Author name: Mike Shaw

Playing music is pure joy. And if your are playing with others that joy is multiplied by the feeling of

When I learned to play music, my dream was to some day be on stage singing. I started practicing for

You’re probably familiar with the saying, “Music is the universal language.” How true. You don’t have to understand Italian to

Maybe more than any other profession, music is all-embracing. More than a job or even a career, music is a

If you like meeting new people, making new friends, you’ll love being a performing musician. You literally meet people every

Learning to play music, especially learning to play it well, takes a great deal of time and commitment. It’s not

Do you like to record some of your favorite tunes as a digital playlist you can listen to as you

The bots might kill us all, but they can’t replace jazz because jazz is played in the moment, what you’re

We’ve talked often about the beginnings of jazz and the debt we owe Louis Armstrong for crafting it in a

The list of life lessons that learning to play and perform music teaches is seemingly endless. Let’s talk about kindness