Posts by Leah Young
A Short List of the Music Industry’s Most Influential Producers
A Short List of the Music Industry’s Most Influential Producers When you listen to music on the radio, in your ear buds, or on your phone, it’s easy to forget that what you’re hearing is not solely the work of the artist whose name is scrolling by. In fact, more often than not, the people…
Read MoreHammond Organ Clones
Hammond Organ Clones I have been shopping for a Hammond Organ Clone for over a year now. Wow, it’s been a mind twister. I know that I would like a dual manual with waterfall action keys and not too much non-organ fluff. A friend of mine said “Why not just get an old Hammond M-111…
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Salsa Piano Resources Salsa Piano Lesson Books These are all the books I have found online about learning salsa piano. I started off by buying Salsa Piano – The Complete Guide. I think that is a good start, it’s fairly short and comes with online access to examples. I’ve learned that Salsa Piano is usually…
Read MoreMental Play
The Power of Mental Play The Science of Music Education: With Chaun Chang This is Part 2 of a two part Series View Part 1 — Out of all the topics in your book, [and you really covered a lot of ground in that book] the idea of mental play is my favorite topic. I…
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What is Genius? The Science of Music Education: With Chaun Chang Chuan C. Chang was born in 1938 in Taiwan, studied physics at Cornell, and worked much of his career as a material science physicist at Bell Laboratories. He is the son of two pianists, and the father of two pianists. His unique scientific approach…
Read MoreCelebrate Creativity
Patterns are like the Legos of music. So, during training, we make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and the PB, is for pattern book where we’re teaching patterns. And then jam, we’re always doing some kind of jam. And the regular lesson books are just like bread. You got to have them, they’re nice. But teaching only with lesson books is not well rounded. Repertoire and lesson books are the bread. So, what we’re adding is the patterns and the jam which are essential.
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