Five to Fifty
At this time last year, I think we had five students going into 2014. We now have about fifty! That’s some pretty amazing growth if you ask me. And of course, it is all thanks to our families and students, and the community for spreading the word about The Tuned In Academy. We are […]
Multiple Mediums
Did you know that Tony Bennett is not just a talented jazz musician and vocalist, but he is also a painter and sculptor? Take a look, he has some beautiful work rich with meaning and expressions of our world from his eyes. At the academy, we appreciate all art, not just music. And we recognize […]
Fall Scholarship Campaign: A Brief Story of Hope
Friends, Thank you so much for all of those who have supported this endeavor so far. We so appreciate your trust and support of what we are doing and trying to do. Our fall scholarship campaign drive. We are at 18%, which we are so thankful for. But we have a ways to go […]
Music: A Proven Community Builder
My old high school was recently torn down. A new one has already been built to replace it, but the band hall as I understand is still in the works. Two weekends ago Auburn High school held a public walk through. A good handful of band alumni from the 70’s-2000’s came and gathered in the […]
Practice Tips from Barry Green
Barry Green has written has written an excellent book that has helped musicians all around the world. I highlight a handful of helpful nuggets from his book in The Tuned In Musician. For those who may not have picked up either, I thought I would share some of his tips for practicing here today. I […]
360 Leadership
Leadership: Everything rises and falls on leadership. At Tuned In, we take leadership seriously. From the beginning, we decided that the academy would have 360 leadership in place by the end of year two, and we are on track for that. This means that the academy is an organization you can trust, with consistent and […]
Say What? Using Scales to Understand and Transcribe Music
Scales can be a real downer for some music students. I get that. We all have barriers, things we have to work to get through, some important parts of music study that frustrate us or we don’t like to work on as much for whatever reason. But scales are important. I’d like to take a […]
Hopeful Expectations for Year 2
Friends, Last week I wrote briefly some reflections on our first year back here in the Northwest and some of the great things that happened at the academy this year. Today, I am thinking about some of that which we are planning and hoping for this year, and some of our goals for the academy. […]
Reflections on Year One
As we have been talking and reflecting on this first year since moving from Fort Smith Arkansas to Lacey, WA we are amazed at just how many ways we have been blessed this year. Probably some of the most significant milestones we have seen this year are: The publishing of The Tuned In Musician […]
The Stench of that Something Special
Not long ago we visited a local Asian market to buy some groceries. We decided it would be fun to pick something exotic up, and took a risk in grabbing a box of cookies which we could not read the label of. We had no idea the kind of stench that was to be unveiled […]