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Practicing vs Performing vs Playing for Fun

Practicing vs Performing vs Playing for Fun

by Gerald Klickstein | Apr 10, 2025 | creative process, music performance, music practice, The Musician's Way

“Beyond personal fulfillment, the decisive aim of practice is to prepare performances because, as an art form, music centers on the interaction between performer and listener.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 4 For vocalists and instrumentalists alike, music making cycles...
Build Concert Audiences with Engaging Event Design

Build Concert Audiences with Engaging Event Design

by Gerald Klickstein | Feb 26, 2025 | Entrepreneurship, music careers, music performance

“For musicians and arts organizations to achieve financial sustainability, it’s vital that they develop new audiences and build communities of supporters.” -Gerald Klickstein* If we aim to increase attendance at our concerts and, in the process, attract loyal...
Understand and Overcome Stage Fright

Understand and Overcome Stage Fright

by Gerald Klickstein | Nov 3, 2024 | music education, music performance, performance anxiety, The Musician's Way

“Performance anxiety doesn’t yield to band-aid solutions, nor does it abate on its own.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 146 Camille was a 19-year-old amateur pianist who excelled in school but was petrified to play in public.* Her anxiety had surfaced in...
Attract Bigger Audiences with Better Concert Programs

Attract Bigger Audiences with Better Concert Programs

by Gerald Klickstein | Jul 19, 2024 | creativity, Entrepreneurship, music careers, music performance

“Programs are a bit like prix-fixe menus in a restaurant: We can’t serve music à la carte . . . so our menu has to be quite diverse and – tasty.” -Eckart Preu, conductor The Musician’s Way, p. 212 Data from the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts show that two of the...
Courage and Conviction On Stage

Courage and Conviction On Stage

by Gerald Klickstein | Feb 20, 2024 | music performance, performance anxiety, stage presence, The Musician's Way

“ Confident performance is not a fluke, but the product of imaginative and consistent synthesis of technical and emotional work. ” -Frank R. Wilson The Musician’s Way, p. 146 In a highlight of the 2024 Grammy Awards ceremony, singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman sang her...
Online Audience Development Resources

Online Audience Development Resources

by Gerald Klickstein | Oct 30, 2023 | Entrepreneurship, music careers, music performance

Audience development should be a top priority of every musician and arts organization. For musicians and arts organizations to achieve financial sustainability, it’s vital that they develop new audiences and build communities of supporters. Attracting and...
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