Bobby McFerrin….on the power of the pentatonic scale!

http://vimeo.com/5732745

he is just awesome and always a great teacher for any audience!

New location!

Hello all!

Lots has happened and is happening with Upbeat Music Together!

Firstly, I have moved to the beautiful Colville-Kettle Falls area.  Unfortunately, this has meant moving Upbeat Music Together from Spokane to our new area.  Sounds like one of our teachers may be able to teach classes and start her own business in Spokane.

Looks like we’ll be taking the summer off to get situated in our new physical location.  Next class should be in the Fall.

The website is being migrated to http://www.geolucid.com/upbeat.  The old address http://www.upbeatmusictogether.com will still work when the migration is complete.

I’m sad to leave the Spokane area, but am very excited to begin in the Colville area this Fall.

Thank you everyone for your support!

-Melinda

Have you seen these Singing Horses?

They are incredibly cute and funny…click on each, one at a time, to bring them in…change the order for variety, but try to feel the rhythm to get them all in sync…FUN!!

A musical tidbit from the sea…

We have been getting from Netflix, the old Cosmos series. Wonderful! One episode explained of the amazing songs of humpback whales…they will sing part of their song in winter waters and then after traveling to summer waters, will pick up the same song on the very next beat, measure for measure…Truly Amazing!

Sia here singing and signing….

So if you moms and dads haven’t discovered Sia yet in your probable periodic search for new adult music for your IPod? Then…yes…wow….time to have a listen! This Aussie artist is just absolutely incredible and I have been listening to her for some time now.

In this video, she also signs in Sign Language while performing.

For a true taste of her style and personality, search for “Sia KCRW” on You Tube and listen to some of these really casual radio shows. She’s just a delightful person.

Register Now for our Spring/Summer session

Add some beautiful family music-making to your lives, your homes and your outdoors this spring and summer with a Music Together session at the Spokane Yoga Shala studio. Nine weeks starting May 4th. Join us!:)

Bob Marley audiating…

Here’s some Marley groove for your day…about halfway thru this home video, he actually starts audiating….he leaves out a word at the end of each phrase…letting his brain (and yours) fill in! Audiation is part of the means of developing Basic Music Competance: the ability to sing in tune and keep a steady beat.

Groovy or what??

BONGOS Feedback

A huge thank you to all you BONGOS families, for completing the online feedback survey after the BONGOS collection in the Fall. As Music Together is a research-based program, your input is valuable to the National Office, for evaluating the effectiveness of Music Together classes. On a more personal level, though, when I get the surveys back, it helps me ensure that we are delivering a quality experience to you. I want you to feel like you are getting your $ worth, as well as that you and your child are getting the most out of the program musically, emotionally…on many levels actually.

After the BELLS collection this winter, you will again have the chance to complete the online survey specific to that song collection and specific to your current teacher!

Final Updates

Our Saturday class is now full as well!
You are welcome to contact us to be put on the waiting list for either class and be sure to check for updates for Spring Session and register early!
We will be adding more class times if possible!

Happy day to you!

Class Updates

Well, our Tuesday class is now full for our Winter Session starting Tuesday January 27th. Still have four spots left for the Saturday class though, if you’d like to make Music Together with your little one this winter.:)