The Musical Muse
Blog dedicated to music education, practice tips, health & wellness, and geeking out.
Last month, I was mulling over different areas that I want to focus on in lessons for the remainder of the school year. I concluded: practice consistency, practice efficienty, technical skills, ear, rhythm and sight reading, and finally - theory and keyboard harmony. Find out how I’m challenging my students to tackle these aspects of music learning.
(originally published in the Winter 2022 APTA News & Views)
I got schooled by one of my students earlier this year: “What cameras do you use for Practice Time and Trip Up the Teacher?” she asked.
“The Logitech camera overhead and my laptop camera, recording through StreamYard” I replied.
“Bruh, no. Laptop cameras suck. The video is so grainy. I can’t look at it. And don’t use StreamYard unless you’re livestreaming. Go old school. Do. It. The. Old. Fashioned. Way.”
This summer has been unusually hot and bright, which hasn’t been good for my light sensitive Migraine Brain. Although I have managed to keep the migraine count down low, it has come at the cost of living like a mole for most of the summer.
I broke down in July and bought two pairs of migraine glasses to try. They block out most of the blue light frequencies that trigger migraines or make them worse. Unfortunately, they both took their sweet time getting here…
