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I'm a former music teacher who discovered that music is best as my avocation, not my vocation. So now I work in the marketing department for a very large telecommunications company. The only thing keeping me from writing all the time is finding enough people

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Entertainment > Music Education Sight-reading tips for musicians: 4 of 4
Sight-reading separates the men from the boys as musicians. It's the difference between "playing" music and "knowing" music. A good sight-reader is worth his more as a musician than someone who simply performs well. Students need to practice sight-reading early in their education. It should be a part of every lesson. It does... More..
Entertainment > Movie Remakes & Adaptations Comparing Disney's 'Parent Trap' movies (1961 & 1998): 2 of 2
Every male who as ever seen Disney's 1961 version of "The Parent Trap" has fallen in love with Hayley Mills. There's no way you could get around it. Who wouldn't fall for the girl with a big grin bouncing back and forth with her hands innocently behind her back as she sings "Let's Get Together, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"? Even girls ... More..
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) The story of the 1943 copper penny error: 2 of 2
The year was 1943 and the world was at war. Copper was a commodity that was in short supply. So the lowly penny was destined to fall on the sword and change its very composition for the war effort. The US government decreed that from now on, pennies were to be made of steel, not copper. Thus began one of the most interesting... More..