The Practice of Practice

Allison was one of the generous musicians who shared her take on practice with me as I was researching practice for the book, The Practice of Practice.  One of the things she said that stuck with me is that sometimes, for a practice session, she’ll go into it with no plan, no goals beyond getting into…

When I wrote Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music nearly 20 years ago, there was no book like it. There still isn’t. I gave it away (digitally) for free and I stopped counting years ago, once I’d given away over a million copies all over the globe. Yay, Internet! Now…

Signed hardcover with free shipping for only 10 bucks! Get it here. Just in time for back-to-school. Too many copies on hand. On sale until they’re all gone! You won’t find a better deal anywhere. Not sure about what’s inside? Check out the “About the Book” tab above. Or, get it as an Audiobook or…

Piano is GREAT for your brain – check out this choice infographic about how awesome piano lessons are for your brain. Source: This is Your Brain on Piano – How Lessons Make You a Better Thinker

A helpful music educator pointed out a typo in one of the several versions floating around out there. The link is to a high-resolution PDF, suitable for printing and putting on your practice room wall or band/choir/orchestra room. Here’s the updated version: GrowYourTalent_ThePracticeOfPractice      

I love this: how they take their time, develop the song, build complexity and then back down. Such musicianship!