For Teachers: Creating a Music Teaching Studio Handbook

On the first day of any class in college, you received a syllabus. You remember that, don’t you? It was that document that gave you all the information you needed (or was supposed to) to be successful in that class. Most of the time, you didn’t look at it until … Continue reading

REVIEW: Pitch Switch – Key and Tempo Changing Software (software review)

Full Title: Pitch Switch 4 Developers: Inspyder Software Released: 2011 Platforms: Windows/Mac – Online Download Price: $39.95 Summary: Pitch Switch is a lightweight software program that allows the user to change the key and tempo of any sound media file on your PC or Mac. You can speed up or … Continue reading

For Teachers: Running a Music Teaching Studio – the New Must-Have List

While the pedagogy of teaching rarely changes, the ideas about running a music teaching studio change all of the time. When I started teaching, computers were in their infancy. Cell phones had to be carried in small suitcases and “texting” was not a word. The internet did not exist. (Gee, … Continue reading