May 2025: Music In Me Studio

We have many Spring and Summer events coming up! We celebrate our seniors during their senior showcases. We have a year-end recital for all our students and we prepare for a summer full of lessons! Including our middle school musical theatre summer camp starting on July 14th. Check out this month's content!

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May 2025.

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Chatter...

“What you think about, you bring about.” “Get rid of stinkin’ thinkin’!” These are quotes that I’ve

heard many times in the business world. But how do they affect our world of music?

First, our brains believe what we tell them. Sometimes we speak to ourselves (either audibly or

inaudibly) or we say things to others about ourselves, that we would never imagine saying to or

about someone else. “I can never hit this note.” “I’ll never remember these lyrics.” “My fingers

just don’t move that fast.” “I can’t read music.” And the list goes on and on. And our brains are

so smart, they believe us!

So, what if we turned our language upside down and analyzed what happened specifically? For

example, we are singing a song, and we go flat on one of the notes. Rather than saying, that

was BAD, we could say, I hit 99% of the notes correctly and 1% incorrectly. Then we can

effectively examine what caused us to hit the one note incorrectly (possibly too little breath

energy or not allowing our voice to switch to a new coordination), and we can celebrate all that

we did correctly! That allows us the space to learn effectively and continue growing in our

journey.

Get rid of the unhelpful, negative chatter in your mind. And replace it with positive, helpful thinking!

In music, acting, and dance, we can easily get caught up in what is GOOD or BAD, RIGHT or

WRONG. However, sometimes what doesn’t work for one style is perfect for another. And

sometimes we miss one or two things, but that doesn’t make the whole thing BAD.

I can’t wait to hear the ways you will speak to yourselves as we go forward and see the growth

you’ll get to experience as a result!!!

Love & Prayers,

Becky Barrett-Jones

Owner, Music In Me Studio LLC

“There is no good, bad, right, wrong in music!"

One of our students preparing for the year-end recital during a voice lesson with Raegan.

If you are looking for mental health resources for yourself as a young adult or parents too, check out a local young people mental health nonprofit, It'sTime2!. They promote kindness, self-worth, compassion with three pillars of importance:

1. Identifying an MVP (most valuable person)

2. Asking for help

3. Being kind all the time (to self and others)