Reviews of courses, books, apps, and other platforms you’ll come across as a musician.
The best piano, keyboard, and accessories are different for each person, since everyone has different goals. In this article, you’ll learn what types of pianos, keyboards, digital pianos, and accessories you need to meet your needs and where to find them within your budget. Most new pianists nowadays tend to opt for digital pianos, so …
The Best Piano, Keyboard, and Accessories for You: An Introductory Guide Read More »
In this post, I review Dr. Josh Wright’s full “ProPractice Lifetime Access Course” that currently includes 4 levels divided into 2 parts each, technique and repertoire. If you’re only interested in the repertoire section of one level, you can purchase just that section alone here. I purchased the full course, so this post will cover …
Piano Course Review: ProPractice by Dr. Josh Wright Read More »
This is a less formal post. I’ve been struggling to find ways to help people as much as possible with the world as it is now; it’s made me feel incredibly helpless. Talking with some friends made me realize that it’s impossible and maybe even not healthy to stay all super positive, ignoring what’s really …
Persevere: Media and Resources to Cope with COVID-19 Read More »
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process is a collection of super-short, inspiring essays from acclaimed authors that comes originally from Joe Fassler’s online series “By Heart” featured in The Atlantic. In this series of interviews, he asked authors which pieces of writing changed their lives as well as how these …
Book Recommendation: Light the Dark by Joe Fassler Read More »
I’ve been procrastinating this review for most of the year because this book, Presence, influenced me so deeply that I wanted to do it justice. While I may not be able to do just that, at least I can share this resource with people who would benefit from it: musicians, creatives, and people living in …
What I love the most about teaching new adult pianists is that they have a reason why they’re learning the piano. They’re not doing it because their parents are making them. The desire is completely internal, and more than that, it’s based in deep feelings that are strong enough to internally motivate them through the tough parts of taking up something new.
This book has been on my reading list for a while (and I think it got there from its mention in an Adam Neely video), but it was my class on Musical Expectation that pushed me to finally read it, and I’m so glad I did. Leonard B. Meyer writes from his perspectives as a …
Book Review: Emotion and Meaning in Music by Leonard B. Meyer Read More »
Madeline Bruser, a Juilliard graduate and an authorized instructor of mindfulness meditation brings these two aspects of her life into her book The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart. In this work, she not only covers the physical aspects of playing an instrument in avoiding injury and freeing the body, …
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Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist comes from Charles Rosen, a notable concert pianist, music critic, and overall celebrated thinker of music of the common practice period. His most well-known volumes on music are Sonata Forms, The Classical Style, and The Romantic Generation. Both of these large volumes were influential in the fields of …
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