There are advantages and disadvantages to being a multi-instrumentalist. The most obvious disadvantage is hauling gear to rehearsals, performances or therapy sessions. I totally love my collapsible wagon by the way. Sometimes one instrument will languish while I am focusing on another. However, on the whole, playing several instruments has made me a better musician. Poly-rhythmic band music has helped me to explore Latin music and Middle Eastern drumming. Playing harp h

I’ve been pondering this concept for a while. In Dialectical Behavior Therapy, willingness is doing what is needed i n the moment. Willfulness means fighting against what needs to be done either by being actively disagreeable or just by refusing to do anything. A friend and children’s musician once wrote a song which describes willfulness perfectly. In “I’d rather eat slugs” he gives a long list of unpleasant things he’d rather do than kiss a girl. However, in the end he