Newsletter May 2012
This month, the JAZZEDGE team will be attending the FPEA Homeschool Convention in Kissimmee, Florida. This is the first convention that Willie and I have attended together for business since our little ones “joined the staff” beginning in 2007 and we are really looking forward to being on the road again! Parenthood has given us …
Continue Reading »Notes From The Bungalow Vol. 11
Eli, Tom Hanks, and two Mona Lisas, part two Recap: For those who have not read Part One of this trilogy, this column may not make sense. Then again, it may make perfect sense for that very same reason. Regardless, part one’s contention was that, for a variety of reasons, there are no great songs, …
Continue Reading »7 tips to prevent injuries at the piano
One important, often overlooked, topic in piano performance is how to avoid injuring ourselves at our instrument. Piano playing is not a natural process. We are not born with the ability to play the piano…we learn it. Therefore, we can easily suffer from repetitive use injuries if we are not careful. In this article, I’ll …
Continue Reading »Notes From The Bungalow Vol. 10
Eli, Tom Hanks, and two Mona Lisas, part one I have never courted controversy. I don’t really like those that do. I write this because this first article in a series of three will present an idea that may be controversial to some of those reading this. I’m not doing this for affect. I know …
Continue Reading »Newsletter April 2012
In January, we announced the ongoing development of ExperimentsinTheater.com — our newest online resource for all things theater. I am eagerly working to compile materials and lessons for this lively new site and I am so encouraged by the support that I have received from the JAZZEDGE community since we announced this project. I am …
Continue Reading »Using The Circle of Fifths
The Circle of Fifths The circle of fifths is a fantastic practice tool. It can help you practice scales more effectively, learn key signatures and even learn basic and advanced harmonization techniques. In this article, I am going to show you some circle of fifths “tricks” that will help you maximize your practice. What is …
Continue Reading »Workshop With Willie
Since starting work here at JAZZEDGE as the Student Services Representative many of my daily tasks have involved communicating with students and researching new ways to connect with not only our students but our community. Willie and Valerie have been interested in doing more piano workshops and giving back to the community for awhile, it …
Continue Reading »Newsletter March 2012
We hope you will join us in celebrating National Mom and Pop Business Owner’s Day which takes place this month on Thursday, March 29th. In honor of this special day, Willie and I will be giving away the download version of Willie’s lesson, “Journey: Don’t Stop Believin’” for FREE with every purchase. To purchase DVD’s …
Continue Reading »Notes From The Bungalow Vol. 9
Somewhere over the Hollywood sign There was a time in my life when I was in my late teens-early twenties that I felt fairly certain that I would be the subject of many interviews in my career. Already, I’d been on a few radio shows and in several local newspapers, and I figured it was …
Continue Reading »Melodic Minor Harmony
Let’s take a look at how we can use the Melodic Minor Scale. This scale has some benefits and detriments over the Major scale. One benefit is that there are really no avoid notes in the scale. However a detriment is that we can not use only one melodic minor scale while improvising. We need …
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