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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Adding Emotion to Music
David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week:How to Add Emotion to Your Music Building Emotional Roadmaps Having an emotional roadmap for any song you’re learning makes performing more satisfying and truly communicates the meaning of the music to an audience. … Continue reading
Quick Performance Tip – Be Convincing
Convince Your Audience What matters during your performance is being convincing. It’s best if you feel in control, but – even if you feel a bit out of control and on the edge of your abilities – convince your audience … Continue reading
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Get In the Zone
David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week:Get in the Zone The Importance of “The Zone” The traditional approach to practice (spend more time until you get better) has been blown out of the water by ideas of practicing deliberately, receiving … Continue reading
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Using Your Phone
Your Smartphone as Mastery Tool Why Do We Call These Things “Phones” Anyway? It’s funny that we continue to call smartphones “smartphones.” The original idea of a phone was a tool to make voice calls to someone else so you … Continue reading
Three Types of Deadlines
David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week:Three Types of Deadlines Deadlines Change Your Thoughts and Actions It’s one thing to say – in the abstract – that you’re going to learn a new piece of music or a song. It’s … Continue reading
How to Overcome Any Musical Challenge
David Motto’s Practice Tip of the Week:How to Overcome Any Musical Challenge It’s Not About Working Harder and Harder Many musicians hunker down and work harder and harder – and get more and more frustrated – whenever they face a … Continue reading
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Half Year Goals 2017
Goals for the Second Half of the Year Today is July 1. Half of the year is gone. How did the first half of the year go for you? Hopefully, at the beginning of the year, you set annual goals, … Continue reading
