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Sunday Singalong: Snowy Day
Ask any of my friends or family and they'll tell you: Rachel is NOT a winter person! I despise the cold and am deathly afraid of driving in any kind of hazardous weather condition. So when I saw that snow was in the forecast this past week, I ran all of my errands and...
Friday Fave: Camera Connection Kit for iPad
It's no secret that I love my iPad and use it for tons of music and music therapy-related purposes, from taking lesson/session notes to organizing and displaying my gig music to teaching my students music theory. One of the first apps I downloaded when I got my ipad...
Catchin’ Snowflakes
Would you believe that even though we're entering the second week of January, I've only seen one honest-to-goodness snowfall? And the snow didn't even stick on the ground! Personally, I am not a fan of winter weather at all...but my students are, which is why I'm...
Sunday Singalong: Count On Me by Bruno Mars
I have been dying to spend some time playing my new ukulele ever since I got it for Christmas, but this first week back to the studio has been a little more than busy! Luckily, I found a few minutes to learn and record this song -- a favorite that I featured as a...
The First Song of 2012
My purpose for starting Listen & Learn (all the way back in 2008!) was to share my educational songs for children. Since then, I've posted over 150 of them -- but only about 20 or so in 2011. Turns out I was so busy blogging every day that I didn't have the time...
Friday Fave: New Year’s Eve Weekend
How can it be that this is the last weekend of 2011? This year seemed to fly by, and now it is coming to an end. Luckily, these final two days are gonna be good ones! I've always thought New Year's Eve is a little overrated, but you can't go wrong with plans that...
End of the Year Office Organization
At this time every year, I put aside a few hours to declutter, file, reorganize, and purge my office/studio. You'd be surprised at how many stacks of paper, receipts, and music books I've found stashed all over. It feels so good to start the new year with a newly...
2011: The Year in Review
With just four days remaining in 2011, it's time to take a look back at what has happened this year, both personally and professionally (as I did in 2009 and 2010). 2011 will go down as a life-changing year in my book, to be sure. I've never been one to make new...
A Very Ukulele Christmas
My parents thought I was a little nuts when I told them all I wanted for Christmas was a new ukulele. I had fun learning on my $60 soprano uke, but was ready to upgrade to something a little more sturdy -- and more importantly, a uke I could plug in to a sound system...