Band Directors
What Your Student Brings Back from Summer Camp
Summer clinics aren’t just fun. Students return to their programs and bring back invaluable tools that make everyone around them better…
Inspiration
My Favorite Books of 2021
Happy New Year, everyone! There’s no more convenient time to reorient yourselves than the new year. On New Year’s Day, Holly and I spent the morning discussing our hopes and aspirations for the coming twelve months. We even spent the afternoon and evening putting some of our goals to practice. Read more…
Visual Design
Use Dot Math to Move Cleaner than Ever
Dot math is a method to help your students understand their midpoints and transition better than ever.
Resources
3 Tips For Improving Your Marching Band Audio
Are you looking to improve your sound set-up for your fall show? Read to learn some of the basics in setting up, including tips on equalizing, microphones, and instrument specific tips.
Leadership
Pay Your Band Staff
Since I was 18 years old, I have lived out my dream life as a freelance music educator. When you get to teach & make music all day, the world often feels like it is your oyster. You pick and choose how you spend your days. You say yes and Read more…
Leadership
How Staff Influences Your Season
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Probably not Aristotle I’d like to start today’s blog with a question I have posed time and time again on this website: What defines your season? Seriously. Take a moment and ask yourself that question. Read more…
Education
Welcome to Design Details Season 2
Welcome back! We’ve missed you! Music Effect Design is built around the value of sharing the very best of what we know with people who want to deliver the best to their students. It’s a labor of love, and we take pride in our efforts in our first year as Read more…
Band Directors
3 Tips for Young Teachers to up their Teaching Game (part 1)
Young teachers are the lifeblood of the marching arts. Each year, eager educators initiate long and winding careers that impact the lives of those around them more than they will ever know. The beauty of being a young teacher is the fire, energy, and the unique perspective you bring to Read more…
Band Directors
Let’s Talk About Stress
As ensemble directors, educators, and performers, we sometimes live our lives on mountains of stress. Stress from work, stress from school or other obligations. At times, the very people we care about most can be sources of stress…
Inspiration
My Favorite Books of 2020: Part 2
A look back at some 2020 reading resolutions and some of the more interesting reads!