From time to time, I write articles that may be of interest to woodwind musicians. These cover general ideas on music and, in particular, ideas about saxophone and clarinet mouthpieces, reeds, ligatures and instruments.

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• Reeds and Mouthpieces (from Mike’s Musings #1)
• Secrets  (from Mike’s Musings #2)
• Ideas (from Mike’s Musings #3)
• Life is a Gift....The Zen of Tony Bennett (from Mike’s Musings #4)
• Silence (from Mike’s Musings #5)
• You and Your Instrument (from Mike’s Musings #6)
• Nerves, Fear and Butterflies (from Mike’s Musings #7)
• How to Select a Mouthpiece
• Reeds & Mouthpieces
• Why aftermarket products are so important
• Woodwind Mouthpieces: Parts, Function, Concept
• General Thoughts on Success in Music
• The Changing Paradigm in Music (from Mike’s Musings #8)
• The Laws of Success (from Mike’s Musings #9)
• What Do You Own? (from Mike’s Musings #10)
• Diaries (from Mike’s Musings #11)
• Colleagues In The Music Business (from Mike’s Musings #12)
• Orchestrators, Arrangers and Copyists/Publishers (from Mike’s Musings #13)
• Integrity (from Mike’s Musings #14)
• Concept (from Mike’s Musings #15)
• Practice for Your Students (from Mike’s Musings #16)
• What to Teach a Beginning Woodwind Student Part 1 (from Mike’s Musings #17)
• What to Teach a Beginning Woodwind Student Part 2 (from Mike’s Musings #18)
• Holiday Edition (From Mike’s Musings #19)
• Instrument Repair (from Mike’s Musings #20)
• Educators' Ezine - For Music Teachers and Administrators (from Mike’s Musings #21)
• Zen and Jazz (from Mike’s Musings #22)
• Overcoming Hurdles (from Mike’s Musings #23)
• Retirement for Musicians (from Mike’s Musings #24)
• Off The Beaten Path (from Mike’s Musings #25)
• Practice (from Mike’s Musings #26)
• On the road from Mike’s Musings #27)
• Why you should record yourself (from Mike’s Musings #28)
• Repetition (from Mike’s Musings #29)
• Selling and Music (from Mike’s Musings #30)
• Am I Nuts? A Recording Studio? (from Mike’s Musings #31)
• iClassical-Academy.com (from Mike’s Musings #32)
• These Times We Live In (from Mike’s Musings #33)
• New Insights For Success V2 (from Mike’s Musings #34)
• Inspiration (from Mike’s Musings #35)
• Ownership (from Mike’s Musings #36)
• Next Decade in Music (from Mike’s Musings #37)
• Lots of positive Quotes Plus (from Mike’s Musings #38)
• A Quote (or 2), A Link, No Advertising (from Mike’s Musings #39)
• Never Compare Yourself to Others (from Mike’s Musings #40)
• Leaving Music? (from Mike’s Musings #41)
• For Students (from Mike’s Musings #42)
• A.I.? No Problem! (from Mike’s Musings #43)
• Is It Over? / Nah (from Mike’s Musings #44)
• The Cave (from Mike’s Musings #45)
• Noise (from Mike’s Musings #46)
• Staying Loose (from Mike’s Musings #47)
• America vs. The World (from Mike’s Musings #48)
• Intonation (from Mike’s Musings #49)