It’s exciting and frustrating. Exciting to see people light up when they get the idea and run with it. Frustrating because most people give up before
In this video I describe a tongue blocking technique that had me confused for years. First I didn’t know how to do it, and then I finally hit on a way to do this, but I did not know what I was doing. So I finally slowed way down and
The strange magic of the blues harmonica has a lot to do with the way you can make it cry by bending notes. The way the little metal harmonica reeds respond to your breath creates a new voice, part machine and part flesh and blood. There are two main ways