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For parents, students, and anyone else who believes that music can and should be a meaningful part of our lives.

A Top-Down Perspective of the Mind

Becoming Who We Need to Be

Acknowledging the Process

Habits of Mind

Embracing the Anti-Education

Intentional Laziness

Understanding The How and the What

What SNL Teaches Us

The Only One in Your Field

Raining Tacos and Culture

The Fight Against Bad Rhythm

Quizzes to be Excited About

Having Semi-Faith in the Process

Transformative Video Games

That Part of the Story

A Mind from Another Time

The Principle of Occam’s Razor

Manipulation Education Revisited

Catfights in the Ivory Tower

When Students Already Know What to Do

Cheap Music Lessons

Jarring Ourselves Into Mindfulness

False Advertising

Small Things We Take for Granted

Signing Up for Overwhelm

Something’s Gotta Give

Curiosity Before Judgment

Piano Fingerings and Life

The Powerful Warrior Mindset

The Things COVID Can’t Take Away

Creativity Makes the Difference

Piano Practice Log: The Ultimate Free Practice Tool

Unitasking

Small Changes, Big Differences

The Forgotten Power of Sleep

Sports Schedules and the Survival of Music Lessons

What if We Left Children Alone?

The Ups and Downs of Music Lessons

Reading the Fine Print

The Many Definitions of Success

Better Than Yesterday

Zoom School Didn’t Cause Social Problems. School Did.

The Stress Toolkit

We Pay for What we Value

The Time Tracking Hack

What Could Have Been

Proactive and Reactive States

Overcompensating for a Pandemic Year

Freedom, Clarity, and Ambiguity

Unnecessary Shortcuts