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Are private music lessons obsolete?

2013-09-25T21:33:53.0Z

It used to be if you wanted to learn how to play an instrument you had two choices 1. Take weekly lessons on the instrument 2. Teach yourself how to play by ear or through instruction books. Now Co...
- Studio: Guitar Lessons in Ogden - 6 String Guru
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Peter Frampton's Studio Pt 2

2013-09-24T01:51:20.0Z

Part II - Moving In We moved in to our new house mid-August. Exactly one week before the kids started school. " Ready, FIRE, Aim " is what I called this process. A bit sloppy, but it worked. (And n...
- Studio: Dudley Taft
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Peter Frampton's Studio Pt 1

2013-09-17T20:27:09.0Z

" Peter Frampton Has Moved To Nashville " " Cincinnati has lost its British rock star. Peter Frampton has moved back to Nashville …" On Jan. 23, he wrote on his Facebook page that furniture was sta...
- Studio: Dudley Taft
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How Should Music Students Practice?

2013-09-16T16:33:51.0Z

When a new student begins lessons they or their parents will often ask me "how much should I practice?" This is a very good question. My stock answer is "20 min daily minimum", ½ hour daily would b...
- Studio: Guitar Lessons in Ogden - 6 String Guru
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Rose Guccione is “Rosa” in Octavio Solis’ Pulitzer Prize-nominated play LYDIA!

2013-09-08T03:11:11.0Z

LYDIA by Octavio Solis directed by Cecilie D. Keenan at The National Pastime Theater October 4 – November 9, 2013 Thursdays, Fridays Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. Sundays at 6:00 p.m. (previews on October...
- Studio: Rose Guccione
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End of Summer Shenanigans

2013-08-30T15:04:00.0Z

I just got back from a fantastic visit with my parents where we mostly spent our time reminiscing about my wedding from earlier in the summer and petting their adorable cat, Jack. While I was there...
- Studio: Angela Mannino
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What is classical guitar?

2013-08-15T20:43:58.0Z

I often get students who sign up for lessons through a form and they specify they want "classical guitar lessons". After I meet them I find out that what they really mean is they want "formal train...
- Studio: Guitar Lessons in Ogden - 6 String Guru
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Newlyweds in NYC

2013-08-12T14:41:00.3Z

Cue the kick line: "It's up to you ( kick ) New ( kick ) York ( kick kick ) New York!!!! Da-da-da-da-da! Da-da-da-da-da!" Chef Paul and I left NYC in May as an engaged couple with 3 weeks left unti...
- Studio: Angela Mannino
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Maine-ly Mozart

2013-07-10T01:38:00.3Z

Happy Summer! Greetings from picturesque Bar Harbor, Maine! I've been here for almost two weeks singing with the Bar Harbor Music Festival . First, I prepared a solo recital for an afternoon Tea Co...
- Studio: Angela Mannino
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34 Years and counting

2013-07-05T15:19:01.0Z

Today (July 4th) is my thirty-seventeenth birthday (heh), and marked the beginning of my thirty-fourth year as a guitarist and songwriter. So, what is it like to play guitar for that long? Well, on...
- Studio: Dudley Taft
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European Tour 2013

2013-06-20T09:15:40.0Z

Spring 2013 European Tour Blog This was our second tour of Europe, the first one completed in January of 2012. All of the shows on the first tour were in the Netherlands, thanks to a booking agent ...
- Studio: Dudley Taft
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A month in the mid-west can be the best

2013-04-26T02:16:00.0Z

Well, folks, my time in Madison, WI is almost over :-( It's been such an enjoyable experience working with the lovely staff at Madison Opera, spending time with my colleagues in and out of rehearsa...
- Studio: Angela Mannino
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Playing House

2013-04-08T01:21:00.0Z

I went from four months in the Big Apple to a quick week home for Easter and wedding planning in the Big Easy to my next gig--in the Big Cheesy? I'm here in Madison, Wisconsin singing Zerlina in Do...
- Studio: Angela Mannino
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"Diva" party of 1

2013-03-18T01:27:00.0Z

This post comes to you from the quietest table in a very loud restaurant in Washington, D.C. This morning I took the train from NYC to sing a concert which is being held tomorrow evening at the Ita...
- Studio: Angela Mannino
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Soprano vs Bridezilla

2013-03-10T23:51:00.0Z

Ah, March, I had such high hopes for you...would you kindly slow down for me so I can accomplish everything I must get done before the end of the month? What can I say? Sometimes life has other pla...
- Studio: Angela Mannino
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