In this blog, I'd like to talk about the difficulties of maintaining a music-based business in these unprecedented times.

I often get asked 'are grades worth doing?'. As a teacher who encourages enjoyment in learning an instrument, here's my honest opinion.

Christmas gigs were made difficult, even impossible, this year but the all-important Christmas Day gig for the family still remained.

Opening a new box of reeds, you'll find one you favour and another you think is awful, despite being from the same box. Why is that?

Over the years, I've come across many sources specifying ways to practice but just how often should we be practicing?

As musicians, we're always told 'practice makes perfect' and to keep to a regular routine but it's also good to know when not to practice.

If you're a musician who struggles with performance anxiety, here are a few things you can do to help boost your confidence to perform.

There comes a time when we realise that beginners clarinet we rented from school won't cut it anymore. Here are a few tips about upgrading.

As an instrument teacher, I wanted take a moment to state and compare the positives and negatives I have found when doing video lessons.

It's been 7 months since I had to make the move to video lessons. Here's what happened to my routine amid the COVID pandemic.