

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...
Tammy Takaishi, MT-BC
Apr 26, 20173 min read
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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...
Tammy Takaishi, MT-BC
Oct 4, 20162 min read
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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...
Tammy Takaishi, MT-BC
Jul 10, 20162 min read
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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....
Tammy Takaishi, MT-BC
May 5, 20164 min read
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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, MT-BC
Feb 24, 20162 min read
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