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

Music Teacher Hypocrisy

S/he Who Hesitates is Lost

The Carrot-and-Stick Model

Confronting Reality

How to Win the Claw Machine

Stay on the Roller Coaster

Where Are They Looking?

The Courage to Create

Going Overboard

Short TV Shows

What Would You Say to Someone Else?

The “Re:” Phenomenon

How to Organize Life Into Projects

The Magic of Detachment

The Art of Relaxation

Consuming and Creating

What Can You Do With a Scale?

The Attention Economy

Minecraft and Patience

The Power of Choice

Negativity Bias

Finding a Flow State

The Curse of Industry Standard

Modern Note Taking

Emoji Punctuation

Boss Battle Patterns

Coke and Pepsi

I Don’t Know How to Fly This Thing!

What’s Most Genuine?

Waiting for Everyone Else

Focus Under Stress

The Pac-Man Strategy

The Courage to Offend

Complaining vs. Problem Solving

Heading in the Wrong Direction

Stupid Videos

What Would Your Teacher Say?

Poop Jokes

What Were You Thinking?

The Remarkable Public Bathroom

Fingerings and Laziness

Eggs in One Basket

Remarkability

Novelties and Cycles

Solve for X

Boring Teacher Disorder

Bitter or Better?

Not Making a Move…is a Move

You Are at the Center

Temporal Discounting