When I first began playing the saxophone, I was 10 years old. I had a year of piano under my belt which prepared me for reading music. But the piano lessons didn’t help with making my first sounds on the…
When it comes to music, I’m so grateful for my hearing. My healthy ears help me hear the sounds and textures of orchestras and wind symphonies; the ability to identify individual instruments in big bands, and chamber groups; and hear…
Just like the title says, I’ll be spending the week writing about Gratitude in relation to Music. This morning, I’ll be spending a couple of hours with the 6th and 7th grade band students at Beaumont Middle School. In the…
Today’s music from ASAD is a beautiful finger-picking song by Paper Bird called Lost Boys. Nice groove by the banjo from the start. The song builds by adding more instruments one by one. At about 2 minutes, they go all…
I stumbled upon* an interesting web service a couple of weeks ago: A Song A Day. You sign up for a daily email Monday through Friday, tell them what types of music you like, mention some favorite artists or composers,…
Today, I attended #PressPublish, a day-long WordPress blogging conference run by the folks at Automattic. My intention for attending was to get the spark back into my writing here @ MegGrace.com and be inspired to want to write again. Great…