Up-Tempo

Programs like Noteflight and MuseScore are great software programs capable of a great deal, but can they produce professional orchestral scores? I’m not sure I can answer this question. Currently (at the date of this post), Noteflight still doesn’t place brackets around the orchestral group sections, lacks several articulations, and uses a non-industry standard sizing […]

Why bother? Because I think it’s fun. As I say goodbye to the 2023 academic year, I look forward to a new exciting project. During my extensive teaching career of over 25 years, students who know me know I’m excited about what I do and how much I want to inspire their music creativity. Here’s […]

What’s up with Up-Tempo Publishing and Bach To Basics? Bach To Basics music is my private teaching studio offering private online piano and theory lessons through Skype and Zoom to students of all ages. Some may think this is similar to students learning online during the pandemic, but it’s not. It’s better! Students have a […]

I’ve posted a few times promoting my Patreon page, which I continue to update. I can’t help it; I’m excited to work on it. I’m not someone who is looking at Patreon as a primary business model; I love teaching music. Patreon is another educational tool to help those pursuing their musical interests. Tonight is […]

Putting pen to paper and publishing any written work can be challenging, especially when the process is relatively new. People make it seem easy; in many cases, it’s not tricky but time-consuming and tedious. This post concerns the number of details needing to be reviewed as a self-publisher. Each distributor has their terms of use, […]