Texas Bandmasters Association 2010: Miscellaneous Thoughts Day 2 & 3

This week, I went to San Antonio for the Texas Bandmasters Association convention. I attended some really good sessions and took a few notes on my iPhone. Without spending a lot of time to expand on these notes right now, I thought I would post them so maybe someone else can benefit from them. After … Read more

Texas Bandmasters Association 2010: Miscellaneous Thoughts Day 1

This week, I am in San Antonio for the Texas Bandmasters Association convention. I attended some really good sessions and took a few notes on my iPhone. Without spending a lot of time to expand on these notes right now, I thought I would post them so maybe someone else can benefit from them. After … Read more

Bloggers Gone Wild!!!

I am on vacation from July 21st through July 30th! I’ll be going to visit my parents, some friends, cruising Texas, and end up at the Texas Bandmasters Association convention. I’m conducting an experiment while I am out. I’m calling it Bloggers Gone Wild. I will not write a comment or post on the blog … Read more

Weekend Wrapup 07/23/07

As the school year looms closer and closer, I am going to establish a blogging routine. The plan is to drastically reduce my blogging from every day as I have over the summer to three times a week. Beginning today, each Monday will feature a “Weekend Wrapup” where I’ll point you to a handful of … Read more

The Source Of Motivation

We’ve all seen them. People who are able to motivate large numbers of people to do things as a team. Great coaches, teachers, politicians, and even dictators. All of them are great motivators. Until recently, I would have agreed with that statement. I sat down this week and began reading through Bandmasters Review, the official … Read more