Professional Music Instruction in Mount Pleasant, SC
08/05/2025
Nature is healing.
I think every major pop act needs a trial by Weezer.
https://youtu.be/46X8ugF82As?si=ewfo0XfmmA8Hcwonr
Olivia Rodrigo Weezer Buddy Holly Live Lollapalooza Music Festival Chicago IL August 1 2025 Olivia Rodrigo Weezer Buddy Holly Live Lollapalooza Music Festival Grant Park Chicago IL August 1 2025 Rivers Cuomo
07/17/2025
Sometimes the magic isn’t in the trick, but in the hours no one sees. A quiet kind of care, an unreasonable kind of dedication — and a reminder that what looks effortless is often anything but.
02/12/2024
"Fingers don't have much to do with playing the piano. The idea that they do must be unlearned" - Glenn Gould
11/07/2023
Bruckner with your Bestie BRUCKNER WITH YOUR BESTIE We are thrilled to officially launch our Bring your Bestie to the Symphony campaign at our upcoming concert, Majestic Bruckner! Friday, November 17 and Saturday, November 18 | 7:30pm Charleston Gaillard Center Here's how it works: for a limited-time only,
11/02/2023
As impossible as it is to imagine, The Beatles (you’ve heard of them, right?) are releasing a new song today at 10am! The Beatles have been the soundtrack of my entire life as well as a staple of teaching repertoire throughout my career (No student goes without learning B7 with “I should have known better”). Someone saying “I LOVE The Beatles” was akin to saying “Hey, no matter what my otherwise entirely questionable taste in music might say about me, I do like GREAT music deep down and must be a decent sort overall.”
My mom, my cousin John, and my aunt all felt like VIP family members for their true love of The Beatles 😂. As a kid, I can remember begging my older cousin John to show me how to play Beatles songs on the guitar. I would remember observations he would make about their chords like you’d remember the wisdom of a guru! Anytime I was riding in the car with my mom, we could *always* agree on The Beatles… And they had so many songs, it was generally unlikely someone had heard *every* track (anthologies, solo works, etc.) — so if I’d found a real gem, I always would proudly offer it up to my mom “But have you ever heard THIS one??”
However this one turns out, I can’t count myself as anything but lucky to have spent a lifetime listening to all of this music. So many good memories, friendships, roadtrips, walks, and lessons would just be entirely diminished without this music — and when this new song drops, I will be 11 years old all over again trying to hash out the chords and wishing I could ask my mom what she thinks of it!
The Beatles - Now And Then - The Last Beatles Song (Short Film) Now and Then's eventful journey to fruition took place over five decades and is the product of conversations and collaborations between the four Beatles that...
Still one of my favorites 😂
09/24/2022
Come for your lesson, find your very best friend next door?
is the only person I know who is cool enough and brave enough to hear “We should try some Bohemian Rhapsody…” and go “Okay, let’s do it!” *Mad* respect for this evil genius — keep a look out for this one! More to come…
03/22/2022
03/21/2022
Apparently, since I “practice” teaching all week, it’s hard for my brain to let it go for a day. So I write about music on my day off!
If you’d like to ponder the ingredients to a perfect practice week with me, feel free to read an article I just wrote on the topic.
The Musician’s Perfect Practice Week If you’ve studied music with me for any length of time, I’m certain that at some point I have asked you a simple question: “So… What was…