Ear Training Fundamentals: Associative Ear Training
How to use Associative Ear Training to quickly build a massive musical vocabulary for performance… by ear, intellect, eye, and muscle…
How Your Brain Works: What is Learning?
A framework for thinking about learning and how the way we learn determines our paths forward in both music and life…
Practice Habits: “Memorization” Problems
“Memorization” in quotes because the goal of studying and practicing is not to memorize a sequence of obscure musical symbols…
How Your Brain Works: Memory Fundamentals
Memory Fundamentals: Illuminating lessons in how your brain’s memory systems work… with huge practical implications for your study and practice habits…
How Your Brain Works: Memory Consolidation
How to harness the power of Memory Consolidation–the magical process by which short-term memories are transformed into long-term memories…
Performance Anxiety: Stage Fright Micro-Lessons
Short & sweet insights to help you overcome Performance Anxiety and tame the Stage Fright monster!
Musical Time: 2/4 Time Signature (2/4 Meter)
Learn by doing lessons on how to think about, count, internalize, and physically express the 2/4 Time Signature (2/4 Meter) like a musician…
Piano Scales: Freygish Scale: Theory & Ear Training, All Keys
Lesson Goal: To quickly internalize the Freygish Scale in all keys… by ear, intellect, eye, and muscle…
Mindset & Attitude: Talent is Overrated
Talent is Overrated: A warning about misuse of the word “talent” and priceless lessons on what success in music and life really means…