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How to make audiences happy.
We entertain people. They have fun. Music lifts people up. We all kind get a little down sometimes. Those cloudy and cold, January, Missouri days can be brutal. That’s when we’ve got to get together and “feel alright”. Audiences of all kinds… our friends, our family, your guests, your clients, festival go-ers, entertainment seekers and…
The Write Notes – November 2017
St. Joseph Arts Academy The Write Notes – November 2017 Newsletter from the SJAA Welcome to the “Write Notes”, the monthly newsletter from the St. Joseph Arts Academy! There’s a nip in the air around here and it’s really feeling like fall now. Students are beginning to work on their holiday music now for the…
Student Letters (Making your teacher feel special)
I am humbled in nearly every lesson. I have learned more from my students than I could ever return and I am so grateful for the opportunity to learn WITH them, coach music students and mentor musicians of all ages. This letter (written for a school project) just made my whole life. I’d like to…
What happens in a guitar lesson?
Ever wonder what actually goes on in a guitar lesson? I’ve had lot of guitar lessons and I’ve also given thousands of them, probably 10’s of thousands. On a one-on-one level, every student is different and so each lesson will be tailored to their levels, abilities and sensibilities. On a more general scale, there are…
6 Tools that Boost your Guitar Playing
1) Time to practice – Want to get better at playing guitar? Practice. But, who has time for that, you might say? Well, we really make time for the things that we want to do. We make it a priority in our daily life so that it becomes part of our routine, a habit and…