In this episode of Musicnotes' Behind the Notes, we take a look back at the biggest hits of 2024! Join us as we recap the top 10 best-selling sheet music from the year, featuring chart-toppers like Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Hozier, and more. Musicnotes is always keeping an eye on what's trending in the world of sheet music, and this episode is packed with insights into the most popular and best-selling songs. Whether you're a musician or a fan, don't miss our deep dive into the music that captured the world’s attention in 2024!

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In this week's episode, we’re joined by the amazing pianist and educator, Curt Buell! Curt shares his journey as a Nashville gospel pianist, his unique approach to performance and teaching, and offers invaluable insights on how aspiring pianists can master the full spectrum of chords to achieve fluency on the instrument. Whether you're a beginner or looking to deepen your skills, Curt’s perspective is a must-listen for anyone wanting to truly understand the piano.

Curt is a professional musician, composer, producer, and piano instructor based in Nashville, TN. His musical style is rooted deeply in Gospel, Jazz, and Classical, with an emphasis on modern worship music. Over the past decade he has worked with Christian and Gospel superstars like Jason Crabb, Marvin Sapp, and Tauren Wells, as well as other leading artists like Ron Kenoly, The Crabb Family, Judy Jacobs, and Clint Brown. Curt graduated from King University in Bristol, TN with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and is the founder of both The Buell Institute of Music (personally teaching over 60 weekly students) and record label & production company, Red Note Music®.

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In the latest episode of Behind the Notes, we have an amazing conversation with the author Sophia Lambton!

Sophia Lambton became a professional classical music critic at the age of seventeen when she began writing for Musical Opinion, Britain's oldest music magazine. Since then she has contributed to The Guardian, Bachtrack, musicOMH, BroadwayWorld, BBC Music Magazine and OperaWire, and conducted operatic research around the world for The Callas Imprint: A Centennial Biography. This richly detailed account of Maria Callas’ life was published to coincide with her one hundredth birthday in December 2023, and is currently a finalist in the 2024 ARSC Awards for Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music.

Her Substack Crepuscular Musings provides vivid explorations of tv and cinema together with reviews of operas, concerts and recitals at sophialambton.substack.com.

The Crooked Little Pieces is her first literary saga. Currently she's working on her second.

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In this video, we dive into the essential building blocks of music: chords! Understanding chords is key to composing songs and creating dynamic melodies. Lucas and Jillian guide you through the process of forming basic triads, including major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords, and show you how these chord qualities function within a scale. Whether you're a beginner or looking to expand your music theory knowledge, this episode will help you unlock the power of chord progressions in songwriting.

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We are very lucky to welcome this week's guest, Marty Wheeler! In this week's episode, we have an in-depth conversation about the Nashville Music publishing industry. Music publishing can be very complicated, and Marty helps us navigate all the different ways musicians can utilize publishing to enhance their careers.

Marty is a seasoned executive in the music industry with over 30 years of experience, holding a BBA in Music Business from Belmont University. As Vice President of Music Publishing at renowned companies such as EMI, Universal Music, BMG, Zomba Music's Brentwood-Benson Music, and McSpadden-Smith Music, he has signed over 200 artists and songwriters and managed the launch of numerous joint ventures and independent publishing companies across country, rock/pop, and Christian music genres.

In 2008, Marty founded his own company and passed the Series 7 stockbroker exam with the Securities Exchange Commission to establish a fund for catalog acquisitions. This endeavor led him to broker numerous multi-million dollar catalog transactions and consult for entertainment companies, including Legendary Pictures, Big Tractor, Murrah Music, and many others.

Marty has been an adjunct professor at Belmont University for over 24 years, teaching music publishing and earning multiple nominations for the Chaney Distinguished Professor Award and the Presidential Faculty Achievement Award.

Marty serves as the Senior Regional Director for Samaritan's Purse, overseeing eight regional directors. He continues to teach at Belmont and co-owns Fort Noxx Music Publishing Group, where he sits on the board of directors and focuses on music IP-related catalog acquisitions.

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Most performers are susceptible to stage fright at some point in their careers. In our Halloween episode, we explore the nature of being nervous about performing, how it affects us, and what can be done to combat it. Halloween is already scary enough, no need to be afraid of performing too!

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Musicnotes is so excited to welcome our favorite middle school band teacher, Ashley Miller! Ashley has the most amazing perspective on encouraging and inspiring young musicians to follow their passion.

Ashley Miller has been the band and general music teacher at Lancaster Middle School for 13 years. She has a booming program in her rural school - and loves teaching middle school.

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On the newest episode of Behind the notes, we welcome the incredible Jennifer Eklund! Jennifer Eklund holds both a bachelor's and master's degree in music from California State University, Long Beach. She is an avid arranger, composer, and author of the Piano Pronto method book series as well as a wide variety of supplemental songbooks. Her F.M. Sheet Music brand features hand-friendly, performance-ready arrangements of popular music favorites for pianists of all ages and levels.

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This week's episode features Dr. Matt Endres of the UW Madison!

Dr. Endres accepted a faculty position at the University of Wisconsin in 2017. Here he acts as professor of drum set, jazz history, and is the drumline coordinator for the UW Marching Band.

Dr. Endres received his Bachelor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, his Masters of Music at the University of Illinois, and his Doctorate of Music and Ethnomusicology at the University of Illinois.

Dr. Endres has been adjudicating music festivals and competitions extensively throughout the United States over the last decade. He has performed as a sideman and band leader in national and international venues. He has appeared on multiple albums including the "Old Style Sextet" self-titled album under “BluJazz Records” (2014), “It’s About Time” (2013) with the Adrian Barnett Septet, “120” with Chris Beyt (2015), “Bird with Strings: The Lost Arrangements” with the Clark Gibson Studio Orchestra under “BluJazz Records" (2015), “High Ceilings” with the Derick Cordoba Group (2021), “A Trio for 3” with the Chris Beyt Trio (2019) under the “eyes & ears Records”, “Places” with Gate Check (2021), and Chris Rottmayer Quintet featuring Rufus Reid (2024)Dr. Endres has worked with a number of successful, well-known artists including Doc Severinson, Robert Irving iii, Rufus Reid, Brad Leali, Chris Brubeck, Charles McPhearson, Frank Gambale, Marquis Hill, Sharel Cassity, Tom Garling, Greg Ward, Michael Dudley, Victor Garcia, Michael Blum, Shawn Purcell, Darden Purcell, Oliver Nelson Jr, Jim Pugh, Jeff Halsey, Peter Dominguez, Dave Pietro, Grammy award winner Charles “Chip” McNeill, Ron Bridgwater, Dave D'Angelo, Carlos Vega, Larry Gray, Glenn Wilson, Richard Drexler, Mark Colby, Alex Graham, Tom Lippincott, Clark Gibson, Tito Carrillo, John “Chip” Stephens, and Adrian Barnett.

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In this week's episode of Behind the Notes, Lucas and Jillian dive into the art of arranging as they create their own version of "Amazing Grace" using a Musicnotes Singer Pro.

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