Category: Podcast: Enhance Life with Music

• Ep. 115: Crossover episode with Arts for the Health of It

  

  At Enhance Life with Music AND at Arts for the Health of It, we are passionate about the power of music & arts to enhance healing & wellbeing. Today we join forces on this crossover episode, weaving our two worlds together to create something for our listeners that is greater than the sum of the…

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• Ep. 114: A peek behind the curtain of film composition, with composer Garrett Hope

  

  Music can profoundly impact our experience of a movie’s story. How and when does this soundtrack come together? Composer Garrett Hope takes us behind the scenes of the film scoring process.

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• Ep. 113: What is the best age to begin piano lessons?

  

  The question I’ve been asked the most in 30 years of teaching piano lessons is, “When is the best age to begin lessons?” In answering this question today, we’ll discuss the five Signs of Readiness to gauge in young children, as well as some guidelines for older beginners.

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  education, instrument, languageofmusic, Learning, lessons, lifelonglearning, music, musiclessons, Piano, training

• Ep. 112: How are the sounds of my life shaping my brain, and what does music have to do with it? With Dr. Nina Kraus

  

  To a large extent, we get to choose our sonic experiences. Dr. Kraus’ new book explains what those choices mean for our brain and the interpersonal communication that is so critical to our human experience. Why is music the “jackpot” of the “sound mind,” giving musicians improved sound processing into old age – even if…

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• Ep. 111: Behind the scenes of my favorite piano learning app, Piano Maestro; With JoyTunes’ Becki Laurent

  

  Piano Maestro by JoyTunes is the one subscription I DO encourage my students’ parents to use because it is so effective, motivating, and fun! JoyTunes Music Education Specialist Becki Laurent explains her favorite features, how the app came to be, and tips for teachers and students alike.

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• Ep. 110: How are album covers created – and why is some of the art so bizarre?! With Darin Leach

  

  The form that the “album” has taken has evolved over the decades: we’ve had vinyl records, cassette tapes, CDs, digital downloads. Through all these iterations, one constant has been the cover art. Even on our digital downloads and streams, we still get to view the cover art on our device when a song is playing.…

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