The Bulletproof Musician

358 Episodes

1. Vivian Hornik Weilerstein: On Listening, Leading, and Learning How to Be More in Sync With Your Music-Making Partners.

   Published: 11/7/2021
2. How Do Experts Get Even Better? 5 Lessons From the Practice of Expert vs. Intermediate Athletes.

   Published: 10/31/2021
3. What to Do When Everyone Thinks You're Great - But You Feel Like a Failure

   Published: 10/24/2021
4. If We Want to Maximize Learning, is It Better to Focus on Our Failures? Or Our Successes?

   Published: 10/17/2021
5. Evidence That Listening to a Recording Could Accelerate the Learning Process for New Repertoire

   Published: 10/10/2021
6. Merry Peckham: On Rehearsing, Performing, and Growing as a Musician (And Person!) in Chamber Music

   Published: 10/3/2021
7. A 5-Step Strategy for Enhanced Motor Skill Learning (Especially if You're an Older Learner!)

   Published: 9/26/2021
8. Having Difficulty Turning Off the Worries? Here Are the Strategies That Research Suggests May Work Best.

   Published: 9/19/2021
9. Feeling a Bit Down and Unmotivated? This Motivation Hack Might Help You Get More Done and Perk Up a Bit.

   Published: 9/12/2021
10. Daniel Matsukawa: On Cultivating a Great Sound, and Three Components of Becoming a Better Practicer

    Published: 9/5/2021
11. Difficulty Getting to Sleep? Try “Serial Diverse Imaging” - a Crafty Way to Trick Your Brain Into Going to Sleep.

    Published: 8/29/2021
12. Wish You Could Be Less Stressed on Concert Days? Try This Unexpected Activity, Used by an Olympic Gold Medalist (and Grandmothers Everywhere 🙂)

    Published: 8/22/2021
13. Adequate Learning Vs Overlearning: How Many Repetitions Is Enough?

    Published: 8/15/2021
14. Two Things Experts Do Differently Than Non-Experts When Practicing

    Published: 8/8/2021
15. Ann Bergeron: On Facilitating a More Positive Learning Experience, More Effective Skill Acquisition, and More Creative Artists

    Published: 8/1/2021
16. A Simple Practice Scheduling Hack That Couldn’t Possibly Be as Effective as It Seems

    Published: 7/25/2021
17. Why Thought Stopping Doesn’t Work (And the Paradoxical Strategy That Might Work Better)

    Published: 7/18/2021
18. Evidence That You Should Probably Be Taking Practice "Micro-Breaks," if You Want to Maximize Learning.

    Published: 7/11/2021
19. Natasha Brofsky and Roger Tapping: On Learning New Repertoire and Getting to Know a Composer’s Unique Language

    Published: 7/4/2021
20. Can’t Stop Worrying About an Upcoming Performance? Here’s Why Practicing More Might Not Be the Answer.

    Published: 6/27/2021