By Paulo Camacho It was on Thursday, exactly 30 years ago, when the music world was introduced to this: In case you didn’t know, that was the acclaimed Paul Simon, along with famed SNL alum Chevy Chase, in the music video to
By Tucker Bickler If you’ve ever worked in software development, chances are you’ve also worked with some sort of issue tracking software to help keep a running list of bugs. It’s paramount for any team to maintain an organized list of known
By Paulo Camacho July 9th, 2016 marked the end of a relatively short, yet truly fantastic run in the world of Broadway. It was an era marked by one man’s epic success, brilliantly weaving American history, modern hip hop culture, race politics
By Paulo Camacho He was a man of the people, and represented so much to so many. He was a world-class talker, an advocate for social justice, and — to many in the sports world — he was quite possibly the greatest
By Paulo Camacho Not many of us have the opportunity, let alone the talent and drive, to make out a successful life for ourselves in more than one discipline. For most of us, we dedicate ourselves to the one craft we have
By Paulo Camacho The crack of a bat on a 95 mile-per-hour fastball. The familiar drone of the park organ playing “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”. The cheers and boos from the thousands of fans in attendance. The umpire’s call
By Myrna Urbina 1. Sleeping’s hard because you’re too busy thinking about your repertoire, setting up practice time, finding time to study for aural skills and theory and history — oh my! 2. You’re in college for 5 and a half years
By Myrna Urbina 1 What’s the point of the last month of class? 2 Should I go to choir today? 3 How many times have I missed rehearsal? 4 Ok, I’ll go I guess. 5 Ugh I’ll study for music theory later
By Hermes Camacho The Picardy team had another fantastic time at the Texas Music Educators Association convention down in San Antonio last weekend and received some valuable feedback and responses to our Picardy webapp. As musicians, we all know the importance of honing our ability to play our
By Paulo Camacho On March 14, the classical music world lost one of its greatest British sons. Composer Peter Maxwell Davies lost his battle with leukemia last Monday, at the age of 81. While he may not have been universally known in