One By One
Despite my best intentions, too often I still keep my to do list in my head. When I can’t anymore, I think of this.
Practice
Instruments Want To Be Played
A good instrument, left alone, won’t stay good.
Practice Mind
For effective practice, hold onto this cognitive dissonance.
Painful.
Pain. Are we meant to avoid it? To seek it?
Practice In Front Of Your Students
Let your students see you practice.
Clarke’s Third Law
Arthur C. Clarke wasn’t writing about musicianship, or was he?
All A Game
Less working at music and more playing with music.
Hardest Part
Every piece has a hardest part.
Love, Work, Talent
Success takes these three things…in that order.
Map In Your Head
Music literacy is like having a map in your head instead of using GPS.