Music educator, director, performer, producer, arranger.
Emily Emily (not her real name) sits at the piano, legs swinging several inches from the floor on the grown-up stool, spreading her fingers as best she can over the full-size black and white keys. She is showing lots of promise at her young age. I have recently started teaching at Emily's school, and am… Continue reading Screen-free learning helps my students – and me! – to focus
It's time to put the old adage to bed.
One of the most common mistakes I see in amateur music notation looks something like this: This is wrong, and I'll explain why in a moment. But as modern popular music became increasingly fond of syncopation, so unfortunately did musical literacy decrease, and music software failed to keep up with the lack of proficiency in… Continue reading Syncopation in rhythmic notation – get this right and you’ll never miss a beat…
Remove the (click and) drag from your Sibelius workflow, by mastering keyboard shortcuts.
Like every producer out there, I know how easy it is to get stuck in the weeds looking for that 'perfect' synth patch that's going to add fairy dust to your track, or somehow achieve that impossible sweet-spot between sounding totally 80s and completely modern at the same time. I know, you only came here… Continue reading Quick production tip: Organise your synth patches first
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