Did you know Amazon has a device trade-in program? I almost did it with my Kindle, but it was too old! Ha! It’s definitely worth looking into, though!
Quick and Easy Piano Teaching Tips for Elementary Technique – a great compilation by Davis Dorrough of Creative Piano Teacher!
New: Faber’s Adult Piano Adventures Disney Book 1!
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The Science of Making and Keeping Friends (A Slight Change of Plans Podcast)
Wow – this is really thorough…
The Best Apps Every Music Teacher Should Have(Oliva Ellis and Davis Dorough | Creative Piano Teacher)
Movie recommendation! Barefoot on Netflix is so cute! My husband even enjoyed it.
The ne’er-do well son of a wealthy family enlists a young woman he meets at a psychiatric hospital to pose as his girlfriend at his brother’s wedding. (Description from Netflix?)
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Happy Friday, everyone! Wow. It’s been quite a few weeks since the last Friday Finds post. I have a big stash ready to go, though, so you can look forward to one this week and next! Have a great weekend!
~Amy
New-ONLY Classical Music App from Apple Music (Violin Judy)
Broadway’s Longest-Running Musical “Phantom of the Opera” Turns Out the Lights (The Daily)
Recently, I discovered Canva has a desktop client! I’ve always loved using desktop apps for Evernote and Notion, so I’m curious to see if I’ll like using Canva more on my desktop or will stick with it on the web.
5 Pro Tips for Buying Music from Musicnotes.com (Chrissy Ricker)
Movie recommendation: High Strung on Amazon Prime
“When a Midwest dancer and a street-wise British musician meet in New York, they immediately clash, but there’s also an undeniable attraction. The two must navigate their differences for a competition that will change their lives forever.” (Amazon Prime description)
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Amazon ends its charity donation program AmazonSmile after other cost-cutting efforts. (NPR)
STOMP closes after a 29-year New York run. (NPR)
Five excellent podcast episode recommendations:
Why Your Creativity Matters with Liz Gilbert (Everything Happens)
Special Episode: The Bono Interview (The Bulletin)
The Art and Science of Gathering with Priya Parker (A Slight Change of Plans)
Andrea Yahr on Tax Prep Tips and FAQs for 2023 (Music Studio Startup)
Did Artificial Intelligence Just Get too Smart? (The Daily)
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A list of favorite books read in 2021-2022 from Joy Morin.
Big News!
“Effective January 1, 2023, the FJH catalog will be exclusively distributed by Alfred Music in both print and digital forms. In addition, FJH’s educational catalogs will be exclusively available for interactive practice on MakeMusic Cloud, formerly SmartMusic, the reference online platform for music practice from MakeMusic.”
I couldn’t resist squeezing in one more goodies post before the end of 2022! I mean, who could let it sit at #254? LOL. Plus, I had a lot of Christmas fun to share with you, including a list of items I’m in charge of making for our various holiday gatherings. Let’s start there!
Pimento Cheese Spread (Gimme Some Oven)
We always provide a tray of venison summer sausage and crackers for both family gatherings. This soft cheese spread will make a nice addition to the mix. I prefer about half the amount of green onion. You could even substitute with a 1/2 t. or so of dry onion powder.
Brandied Apple Cake with Figs and Walnuts (Williams Sonoma)
I’ve made this cake one other time, and oh my…. it’s full of apples, incredibly moist, and full of flavor.
Apple, Pecan, and Blue Cheese Salad with Dried Cherries (Pioneer Woman)
When my brother texted my mom and me with who should bring what for our Christmas Day meal, my list included dessert and “Adam’s favorite salad.” I knew exactly what he meant!
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A nice simple visual of different types of artificial Christmas trees.
Creating a Seamless Music Experience (Daniel Light)
In this blog post, Daniel shares a variety of creating transitions between songs in different keys for a seamless musical experience in Christmas service music. Beautiful!
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Items that I’m making for various holiday gatherings over the next week:
Dry-Brined Turkey with Roasted Onions (Smitten Kitchen)
I have never made this turkey recipe so I can’t vouch for it, but I’ve been a Smitten Kitchen fan for years. Also, this past year we made a few recipes that used Gochujang sauce (a fermented chili paste) and we really liked it. I don’t think it will make the turkey spicy or “Asian-food” flavored, it will just give it a nice deep “Umami” flavor.
Arkansas Green Beans (Bubba Pie)
Dijon-Roasted Brussels Sprouts (Recipe Center)
Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallow Topping (Cook’s Country)
Apple Fritter Cake (King Arthur Baking)
Citrus-Cranberry Tart (The Kitchn)
Cranberry Rosemary Shrub Cocktail (Good Life Eats)
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While working on one of my speaking sessions, newly available this year, I discovered a highly useful tool on Canva.
It’s a Color Wheel. You can input one color, and it will give you a variety of other colors that can be used in combination with that color. This would be super useful if you had a studio or brand logo with a color and you wanted to add more colors to it.
Canva is part of my daily work flow. While working on slides however, I wasn’t sure at first how I could use their slide templates but then easily change the color scheme without changing each item one by one. I knew there had to be a solution. As always, I just had to Google it! The place to do it is at the bottom of the page and I didn’t even see it until I read about it.
How to Quickly Update All Colors in Canva with Just One Click | Anchor Design Co.
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