Does Music Help You Study?
As a student, I liked to have music playing when I got down to serious studying. Headphones, speakers whatever – as long as it was music I knew and enjoyed. Have you been told how bad this is supposed to be for you? “How can you concentrate with that racket?” was my parents’ complaint. I […]
The World Is Never Quiet.
As a kid, I was unduly concerned with how radio stations get their sound to your radio. It seemed vaguely creepy – all that chatter and music flinging through the air – bouncing off and zipping right through me. Be still for a moment, and contemplate this: right now there are dozens or even hundreds […]
Play more, practice less, find happiness.
I spent a lot of my youth practicing just enough to get by. I played oboe and I progressed fast without a lot of effort. I liked that – it gave me time to do many important things, like hanging around with my friends. Even with all that free time, I got really, really good […]