Tag: Chicago drum teacher

My last three blogs were about snags. But, can we really call this 3 blogs? Isn’t it more like 1 stretched one? Did I use a trick to make you read more? Actually, no, I didn’t. I was genuinely worried that it wouldn’t work, because I was trapped in a maze of problems interconnected and…

It seems to work. We might be in the clear. Anyway, I couldn’t reset my password because I would receive the email to reset my password but the link would go to the page where I needed to input my email address to reset my password, and then they would send the link at my…

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’ll catch you on the…

Will this work? How long do I have?

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. Should you have a working…

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 put sounds…

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 had great composers, among which Liszt or Chopin. Great writers too, by…

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 an adventure! I enjoyed immensely…

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 curiosity expand with their knowledge of…

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 my piano and my drum lessons that cater to a progressive approach of the instrument.…