Your ears are lying to you

Why your voice doesn’t sound how you think it does Does the sound of your own voice recorded—speaking or singing— make you cringe? Well, join the club! How we hear our own voice is not how everyone else does for a few reasons, including the fact that the sound travels through our skulls instead of the air. To find out more, go to Your ears are lying to you

Mary and her musical lamb

How to get started with being creative by changing one thing A great and low risk way to get started with being creative is to take something you already know and change one thing. You can experiment without the pressure of creating something from scratch, and you can do it as many times as you want. This applies to everything we do and not just music. But music is a great way to show how Read more…

All there in black and white

A brief history of the piano keyboard Black and white and played all over? If you’ve never really looked at a piano before it can take a while before it looks like anything more than a jumble of black and white keys swimming before your eyes. Still, better than having them all the same colour, right? The Hungarian musician and engineer Paul von Jankó didn’t think so For more go to All there in black Read more…

The borrowers

The art of musical borrowing: news sounds from old Have you ever heard a piece of music for the first time and thought it sounded familiar? Ever heard the phrase musical borrowing? Well, let me enlighten you! For more, go to The Borrowers

The ear worm

Catchy phrases of music that find their way into your brain and hold on tight. Sometimes excruciatingly inane and catchy, other times something you like, all well and good until you find yourself humming that same phrase over and over. My current ear worm? The chorus from September: Ba de da, Never was a cloudy day 🎵 For more, go to The Earworm