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5 New Years Resolutions For Musicians, To Help Eliminate Bad Habits

Eliminate bad habits with these 5 New Years Eve resolutions.

Dec 18, 20235 min read

How to Tongue Faster: 5 Innovative (but Stolen!) Tips for Brass and Woodwind Players.

There are lots of tips out there to help brass and woodwind players tongue faster but in this blog post I am going to explore what can be...

Dec 13, 20235 min read

Unleash Your Inner Beat: Improve Your Rhythm.

What is the best way to improve your rhythm?

Dec 8, 20235 min read

How to Use a Practice Mute? 8 Brass Player Tips For Using One to Improve.

Do you want a better sound, better range, better control, stronger embouchure, better dynamics and many other things? This post will help...

Dec 2, 20234 min read

The Harmonious Hush: Exploring My Favourite and Best Euphonium Mutes and Some You Should Avoid.

This is a bit of a nerdy post to be honest, but I know there are people out there that like to have all the accessories and like to know...

Nov 30, 20238 min read

What is the Best Brass Instrument to Play? With 10 Areas of Consideration.

As a brass player and brass teacher, I often get asked this question. Especially by younger students wanting to start learning but also...

Nov 25, 202310 min read

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

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

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

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

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

Lockdown Videos - Good or Bad?

I don't know about you, but I am desperate to get back to performing live! Whether you are a student preparing for a grade exam, an...

Apr 10, 20216 min read

Practice STYLE, not Notes

When learning a new piece or working with students on new material I find it useful to try and shift my focus from merely trying to play...

Apr 8, 20213 min read

Musical Evolution Part 2 - Playing Higher Made Easy

In part two of this musical evolution blog post, I will show you an example of how this practice theory works to help you play higher....

Apr 4, 20215 min read

Improve Your Sound for Brass Players

Sound is so important for all instruments. Players of all different standards should think about their sound and how to improve or...

Mar 26, 20217 min read

Advanced Stamina Exercise for Brass Players

This blog post will give you full guidance on how to use my advanced stamina exercise. If you are serious about using this to enhance...

Mar 16, 20215 min read

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