Are you a dedicated musician, but find it hard to focus and concentrate without interruption while practicing and performing? Then you may find these tips about training your brain and preventing distractions very useful. What is focus? We often use … Continue reading →
The paradox of control in peak performance Is this all?… This is too easy, it can’t be it. And yet… think of the last time you played and everything seemed to go by itself. You feel totally merged in your … Continue reading →
How to bring down practicing time by using a different mind set. You need to prepare a new piece. Fun, you think. You start practicing, the way you always do: take one chunk and practice it slowly. With the metronome, … Continue reading →
How to make your results in the practice room stick The famous ‘at home I could play this!’ might sound like a lazy student excuse, but in reality it might just be the truth. #teachers: Whenever your student tells you … Continue reading →
How to beat procrastination You are preparing for an audition. This time you are going to do it right. Only… you find yourself keeping busy with a million things except the very one you are supposed to be occupied with: … Continue reading →
Recently a friend memorising a solo concerto asked if I had any insight as to why, when going through the piece, there would often be a little slip. Yet the one time he played it through while reading some notes … Continue reading →
It all starts in the practice room… well yes, no surprise there I guess. But… what can we do to get more consistent results from practice sessions? You do a good, solid practising session on an excerpt: slow practice, rhythmical … Continue reading →
