F-flat Books Blog

Musicast Launch! – Episode 0

By music cast|2020-09-16T07:12:39-05:00September 15th, 2020|musicast podcast|

Founder, CEO, public school music teacher, and mom extraordinaire Sarah Gulish joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of F-flat books , what it's like to run a business, and the integration of Musicast to the company! Sarah Gulish holds a Ph.D in music education from Temple University. For over a decade, Sarah has taught secondary level music at Lower Moreland High School located in the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S.A. She also serves as Adjunct Professor of Music Education at Buffalo State University and Temple University. Her teaching centers on creativity and improvisation in courses focused on new music learners [...]

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The Familiar and the Uncertain: Teaching in Fall 2020

By Sarah Gulish|2020-09-08T06:40:38-05:00September 8th, 2020|Choir, General Music, Inspiration, Middle school, Musicians, Remote music teaching, Stories, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy, Virtual education|

THE RUN Last week, I started on my usual 5 AM run. I laced up my shoes, donned all of my safety gear, and started on the route I had planned. I had my Spotify playlist on blast, trying to wake myself up as I took my initial [...]

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Do You Know Why Your Piano is Black and White?

By Sarah Gulish|2020-09-01T05:24:51-05:00September 1st, 2020|General Music, Inspiration, Musicians, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy|

In early July, I read a poem that stopped me in my tracks: "If I were a racist," by Nate Holder. Through captivating language, he expressed what it felt like the music education profession had been dancing around for years. I read it over and over again, noting [...]

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On Writing Stuff and Getting Paid

By Gareth Dylan Smith|2020-09-10T04:16:42-05:00August 29th, 2020|Drums, eBooks, Stories, Writing|

This post was prompted by my recent observation in an exchange of text messages with a friend that I earned more from giving one presentation at the 2020 first annual F-FLAT Books Back to School Symposium than from royalty payments all of last year with Routledge (with whom [...]

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Dear, Mr. Stakeholder,

By Sarah Gulish|2020-08-24T19:40:02-05:00August 24th, 2020|Inspiration, Remote music teaching, Stories, Teaching Philosophy|

You hold the stakes and the stakes are high. I, too, have held precious things. I’ve weighed the options and made the snap judgments beside the long-furrowed brain circles, when right and left seemed equally tied. I’ve held my breath. As a first-year teacher, walking through halls full [...]

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What Writing a Book is Really Like…From a First Time Author

By Jessica Peresta|2020-08-10T21:39:23-05:00August 12th, 2020|General Music, Stories, Teaching, Writing|

I've done a lot in my online music education business over the last 4 years. All of it has taken a lot of hard work and dedication. I just figured out how to make it happen and took it all one day at a time. But, for some [...]

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A Newfound Purpose as a Black Teacher in China

By Naarah Callender|2020-07-12T10:53:30-05:00July 16th, 2020|Musicians, Remote music teaching, Stories, Teaching, Teaching Abroad, Teaching Philosophy, Virtual education, Writing|

During the onset of the virus, I became stuck in the United States, unable to go back to my home in China. It was during this time that the world - and specifically the US - seemed to be overwhelmed with injustices. Our social media feeds were filled [...]

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Keep the Drumming Alive!

By Nathaniel Strawbridge|2020-07-10T18:01:50-05:00July 9th, 2020|Drums, General Music, Remote music teaching, Stories, Teaching, Teaching Philosophy, Virtual education|

“Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen, great to see you? Welcome to our drum class. I hope you are excited… I know that I am. Let’s begin.” As I uttered this opening statement, I was looking into twenty-two sets of 4th-grade eyes, sitting in twenty-two little boxes, staring back [...]

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From “Professional Voice User” to Singer: My journey during COVID

By Sarah Gulish|2020-09-10T04:15:47-05:00June 30th, 2020|Choir, Inspiration, Musicians, Stories, Teaching, Virtual education|

Do you remember singing as a child? What are your earliest memories of singing? I can remember making up songs and singing for my family from a young age. I loved being silly and creating funny lyrics to familiar tunes. I remember singing hymns in church and singing [...]

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Popular Music Education in India

By Nilesh Thomas|2020-06-25T01:44:35-05:00June 25th, 2020|General Music, Higher Education, Musicians, Teaching|

Indian Popular Music: Defined In India, popular music is Bollywood music! New Bollywood songs are #1 in the list of favorite genres in India, followed by old Bollywood songs and other regional music, while international Pop music is at #5 (ifpi 2019, p. 25). Contemporary Bollywood music producers [...]

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