They can be pulled for a 45- minute music lesson up to once a week.

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Daughter Ayesha may have to give up her bed for the night, but she usually gets a free music lesson in return.

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Authors today need to take a lesson from the music business.

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The music industry provides a salutary lesson in the dangers of building a business around charging too much for too-large bundles of content (in its case, CD albums).

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King learned a little lesson about the music business.

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Michael, who would ascend higher than any black artist in music history, learned a bitter lesson: Even at the top of the mountain, there is only the man in the mirror.

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It was a privilege to meet Doudou (and even get a personal lesson in drumming), wonderful to see traditional music get a contemporary twist, and eye-opening to see West African artists reaching out to the rest of the world.

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Each school visit includes a flavour of his music, some tips on how to succeed in business and a cookery lesson.

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