Favorite Motion
Human ears have an unconscious favorite type of musical motion.
Practice
Point of Individual Practice
Why do we hope for individual practice from our singers?
Sessions or Minutes?
What’s the best way to measure your practice?
How To Get Good
Practice.
The Metronome Is Your Real Friend
The friend who will tell you the hard truths.
Process
How does editing figure into your writing process?
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.
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?