For the next installment of our Music Beyond the Classroom series, we're interviewing master-of-all-trades, C.J. Blair. In a whirlwind career in the music industry, C.J. has worn many hats: guitarist, guitar tech, front of house sound, engineer, and, most recently served as the production manager for Khalid's national and international [...]
For the next installment of our "Music Beyond the Classroom" series, we sat down with composer, Richard Taylor. Richard studied composition at the Royal Northern College of Music in the UK, and has been working as a composer ever since. His credits include classical commissions and music [...]
A few weeks ago, I was on a Facebook forum for music teachers. Someone posed a question about popular music education—the essence of the post was prodding at the philosophy of music educators and whether or not they view popular music as a valid area of study. And, [...]
You should Follow Haley on Instagram Do you follow Haley Powers on Instagram? You need to. Not only will you see beautiful, sun-drenched videos of her playing guitar and sharing her board setup; you'll be inspired to be a better guitarist and all-around person. Haley Powers [...]
Sarah at the ISME conference in Glasgow You've been teaching and researching and doing all of the things (all of them). You decide to take the plunge and submit an application for a conference. Your abstract is complete, you've edited your work, and you click submit. [...]
To kick off our new series, "Music Beyond the Classroom," we caught up with the band, TeamMate, currently based in Los Angeles. TeamMate is a pop rock duo comprised of Scott Simons and Dani Buncher. Scott serves as keyboardist and Dani plays the drums. Both of them sing. [...]
The other day, I was talking to my students about creativity. I find it interesting that many of them think that musical creativity is synonymous with the ability to play an instrument. "No!" I said. "If you asked me to create on the trumpet, I might struggle because [...]
"I'm on sabbatical." I said these words over and over again this past year, explaining to folks why I was suddenly home with my kids and not in the classroom. Since graduating from college in 2007, I have spent every year teaching. Teaching, conducting, writing, studying, planning. [...]
My Background In high school, I had a thing for guitar players. I remember playing in a cover band (I was the keyboardist), amazed at how my guitar player would pick up melodies by ear and translate them to his instrument. I loved watching videos of Joan [...]
"A new royalty statement is available for Sarah Gulish." I saw an email in my inbox a few weeks ago with this subject line. When I clicked on the link and went to my author portal, I scrolled down to see my payout for the 2018 year: [...]