Maddie knows stuff. The Circle of Fifths lies at the center of the skillset needed to be a successful musician. It tells us about key signatures, identifies the three primary chords in each key  – i.e., the 1,4, and 5 chords – and helps us quickly figure out what notes are in every key.   […]

Maddie knows stuff. The Pentatonic (Penta=5; Tonic=tone therefore the 5-tone scale) is the backbone of popular Western music, especially when it comes to soloing. Take the 7-note major scale, throw away the troublesome 4th and 7th note…. and voila! The Pentatonic Scale. Yup…. Maddie knows stuff.

Maddie Knows Stuff! Professor Maddie tells us that there are almost unlimited note combinations from a single Major Scale. One scale, seven notes…. we will never finish exploring the musical possibilities of those seven notes. There are enough scale and chord possibilities contained in that mothership called the Major Scale to occupy us for the […]

Why? I’ve been asking myself a simple question lately: why? Because something has shifted in me over the past couple of years. Writing—once something I rarely felt drawn to—has become almost a daily necessity. I find myself writing Bible studies, working on a memoir, adding to a growing collection of blog posts, and building on […]

This is a great subject to discuss, and it comes up regularly in churches of all sizes and denominations. Worship leaders, pastors, elders, and musicians themselves wrestle with this: Do we hire highly skilled, experienced musicians who may or may not attend our church, or do we build our music team strictly from people within […]

Have you heard that saying – “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey?” That is the perfect way to describe my “Coffee, the Bible, and Paige!” devotional/study podcasts. During each production of a podcast episode, I will do the following: 1. Read the Bible passage under consideration. 2. Copy and paste said passage into my […]