by musicadmin | Dec 28, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Practice, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott By nature, I am not the world’s most organized person. When I was much younger and taking piano lessons, I would rely on my teacher to keep me on steady track so I could make progress and learn new material. Upon returning to consistent piano practice...
by musicadmin | Dec 14, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Practice, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott Ask people to give you a word to describe the holiday season, and I’m sure the answers would vary wildly… but I would hazard a guess that the word “relaxed” would rank low on the list. Whether due to family drama, travel chaos, interrupted work...
by musicadmin | Nov 23, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Practice, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott I’ve written before about how consistent practice is much better than long chunks of time sporadically and sparsely peppered throughout your week. I’d like to follow up on that here by discussing a recent experience of mine. For the last three or four...
by musicadmin | Nov 9, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Holidays, Kids Music Lessons, Practice, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott Our culture seems to have a love-hate relationship with holiday music- Christmas music in particular. Understandably, we develop an affection for those songs ingrained in our psyche year after year for our entire lives, but equally understandably,...
by musicadmin | Oct 19, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Practice, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott When I was in my early teens, after nearly a decade of taking piano lessons, I found myself starting to get burnt out. Part of it was due to the strict and demanding nature of my teacher, but another important consideration was her approach to...
by musicadmin | Oct 6, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Practice, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott A few weeks ago, I wandered into an art store and picked up a Bristol pad and a set of colored pencils. It happened on a whim; I just felt compelled to expand my artistic horizons. I’ve been fortunate enough to make music my life and livelihood over...
by musicadmin | Sep 21, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Uncategorized
By: Konner Scott It’s a sad reality that when schools hard underfunded and need to make cutbacks, arts programs- music in particular- are often first on the chopping block. In a vacuum, this might make sense. One could make the case that math and science classes, for...
by musicadmin | Sep 7, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons
By: Konner Scott Writing a song, when you’ve never done so before (or when you’ve only done so a couple of times), can seem both daunting and exciting. It might feel like you’re on the edge of your comfort zone, pushing your creativity to its limits. Even if the final...
by musicadmin | Aug 13, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Practice
By: Konner Scott Over my time as a music teacher, I’ve learned that I have to walk a delicate tightrope with each student. On one side lays the pit of having too rigid a curriculum, which can lead to a student feeling stunted and suffocated. On the other is a quagmire...
by golfam | Jul 27, 2021 | Adult Music Lessons, Kids Music Lessons, Practice
By: Konner ScottIf you’re like me, you often try to do too much. Whether it be music, writing, or work, it’s tempting to listen to the voice in your brain that says “more is better”. I’ve found that this is not necessarily the case. In music in particular, the vast...
