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Musicians should be meditating. Otherwise, they suck at music. Here’s some content for you. I’ll be adding to the YouTube playlist (especially more pandemic-era stuff). Blog posts: Podcast episodes Watch the YouTube playlist

Here’s some content about boundaries. This stuff is SO IMPORTANT and you need it because you’re doing it WRONG. You should be thanking me and paying me so much money for doing all this work for YOU. But, luckily for you, I’m doing it even without thanks and even without money. All because I’m a…

If you want to understand how I think about piano, read this series of posts I wrote in 2018. I should charge money for this material but unfortunately, I’m too generous for my own good. May you use this power wisely.

The basics (rhythm & meter) Here’s a music theory lesson for you: Pretty much any song has either 4 or 3 beats in each measure. 1 2 3 4 – 1 2 3 4 – 1 2 3 4 or… 1 2 3 – 1 2 3 – 1 2 3 Listen to a song…

Chords are the most useful skill you can have as a pianist. You’re not going to get this from normal classical piano instruction. Traditional classical piano teachers think in terms of notes, but playing from chords is all about rhythm. It’s DIFFERENT. It’s more useful than being able to read music. In high school, I…