The Musicians Way Blog
by Gerald Klickstein. Become a Successful Musician
Commissioning and Funding New Music
Grow your audiences and increase impacts by commissioning new music. Here’s how!
4 Steps to Practice Unfamiliar Music
A powerful process to assimilate music efficiently, accurately and artistically.
Spring 2021 Musician’s Way Newsletter
Creative inspiration, practice tips, music news, concert planning advice, and more!
Counteracting Substance Abuse
“Any musician who says he is playing better either on the needle or when he is juiced is a plain straight liar.” -Charlie Parker
Winter 2021 Musician’s Way Newsletter
Inspiration, Practice Tips, Music News, Career Help, and more!
The “Funding-First” Grant Cycle
Boost your ability to win grants and design arts projects with the Funding-First Grant Cycle!
Uniting Solitary and Group Practice
“The essential knack for us musicians is to grasp a whole piece of music while we practice an extracted line.”
Fall 2020 Musician’s Way Newsletter
“Your habits in the practice room make you the musician that you are.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 20
The Musician’s Way for Studio Classes
How music teachers can use The Musician’s Way book to boost student learning outcomes.
The Key Mental Skill of Expert Musicians
“When I sit in Paris in a café, surrounded by people, I don’t sit casually – I go over a certain sonata in my head and discover new things all the time.” -Arthur Rubinstein
