The quality of your music-making is absolutely determined by the quality of your study and practice habits…
piano practice tips
I cannot think of a more honest and inspiring way to begin a study and practice session than with a meditation on gratitude…
Preparation for performance is not about brute force “memorization” of unrelated dots on a page…
Every growing musician should be doing two things simultaneously…
“Memorization” is in quotes because the goal of studying is not to memorize a piece of music like you memorize a sequence of random numbers…
The 80-20 Principle is an observation that, in human endeavors, the majority of effects come from a minority of causes and vice versa…
Studying, Exercising, and Practicing are three different behaviors with three very different goals:
The most common reason why students do not make progress it’s NOT that they are untalented…
What comes first, effort or results?
Let’s apply the lessons learned in Emotional Preparation and How Your Brain Works to learn how to study-practice music the right way…