Jerry Martini was the sax player for Sly and the Family Stone. In fact, according to the story, he was the one who came up with the idea to start [read more...]

I was recently interviewed by Bridgette Devin, co-host of the “Behind the Scenes” Podcast. We talked about how I started my music teaching business; a few pointers about how [read more...]

Many prospective students ask about how to choose an electric piano. First of all, I strongly recommend going to an actual store to try out electric pianos. Buying via mail order [read more...]

By Ernie Mansfield There is a story about Leopold Auer, who was a famous Russian violin teacher. Auer was the teacher of Jascha Heifetz, who later became one of the [read more...]

Students - and parents of students - often have concerns about how much time should be devoted to practicing instruments at home. I think it is important to understand that [read more...]

I recently had a conversation with a friend. He doesn’t play the piano, but he wants to learn. In fact, he has been wanting to learn for a long time. [read more...]

From time to time, I will post answers to frequently asked questions that I receive from customers and prospective customers. Please feel free to post a question here, and [read more...]

Someone once asked a well-known writer, “How do you write a book?” The writer replied, “Well, you get this magical device, called a pen…and then you get some magical stuff [read more...]

By Ernie Mansfield - May 2011 Many people tell me their stories of how they always wanted to play piano. Or, how they used to take lessons when they were [read more...]

What if there was a routine that you could follow, and you could methodically practice this routine each day, and by doing so, improve your musicals skills to such an [read more...]