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

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...

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

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...

There’s a connecting thread that runs through all of my experiences in music. Basically, it is MUCH more fun to be a part of a group...

I’m in a new city, with a new performance crowd, and in a bunch of new ensembles. It has opened my eyes to some habits that I had started...

School starts soon. Yeah, stop screaming, it’s a fact, chill. With a new school year coming up, there’s a great opportunity approaching:...

I’m starting a second blog – a real, honest-to-God not-Tumblr blog, about money and saving and getting out of school debt-free. A lot of...

Anonymous asked: Hey. I’ve been following your blog for awhile. Super cool and informative! I’m going to be a freshman in college this...

An anonymous person asked: I don’t know if you’ve written about this but how do you set goals? With there being so many different things...

Something I didn’t realize when I was younger was how often I was going to study music under someone new. If you’ve played music for more...

The biggest demon of most musicians is a feeling of insecurity. It’s the creeping (or blatant) suspicion that you are literally the worst...

The following article is taken verbatim from my book, How to Music Major: Surviving the College Search! It’s on Amazon and all other...

Sending emails is gross. Cold-contacting someone to ask for a favor is gross. Asking for help – gross. The thing is, when you’re in...

It’s like a fact of life that no matter how good your school’s dining halls are, you will hate them by the second month of your freshman...

‘Tis the season to plan your schedule for next semester. Yes, already. Which means it is time for a reminder that you Need! To! Plan!...

Juries: the looming cloud at the end of every semester. Freshmen are told about them, and upperclassmen complain and warn about them. But...

It turns out that talking to people you don’t know is SUPER SCARY. It also turns out that making friends in a room where you don’t know...

It turns out that textbooks are like, HELLA expensive. Just, so expensive. So costly. Too much. A student who has their first semester of...