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Ok, so far so good. It seems I can write a little more. I’ve just been through a big ordeal. My password for this site didn’t work anymore. Then I couldn’t reset a new password. Wait, sorry, I have to stop and check if this will be published. Hold it. I’llRead More

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What are some essential things you need to be in band? Should you have some technique? Yes, but you usually don’t need a lot. Should you be nice to others? Yes, but if someone other than the band director starts picking on you, you have the right to defend yourself. ShouldRead More

I have been writing about music in this form or another for more than forty years now. I try to communicate what I hear and what I feel when I come across a moving song. But it is frustrating. Music doesn’t write well. This is probably why we use a complicated code to putRead More

I wrote about Mozart’s death in the previous blog, and how the legend differ from reality.  At the end I left a question: why were legends created about Mozart? Mozart’s first biography were written during an artistic period known as Romantic. Romanticism has hadRead More

I just finished it! I was not just reading  a book, I went through an epic journey listening to the works of Mozart. Would I run into a complete chapter dedicated to The Marriage of Figaro, I would watch the opera on Medici.tv.com (a site for classical music lovers). What anRead More

After a student has been taking lessons for a little bit, she often reports that she can hear on the radio a certain beat she just learnt. Now, I think that’s great because it means that I teach things that are very practical, but it also shows how someone’s curiosityRead More

Our digital world doesn’t invite to patience. Yet, that’s one of the principal ingredient necessary to make a musician. Fortunately, in our 10 seconds environment, there are ways to curtail boredom, tediousness and quitting. I have devised exercises through both myRead More

There used to be that commercial about how physical drums are. It was a biker who comes to the camera with a beautiful scenery in the background. He struggles through the steep hill then stops pedaling altogether once he’s close to the camera. He throws his bike on the sideRead More