Good Resources for Musicians
Iām celebrating 1000 followers! Hereās my great big list of music resources.
Books: These are the print resources I find myself coming back to when it comes to being a musician. Donāt feel pressured to spend money, though, most of mine were presents!
Lessons from a Streetwise Professor
How I Made $100,000 My First Year as a Piano Teacher
Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within
The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
PanoTuner: Thatās not a mispelling. Itās also my favorite tuner app. It works best with guitars, and itās sensitive to other noise, but it looks neat and does the job and itās FREE
UltimateGuitar: Itās 3 bucks, but it also has all the tabs ever, usually with multiple versions, which is great.
Pro Metronome: Itās useful, itās free to use, and it gets the job done!
Piano apps: Hereās a list of the best ones - I keep a physical pitch-pipe with me for if Iām not near a piano, so I donāt have one. However, theyāre also cheaper than a $30 pitch pipe, which is a plus.
Sheet music online: IMSLP is a life-saver for any classically-trained musicians out there. It has basically all of your rep that was published before 1950. Which is most of it.
Blank staff paper: You need staff paper? This place has it. You can basically set it up however you want, which is GREAT. Add all the clefs and key signatures and bar lines you want!
Online metronome: There are tons of metronomes online, but I like this one the best of the browser-based ones.
Music Theory/Aural Skills Help: Teoria is literally the best website ever. Go. Frolic. Do ear training exercises and practice music dictation.
www.MusicTheory.net: This website is great too! Thereās also an app that you can get which looks super useful.
IPA Source: This is so so so so great for voice majors. They have IPA (international phonetic alphabet [In tÉŹ³ nƦ ŹŹ nÉl fo nÉ tIk Ʀl fa bÉt]) for so many things.
Similarly, IPA.typeit is great for doing anything IPA related electronically.
Finale NotePad: Free composition software for you Comp majors.
Noteflight: More free composition stuff, online this time!
Mint.com: This is a great website/app for people who need to keep track of every penny they spend - or for people who would just like to spend fewer pennies. It hooks up your financial accounts to your Mint account - itās completely safe, no worries! - and lets you see everything in one place. Student loans, credit cards, savings accounts, STOCKS (!); you can see your entire financial picture in one place.
Google Calendar: Do it. Become like me. Schedule out everything you do. It makes your free time that much sweeter when you know youāre actually free and not supposed to be doing something, because you (gasp!) scheduled in time to not do anything!
Bullet journals: I just started one this semester, and I have to say, as fond as I am of my NYPL planners, the bullet journal system works really well for me. Iām still using my NYPL planner, just because itās easier for me to write down future events there, but for daily use I just really like it.
This thermos is really nice! I have a wonderful one from Teavana, but it was a birthday present and more expensive. Keep yourself hydrated, and keep your voice in good shape!
Coffee!: Mocha lattes are my favorite. Here is my favorite recipe.
The Financial Diet: This website is definitely aimed a little more at the mid-twenties crowd, but it gives good advice and is very #Aspirational, especially for us music majors who arenāt expecting to make the big bucks.
Breathe (app): Iām trying to meditate occasionally before I practice, because Iāve found it helps relax me and my throat. This one is really nice, and FREE.
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