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How to Motivate Your Teen to Practice Music

Lara Neves — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:28:00 +0000

It’s a little harder to convince teenagers to practice their instruments. Try these tricks and motivate them to play more! Thank you Fender for sponsoring this post. Learn guitar at home with Fender Play! My teenage daughters have been playing musical instruments since they were little. They are no strangers to the whole “you have...

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5 Ways Kids Benefit From Music Lessons

Lara Neves — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 02:15:00 +0000

Kids benefit from learning to play a musical instrument in some surprising ways! Thank you Fender for sponsoring this post. Learn guitar at home with Fender Play! Music lessons are a requirement for our children. Perhaps that’s just what they get for being born to two professional musicians, but we actually don’t expect them to...

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Online Guitar Lessons—Affordable & Convenient Lessons with Fender Play

Lara Neves — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 18:12:00 +0000

Thank you Fender for sponsoring this post. Learn guitar at home with Fender Play. A couple years ago, my teenage daughter decided that she wanted to learn the guitar. She saved up her money and purchased a shiny black Fender acoustic guitar and was SO excited to get started with learning to play it. (Just...

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Should You Let Your Kid Quit Music Lessons?

Lara Neves — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 07:36:00 +0000

A couple of days ago, my 9-year-old had her very last violin lesson. Yes, you read that right. I let her quit music lessons after four years of sticking it out. It wasn’t an easy decision for me at all and I feel like a great big failure of a music mom. My husband is...

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Ten Reasons Your Child Isn’t Practicing–And What You Can Do About It

Lara Neves — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 15:00:00 +0000

Are you shelling out the big bucks for music lessons only to have your child not practice? We sacrifice so much so that our children can have good quality music instruction, and it really frustrates me when they refuse to practice. But it turns out that there are several very legitimate reasons why a child...

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Five Tips to Help Your Children Practice

Lara Neves — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:00:00 +0000

Parents play a big role in helping their children practice their musical instruments. Use these five tips to make music practice time easier. In our household, music takes a high priority. Not only does it make our living for us, it is what makes life worthwhile (in our humble musician opinions). Because we have deemed...

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Scales before Screens

Lara Neves — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:11:00 +0000

So, here’s the scoop on electronics and practicing… I hate, HATE, hate (and yes, I am aware that hate is a strong word) the way my children are so easily drawn into screens. Their eyes glaze over, their ears stop working, and they turn into little zombies while watching a movie or playing on the...

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