Two ‘Black’…Keys

We hope you’re having a nice Mother’s Day so far. The weather here in New York City is magnificently sunny! That’s after a couple of days of confusing temperatures and precipitation–snow?! huh?! You’ve got to be kidding me. Lol!–Anyway, we had fun yesterday on the podcast talking about ways to imagine the group of two […]

Fun. Music. Exercise.

For this week’s fun music exercise for yourself, find a way to warm-up that is exciting for you. Never mind!–what do you think is exciting, musically speaking? Do what you feel. For instance, does it feel good to play a CMajor scale? Do you like hopping up and down the piano keys playing with one […]

Tone Poems

Thank you for tuning in to yesterday’s podcast. As promised, we’re posting some poetic ideas for helping you getting started on making your own music. The only stipulation this week is to make sure you are organizing your sounds in a way that can create a visual for your listeners. Here are three following ideas […]

Chording Along…

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily…life is but a dream. This week feels like a dream, doesn’t it? Music is but a dream. It’s been a bittersweet week. I’ve seen many of my musician friends fall apart and come together all at once on social media. If you listened to our podcasts, you know that we are […]

CMAJOR CHORD CHANGES

Have you ever noticed how many CMajor Chords there are in a song that’s written in the key of F Major? What about other keys other than C, such as G or D? This past week, I had some fun with one of my students who wanted to transpose a Christmas tune to a “better […]