I just noticed that my first blog post was on Oct. 5th, 2005.
Since then I've posted semi-regularly ...over 300 in all.
Over that time I've gone over a number of things while trying to remain true to the original intent of this blog.
Here are some past posts that come to mind...
How to keep focused after you've made a mistake?
Think of weebles and Randall Cunningham
You think auditions are a lot of pressure? Try Olympic diving.
Trouble with tension automatically going up..think ding slurp.
Speaking of tension, how about that moaning grandfather?
How about pursuing a resonant tone. Think about tuning, squacking and singer stuff.
Anyway, I've gone through and added labels to most of the older posts. You can search the blog on any of these labels.
air
all-state
articulation
bah
berio
bolero
boneweek fanfares
books
bordogni
breathing
buzzing
careers
cases
composers
concentration
conductors
dissertation
double-tonguing
ear training
embouchure
equipment
etw
excerpts
expression
fun
frogger
habits
high range
history
inspiration
intonation
interpretation
itf
jacobs
kleinhammer
learning
lip slurs
memorizing
metronome
motivation
musicality
nerves
new york philharmonic
notation
note shape
patience
performing
philosophy
poise
posture
practicing
preparation
psychology
relaxation
repertoire
resonance
rhythm
scales
self discipline
sight reading
singing
slide technique
smart music
sports
teaching
technique
technology
tension
time management
tone
triple tonguing
tuner
vibrato
wah
warming up
So, sometimes I take a look at the traffic this blog receives. Steady but nothing spectacular. Ironically, the number one post by far comes from a Google search term: "Big Bad Wolf"
Here's that image...
Hmm, maybe he's blowing out candles.
