Guest Post From Rose Signet – Thoughts On Writing, Recording and Collaboration
The song began with a gentle and cyclical guitar part. A jangly loop.
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Songwriting
Tisa Batchelder on Her New Album, Dream Girl
I think probably everybody has some sort of healing dream. And so as you journey through the different songs, maybe little, little parts of the dream are falling into place or coming true.
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“Let’s start something loud! Can you hear it?” – Cherishing the Music We Made with It’s a Girl
. . . standing backstage at our album release show and hearing the sold-out crowd stomping and chanting,
“It’s a Gril! It’s a Girl! It’s a Girl!”
Jonas Friddle Discusses the Music and Memories behind his New Album, Jug Band Happy Hour (Interview)
“It’s funny to think of myself as a person who is old enough to reflect on some good times.” Jonas Friddle Jonas Friddle joins Getting to Know Trees to talk
Can I Sing You to Sleep? – Maria McCullough Shares a Sweet Moment with a Dear Companion
The sweet moments in this video took place on June 5, 2021. Toro was one of my dearest companions and rest teachers. Can I sing you to Sleep? was inspired by and
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Present Time! – new piece by Elijah Kim
One of my music students, Elijah, has offered some music inspired by this time of giving and receiving. Present Time! is Elijah’s musical take on the excitement of opening Christmas
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Gift Packages of Lessons are Available this Holiday Season!
Help a loved one (and/or yourself) start 2023 off with some music! Contact Jason at 773-369-8268 or jason@knowingtrees to discuss some options. He can work with your budget and schedule!
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Getting Familiar with Intervals
We measure the distance between two notes using intervals. Here is a worksheet to help you get familiar with some intervals. When you’re done with the worksheet, compare the drawing
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Stuff I Keep Track Of – Totals for 2020
I keep track of the number of times I do certain activities in my life. This comes from a pretty severe case of perfectionism/”fear of the blank page”. Keeping track
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Básquetbol en el Barrio – Theme Song for Basketball in the Barrio Camp
Every year I teach the Music Station at an incredible sports/art/music/community-building camp called Basketball in the Barrio, in Segundo Barrio, El Paso, Texas. We couldn’t hold the camp in 2020,
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KB’s Theme – song for my art teacher
I take visual art classes with the most amazing person; Kaye Buchman. Her art classes have moved online and it has been a highlight of the week to meet with
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The Sticker Method: Creating a Habit of Practice
This fall I published my latest zine, The Sticker Method: Creating a Habit of Practice (available in the store). This is a method for taking a lot of the stress
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On Practicing – Sept. 2020
I’ve been playing guitar for a long time. And, I teach a lot of guitar players that haven’t played for very long (comparatively). Learning to play is a lot of
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Mending and Tending – a tune about taking care of ourselves
I was inspired to write this tune after a recent conversation with my friend Amanda Healen in which we were talking about my mending from some physical health challenges and
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Amigos de Basketball en el Barrio – New Song
We can’t have camp this year because of the pandemic. So, Coach Denisse Franco and I wrote a little song to share with the campers. Today, in Segundo Barrio, El
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Lager in a Pickle Jar – New Banjo Tune!
The title of this tune was inspired by a banjo video that Jonas Friddle recently published on Youtube. I didn’t have an empty pickle jar to put a lager in,
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Lunch Time! With Hibbard Elementary Room 208
I don’t know about you, but as the social distancing continues, I sure am missing eating lunch with my friends. That made me think of this song that I wrote
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Why do you play video games? Why do you play music? Why make art?
Why do you play video games? Make music? Draw pictures?
Is it Skill and Achievement? Social? Money? Role playing?
Reflecting on a recent episode of Imaginary Worlds.
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Let’s Have a Pizza Party! – Songwriting with 2nd Grade
It’s Saturday and for many people that means pizza! Here’s a fun song to go along with your pizza party. Some second graders from Hibbard Elementary and I wrote this
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How to Find the Minor 2 (ii) Chord in a Major Scale – Video Lesson
During this challenging time of life I’ve been inspired by the Marquette Makers’ Project to keep busy with some creative work. I’ve made a lot of lessons like this, but
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Music Video for “Juice Box” – a new song for youth musicians
Thank you to Huxley and Theo for their help making this music video for my song, Juice Box! This song was written with young students like them in mind. I
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Along the Chocolay – A New Tune and a New Home
At the end of November, 2019, I left Chicago (my home for 24 years) and moved north to the Marquette, MI area. The pace of life in Chicago had gotten
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Some of Jason’s Thoughts about the Grateful Dead
The summer/fall of 2019 has been a time of great upheaval in my life. I was glad to have a set of music together to help process these experiences. On
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