Musicians need to have some understanding of business whether there is a global pandemic stopping in person performances, or not. That little old lady in your town who taught piano lessons out of her home, was an entrepreneur and a small business owner. Your Facebook friend who has gone on solo recital tours in several states, is an entrepreneur and small business owner.

if you have a goal for what you want to accomplish, then any amount of time can be effective practice time.

The critic seems to speak from a place of authority and is always the loudest and most confident with its assertions.

When something in the music is causing problems, hypothesize what it is and then create exercises from the music to work on that problem.

if you do something wrong over and over, it will never become perfect over time