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    Music is…

    I am truly honored to have spent my life studying and sharing music by and in so many different cultures, and leading so many diverse groups of people in their own explorations of…

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    The Courage to Grow

    Part 4 of a 4-part series beginning here. The last thing that I want to mention about confidence is that, as it spreads, it actually gives you the courage to grow.  Growing is…

  • It takes courage to share. Often we're told to without knowing why.
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    The courage to share

    Part 3 of a 4-part series beginning here. Courage isn’t needed merely to do things like turn up to a concert, go to a rehearsal, or pick up an instrument and learn your…

  • Fears are basically excuses. When you use your fears as an excuse not to do something, there's no courage involved. And we need the courage to do things in order for confidence to spread and our world to become a better place to live.
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    The courage to “do”

    Follows last week’s article here The first way we can display and spread confidence around us in the musical realm is by having the courage to actually take a step forward. This could…