Monthly Archives: June 2015

When I started performing, I noticed that I played too fast; because of the adrenalin, I guess. So I learned to take tempos that

So the adult says that it’s hard to make a living in the performing arts, which is true; and the Young Person Dreaming of a career says the adult doesn’t understand, which

In playing chords, as you know, we can vary the tone-color by bringing out the soprano, or the bass, or the soprano and the bass; or the inner voices. And we can make a “banging” sound by

Music is a dance that provides its own accompaniment.

Talent is the ability to learn despite being taught.

A word that many only whisper. Ten-i-n. Is it so awful? T-ns–n. Yes, tension. And no, it’s not bad. In fact, tension is necessary for playing! Play with no tension, and you’ll

A “Halloween Hoot” party in the yard at our son’s elementary school was grossly too loud; and still too loud two blocks away(!) as I walked home. This led me to research and write this noise policy.

My friend Edward Auer, a fellow student of Aube Tzerko, once asked me to help him choose a stereo system. This was in the era B.D.—before digital—back when the Long-Playing record ruled the roost; and on our visit to a fancy Beverly Hills audio dealer, Edward brought along an LP of

Could I write a mystery novel? Would it be any good? Nine and Fifty-Four I no sooner learned the magic of quote-marks, at nine years old, than a grown-up threw cold water on my attempt to write fiction; but at 54, I turned to it to help deal with stress in another arena. Meanwhile, I’d […]