Why Frequency

The subject of frequency is rich and ubiquitous. In fact, everything we understand, scientifically, about universal structure hinges on the subject. Light, magnetism, electricity, sound, planetary rotation, the list goes on. (It is interesting that Albert Einstein...

Why Live/Acoustic Music

I have been involved in music-making of all sorts throughout my career. When I first started playing the violin, playing in string orchestras, chamber music groups and full orchestras was a common practice. While hearing songs on the radio was common, there was...

Why Music Lessons

Throughout the ages, great musicians desired to train their students in the art of music making so they could make progress in the most efficient ways possible. What it took the teacher many years to coalesce, the student could acquire in a fraction of the time....

Why Music Notation

Combined Learning There are three main ways we learn: 1) Hearing, 2) Seeing, and 3) Doing. These are also referred to as Aural, Visual, and Kinesthetic, respectively. Participating in one of the activities is stimulating to the brain. However, when engaged in all...

Principles of Creativity – 3

There is a central truth about creativity that is so foundational, it may be the most important to understand out of all of them.  It is the principle of the ‘Seed.’  This is one of the foundational principles we teach our students in our music school in Odessa,...