#BuildBetterBrains Project

Custom Acoustic Panels Make #BuildBetterBrains Sound Even Better!

Acoustic panels are hung a new studio that will be home to the #BuildBetterBrains Project and other educational and artistic endeavors. The foreground panels show the basic construction from lightweight 1x4 stock, rock wool insulation, and webbing. The rear panels are covered with accoustically-transparent fabric. Each weighs about 8 pounds and is hung with a small air gap behind. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Ring It On

Handbells are staged to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support this free music education program. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

It All Starts With a Good Plan

Plans are drawn up for a new studio that will be home to the #BuildBetterBrains Project and other educational and artistic endeavors. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Blue Bell Blues

Handbells are staged to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support this free music education program. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Editing the #BuildBetterBrains Project

Footage of a music lesson is edited in Adobe Premiere for the #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Join the project to support free and fun music education. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Sunset in the Studio

Handbells are staged to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support this free music education program. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Error: This Message Has Nothing To Do With the Problem

A camera freezes and shows a useless error message while filming a music demonstration for the #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support free music education. Read about the problems we ran into while filming. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Light It Up!

Lights are hung as handbells and a piano are being staged to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Daniel M. Reck Helps #BuildBetterBrains with Music

Musician and educator Daniel M. Reck has performed solo repertoire and conducted ensembles throughout the United States and Europe. His music is published by forzandoArts. Join the #BuildBetterBrains Project to support Daniel's mission help people enrich their lives by learning to play music.

Bronze in Shadows

Handbells are staged to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support this free music education program. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Do We Have the Power?

Cameras and batteries are tested in preparation to film a music demonstration for the #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support free music education. Read about the problems we ran into while filming. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Bird's Eye View Without the Bird. Or the Eye.

A camera is suspended from the studio cieling to film a handbell demonstration for the #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support free music education. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Setting Up the Studio

Two sets of handbells and a piano are ready to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. The instruments and studio are sponsored by forzandoArts which offers instruments, sheet music, recordings, and digital services in support of independent musicians and artists. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Tubular Tones

Handbells are staged to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support this free music education program. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

G Whiz

Handbells are staged to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support this free music education program. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

All Sparkles, No Unicorns

Handbells are staged to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support this free music education program. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Bronzed Up

A bell tree is hung to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support this free music education program. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Tall Bells

Handbells are staged to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support this free music education program. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

What the F5?

Handbells are staged to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support this free music education program. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Tunnel of Bronze

Handbells are staged to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. Please join the project to support this free music education program. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Music in the Studio

Two sets of handbells and a piano are ready to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. The instruments and studio are sponsored by forzandoArts which offers instruments, sheet music, recordings, and digital services in support of independent musicians and artists. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Some Bronze Just Hanging Around

Two sets of handbells and a piano are ready to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. The instruments and studio are sponsored by forzandoArts which offers instruments, sheet music, recordings, and digital services in support of independent musicians and artists. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.

Handbells Ready For a Closeup

Two sets of handbells and a piano are ready to be filmed for a trio for #BuildBetterBrains Project, which helps people enrich their lives by learning to play music. The instruments and studio are sponsored by forzandoArts which offers instruments, sheet music, recordings, and digital services in support of independent musicians and artists. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.