David LaneMay 8, 20234 min readpracticingThe Reality of Trade-Offs: Decisions and Their Flipsides(This is a revision of a post originally posted on my old blog on August 2, 2018) Understanding the Reality of Trade-offs While teaching...
David LaneMay 1, 20233 min readpracticingPractice Basics: Residual Effects of Practice(This is a revision of a post from my old blog, originally posted May 21, 2014) 9 years ago, I was in the midst of rehearsing a show as...
David LaneJan 27, 20236 min readpracticingTwo Approaches to Learning Music(This is a revision of a post from my old blog originally posted on May 9, 2020) As a teacher, I love it when intermediate students reach...
David LaneJan 9, 20235 min readthe musician toolkitPractice Basics: One Thing at a TimeThis was originally posted on my old blog on April 4, 2013, and has been updated for this new post. If you've had a dozen lessons with...