What’s the secret behind Joni Mitchell’s right hand picking style?
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How to Play and Sing like Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell Receives Lifetime Achievement Award in 2026
As the JUNO Awards return to Hamilton this year, many of us across Canada feel a shared excitement. But for those who have followed Joni Mitchell’s music, teachings, and legacy, this particular season feels especially meaningful. Joni—our prairie-born poet of…
Conquer Your Performance Anxiety: Unlock Your Voice Through Joni Mitchell’s Early Years
Performance anxiety has a way of warping the moment. When adrenaline floods the body, everything becomes louder and sharper — except our connection to ourselves. A small crack in the voice feels like a collapse. A rushed tempo feels like chaos. A single memory slip feels like a catastrophe.
But here’s the strange, grounding secret…
Learning: the Shepherdess Way
Here at The Last Living Shepherdess, I believe in gentle learning. In following your ear, your heart, and in connection to everything around you. In music that grows slowly, honestly, like a field of wildflowers. I believe music is more…
Why Joni Mitchell Used Alternate Tunings
There’s something magical about the way Joni Mitchell approached her instrument.Before the melody or the lyrics came, she would often begin by changing the tuning ofher guitar—sometimes wildly, sometimes gently, but always intuitively. This alone canteach us more than a…
Prairie Roots Reaching Beyond
Though her music floated across genres and continents, Joni Mitchell always sounded like she came from somewhere—the cold air and open skies of the Canadian prairie. Her roots mattered…
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In the Beginning…
As a child, I remember a guitar sitting in the corner of our living room, a lonely instrument that was never played…
Let the Lyrics Lead
Joni Mitchell’s lyrics read like modern psalms—rich, poetic, and full of mystery. She didn’t set lyrics to music; she “sculpted” music around her words…
Songs as Memoirs
Today’s snippet: why do Joni’s songs resonate so deeply?
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When Your Voice Wavers, Sing Anyway…
Joni’s voice changed dramatically with age, but she kept singing. Her courage to keep on—even as her voice weathered—reminds us that music isn’t about perfection.
Joni’s voice changed dramatically with age. But she didn’t stop singing. She adapted…
Open Tunings, Open Heart
Joni Mitchell was known for her fearless use of alternate tunings. For her, it wasn’t about complexity. It was about emotional truth. When a song couldn’t be born in standard tuning, she made a new way. Joni used over 50…
