Here is a great cartoon depicting the state of standardized testing in the US and the rapidly declining arts/culture education.
Here is a great cartoon depicting the state of standardized testing in the US and the rapidly declining arts/culture education.
24. June 2011
I love quotes. I write them down everywhere. Here is a great quote from Theodore Roosevelt I picked up from nomeatathlete.com. “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man [...]
16. June 2011
“A worker’s appetite works for him, for his hunger urges him on.” Proverbs 16:26 Staying focused on your goals is extremely difficult in the age of always “on”. Being derailed from your to-dos and even loosing clarity as it relates to your goals happens far too easily. Currently I am involved in a lengthy research [...]
8. September 2010
I admit that I am a huge Robin Sharma fan. Years ago I stumbled upon his blog, downloaded a few articles, and purchased his bestselling book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. Sharma is a business coach/leadership guru and best-selling author (The Leader Who Had No Title is his latest book – highly recommend). In [...]
3. September 2010
Popular musicians spend a great deal of time listening to and copying records. Most of them do this without the aid of a master teacher. Through listening to music, usually a singular genre, extensively, popular musicians develop their ears to the point where chord changes and melodic/solo ideas can be played on their instrument. As [...]
3. September 2010
I have decided to not allow comments on my posts. It has become clear that 99% of the comments submitted for approval have been spam. I’m sure that most of the spammers have read Gary Vaynerchuk‘s book Crush It! and decided that a blog was the best way to get rich. Sidebar: Vaynerchuk’s book is [...]
13. May 2010
My Summer Calendar has recently been updated. Please check out new dates and make note of the summer guitar camp in Brownwood, TX at King Music Co. For information or if you have questions about the summer guitar camp leave a comment in the comments section and check out the guitar camp flyer.
31. March 2010
Teaching Creativity Through Improvisation It would seem odd that a music educator would say to a student, “be creative”. Isn’t that what music performance is about, being creative? Yes and no. The answer to this question lies in your definition of creativity. Is creativity the ability to create something that no one else has done [...]
16. March 2010
My wife and I purchased our first washer and dryer from funds we received from wedding gifts. This was one of the first, and biggest, declamations we made as we moved into marital bliss, “we are officially married folk”. We were thinking that this would be great way to spend our wedding gifts. My father-in-law [...]
23. February 2010
On a recent trip to San Francisco I read Chip and Dan Heath’s book Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard. This is a great book on the different aspects of change and our response to change. One element that struck me is that often times in my teaching I view problems as [...]
10. August 2011
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