Making music education a part of equitable classrooms!

Our education system is doing its best to make this prediction come true. Excessive focus on rote learning, memorization/regurgitation of facts, teaching-to-test, etc all ensure our children are set up for failure as machines continue to become better, faster and cheaper at cognitive skills that used to be the bastion ...

Looking ahead

It has been a tough year for everyone; especially so for music teachers and small businesses teaching music who have been disproportionally affected by the Covid crisis! But with the vaccine becoming available soon it looks like we are turning the corner and can look forward to a new year ...

Getting ready for the new normal in music education

“Movement in new direction helps find new cheese”   —Spencer Johnson

In his 1998 best seller Who Moved My Cheese, Spencer Johnson discusses how to cope with change in one’s work and life using two mice (Sniff and Scurry) and two little people (Hem and Haw) who suddenly lose access to their daily ...

How to Make Your Online Music Tutoring Engaging & Effective

“Every challenge and every adversity contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth” — Roy T Bennett

Digital technologies have transformed several industries across the world; from manufacturing to retail, from financial services to healthcare, from travel & hospitality to transportation. One industry that is still lagging behind is education. While ...

Effective Ears: a 10 minute Active Listening Workout

“I frequently hear music in the heart of noise!”  — George Gershwin 

Being able to listen critically to a piece of music is an essential skill for any aspiring musician! Even before we can play a piece of music we should hear everything there is to hear in that piece! Whether or ...

Practice Smart: a 10 minute Musical Workout

“If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days the critics know it. If I don’t practice for three days the audience knows it!”  — Louis Armstrong 

Whether it is Louis Armstrong or any of us who are just learning to play an ...

3 secrets of every successful music band

“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success” – Henry Ford

In this blog series we will try to answer a question that many people are asking on social media and knowledge forums: How to start a music band? We believe there are two other questions ...

5 Tips for Musicians to Ace an Open Mic Night

“Every master was once a beginner. Every Pro was once an amateur.” - Robin Sharma ,

Open Mic (Microphone) is not a new concept. It has become a phenomenon only in the last decade or so among the Indian youth. Today, there is not a single big city in the country ...