Do Parents and Teachers Really Value Music Education?

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You might be excused for assuming that one of the reasons why music education in schools is facing so many challenges is because education stakeholders do not think it’s valuable. It would make sense to think that budget cuts on music and the arts are the result of parents and teachers not valuing such education. […]

5 Leadership Lessons Musicians Can Teach The World

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Musicians have a lot to offer the world in the form of an art with the ability to touch most every aspect of one’s life.  However, the world of music also offers numerous examples of effective leadership and how people can work together to achieve great things. Musicians, like executives, face a lot of challenges at […]

Leonardo da Vinci’s Bizarre Piano-Cello Combo is Finally a Hit – 5 Centuries Later!

Leonardo da Vinci was recently confused with Leonardo DiCaprio on national TV. Fox News anchor Shepard Smith made a little bit of a news faux pas earlier this week, mixing up Leonardo da Vinci and Leonardo DiCaprio. Smith credited DiCaprio, not da Vinci, as the painter of the Mona Lisa during a segment about the […]

Music Education Makes for Well-Rounded Individuals – Before and After School

An endless list of researchers have proven that learning how to play an instrument contributes significantly to a child’s cognitive abilities. For instance, if you’re wondering where else your kids can develop outstanding hand-eye coordination away from violent video games, get them to learn how to play an instrument. In fact, depending on the instrument, […]

4 Ways You Can Use Music to Make Your Everyday Life More Enjoyable

‘There’s a time and place for everything!’ You’ve probably heard this very many times, and if you’ve lived long enough to have made a couple of mistakes and learned a few lessons from them, you know this is true. It’s also true about music. There is a time and place for every type of music, […]

Autism and The Magic of Music

I believe that the magic of music goes beyond what many of us have the ability to experience. Music is a form of art that speaks not just to the mind but the soul as well. That is the reason why the minority among us that may not experience life in the same ways that […]

[Infographic] 6 Major Health Benefits of Music You Should Know

If you spend too much time listening to music, well now you have a great excuse to keep up the habit. Regardless of your preferred genre, music has health benefits, and there’s lots of research out there to back this up. Here is an infographic highlighting some of the major health benefits you get when […]

4 Major Lessons Instrumentalists Should Learn From Vocalists

A world where singers and instrumentalists coexist as equals can lead to amazingly creative contributions to music. However, although there are some examples where this type of working relationship exists, in the vast majority of cases the musical divisions between vocalists and instrumentalists are quite prevalent. While this may be attributed to human nature – […]

Affordable Ways To Make Music A Part Of Your Child’s Development

Whether it’s through intentional effort or not, music plays an important role in children’s lives, both formally and informally. Music is one of the few things that can stimulate the entire brain, impacting one’s cognition, motor skills, language, emotional health and social development. Thanks to increased and widespread knowledge, most parents today appreciate these benefits. […]

Musicians Need Gym Membership Too – But Of A Special Kind

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Musicians typically need to put in endless hours of practice to enhance their art. As a result, while everyone else it trying to get into a regular gym routine, physical fitness doesn’t seem to be much of a priority for many musicians. However, an investigation by Melissa Dribben reveals that the music world is starting […]

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