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» Practice by recall, not by relearning (background)
» There is no choice. Do good or be miserable.
» Outside the Changes - Back in 5 Minutes
» Beauty is a Survival Mechanism
» All About Attitude: If You are not having fun, you
» An Artist's High is Natural
» Of Sound Mind and Body
» Hope
» Do What You Know, Correct As You Go
» Musicians Become Sharp, Naturally
» The Quality of your actions, create the level of y
» Your brain learns a lot on its own
» Musical Occasional Slogans
» You're not fooling me: I'm just patient.
» Music is Easy
» Grow Good Brain Maps: Get Smart, Be Kind, Stay Hap
» Music, the Brain and Health (substance free) see m
» Making Music Makes Happy Dopamine in Brain
» Music is a Brain Train - plain
» Music is My Endorphin Engine
» Patience is an opportunity to care
» Mastery Means 10,000 Hours
» Music is a Sound Investment
» Earth Harmony
» Love the Earth
» Practice by recall, not by relearning
» Sound Hound
» Practice
» Corrective, Constructive, Creative
» Determination, Diligence, Discipline
» Hone: to Sharpen, Honesty: Respectability
» Breathe from a place of balance.
» Practice, Practice, Practice
» A Good Practice is Like a Promotion Every Day
» I practice music, which teaches me discipline...
» Rote Practice is an opportunity to correct yoursel
» It's Not My Fault!
» Start Living
» Successful Performance
» Mask the Metronome
» Sound Hound 2
» It is Not RUT Practice, It is ROTE Practice
» Circle of Fifths, Major Minor keys, and Scales
» You are like a vitamin pill for my heart
» Octavemode Graphics Wall Calendar
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Save the Brain: Do Music

Save the Brain: Do Music
Save the Brain: Do Music. Promote the healthy aspects of music making. Music play generates healthy chemicals in the brain, such as endorphins, producing a healthy high. Also, the brain changes, growi

Jazz Band Junkie

Jazz Band Junkie
Jazz Band Junkie. Substance Free. Promote the healthy aspects of music making.

Save the Brain: Do Music - Plain

Save the Brain: Do Music - Plain
Save the Brain: Do Music (Plain works on many items.)

Music is My Endorphin Engine - Plain

Music is My Endorphin Engine - Plain
Music play generates a natural healthy high, from brain chemicals such as endorphins.

Practice by recall, not by relearning (background)

Practice by recall, not by relearning (background)
Practice by recall, not be relearning.

There is no choice. Do good or be miserable.

Outside the Changes - Back in 5 Minutes

Outside the Changes - Back in 5 Minutes
Jazz Players sometimes play outside the harmony, sometimes they just space out. Humor is a healthy result of music making.

Beauty is a Survival Mechanism

Beauty is a Survival Mechanism
Learning occurs when pleasure chemicals, such as dopamine, are excited in the brain. Thus, we learn when our experience is pleasureful. Since beautiful things make us feel good, beauty is a survival m

All About Attitude: If You are not having fun, you

All About Attitude: If You are not having fun, you
Click to see more graphics. Music is a good metaphor for life; it is meant to enjoy, to fill with learning and be fun. Click on each thumbnail or product for more options or information.

An Artist's High is Natural

An Artist's High is Natural
An Artist's High is Natural. Promote the healthy aspects of music making. Music play generates healthy chemicals in the brain, such as endorphins, producing a healthy high. Also, the brain changes, gr

Of Sound Mind and Body

Of Sound Mind and Body
Practice of music creates good learning experiences, beneficial brain chemistry and social acumen. Sound practice makes a sound mind.

Hope

Hope
Music students typically score higher on standardized tests, tend to go on to college and do better in life.

Do What You Know, Correct As You Go

Musicians Become Sharp, Naturally

Musicians Become Sharp, Naturally
Musicians become sharp, naturally. Promote the healthy result of making music.

The Quality of your actions, create the level of y

The Quality of your actions, create the level of y
Various observations on learning in simple phrase and type.

Your brain learns a lot on its own

Your brain learns a lot on its own
Your brain learns a lot on its own. For example, all the sounds your know about are learned between the ages of two and nine. Relax, use what you know.

Musical Occasional Slogans

Musical Occasional Slogans
Click to see more graphics. Make music and learn to live in harmony. Outside the Changes, Back in 5 Minutes, Sound Hound, Musicians become sharp, naturally. Brass Players Resonate. Click on each thumb

You're not fooling me: I'm just patient.

You're not fooling me: I'm just patient.
Take a look at a wonderful way to say, "Practice!"

Music is Easy

Music is Easy
Playing from a place of balance we feel tension as compensation. Our practice brings us to balance again. To learn this is hard, but the reward is great. Music is easy.

Grow Good Brain Maps: Get Smart, Be Kind, Stay Hap

Grow Good Brain Maps: Get Smart, Be Kind, Stay Hap
Our brains grow maps due to our actions, at the rate of 1mm a day. Grow them wisely.

Music, the Brain and Health (substance free) see m

Music, the Brain and Health (substance free) see m
Click to see more graphics.Music play creates visible changes in 21 areas of the brain, the only activity we know of to do this. Musicians also grow larger connective tissue in the brain. Click on eac

Making Music Makes Happy Dopamine in Brain

Music is a Brain Train - plain

Music is a Brain Train - plain
Plain edition works on many products.

Music is My Endorphin Engine

Music is My Endorphin Engine
Music is My Endorphin Engine. Promote the healthy aspects of music making.

Patience is an opportunity to care

Mastery Means 10,000 Hours

Mastery Means 10,000 Hours
The practice of anything takes 10,000 hours to develop into mastery.

Music is a Sound Investment

Music is a Sound Investment
Music teaches us to make harmony successfully with each other, the ultimate survival skill.

Earth Harmony

Earth Harmony
Humans have made music for over 35, 000. Make one world, live in harmony.

Love the Earth

Love the Earth
Humans have made music for over 35,000 years.

Practice by recall, not by relearning

Practice by recall, not by relearning
Practicing the same old stuff each time gets old fast. Challenge yourself: recall what you know, practice that, be certain you trained well, grow from there.

Sound Hound

Sound Hound
Be a Sound Hound, promote good music making.

Practice

Practice
Learning the value of practice teaches us lessons of discipline, determination, and diligence. Encourage Practice.

Corrective, Constructive, Creative

Corrective, Constructive, Creative
Arts Education fosters good work habits, lessons good for any subject.

Determination, Diligence, Discipline

Determination, Diligence, Discipline
Determine your goals, make yourself work for them, learn the discipline to maintain them.

Hone: to Sharpen, Honesty: Respectability

Hone: to Sharpen, Honesty: Respectability
Hone your skills, be sound and honest, make music.

Breathe from a place of balance.

Breathe from a place of balance.
Breathing from a place of balance gives us the perspective we need to understand tension and why we compensate.

Practice, Practice, Practice

Practice, Practice, Practice
Click to see more graphics. The best way to develop habits, to train, to grow, practice makes for good people. Click on each thumbnail or product for more options or information.

A Good Practice is Like a Promotion Every Day

A Good Practice is Like a Promotion Every Day
Rote practice seems like repetition, however, it is really an opportunity to change each time you try. Make your practice an opportunity!

I practice music, which teaches me discipline...

I practice music, which teaches me discipline...
I practice music, which helps me learn discipline (enjoyment learning to make things happen,) determination, (skills setting goals,) and diligence (making goals work.) What can you do?

Rote Practice is an opportunity to correct yoursel

It's Not My Fault!

Start Living

Start Living
Diligence: does it work? Yes?
Then practice; if not then change.

Determination: staying power.
Stick with what works, practice.

Discipline: is it fun? does it work? Am I enjoying

Successful Performance

Successful Performance
Successful performance
depends upon successful rehearsal,
which depends upon the
successful practice of technique.
Technology is only the first step.

Mask the Metronome

Mask the Metronome
At the right intensity and volume, playing on the beat, with the metronome can mask or hide the sound of the metronome. You are on time.

Sound Hound 2

Sound Hound 2
Another Sound Hound. Search for Musical Sounds, be a Sound Hound.

It is Not RUT Practice, It is ROTE Practice

It is Not RUT Practice, It is ROTE Practice
I had a teacher who said, make it like a habit, so that I still had flexibility when I played music. Rote practice means giving yourself another opportunity to make music.

Circle of Fifths, Major Minor keys,  and Scales

Circle of Fifths, Major Minor keys, and Scales
Easy to read and understand circle of fifths, with help understanding scales, including blues, dominant, jazz minor, dorian, whole tone, pentatonic, minor and major scales.

You are like a vitamin pill for my heart

You are like a vitamin pill for my heart
You are like a vitamin for my heart!

Octavemode Graphics Wall Calendar

Octavemode Graphics Wall Calendar
Octavemode Graphics Calendar - see different graphics for each month.

Octavemode Logo

Octavemode Logo
For the Octavemode community. Promote good work good play.



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