The Bulletproof Musician

386 Episodes

1. How to Clear Your Mind of Worries Before a Big Performance (revisited)

   Published: 5/22/2022
2. Evidence That Performing From Memory May Be More Challenging for Pianists Than Others (What?!)

   Published: 5/15/2022
3. Do You Struggle With Unreliable Memory on Stage? Perhaps Your Memorization Strategy is Missing This Key ingredient...

   Published: 5/8/2022
4. Keith Underwood (Part 2): On Breathing and the Problem With Thinking of Air as the Solution to Everything.

   Published: 5/1/2022
5. Keith Underwood (Part 1): On the Art of Imitation, and How to Glean Transformative Insights From Great Musicians to Level Up Your Playing.

   Published: 4/24/2022
6. How Mental Imagery Can Help You Become a Better (Or More "Psychic") Chamber Music Partner

   Published: 4/17/2022
7. How Does One Learn to Play More Musically?

   Published: 4/10/2022
8. Do We Really Sound as Terrible on Stage as We Sometimes Think We Do?

   Published: 4/3/2022
9. "Quiet Eye": A Technique to Enhance Performance When You're Nervous

   Published: 3/27/2022
10. Prone to Procrastinating? Why the Way You Set Deadlines Could Make Things Worse, Not Better.

    Published: 3/20/2022
11. Having a Bad Practice Day? Turn It Into a Good One With This 3-Step Self-Coaching Technique.

    Published: 3/12/2022
12. Adina Mornell: On Learning How to Practice in Such a Way That Performing Can Be Something We Enjoy, Rather Than Fear

    Published: 3/6/2022
13. How to Get Your Brain to Do More Learning BETWEEN Practice Sessions

    Published: 2/27/2022
14. How to Get Yourself to Practice When You Don't Feel Like It

    Published: 2/20/2022
15. Why You Get Sucked Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole When Practicing (And How to Prevent This Without Having to Break Up With YouTube)

    Published: 2/13/2022
16. Joshua Weilerstein: On a Conductor’s Journey, and Why It Might Be Awesome if Every Musician Spent a Day in a Conductor’s Shoes

    Published: 2/6/2022
17. Research-Tested Practice Strategies That Will Help You Learn New Pieces Faster

    Published: 1/30/2022
18. How the Things You Say to Your Students Can Change the Positivity (Or Negativity) of Their Inner Voice

    Published: 1/23/2022
19. Does Perfectionism Really “Kill” Creativity? If So, What’s the Alternative?

    Published: 1/16/2022
20. A Practice Strategy That Could Potentially Be Twice as Effective as Regular Practice?

    Published: 1/9/2022