By For Publisher on December 13, 2011
Do you look and look for that perfect piece to fit into the room that you are decorating? It might be that you want something elegant, or sophisticated, or just that perfect thing to suit your particular taste. No matter who you are you deserve the very best, everyone does. But just because you have [...]
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By For Publisher on December 4, 2011
Out of the 250 million people in the United States, about 25 million of them play an instrument of some kind, or used to when they were in school and would like to pick up where they left off. Another 30 million or so sing in a church choir, a barbershop quartet, or at the [...]
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By For Publisher on November 21, 2011
Many students ask me a question that goes something like this:
“What all do I have to know to be a really good piano player?”
The trouble with a question like that is that it ignores individual differences such as talent, motivation, freedom to practice, and a [...]
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By For Publisher on November 17, 2011
It means we have rights. Rights that many have fought for and given their lives for. Unfortunately in current America there is, for the most part, two separate classes of citizenship, a bipartisanship if you will. You have the poor and then you have the wealthy. Yes, there is a middle [...]
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By For Publisher on October 28, 2011
We all know, if only instinctively, that music has a profound effect on us. If we didn’t believe that music affects us then singing lullabies to calm children and help them sleep wouldn’t be universal.
In reality melody, harmony, and rhythm probably impacts the human brain in ways that are far more profound than we realize. [...]
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By For Publisher on October 21, 2011
Contrary to what a lot people are being made to believe, the U.S. government is not giving away “free federal grants”. A grant, as defined by Jay M. Shafritz in his book “American Government and Politics”, is a gift that entails certain obligations on the part of the grantee and expectations on the part of [...]
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