From June 4-8, I attended the Association for Popular Music Education (APME) conference in Memphis, TN – hosted by the University of Memphis. For those who don’t know, I’ve been a long-time member of APME – I was on their board from 2014-2020, and in the last four years of my term, served as both Vi...

 If you’re a music educator looking to bring songwriting into your classroom—or even just into your own life—you’ve probably heard the word “production” tossed around a lot. Maybe you’ve even wondered: What does a music producer actually do? Do I need to learn production to help my students write so...

I remember reading the line, your fear is boring, in an Elizabeth Gilbert book entitled Big Magic. (If you haven't read it and are interested in digging into creative living, I highly recommend it.) 

It struck me pretty hard - Gilbert was talking about all of her fears and how for so long they h...