‘The scribbles weren’t all good, but they have become part of a whole,’ Josh Nicholas writes. Photograph: Nadir Kinani/The Guardian Repetition is the key to learning – but you don’t want to suck the ...

Have you ever dreamed of working for yourself, being your own boss, or running your own group practice? Are you conflicted about leaving a secure, salaried agency position because you depend upon ...

This post is part four of a series of posts on the psychological and practical benefits of daily practice. In this series, I’ll explore the elements of daily practice, varieties of daily practice, ...

When friends learn that my nearly six-year-old has been playing violin for three years, their voices shift a bit, especially if they also have a child learning an instrument. Two questions come in ...

It’s 4pm on a Thursday, and your child is on the couch with the iPad. You need to leave for the weekly music lesson in half an hour. You can see dust has gathered on the piano (or the flute or the ...