“The performers who connect from the stage establish emotional relationships with their audiences.”
–The Musician’s Way, p. 188
The Summer 2024 issue of The Musician’s Way Newsletter has arrived in subscribers’ inboxes and is being enthusiastically shared.
Dozens of articles look at ways to improve music practice, performances, careers and more.
Here’s a summary of the top content in the Summer 2024 issue:
Optimize Music Practice
We all strive to master music in the shortest possible time. But is there a shortcut to doing so? An article titled, “The Ultimate Practice Shortcut” proposes one avenue to maximize practice efficiency.
Other resources describe ways to facilitate memorization, increase physical ease, keep titles concert-ready, and boost creativity.
Perform at Your Best
One of the surest ways to build confidence on stage entails practicing performance – ideally, in settings that duplicate those of auditions and concerts. A new performance simulator, reported on in this issue, does just that but in virtual environments.
Some music students, though, need to do more work to overcome nervousness. Two articles point to an indispensable ingredient of on-stage security, and one of those articles explains why that ingredient is often overlooked by mental health professionals.
Stay Up to Date
Whether we musicians seek full-time arts careers or part-time engagement with the music industry, it’s vital for us to stay up to date.
Multiple articles in this new edition of The Musician’s Way Newsletter cite fresh data about digital royalties, audience development, concert presentation, carrying instruments across borders, and much more.
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