Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
Sunday, January 24th, 2010
In response to @HansOngchua regarding how to best use a metronome for efficient practicing, I came up with this list, which was too long to fit into a Twitter message:
Plan your practice session. Organize which sections of which pieces you need to work on. Figure out how much time it ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Today I came across this article from Peter Bregman on the HarvardBusiness.org site, titled: The Easiest Way to Change People's Behavior. It's an excellent read and highly recommended.
What Peter discusses in this article is that one of the most important motivational factors in our lives is environment. If you put ...
Posted in Education, Life Itself, Music, Science & Nature | 3 Comments »
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Great post over at Scienceblogs.com by Dave Munger titled "Musicians have better memory -- not just for music, but words and pictures too"
As musicians, we are constantly training ourselves to memorize. We spend hours upon hours memorizing music, and using mnemonic cues such as melodies, song form, harmony, music notation, ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
The past three years have been grueling. Working full time, taking classes towards a masters degree, and being a dad all at the same time was taking a toll. The last few months were especially interesting since I was working on a book project on top of everything.
Well, life has ...
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Jason Heath recently noted some book recommendations for musicians from Chicago bassist Greg Sarchet. I have a few of my own that I'd like to add to the mix!
Zander, Rosamund, and Benjamin Zander. The Art of Possibility
--I complained loudly when I was in Ben's orchestra rehearsals, and thought he was ...
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