I studied a flute course as a major in college, and graduated with a flute performance degree. Went on to study with some other flutists afterwards, and have been playing ever since. Enhancing my whole musical experience in so many ways. And I was thinking, what is one thing I can use to describe what it is, and the word “treasure trove” came to my mind. And I thought, “That’s what it is, it’s a treasure trove!” A collection or store of value or delightful things. And I thought, wow, that really describes it. It’s kind of like a library of so many interesting things about the field that I’m in love with, and that’s playing the flute and music in general. The authors are there to speak with us live and demonstrate. It’s a three-dimensional experience of learning and appreciating music together. So it’s been a wonderful addition to my musical experience. Of course Chelsea, her presentations are amazing. In particular, I remember — maybe because I’m a little visual-oriented — her color-coding of things going on in Density 21.5 For Flute. She had it color-coded by dynamics, by register. It was just such an eye-opening thing to me of how to analyze music and how to think about it as you’re presenting it to others, so you can bring these things out to them. And her wonderful description of what she thinks of in her tone production, you know, what’s going on inside the mouth, which I’d never thought of before, and now I think of when I’m producing sound and experimenting. How to not think negatively of yourself when you're practicing, you know, the right kind of attitude to have when you’re practicing, all of these things are just invaluable. And you hear them at your lessons a lot of times, but some of these things you don’t, and it’s wonderful to be able to get the experiences of other professionals. There’s been a number of years where it has been minimal. I still play but not a lot, and coinciding with the incorporation of flute into tonebase, a friend of mine who plays harp asked me to play a Mozart Concerto with her for a recital! You know, it’s been a long time. It’s hard to get back into practicing, and you notice all the things that you’re doing bad, so that non-negativity lecture was helping me get past that. But getting back to practicing again is an issue, and it’s something that I want to do more. And I did get through that concert pretty well, it was pretty well received. Now my harp friend has got me preparing for another one coming up! And so I’m incorporating all the things I’ve been picking up in tonebase as to how to practice. It’s inspiring me to get more regular, and to get more practicing in. That’s the place where I’m at right now. My goal has always been to play better, to play beautifully — whether it’s just for myself in a room or if it’s for another person that I’m playing with or something, to be able to shape the phrases a little more meaningfully, to have more improved tone, and wherever that leads me is fine. But I can appreciate that in my living room when I’m practicing, as well as I can when giving a recital somewhere. First of all, it’s inspirational. And we all can use more inspiration in what we’re doing, because that’s what sparks our activity. I think just hearing different views and suggestions on how to do things is very motivating because it’s contagious. And if you want to get back into being excited about playing and making music again if it’s been a while, it’s a great firestarter and igniter for that. There’s still so many things we can all learn, and there’s so many tips and illustrations that are available on tonebase, either LIVE or in previously-recorded videos that I think there’s something for everybody there. Just knowing that it’s there makes me feel happy and complete! Of course, everybody’s always busy. You find time to view as many of the presentations as I can, this is a little bit of a challenge, but it’s always on my wishlist of things to do whenever I have some time. I enjoy indulging in watching videos from tonebase.