How Spaced Practice Helps us Improve 🚀
When I started learning guitar, my intuitive approach to practice was to cram in as much as possible in whatever time I had available....
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How Repetitions, Errors & Frustration Help us Improve 🚀
Repetitions, Errors, & Frustration Two of the most common assumptions I hear about practice are 1) that effective practice means lots of...
Alertness & Focus for Faster Learning 🚀
There’s plenty of research out there (e.g., Aspen Brain Institute, 2022, Marzo et al., 2009, Eschenki & Sara, 2008, Kuo et al., 2007)...
Stop Making Mistakes in Performance: Part 3 🚀
In my last newsletter on How to Stop Making Mistakes in Performance (Part 2), I covered performance preparation using Performance...
Stop Making Mistakes in Performance: Part 2 🚀
Strategic & Deliberate Practice are key components of performance preparation but if we only spend all of our time in either or both of...
Stop Making Mistakes in Performance: Part 1 🚀
Most of us have had the experience of playing to “near perfection” in the practice room and then making plenty of mistakes while playing...
Why Do I Keep Making Random Mistakes?!?
Why do I Keep Making Random Mistakes? Have you ever sat down to practice something you’ve played dozens of times before only to hear...
How Much Do I Need to Practice to Get Good?
This is almost always the first question about music practice that students ask me. It was also one of the first questions I had when I...
MPE, MME & SIOs: Strategies for Better Performance & Successful Practice?
MPE, SIOs and MME When I first became interested in Spanish guitar, one of the details that stood out to me most when I watched live...
What strategy can increase your skill level by 20-40%?
What if I told you there was a strategy you could implement right now that could increase both the strength and speed of your...
Is your practice as efficient as possible?
Whether you want to be a concert musician or just play for fun, if you want your guitar playing to get to the next level, one of the most...
Get better, faster by...slowing down?
This week I want to recommend a "simple" but extremely important change in mindset that will dramatically and ironically improve your...
11 Reasons You Can't Memorize Your Music!
In this video I cover 11 science-based reasons we have trouble memorizing music in the practice room as well as strategies that we can...
Breaks: Improve Faster & Prevent Injuries with these 4 Simple Strategies
This is a topic I am very passionate about because these strategies have been essential to my growth as a musician. Not only have they...
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