Post Category: Inspiration & Motivation

Introducing The Versatile Musician Membership!

Today is the day!  After months of early mornings and late nights and binge-working sessions while my son was at camp, I can finally make this announcement!  The Versatile Musician membership is now...
Why solfege Brenda Earle Stokes talks about solfege and musicianship.

Why Solfege?

One of the questions that’s come up a many times is “why solfege?” My Solfege Journey I was very fortunate to study solfege privately in Toronto somewhere in my early 20s. It’s...

A Sneak Peek Inside The Versatile Musician Membership

Today is the day!  After months of early mornings and late nights and binge-working sessions while my son was at camp, I can finally make this announcement!   The Versatile Musician membership is now...
Motivational speech given by singer pianist

Motivation Monday: Are we having any fun?

As artists, we can sometimes get so bogged down by our serious study, that we forget to ask one simple question:  Are we having any fun?  This is another video in my series called Motivation Mondays!...
motivation Monday post music tips by Brenda Earle Stokes

Motivation Monday: New is not always better

One of the biggest issues I see with emerging musicians is that they are always on quest to learn new material.  The issue?  NEW IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER! This week’s video In this week’s...
A messy NYC music studio that needs cleaning.

Organizing my music studio

Alright friends:  Reality check time.  Oh man.  This is bad.  What happened in this place?  Goodness gracious.  What a mess!  What in the Holy heck is going on in this space.  It is really bad.  Guess...

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