I truly enjoy sharing ideas with a practical orientation, these days primarily via my General Music Today column, “Secondary Scene.” Like most scholars, I sometimes don’t know if I’ve really connected, but two nice bits of feedback this week put a glide in my stride:
1. Alex Ruthmann’s flattering tweet about my newest column, “Wisdom for Music Education from the Recording Studio.” [available on my publications page]
2. Having my first column, “Hip-Hop, Digital Media, and the Changing Face of Music Education” [Open access post-print version via IDEALS, or definitive final version behind a paywall]reach number one on the “most-read” charts for GMT in December:
Matthew Thibeault 
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