by Gerald Klickstein | Mar 6, 2018 | collaboration, creative process, music careers, music practice
“Collaborative music making is one of life’s true joys.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 114 It’s difficult to describe the feeling of synchronized, communal music making. Suffice it to say that when we make music together, we ascend to loftier planes. But to... 
by Gerald Klickstein | Dec 13, 2017 | creative process, music practice, The Musician's Way
“There can be so much to cover in a practice session that it can seem overwhelming.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 6 Even for professional musicians, it isn’t easy to manage large numbers of practice tasks. But whatever our level of musical development, all of our... 
by Gerald Klickstein | Oct 14, 2017 | creative process, music practice
“To get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty and the inevitability of something.” –Meredith Monk, singer & composer (The Musician’s Way), p. 19 Although we musicians practice in personalized ways, there are three fundamental... 
by Gerald Klickstein | Jun 17, 2017 | creative process, music literature, Self-recording, The Musician's Way
“When musicians with scant listening experience try to play or sing repertoire from unfamiliar genres, they produce the musical equivalent of a clumsy accent.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 98 Most of us can recall hearing music that left us cold initially but that we... 
by Gerald Klickstein | Mar 30, 2017 | creative process, Entrepreneurship, music careers, music performance
“Audiences differ as much as individuals do.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 209 For musicians, career sustainability hinges on audience development. When we continually attract new listeners, our revenues grow, and we gain the freedom to fully devote ourselves to our art.... 
by Gerald Klickstein | Mar 28, 2016 | creative process, music careers, music practice
“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” –Jonathan Swift (The Musician’s Way, p. 310) We all know that musical excellence results from smart, steady practice over a span of years. Still, it isn’t always easy for us to practice deliberately day after day....
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