It's Heating Up, Folks! While much of the country is still counting the days until the end of the school year, here in Tucson, as they say, "School's Out for Summer!" It's going to be an exciting summer for us at Desert Home Music, and we thought we'd share some of the news! Desert Home Music runs on a year-round calendar. Continuing to take music lessons over the summer is a great way to maintain your progress, learning new things, and keeping your brain active during the sc

Summer's (Almost) Here! The sun is out, school's (finally) wrapping up - it's time to get out and have some fun! So how can we stay motivated and keep learning when there's so much more that's fun to do? We all know that taking the whole summer off from music lessons results in losing skills, which means that going back in the fall is frustrating because we "could totally play this, before!" A New Attitude So, first of all, we need to re-adjust our attitude towards music less

It's a valid question. When I was a young music student in Canada, it seemed crazy to even consider taking music lessons over summer vacation, and I'm sure my parents were happy that they didn't have to drive me to my music teacher's house in the middle of summer with no air conditioning in the car! But I also remember going back to my lessons after a long summer holiday and being frustrated that the songs I'd played so beautifully in June seemed impossible in September. As a