Most of the music coaching and teaching I do involves information gathering. It's important for me to clearly identify what musical challenges my students are having so that I don't fix something that ain't broke and so I impact the problem in a way … [Read more...]
Deceptive Cadences
The progression from V to I has the name "authentic cadence" and from IV to I, "plagal cadence." A "deceptive cadence" is understood to mean the substitution for the expected progression, V-I, of the progressions V-VI or V-IV. The effect is strong … [Read more...]
How To Secretly Seduce Your Prospects
Recently, a friend asked me if I ever go into that state between being in a dream and being awake. He mentioned how in that state you begin to visualize amazing things, and how you can really feel the intense excitement of your dreams. He said that … [Read more...]
How wonderful…
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. -- Anne Frank … [Read more...]
Duke Jordan, 84, Jazz Pianist Who Helped to Build Bebop, Dies
Duke Jordan, a pianist whose work with the saxophonist Charlie Parker endures in the jazz canon, died on Tuesday in Valby, Denmark, a suburb of Copenhagen. He was 84, and he had lived in self-imposed exile from the United States since 1978, … [Read more...]
Advice To Beginning Musicians
If you're new to the world of playing music or even if you're just now thinking about playing your very first note, here's my 7-step plan for beginning musicians: Get a cheap instrument. You probably have an idea of what instrument you want to play … [Read more...]
Define: Raga
1. A generic term for Indian scales, consisting of five, six, or seven different notes and calculated to create a certain mood. Each raga is suited to a particular time of day. The word itself comes from the Sanskrit meaning "color," so that an … [Read more...]
Tips From The World’s Greatest Hypnotist
Milton Erickson's power of influence was legendary. He was considered the greatest innovator of hypnosis and became famous for his unique hypnotic methods. He could put people into a hypnotic trance just by shaking hands. What Erickson understood … [Read more...]
Make Money Easily Leave Your Prospect’s Hands
People travel through many states of mind throughout any given day. We may feel tired when we wake up, refreshed after a shower, energized after our morning coffee, and bored during a company meeting. Most people go through life letting the … [Read more...]
How To Master Musical Textures
If you need more compositional choices or your music needs more depth, you might want to play with the textural qualities of music. This won't be difficult because I've prepared a textural dictionary for you. Polyphonic, while literally meaning … [Read more...]
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