QuickStart Clarinet Blog

With Christmas coming up next week, I think it is the perfect time to talk about what to give clarinet players for Christmas, and what to put on your Christmas list to improve your clarinet playing.

Unfortunately, my answer isn't super exciting, but it is super important.

REEDS!

Reeds are the...

This past week I had a great time auditioning for one of the top military bands in the world, the President's Own Marine Band!

Unfortunately, I did not win, but I learned some valuable insights that I want to share with you about auditioning and improving your playing and performance.

For this...

If you are working on learning anything, it is no secret that you have to dedicate some time to it...

It is actually amazing how much our brains are capable of adapting to and learning different things, and that is all possible by simply dedicating time to doing it.

Even the brain science tells...

The formula for improving at anything is pretty simple, but it is really easy to over complicate, so I want to spell it out for you to make your growth as a clarinetist more straight forward!

Learning a new skill, such as, playing the clarinet begins with a desire to learn it. The strength of our...

I'm so happy to have you here!

My name is Josh Goo the creator of QuickStart Clarinet, and I am here to help you learn to play clarinet right, now!

I have been playing clarinet for almost 15 years, and in all honesty, I spent a lot of time doing it wrong, but once I started learning how to do...