A student walks into a lesson with that familiar mix of excitement and nerves. This week, my student got stuck on something deceptively small: a change that wouldn’t land cleanly, a coordination moment that kept falling apart, a short passage that refused to feel smooth. They tried it once, then again. Their shoulders tightened. They […]

When we started building TAP Rhythm, I assumed the hard part would be the rhythm: subdivisions, levels, scoring, “is this musically fair,” etc. Nope. The hard part was getting taps to behave consistently across devices, especially iPad Safari, which has its own mysterious laws of physics. This is the short version of how the app […]

Welcome to the 851 Music Studio Blog I’ll update this blog regularly — please check in often. Here you can find upcoming events, concert announcements, studio news, recommended resources, learning materials, videos—and more! The new site is now live—I’ve finished setting up WordPress. I’ve shown it to teachers and students, and their feedback has been […]