Recital 2025

As a music teacher, I find recitals and other performance opportunities to be such an important part of the learning process for students. In the age of social media musicians who perform alone to a backing tracks from their bedroom or apartment (some of them play incredibly by the way), I think it is especially […]

Guitar Tales: The Jem…and Why I Don’t Trust Soft Cases

The tale of how I got my Ibanez Jem actually begins in tragedy. Back in 7th grade I was rocking a black Ibanez EX270 with a maple fretboard, 24 frets, locking trem system, etc. It wasn’t a super expensive guitar but it played nice and as a middle-schooler I thought it was great. At the […]