This final installment in the Success in the Private Lesson Studio series addresses something that can easily happen to private teachers: complacency. After establishing a reputation as a teacher and building up a studio, many teachers start to look at private...
I love just how “down-and-dirty” the podcasting process remains even after a few years of doing it regularly. For instance, I just did an interview with a prominent jazz musician who has played with all the titans of the art form, appeared on many popular...
The month of May has to be, hands down, one of my favorite times of the year. Every day, as I go on my run along the shore of Lake Michigan, I see boats returning to the harbor after a long absence during the brutal months of Chicago’s winter; tulips are in full...
After posting my lengthy post about Edgar Meyer’s playing last week, I though it would be good to put out a little video of this great player out on the blog. There’s precious little on YouTube, and what is there is usually from a shaky cell phone, but...
I’ve taught a wide array of students during the past 10 years as a private bass teacher. Some of them made me tear my hair out, some of them remain good friends and close contacts to this day, but all of them taught me something important, both about me as a...
