Conceptually, “Building a Musical Life” is the idea that if music is important to us, it’s worth structuring our lives to support a...

"It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough, and it has been given in sufficiently...

When designing our musical lives, there are many strategies we can deploy to help us reach our goals and make the most of our time. While...

Putting in thousands of hours honing our craft is essential for becoming the musicians and artists we aspire to be. Unfortunately, there...

When it comes to finding a music routine, there are a variety of options for us to choose from. Whether from books, articles, videos, or...

A large part of being a musician is having lofty goals and ambitions. We might want to be the best player possible on our chosen...

One of the key characteristics of music is the wide variety of potential areas to focus on. There are multiple instruments to learn, many...

Deliberate planning is essential to building our ideal musical life. We want to be clear about what we’re aiming for, and have a concrete...