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Do you want to be a great musician? A well-rounded musician? Maybe you’re already a good musician, and you want to take that next step. To do that, you need to be able to sight-read well, play by ear, compose or improvise, understand the art of practice, and be versatile in many other ways. Musicianship Mastery (formerly known as The Musician Toolkit) explores these tools, how to improve them, and how you can apply them to a variety of gigs and musical careers whether you’re a professional musician or a committed artist who makes your income outside of music. Join us on a quest to improve your musicianship and to make you the most well-rounded musician you can be!
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188 episodes
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Where do musicians fit into the near future of this world? It's a world where AI-generated art of all kinds, including music, appear to spell doom for human artists. I have a much more optimistic take, and share how I think both composers and performers should approach this world in a way that ac…
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The word I've been using in both these podcast episodes and with my own students is...urgency! I've also been using it more with myself. I'm on either the 4th or 5th attempt to learn a specific challenging piece to completion. What I've lacked before is urgency. I've given myself the stakes tha…
The average person has a fixed mindset. It's safe, it's comfortable, and it's easy to justify. If you want to get better at music, you can't afford to maintain a fixed mindset. You need to commit to a growth mindset. If you don't get this right, all of your other musical goals will fall apart. …
Do you really know the music, or can you only play it well under certain conditions? For example, can you only play it at home when nobody's listening? Can you only play it while looking at the score? Do you have to start in a certain place each time? This episode will help you approach your pr…
If you've followed my previous episodes where I claimed that you should be able to make real progress every 5 minutes of practice, but it seems like you're just not able to get any momentum, it could be a problem with the first two or three minutes that affects a lot more in your life besides music…
Some people find goals helpful, and others don't. If you haven't found goals to be helpful or consistently effective, it's possible that you could change that completely with this one very simple shift in how you frame your vision, whether those be music goals or general goals.
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There are things you might assume about practicing, using a metronome, what progress is supposed to look like, and more that you'll only learn the truth about once you start practicing well. In this video, I'll remind you about what good practice looks like, and what you can actually expect to disc…
About 5 years ago, I was fired from a music gig. It's the only time in nearly 30 years of being a professional musician, and I think about it a lot. There are definitely things I could have and should have done to reduce the chances of that happening, and there are lessons that I could have learn…
To become a well-rounded musician, it's worthwhile to engage in a variety of medium sized musical projects to give you new perspective and to help your growth. This episode offers 5 projects you can engage in over the next half year or so to help improve many aspects of your musicianship.
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The label "professional" is misunderstood across many levels, including music. While the average professional will be more accomplished than the average amateur, the label isn't about skill itself. The term "amateur" can apply to musicians who are just getting started as well as those who have be…
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