Would you agree that voice lessons can be kind of scary? Maybe intimidating is a better word. Voice lessons can be so awkward to start. It takes so much vulnerability and courage to share something as fragile as your voice to a public ear. And they say, you can’t be vulnerable and authentic around other people if you can’t first be vulnerable and authentic with yourself. And how hard is it to be vulnerable with yourself? Hard. All our own insecurities reveal themselves to us in voice lessons! The Voice Lesson Environment Should Feel Safe That is why at […]
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Ukulele Lessons for Kids
We suggest starting with ukulele lessons for kids versus guitar lessons At Martucci Music in East Sacramento we often suggest that parents might want to consider starting ukulele lessons for kids instead of guitar lessons. There are several reasons why we recommend the ukulele. This article explains why we think the ukulele is: easier to generally handle, easier strings for the fingers, and a cheaper purchase for trying lessons before committing to a guitar. Ukuleles are often a less expensive investment to start with Of course all instruments come at all price points and all quality levels but in general, […]
Read MoreHow Young Can Kids Start Piano Lessons?
How young can kids start piano lessons? Kids can start piano lessons really at any age! We get this question all the time. Our answer? It depends. It depends on what? Well, it depends on a number of factors. There isn’t a magic age for children to start piano lessons. In this blog we wanted to cover a few main aspects that contribute to the success or failure of a child’s piano experience. 1. It Depends on Child Every child is unique and every child’s development will progress at their own rate. We’re not going to dive into child development […]
Read More2019 Music Summer Camps
For the last two years Martucci Music has offered music summer camps for kids in the East Sacramento area. Last year our camps were centered around voice and singing for kids ages 6-9, but this year we have expanded our camp options as well as our age ranges! All our camps will run on Monday mornings for six weeks at $100/student (to learn more). Below is a description of what we are excited to offer East Sacramento this year! Exploring Self-Expression Through Music & Singing For the littles, ages 2-3 & 4-5, we will be offering camps around singing […]
Read MoreFind the Best Voice Teacher for You
How do you go about finding the best voice teacher for you? Not every voice teacher will be a right fit. Not everyone who teaches is even a teacher. But what constitutes who is a good fit for you? Here are five points to be aware of when you are looking for the voice teacher that would be a good fit for you: Find A Voice Teacher Who Makes You Feel Comfortable We can’t stress the importance of this enough! Of course, every single person comes into their first lesson with some level of tension and nervousness and that’s […]
Read MoreOur Violin Program
Why we have a violin program at Martucci Music Of all the music lessons we offer, our violin program is one of our favorites. I never personally took violin lessons growing up. My uncle gave my sisters and I an old violin at one point. We all messed around on it here and there but I never took actual violin lessons. Violin lessons in East Sacramento seemed to be easy enough to find but I never knew any violin teachers personally. I don’t know why, but I had decided to take flute lessons instead, on top of voice lessons, piano […]
Read MoreWe Support Theodore Judah Elementary
As a Sacramento music school we believe in giving back It’s a phrase that I grew up hearing a lot. And it’s a concept my mother instilled in us girls from a young age. Whether it was giving our $1 contribution to the homeless shelter from our own tooth fairy fund, or it was taking us to volunteer as table servers at fundraisers as middle schoolers, or encouraging us in our professional life to give our time and training to under-resourced communities. My mother instilled in us the priority of giving back with whatever resource we had to give at […]
Read MoreThe More Powerful Experience: Recreating Songs Yourself
The More Powerful Experience: Recreating Songs Yourself Relating to Music: We all have had the experience of relating to a song. Sometimes it’s the melody that really gets us or sometimes it’s the lyrics or even better when it’s both together! Then that song really penetrates our psych and sticks with us sometimes for the rest of our lives. A song can be a powerful thing simply in the fact that we will never forget them. They will stay with us forever. There have been numerous medical stories written on how people in comas or other medical conditions may not […]
Read MoreGuitar Teacher Interview with Billy Sanders
Teacher Interview with Billy Sanders at Martucci Music Billy, remind me, why exactly did you want to get your degree in music? I’ve always loved music. I was raised watching Sesame Street and MTV every day. I wanted to study music since JR high and I had an offer to study guitar at a university out of high school but no one in my family had been to college so they told me they wouldn’t help me because there was no money in being a music major. So I ended up in the army to get money for music school […]
Read MoreMusic | The Tool to Self-Awareness and Introspection
I am one of those people who says: “I went through some difficult times in my life. And music was always there for me.” I had difficulty with my attention span and staying focused as a child. I would break away and play the piano and it would center my energy and my thoughts. My Story I grew up carrying the heavy secrets of my own #MeToo experiences from childhood. The weight of these experiences went into my mid-twenties. Our family endured many tragedies around my father’s terminal illness and passing. Music lessons, and at that time specifically piano lessons, […]
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