Do you remember why you signed up for music lessons to begin with? Was it to feel cool? Free? To express what was deep inside of you? I have noticed a deeply ingrained “bait and switch” that happens in traditional music lessons and I want to make sure to point it out to as many...
Growing up as a classical violinist, I was taught there were only two reasons to pick up my instrument; practicing or performing. Nobody said it outright. But that’s what one did. I hated practicing. To me, practicing was defined as “the absence of going to the mall with one’s friends.” For that matter, in my...
