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Inspiration and 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 LIVE!I am excited to announce the launch of my new business The Versatile Musician.  The Versatile Musician is an all-in-one online membership …

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 funny story; I was dating a guy at the time. He was a jazz trumpet player and he was gifted lessons with this …

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 LIVE!I am excited to announce the launch of my new business The Versatile Musician.  The Versatile Musician is an all-in-one online …

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! What the question “Are we having any fun” reveals It is important to go back to the basics of …

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 video, I discuss several case studies of people whose musical development has stalled out because they have not taken the time …

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 what I’ll be doing today?  Organizing my music studio!  My music studio is TINY – it used to be …

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