Competition is getting intense for American Idol contestants as they face massive cuts for the fifteenth and final season of the show. Fans of the show relish the drama, emotional life stories, and sheer talent that have characterized American Idol from the outset....
When I was studying music in college, my most-feared class was sight-singing lab. Ten or twelve of us students would sit in a music lab with our professor and be graded on sight-singing a line of notes from a book. In solfege. You’ve never heard as many warbly notes...
This is the second video of four that was taped as part of an interview with Mimi West, the founder of “My Dream Teacher.” You can check out the website by clicking here. I had a lot of fun answering a variety of questions about my music education in...
Remember the old saying “practice makes perfect”? Well, forget it. You can practice the same song for five hours, but if you’re practicing it incorrectly, all you’ll get for your trouble is a very strongly ingrained mistake. When I was a budding young pianist, I had a...
“I’m tone deaf.” “I can only sing low songs.” “I can’t sing on pitch.” “Do I need voice lessons or can I just learn to sing by listening to my favorite singers on YouTube and iTunes?” These questions and...