Best Places to Hear Live Music in Indianapolis this Holiday Season

Best Places to Hear Live Music in Indianapolis this Holiday Season

Ah, the end-of-year holidays… what a great time to allow your ears some nostalgia and familiar listening. And what better way to get in the holiday mood than by making a date night or taking the kids to listen to great local live music! For an aspiring musician, watching the pros demonstrate how it’s done is a truly priceless experience. Here is a list of top venues and other places in the Indianapolis area that will capture these timeless moments.

3 Tricks to Get More Out of Practicing Music

3 Tricks to Get More Out of Practicing Music

Every experienced musician could say that their time spent practicing defined their abilities as a player or a singer. Just like in any other construct of society, the time we spend preparing and developing pays off in the end. Although there are no “right” answers on how to practice, my hope is that a point discussed in this post will somehow make you better at practicing.

Music and the Brain: What Can Happen?

Music and the Brain: What Can Happen?

I’m sure you’ve heard it before; “Music is good for your brain!” But what exactly does that mean?  Is it just good for counting, “and a 1, and a 2, and a 3, and a 4… ?” I learned that basic structure in Kindergarten. Surely the scope of music’s benefit to the mind goes beyond that… Well, it turns out the rabbit hole goes deeper - way deeper - than we originally thought.

Our Entire Teaching Approach In Three Words: Play, Connect, Grow.

Our Entire Teaching Approach In Three Words: Play, Connect, Grow.

Vibe Music Academy has taken on a very unique, yet very simple and logical, approach to music education. It's a system that organically progresses through three steps in what's called a "spiral curriculum," meaning the steps are revisited cyclically over time, with increasing degrees of mastery each time.

Here are the three steps to our spiral approach to music education...

Chicago Cubs Videos Are the Perfect Example of the Power of Music.

Chicago Cubs Videos Are the Perfect Example of the Power of Music.

The Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Being a fourth-generation Cubs fanatic, it was without question the greatest and most important sporting event of my entire life. Now that I'm pretty sure that I've scoured every Cubs video and song available on the internet, I'm continually reminded of the reason that I chose the career path that I did: Music is Powerful. Here's some examples of that just from the Cubs' postseason march to the history books...