“There is nothing more fatal for our musical sense, than to allow ourselves – by the hour – to hear musical sounds without really listening to them”-Tobias MatthayThe Musician’s Way, p. 16 Imagine that you’re watching an artist paint in her studio: She spreads color...
“The real reason that I haven’t performed live for a long time is that I have very severe hearing damage.” -Pete Townshend The Musician’s Way, p. 277 True story: A percussion professor was concerned about the sound levels at his music school, so he...
Welcome to The Musician’s Way Blog. In this, my inaugural post, I want to explain in a few words my motivation for writing my book The Musician’s Way, creating MusiciansWay.com, and launching this blog. I took up the pen and carved out a corner of cyberspace to help...