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Six Hidden Practice Skills of Expert Musicians

Six Hidden Practice Skills of Expert Musicians

by Gerald Klickstein | Aug 31, 2023 | music performance, music practice, The Musician's Way

“Deep practice integrates all that you are – your body, mind, and spirit.” The Musician’s Way, p. 20 Expert musicians possess numerous abilities that are apparent on stage – rich tone, fluent execution, dramatic interpretation, secure memory, and so forth....
Subdue Stage Fright with Self-Acceptance

Subdue Stage Fright with Self-Acceptance

by Gerald Klickstein | Mar 14, 2023 | music performance, performance anxiety, Stage fright, The Musician's Way

“Your central tasks are finding inner peace and strength, on the one hand, and being very well-prepared for your performances, on the other.” -Eric Maisel, author & psychologist The Musician’s Way, p. 146 In The Musician’s Way, I show that stage fright arises due...
Building New Audiences

Building New Audiences

by Gerald Klickstein | Jan 17, 2023 | Entrepreneurship, music careers, music performance

“If your programming ideas aren’t working, don’t blame your audiences.” The Musician’s Way, p. 212 For aspiring musicians, career sustainability depends on audience growth. Problem is, a standard conservatory education doesn’t equip graduates with...
Thinking and Feeling While Performing

Thinking and Feeling While Performing

by Gerald Klickstein | Oct 26, 2022 | creative process, music performance, performance anxiety, The Musician's Way

“Give yourself over to the emotion of the music while you also lead the music, directing your execution and the emotional flow.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 187 Aspiring musicians work hard to develop technical and interpretive skills, which are the most obvious abilities...
Motivations and Barriers to Arts Attendance

Motivations and Barriers to Arts Attendance

by Gerald Klickstein | Aug 31, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, music careers, music performance

“Among adults who participated – as creators or performers – in performing arts activities, the majority (62 percent) did so to spend time with family and friends.” –National Endowment for the Arts “U.S. Patterns of Arts Participation,” p. 3...
New-Generation Classical and Jazz Concerts

New-Generation Classical and Jazz Concerts

by Gerald Klickstein | Jun 22, 2022 | creativity, Entrepreneurship, music careers, music performance

“The spontaneity and collective energy catch fire to a degree that some performances leave indelible memories.”–The Musician’s Way, p. 154 During much of the twentieth century, before the advent of high-tech home entertainment, large numbers of people attended...
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