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Snow My Goodness!
Alternate headlines include Snowmaggedon, Snowpocalypse, Snow-M-G, Blizaster, and Tsnownami, or fill in the blank with your own: _________. As if you hadn't already heard, the Midwest (among many other parts of the country) is currently being battered by a serious...
Sunday Singalong: Winter All Around Us
I know what you're thinking...not another song about winter! Trust me, I don't like winter any more than you do, but my students (and yours as well, most likely) need to hear about and understand it as it's happening. As I mentioned in the video, this is an older...
Friday Fave: Building an Empire
A little over a year ago, the lovely and talented Kat Fulton introduced me to a guy by the name of Chris Guillebeau. I can't thank Kat enough, because Chris has been a huge influence on the way I live my life and build my business. Chris' blog is called The Art of...
Why Playing Music is Like Housecleaning
I made this unexpected connection in the middle of teaching a piano lesson last week, and my nine-year-old student looked at me like I was nuts. Honestly, though, I couldn’t blame him. I was surprised to hear the comparison come out of my mouth, but as I started to...
My Insurance Agent Taught Me a Lesson
My insurance agent isn't a music therapist; he doesn't work with children, or even play an instrument. But he did teach me a lesson that has been extremely valuable to my private music therapy practice and teaching studio. The fact that my insurance agent is also my...
Jumping for Joy
Sometimes I wonder if I'm really making a difference. That question ran through my head just last night, in the middle of a music therapy session. I've been working with this particular child since she was 4 months old; she'll turn 4 years old in May. She's making...
Messy Desk Confessions
Recently, a reader wrote to me the following: "I don't know if you'd want to blog about your desktop but I'd like to know...is your desk always so ordered? I have a feeling you have an ability to clear the desktop daily. I am consistently in the midst of so many huge...
Sunday Singalong: I’m Gonna Catch You
At school one day last week, one of my coworkers told me that she had watched every one of my videos (there are almost 50 now!) and was sharing them with all of her friends. Before I left for the weekend, she told me she was looking forward to today's video...and the...
Adventures in Songwriting: Collaboration
Lerner & Loewe. Rodgers & Hammerstein. Kander & Ebb. Lennon & McCartney. Simon & Garfunkel. All famous songwriting duos whose names just belong together, right? To be honest, I've never collaborated with another songwriter when it comes to...