
How My Music Degree Has Worked for Me
One of the big complaints people have about studying music is that the student doesn’t learn any “real world” skills. I say that’s BS. A...

Five Essential Job Skills You Can Learn in Any Major
There are a lot of majors out there that supposedly “don’t have jobs.” You may have heard that you “can’t just get a job at the...

Four Steps to Recover from Procrastinating
Due to events that I’m deciding to call “out of my control,” I did approximately diddly-squat this past week. Sometimes life happens and...

The Six Kinds of Music Major
First seen on my Patreon! In my nearly six years of post-secondary education in music, I’ve discovered that there are six easily...

4 Reasons Not To Panic in Undergrad (or grad, or postgrad)
First seen on my Patreon! I took 156 credits in 8 semesters during my undergraduate career. That’s an average of 19.5 a semester, and...

Four Ways to Avoid Feeling Like a Failure
So! Everyone I know right now seems to be having a quarter-life crisis. Some people don’t feel like they’re good enough for their field....

How to Music Research
So you may have a research paper coming up. You may just want to know more about music. If you’re interested in getting more info on...

4 Steps to Advocate for Yourself
Unless your entire school has fewer than a thousand students, it can be really easy to fall through the cracks. For example, I am one of...

Seven Common Musician Complaints and How Not to Have Them
Musicians complain. A lot. If you’re a musician, and have complaints, I’ve developed a little FAC (Frequently Answered Complaints) for...

Four Ways to Make Practice Easier
Practice: it’s what makes us good musicians! It is also the number one thing most musicians complain about online! Why is this? Well,...

Four Important Self-Care Tips for Musicians
We musicians can be our own worst enemy. Our passion causes us to care too much, our perfectionism causes us to avoid practicing, and our...

6 Study Strategies to Rock a New Semester
New semesters are times of rebirth! They are blank slates! They give us the chance to refresh ourselves, to try something new, to be...

New Year’s Resolution: What All Music Majors Should Make
The new year is almost upon us. Last semester is finally over, and grades have (hopefully) started rolling in. If you didn’t get the...

How to Celebrate the End of Finals Week
Depending on whether or not you’re lucky, finals may be just about over or just beginning. Either way, here’s how to celebrate when...

5 Ways to Handle Performance Anxiety
Performance anxiety is basically a fact of life. I’m on my second performance degree right now, and just started my second decade as a...

5 Ways to Prepare for Important Auditions
Auditions are one of those things that no musician will ever be truly finished with. Unless you’re Renee Fleming, you’re going to have to...

7 Holiday Study Moods
Winter finals are soon, as are the holidays! Combine the best of both worlds and use some holiday study moods to get you ready for...

How to Finals Prep Like a Pro
Finals are approaching. Projects are getting assigned, concerts are drawing near, and cold dark weather is making it harder for anyone to...

4 Ways to Use Perseverance to Get What You Want
Perseverance is probably one of the most important skills for musicians artists creative people ANYONE to have. And when I call it a...




















