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How to Write a Grant Proposal – A Concise Guide for Musicians

How to Write a Grant Proposal – A Concise Guide for Musicians

by Gerald Klickstein | Apr 27, 2022 | creative process, Entrepreneurship, music careers

“Let your community feed your creativity.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 313 If you aspire to present innovative or community-focused performances, there’s plenty of funding available to support those sorts of projects. In fact, many funding organizations are keen to...
The Musician’s Way in Two Verses

The Musician’s Way in Two Verses

by Gerald Klickstein | Mar 30, 2022 | creative process, music careers, music education, The Musician's Way

“Ultimately, your musical progress will depend more on your skillfulness with the creative process than on any talent.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 313 When I teach introductory workshops on The Musician’s Way, I organize concepts using frameworks that musicians can...
Uniting Solitary and Group Practice

Uniting Solitary and Group Practice

by Gerald Klickstein | Nov 10, 2020 | collaboration, creative process, music practice

“You adapt yourself to the contents of the paintbox.” —Paul Klee, painter The Musician’s Way, p. 121 Like a painter dipping into a limited palette, a musician practicing an isolated part has to adapt to material that’s incomplete. A part played or sung out of context...
Improvisation for Classical Musicians

Improvisation for Classical Musicians

by Gerald Klickstein | Oct 30, 2019 | creative process, music careers, music performance, music practice

“It’s very gratifying to improvise in front of people. I feel I’m including them in what I’m doing, taking them someplace they might like to go and haven’t been before.” -Jim Hall, guitarist The Musician’s Way, p. 102 Improvisation is the most playful way that we can...
Better Practice on Difficult Days

Better Practice on Difficult Days

by Gerald Klickstein | May 29, 2019 | creative process, motivation, music practice

“It’s better to do 30 minutes of high-quality work than to spin your wheels for hours.” The Musician’s Way, p. 312 Although we musicians strive to maintain regular practice schedules, we all confront periodic obstacles that prevent us from working as...
The Perils of Mindless Repetition

The Perils of Mindless Repetition

by Gerald Klickstein | Jul 11, 2018 | creative process, injury prevention, music practice

“Ten dubious repetitions plus a single accurate one don’t equal security.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 52 Naïve practicers might repeat a passage profusely and make error after error. Then, on the eleventh try, when it finally comes out right, they say, “There, I’ve got...
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