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Lessonface Teacher of the Year for 2018

Leah Kruszewski, teacher of the year

Most popular teacher per instrument in 2018:

Acoustic Guitar (and most popular overall)
Leah Kruszewski

Banjo
Chris Roszell

Bass Guitar
Yonit Spiegelman

Affordable upgrades for the beginner clarinetist

Clarinet upgrades

Often it’s the smallest changes that can lead to the biggest improvements. This kind of change can be made using three affordable equipment upgrades I recommend for any beginner clarinetist (these are also great upgrades for anyone who wants higher quality basic equipment). The main outcome of each of these upgrades is more ease of playing and aid in producing a more beautiful tone.

Goal-Giveaway Winners Announced

Thanks to everyone who set goals or interacted in the forum in January and entered our giveaway!

Today we are happy to announce the three winners, in no particular order: congratulations to Charlie, Becca, and Eileen!

We have notified the three winners by email. 

It's not too late to set goals, ever, of course!

If you'd like to use the goal-setting tool on Lessonface to keep track of your goals, first sign in to Lessonface (registration is totally free), and go to the green menu, then Profile, and Goals. 

Enter Our Goal-Setting Giveaway

 

Enter the Lessonface Giveaway

Do one OR both of these two steps to enter the Lessonface Goal-Setting Giveaway:
1. Create goal(s) using the Lessonface goal-setting widget -- sign into Lessonface, then go to the green left-hand menu, and choose "Goals" under "Profile." 
OR

Lessonface Presents: Conversations with Artists and Educators

Lessonface presents graphic

Lessonface Presents Rebecca Foon, Wolf Eyes, and Michael Attias! Lessonface Presents are open conversations with accomplished artists, which we broadcast live from the Lessonface studio in NYC. We started this line of programming this fall, under the name Face the Music, and are continuing to build on the concept in 2019.

We are excited to announce these upcoming interviews:
Watch them on this page, or click the links and sign up for free to get access to the recording after.

Introducing the Lessonface Forum

School of Athens

Have questions or thoughts you'd like to share with others here at Lessonface? We invite you to take part in the Lessonface forum. Teachers and students are posting on topics that go before, alongside, & beyond lessons. 

Musical Resolutions for 2019

Got zeal but not the skills... yet

It's that time of year again!  As holiday festivities wind down and the new year is upon us, it's a great time to step back and reflect on your progress in 2018.  Did you articulate some concrete musical objectives at the beginning of last year?  Which of them did you accomplish?  If you fell short of some goals, do you know why you didn't meet them?  Learn from both your successes and failures, and articulate some fresh aims for the new year.  Be sure to make your 2019 resolutions specific, measurable, and achievable. 

Happy New Year!

Wishing you a happy, healthy, and joyful 2019!

The Nature of Progress

Cloudy summit

It would be lovely if progress were a smooth upward incline from playing our awkward first notes to maturing into a skilled, expressive musician.  It would be great to finish each practice session playing everything better, and if, signing in to each lesson, we were confident in having advanced since the last class.  However, musical growth doesn’t happen in a smooth easy line.  We have our leaps and bounds forwards, but we also have setbacks, plateaus, and sometimes feel our playing has worsened.  

Lessonface Presents Alex Skolnick

Alex Skolnick with Ray Suhy and Lessonface staffmembers

Alex Skolnick, the extraordinary thrash and jazz guitarist, was interviewed by Ray Suhy in our second installment of our Lessonface Presents series on November 1, 2018. 

You can watch the entire conversation by enrolling (for free) here

Skolnick delighted us by demonstrating some of his techniques on our trusty classroom guitar, sharing great anecdotes and insights, and even creating a lesson on the fly from the Whale of Fortune. 
 

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