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The Power of Bad: And How to Overcome It - For Musicians! The Best Book to Help With Positivity.

For this blog post I am going to talk about something that has an impact on everyone, but especially musicians. A friend recommended this...

Nov 22, 20234 min read

Inclusion in the Brass Band Movement (and Wider Musical World).

This is not a topic I ever thought I would write about, but it is nice to follow what is happening in the world and to have a view of my...

Nov 19, 20237 min read

GCSE Music - 12 Ideas For Extra Performance Practice and Experience.

If you read my blog post giving 32 tips to help score high marks in GCSE music solo performance, you will have understood how important...

Nov 11, 20232 min read

GCSE Music (9-1) - Help With How To Score High Marks - 32 Solo Performance Tips From A Moderator

This blog post is going to give GCSE music students and teachers some tips on how to score a higher mark for their solo performance. It...

Nov 10, 202311 min read

GCSE Music (9-1) - Help With How To Score High Marks - 32 Composition Tips From A Moderator

This post is going to give GCSE music students some tips on how to score a higher mark for their composition coursework. It is likely...

Nov 4, 20239 min read

Best Beginner Brass Books - A Tune a Day for Trumpet (or any instrument)

In this new series of blog posts, I am going to review a selection of brass books that I personally use for teaching beginners. These...

Nov 3, 20233 min read

Best Beginner Brass Books - How Brass Players Do It!

In this new series of blog posts, I am going to review a selection of brass books that I personally use for teaching beginners, resources...

Oct 24, 20233 min read

Best Budget Guitar for Rock Bands

In this blog post, I am going to discuss the three budget guitars I would buy or would recommend for anyone who is starting playing in a...

Oct 20, 20233 min read

Best Beginner Brass Books - Easy Jazzy 'Tudes

In this new series of blog posts, I am going to review a selection of brass books that I personally use for teaching beginners, resources...

Oct 18, 20232 min read

Best Beginner Brass Books - Polished Brass

In this new series of blog posts, I am going to review a selection of brass books that I personally use for teaching beginners.

Oct 17, 20233 min read

Best Beginner Brass Books - Team Brass

In this new series of blog posts I am going to review a selection of beginner brass books that I personally use for teaching beginners.

Oct 15, 20233 min read

Sterling (UK) Musical Instruments

Information about Sterling Musical Instruments from Grimethorpe Colliery's solo euphonium player, Mark Glover

Oct 13, 20238 min read

My British Open Experience with Grimethorpe

For a 43 year old, I consider myself to have very limited top level brass band experience. I played at the National Finals in The Royal...

Sep 20, 20237 min read

Breathing Devices

Euphonium player Mark Glover reviews some of his breathing devices.

Sep 1, 20234 min read

Measurable Practice

Ideas for clever ways to practice!

Aug 30, 20233 min read

Product Review - PBUZZ

I am excited to review this instrument because I have been teaching it in a whole class setting for a few months. To start with, I was...

Oct 29, 20215 min read

CD Review - Éire Time - Gary Curtin

A friend of mine (not a euphonium player) described Gary Curtin's sound to me once as being "like pure silk is pouring from his...

Oct 8, 20213 min read

K&G Mouthpiece Review

To read my November 2023 update jump ahead with this link. Kurun & Gilbert are the designers and manufacturers of K&G Mouthpieces, a...

Jul 9, 20214 min read

Arban Study Preparation Tips

At some point, every brass player uses The Arban Cornet Method, and it is highly likely that you will work on the studies found in the...

May 9, 20216 min read

Teaching Beginner Brass

I am certain that as a player I am still suffering in some areas due to incorrect teaching and bad habits that I was taught when I first...

Apr 23, 202112 min read

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