Life as a Musician

Apr 26, 20173 min read

Getting in Touch with your Inner Sloth: Thoughts on Work-Life Balance, and Mindfulness

How often have you encountered the term mindfulness lately? I notice it showing up in titles of books, as part of a marketing thing...

Oct 4, 20162 min read

Awesome local businesses for musicians part 1: Rice Village

I love Houston! One of the great characteristics of this city are the unique areas that have local flavor such as Downtown, Midtown, and...

Jul 10, 20162 min read

Bach, Bach, Bach!

Today, I resurrected Bach...sort of. Based on encouragement, I decided to get back into the heart of violin playing. Though I have...

May 5, 20164 min read

Life of a Luthier: An interview with Ms. Aubrey K. Alexander

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to make stringed instruments? I know I have! I recently interviewed cello maker Aubrey K....

Feb 24, 20162 min read

Give me an "A": The beauty of historic tuning.

In grad school I wrote a paper about historic tuning, and the benefit it would bestow to students to learn it. Many years later, I am...

Tammy Takaishi, M. Ed., MA, MT-BC