Welcome to the Year 2021 Welcome to the year 2021! It’s my deepest belief that 2021 will be a year for hope, healing, and renewal. We made it through the terrible 2s (2020), so it’s time to reap our rewards! … Continue reading
Jules Hamland
Being A Private Music Teacher The upside of being a private music teacher is that it’s an incredible, rewarding, endeavor. The downside? It can also be frustrating, infuriating, aggravating and yes, even boring. Hey, I’m just being honest. But the … Continue reading
Learn by Private Music Lessons or The Internet? It Depends… When faced with the question of what’s better, to learn from private music lessons or the internet, my answer is, “It depends.” I’ve been playing music for a long, long … Continue reading
Comparing Apples to Apples And You Are The Apple We’ve all heard the old adage, “Comparing apples to oranges, versus comparing apples to apples.” It’s a good one, and ultimately points to the advantage of comparing apples to apples when deciding … Continue reading
Stop Wishing Hoping Dreaming Take Action Now—Take Lessons Stop wishing, hoping, and dreaming about learning an instrument, or wanting to sing better! Time waits for no one. Tomorrow quickly turns into next month, then next year… when I’m reitred… Don’t … Continue reading
Perseverance and Determination Perseverance noun 1. steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement. Synonyms 1. doggedness, steadfastness. Perseverance, persistence, tenacity, pertinacity imply resolute and unyielding holding on in following a course of action. Determination noun 1. the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose… 6. the quality of being resolute; firmness of purpose. When taking on the challenge of learning an instrument and/or music, there are no other words or actions that can have more of a positive and lasting impact … Continue reading
Positive Thoughts Have you ever thought you’d love to learn to play an instrument, but it might be too hard, or require too much of a time commitment? You might even think you don’t have the talent to ever play … Continue reading
Be Happy — Play Ukulele Whenever I’m blue, I think to myself, “Be happy — play ukulele.” Then I pull one of my ukes out, and after a short while, I feel happy. Since the first ukulele craze hit the … Continue reading
The Study of Music “There is no other single subject in the entire field of education that offers as many advantages as does the study of music.” While sorting through music in my studio, I happened across an old music … Continue reading
Your Vocal Instrument Learning an instrument is a challenging endeavor at any age, especially when learning how to play your vocal instrument. No matter the instrument of choice, at the very least, there are notes and theory to learn. Depending … Continue reading