Yesterday my son Alejandro graduated from high school. It seems only yesterday he was 3 years old and asking me to learn to play piano. In September, he’ll be starting college at Brown University. We are so proud of him. As parents, we keep our kids under our wings while feeding their growth. We hope to…
What is the secret of a successful life? Why do some people seem to always succeed no matter the challenges life throws at them and others seem to be trapped in a never-ending cycle of pain and suffering? “The human spirit, like a campfire, must be lit again each day.” – Steve Chandler I recently…
So you know you can teach music…congratulations! It’s only the first step. Offering your services and successfully running a profitable business is a whole other problem. This is the problem most music teachers who want to grow a successful business face. It feels like a massive tangle of problems: How do I get clients? How…
“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open.” -Frank Zappa How open-minded are you? It’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t say they’re open-minded. But in reality, it seems very few teachers are. Look at the glacial pace of change in education across the world. Every other field is…
Piano For Kids Volume 4 has reached bookstores worldwide and is now readily available on Amazon.com! Music teachers, new students, and novice parents galore can continue to musically flourish with new songs and music theory with the newest edition of the Piano For Kids series. In Piano For Kids Volume 4, we are introduced to…
Last week, my wife and I went uptown to the famous Apollo Theater in Harlem. We went to see Latin History for Morons, the one-man Broadway show by John Leguizamo. For those who don’t recognize his name, he is a Colombian/Puerto-Rican American comedian and actor seen in movies such as Super Mario Bros, Moulin Rouge,…
¿Como podemos ayudar a nuestros hijos a prosperar y convertirse en adultos exitosos? Andrew, como cualquier otro padre alrededor del mundo, se hacía la misma pregunta. El quería enseñarle a su hijo de 3 años al menos las competencias fundamentales las cuales sirvan de cimientos para que su pequeño pueda convertirse en un hombre personalmente…
There are so many benefits to music education for children. This video is a good summary overview.
I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too. – Steve Martin Too often, I hear music teachers say they are…
Though she had already been working with young music students, Carol found that it was often difficult to transition them from early childhood classes to learning to read and play instruments. That’s when she came across the idea of using color as learning scaffolding and The Musicolor Method Masterclass. Carol has since adapted the Musicolor…
