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My 10-year-old son came out of his hour-long basketball practice red-faced and sweaty. He had worked hard. But what he mentioned was the team on the next court over, whose coach had been loudly giving his team laps. “My coach doesn’t give us laps. He’s really good at showing us […]
A recent online discussion centered around vocal jazz ensemble singers losing track of their rhythmic accuracy when their rhythm section joined them. Assuming that the rhythm section is playing well in time, and that the singers have rehearsed thoroughly and are capable of the accuracy, here’s the most likely culprit. […]
In a recent episode of On Being, Krista Tippett interviewed science writer Erik Vance about some of the ideas around placebo. The wide-ranging and fascinating conversation included this insight: We need to have the theater around medicine. The white lab coat, for example. Why do you need that? People aren’t […]
Want more music? Want harder music? Want more interesting music? No problem… Master what you’ve got. The music you’ve got, you’ve got for a reason. It’s chosen to teach important lessons, to build important skills, to develop your ensemble. And once you’ve done those things, we’ll move on – to […]