One of the most common laments I hear is along the lines of, ‘I’m really busy, how do I organise my practice routine’. So today I’m going…

At the universities I teach at, I get to see the development of a student over the course of three or four years. Here’s a…

So you have an audition. Nailing it means you can get into college, or maybe you get to tour the world… But ARGHHHHH!! Curses! You…

There’s a way of motivating yourself to go running: Instead of willing yourself to go, make it your goal to put on your running shoes…

In this lesson, I’m going to show you an easy way to keep track of your ideas. In my old music notebooks, I used to write…

Stop whinging. Put some glue on your chair. Sit down. And get to work. Every day. For years.

Should I do A or B? It doesn’t matter. Do either. Then you’ll know which you should’ve done.

Yesterday’s post was born out of thinking about leaving space. I was going to write ‘Leave more space’ in the book but ended up just…

Maybe you have a boss. Lucky you. You can give over that part of your purpose to someone else. They’ll give you the answers to,…

Creative things happen quickly. You get an idea, it’s got energy, you need to act. Now! Do it, finish it. Put it out. Move on….

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I’m not very good at getting things done. If you’ve ever followed my endeavours to finish the various things I start, you’ll have an idea…

I used to live with a sax player who always played a descending Eb major scale whenever he got the instrument out. A thing like…

I do many types of gigs, different music and so on, it’s all good. But, there’s something magical about creating something. Something where I can…

An interesting possibility that the Internet offers up is that you can very easily post snippets of your playing, things you’re working on, things you…

What to do if you only have a limited amount of time to practise? Learn Pieces. Every piece of music you learn is a complete…