The Bulletproof Musician

359 Episodes

1. Minna Chung: On the Mysteries of Intonation and a Few Things We Can Do to Play Better in Tune

   Published: 9/6/2020
2. How Many of Our Mistakes Do Audiences (and Other Musicians) Actually Notice?

   Published: 8/30/2020
3. Handling Conflicts in Ensembles: A Few Things We May Be Able to Learn From the Research on Marital Satisfaction...?

   Published: 8/23/2020
4. Is This Really a Significant Factor in How We Choose Our Teachers and Mentors?

   Published: 8/16/2020
5. Why It May Be Useful to Laugh a Bit More in the Months Ahead

   Published: 8/9/2020
6. Stephen Hough: On the Question “Is Memorizing Music Really All That Important?”

   Published: 8/2/2020
7. How to Keep the Critic in Your Head From Wrecking Your Practice Session

   Published: 7/26/2020
8. Why the Progress You Make in the Practice Room Seems to Disappear Overnight - PART 2

   Published: 7/19/2020
9. An Email Hack That Could Increase the Likelihood of Getting a Reply (and Possibly Make the World a Slightly Better Place for Everyone Too)

   Published: 7/12/2020
10. Jason Haaheim: On “Deliberate Lessons” and How to Become a Better Teacher to Yourself

    Published: 7/5/2020
11. 3 Questions to Ask Yourself That Could Boost the Effectiveness of Your Next Practice Session

    Published: 6/28/2020
12. Having Difficulty Motivating Yourself to Practice? Research Suggests That Copycatting a Friend Could Help.

    Published: 6/21/2020
13. Evidence That You're Probably Not Great at Performing and Critiquing Your Performance at the Same Time

    Published: 6/14/2020
14. Christian Howes: On Overcoming Improvisation Anxiety, Making Technical Practice More Creatively Satisfying, and Becoming a Better Friend to Yourself

    Published: 6/7/2020
15. How the Things You Think about Backstage Could Carry over into Your Performance

    Published: 5/31/2020
16. How to Talk to Yourself When You’re Having a Bad Practice Day (or Week)

    Published: 5/24/2020
17. Having Difficulty Believing in Yourself? Here’s a Confidence-Building Technique That Doesn’t Feel Like You're Lying to Yourself.

    Published: 5/17/2020
18. Struggling with Practice Apathy? You Might Be Neglecting “Psychological Rest”

    Published: 5/10/2020
19. Howard Nelson & Pamela Frank: On Recovering from Injury, the Importance of Being Non-Judgmental, and Practicing with 1000% Expression

    Published: 5/3/2020
20. Sarah Lewis: On Thinking Useful Thoughts, Gratitude, and the Challenge of Juggling Auditions and a 3-Month Old

    Published: 4/26/2020