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Pink Veins tonight live on WFMU

Teen band "Pink Veins" will be live on Minor Music on WFMU, a show hosted by Jesse Krakow, tonight Monday the 12th! They'll be playing original songs and you'll hear a few I recorded at my Pencil Factory studio. Lucie and Webb, the guitar/bass/vocalists, have been students with me since they were 10 years old. Here they are all 16 (!!!) and performing originals live. Very excited for this talented trio. Breakout star Larissa on drums.

LISTEN TO "Lovesick Hellhound" by Pink Veins here!

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Pink Veins

Check out PINK VEINS, the teenage all girl trio that I've been producing,  HERE!

They will be on WFMU's Minor Music on November 12th.

Pink Veins are Lucie (age 16) guitar/bass/vox, Webb (age 16) guitar/bass/vox, and Larissa (age 18) drums/vox.

Two of my students! I have to show them off....

Webb (guitar) and Lucie (drums) playing at the Willie Mae Rock camp show last weekend. Sophie from Care Bears on Fire on bass. Yes! All ages 15-16.

"The Perks of Being a Musician: Brain Function and Music Education"

A Great Read and more from THIS WEBSITE

The Mozart Effect: The Brain and Music

The Mozart Effect was an early discovery in the relationship between music and brain function. The name came from the way the experiment was conducted: participants listened to Mozart before taking different tests. Studies found that participants performed better on tests of spatial ability, processing speed, and creativity after listening to Mozart and other music than participants who sat in silence or followed relaxation instructions.

This experiment is obviously a superficial application of music compared to music lessons. When studying music, one does much more than passively listening; one engages with the music in an analytic fashion. The example of the Mozart Effect serves simply to illustrate the way that music can stimulate the brain.

Students of  Music are Smarter and More Talented? The Research Says “Yes”

Extensive research has now revealed the numerous advantages that those who have studied music hold over those who have not.

Some areas that favor people who have taken music lessons:

• Ability to detect speech in noise
• Being a “team player”
• General intelligence (on IQ and other intelligence tests)
• Grades in school (correlated even to high school GPA (take note, parents!))
• Hand-eye coordination
• Language memory (remembering prose or lists of words)
• Linguistic comprehension including processing of second or foreign languages
• Math ability
• Phonological awareness (detection of pitch)
• Reaction time
• Reading comprehension
• Self-esteem
• Short-term memory
• Sociability
• Visual memory
• Vocabulary
• Working memory

New Website

Check it out!  www.saralandeau.com  Newly revamped teaching website... and a picture of the studio.

My teen student Webb Crawford plays with Debbie Harry!

Miss Webb Crawford, protege guitarist and long time guitar student, (far right with the big orange Gretsch guitar) plays with Debbie Harry at the Hard Rock Cafe with her high school class! She also performed "Stormy Weather" and "Maybe I'm Lost." Webb is truly EXCEPTIONAL on guitar, can't wait to see more of her...in front of the horns!! Yay Webb!

From Thursday, February 2, 2012.

Guitareste!!

I was thrilled to do an interview with Guitareste.com ! Check out and support her amazing blog for women guitarists.

Gift Certificates Available!

Last minute gift? Packages of 1, 2, 3, or 4 lessons available before Xmas. Comes with a card. Wrap up a guitar or a pair of drumsticks and get them started. They are welcome to contact us anytime throughout the year to schedule lessons. Info and email here!

http://www.saralandeau.com/Class_Information.html

I love my job

Did a little bandcoaching this weekend for the women putting on "KARATE KID, the Musical." With songs like "Your the Best - Around" by Joe Esposito, "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama and originals such as "Mr. Miyagi," this show will be a SUREFIRE effin hit. I CAN'T WAIT!

Fall Studio

Revamped and Final Website up

Ack, that took awhile, but I did it. http://saralandeau.com

New Website and FAQ's for Polecat Music Studios

http:/www.saralandeau.com/

New Business Cards!

9th Grade Student Webb's video! Listen to her play...whew!

Guitar Instruction Video

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Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls - Ladies Weekend Camp 2011

Ladies Rock Camp February edition was this past weekend through Presidents Day. Here's some highlights from the Lunch Time performances.

"Deux Chats" formed last summer at the Girls Rock Camp. They are ages 13-15. Here they perform for the adult camp. Rocking original songs and one White Stripes cover!

Last day's lunch included a Kareoke machine and all hell broke loose. The most dancing I've ever seen, and we were all sober!

A diverse chorus line behind Emmet!

Student of the week -8th Grader Webb

Here is 8th grader and long time guitar student Webb playing a Chet Atkins song (!) and a Gene Vincent song "Race with the Devil". She is all lead guitar and I am backing her up on acoustic guitar (rhythm) for the Gene Vincent song. WAY TO GO WEBB.

TO HEAR HER, CLICK AND SCROLL DOWN TO THE AUDIO RECORDER.

AND look at the floating bridge on her guitar! Yes, a butterfly AND a heart!! Where did they make those!?

For Aziza