Until everyone understands experientially that there is a space between thought and action and that you can learn how to not react long enough to let the space expand, there will be wars. Until everyone understands how we are connected and that there is no I/me without Us, there
December 11, 2025 is my first time getting paid as a musician. I have worked as a musician for years. But I was always credited as the executive producer, the composer, the writer, the director, and/or the set designer. I have been paid to teach music, theory, technique and
There is too much grief to write educational stuff today. Brown University, a private Ivy League research university in Rhode Island, US, experienced a breach in humanity when a person killed two people and injured nine others in a gun attack. In Sydney, Australia, two people--father and son, apparently-
I'm a fan of buying the dictionary. Yes, all of the dictionary stuff is online. Yes, it's easy to type a word and get the definition. Here's the problem: You don't get the words around it when you do that. You don&
Later today I am posting clips and pics from yesterday's holiday performance at the Hamtramck Public Library. You have to be a subscriber to see these before everybody else. You see, I will soon be on TV! My show is under final approval! Stand by on that. To
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Be joyful you get to do this. You get to do this. We are fortunate. This morning, I couldn't sleep because I have a solo performance coming up and my mind wants to convince me that I have never before heard the music that I have, for the
It is a good thing. I acquired this piano when I lost everything. When I escaped the marriage in April 2020, I did so at 3 a.m. I walked out, took nothing, and never spoke to him again. At the final court hearing, the judge ordered all of my
Today begins the eating celebrations, and I'm here for it. The bright holiday songs... My friends' delectable culinary surprises... The literal and figurative breaking-of-bread... The live performances... I dig this part very much. May all be well with you and yours.
For the week ending November 22nd, here are the top five The Piano Instructor posts: 5. Delia Derbyshire 4. Jesse B. Blayton 3. Carol of the Bells 2. Artificial Intelligence in Music 1. How my cat helped me use music to heal (clickbait)