Music educator, director, performer, producer, arranger.
This post is the first in what I hope might turn into a series of posts to help musicians who struggle to get organised some (or more than some) of the time. Welcome to The Productive Musician. As I write, it is 35 degrees Celsius outside – and in my studio, not a whole lot… Continue reading The Productive Musician: Organise your actions and tasks by context for when your plans have to change
Over the course of twenty or so years I have worked plenty both as a gigging musician, and as a music editor/copyist/publisher/engraver (we really should pick a name and stick to it). At the cross-section of these two worlds lies the humble Chord Chart – so simple, it might seem, yet I find, so easy… Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Creating Great Chord Charts
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…
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