Can I Play Too? Part 2, the Piano Edition

Happy New Year everyone! After my violin post, I got a request to make a blog post about pianos! I did my best to be concise, but alas, as a piano player, I have a lot to say about this topic. Be warned that there are a lot of factors to consider, and that it...

Can I play too? Learning music on a budget

I spend a little time online. A lot, a little. Much of it is spent interacting with others who share similar interests as me (i.e. Wattpad forums, writing chats, music chats, etc). Sometimes, the people on the writing side of things find out I play the violin/piano. And 99% of the time, at least one person...

It’s a piano…it’s a flute…it’s a violin!

This post sort of parallels the previous post I put up, "Love the music you play" because part of this takes place at the same time as the stuff in that post, and they both end up at the same point in time, which was when I started using game music as a tool to...

Love the music you play

As you might know from my very first introductory post, I am both a scientist and a musician. I bring up both these points because that's how this story starts--in the lab, talking about music. Specifically, talking to our lab tech about her daughter's piano practice. This may be an odd thing to say, but...

The first forays into the musical world

Since music was the first thing I ever got into in life, my first more-specific introductory post will be about how I got into music in the first place. According to my mom (disclaimer: I remember none of this), when I was around four, I saw someone playing the piano and told my mom "I...