Tales From The Lane
Living Your Best Life as Creative Artist
Tag: Teaching
Zoomed Out? Here’s What You Can Do
“I’m just SO Zoomed Out” How many times have you heard that phrase in the past few weeks? From your teenagers, your students, maybe you’ve even uttered those words yourself. People are saying that they never want to look at a computer again… Continue Reading “Zoomed Out? Here’s What You Can Do”
Spotlight Series: Jaime Slutzky
Musicians around the world had no choice but to take their teaching online when the pandemic hit last year. They learned the basics virtually overnight, dove in, and started counting down the minutes until they could “return to normal.” But after 13 months of… Continue Reading “Spotlight Series: Jaime Slutzky”
The Musician’s Life: How I transition between my various professional roles (without losing my mind!)
I’ve been seeing a lot of talk in various chat groups, podcasts and musician’s facebook groups about the stress of balancing it all, and figuring out how to do it all without getting completely overwhelmed. I wanted to share a few tips that I have learned along the way on how best to transition between my various professional roles without getting stressed out
My Dirty Little Secret for Effective Practicing
I know how it goes. You leave a lesson and, because you had had a busy week, felt completely unprepared and played much worse than you know you are capable of, and now you are determined to change things around. Oozing commitment from every… Continue Reading “My Dirty Little Secret for Effective Practicing”
April Focus: Teaching and Being Taught
I’ve never met a (classical) musician who didn’t also teach. Sure, there are times when teaching is put on the back-burner for a time, or maybe even stopped completely. But It is virtually unheard of for a musician to go their entire career… Continue Reading “April Focus: Teaching and Being Taught”