Today we are doing a Google Autofill video about how do singers?

How Do Singers Avoid Sore Throats?

Avoid getting sick. Make sure you're drinking plenty of liquids, getting enough sleep, taking your vitamins, etc. Also, don't be around sick people too much. Just don't get sick.

Today we're going to be talking about eight tips for what to do when you feel hopeless or discouraged.

Our first tip is to realize that this is not who you are, it is just how you feel right now.

Today is the day that we are releasing the winner of the Fox Island Ice Cream survey!

We've had a great response from all of you. We had 74 survey responses and we're getting more every day. Thank you, guys, so much for contributing.

Emma and I are here at Jungle Habitat. It is a wonderful place to go hiking. We're going to do a video on Jungle Habitat soon. For now, we're going to talk about forest therapy.

It was impossible to find the correct chords for You're Welcome from Moana. After watching a few tutorials, searching many chord charts, and some trial and error - this chord chart came about. Enjoy :)

This weekend was my birthday. I just turned 31! Today I'm going to share with you my favorite lesson that I learned in my 31st year.

We're here at Green Pond Chapel today. It is a cute little chapel in the middle of the community of Green Pond. We're here volunteering today to do some special music for the church service. Our dear friends Rich and Martha have been a part of the Green Pond community for many years. They go to the Journey Church, the same church that we attend. In the summers, they help minister here at Green Pond Chapel. We're going to be helping with the music today as their guests. 

Today we've got five reasons why every musician should learn to play the piano.

The number one reason is that it helps you understand music theory. Now if you don't know music theory right now, that's probably because you don't understand piano. The piano lays out all the keys, all the notes, right in order and it makes it so easy to understand scales and chords. If you don't understand music theory well, learn a little bit of piano. Take a free trial piano lesson with us and it will help you understand it better. You don't even need to continue. Just start learning the basics of piano and then you will start to understand music theory. Then it builds on itself and the theory leads to understanding how to write songs. Start off with a little bit of piano and music theory will come second to that. It will get the ball rolling and you'll start to understand music for the very first time.

Today we are doing “why do musicians… Google autofill. autofill. 

If you've never done the Google autofill game before, it's so much fun! All you do is you go to Google, and you just type in your question. Today it’s, “why do musicians.” We then hit every letter of the alphabet one at a time and see what results come up. Then Kay and I are going to answer the questions for you so you can learn some of the most often asked questions about why do musicians. 

Today I'm going to share three tips for practicing.

The first tip is doing it every single day. Brian Johnson has a phrase, "it's okay to stink, it's not okay to skip. You can do it poorly, but don't skip. 

 Kay's Story:

I'm here at the Botanical Gardens and this is a really special place for me and J. It's a place where we've received a lot of spiritual, mental, and emotional healing after going through a really hard time in our life.

J: Today we are here with Martin Olsen from Moe Mountain Hot Sauce. He is going to be sharing with us a little bit about how he started the business and the origins of the name Moe Mountain. This is my favorite hot sauce that I've ever had. It's won lots of awards.

Today we're interviewing one of our Teach 2 Teach teachers, Joel Zaloum. He has been working with us longer than any of our other teachers. 

Today we're going to learn how to play How Far I'll Go from Moana on the guitar. 

There are 11 chords you'll need to know to play this song. E, F#m, C#m, A, B, Am, F, C, Dm, Bb, and Bbm. 

Several of these chords are barre chords, which can be difficult for the beginner. So make sure you work on barre chords with your guitar teacher. If you're not taking guitar lessons with Teach 2 Teach yet, make sure you take a free trial lesson. If you don't live in NJ or NY, you can take a webcam lesson.

Every Saturday for the past 15 years, my dad and I have racing Rebel sailboats on Greenwood Lake. We're part of a club here on Greenwood Lake called the Awosting Yacht Squadron. Yesterday Kay came along to the race and videoed the entire thing. She chose a good day to come because my dad and I won. 

We took the boat across Greenwood Lake to Fox Island Creamery to find out our favorite ice cream flavors! Emma LOVES going out on the boat, and this ice cream place has dock access.

Now, everyone has different taste preferences, so we want to know what YOU all think, too! Have you been to Fox Island Creamery yet? Do you have a favorite ice cream flavor? Take our survey and let us know which flavor is your favorite!

Last month, the Teach 2 Teach Teachers got together for an awesome time on Greenwood Lake. We swam, water-skied, played volleyball, and played board games. It was a blast!

We always want to make sure that we honor our hard-working teachers. They will be playing at the Teacher Showcase next month (Sept. 16th, 2017). Come out and show your support!

1.  Be Antifragile
Nassim Taleb wrote a great book called Antifragile. There is a big difference between being fragile, resilient, and anti-fragile.

Fragile people break under pressure. Resilient people break only under extreme pressure. But anti-fragile people only get stronger under pressure.

Choose to be antifragile. Repeat this as your mantra: OMMS. Obstacles Make Me Stronger. (Thanks for this tip goes to Brian Johnson, Philosopher's Notes)
 

Today Kay and I brought Emma to the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, NY.

Kay's Dad, who passed away in Dec. 2012, was a huge fan of harness racing. The sport brought him so much joy that he video-taped every harness race on TV for 20 years. When he passed, his family donated the collection to the Hall of Fame in Goshen.

As Kay and her 6 siblings were growing up, Chas would take the kids to this harness racing museum. He used this venue to pass his appreciation for the thrill of racing on to his kids. Today, we were able to continue that tradition in his honor and pass it along to the third generation.