It’s nearly the school year. Depending on where you live and what school you attend, the next nine months could look vastly different fro...

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 ...

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 Philosoph...

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 ...

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

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 mos...

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. ...

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 musi...

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 ...

Musicians complain. A lot. If you’re a musician, and have complaints, I’ve developed a little FAC (Frequently Answered Complaints) for yo...

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

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...

New semesters are times of rebirth! They are blank slates! They give us the chance to refresh ourselves, to try something new, to be bett...

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 grad...

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 they’...

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 pe...

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...

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 everyt...

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

Perseverance is probably one of the most important skills for musicians artists creative people ANYONE to have. And when I call it a skil...