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Safely Increasing Practice Time

Safely Increasing Practice Time

by Gerald Klickstein | Aug 26, 2013 | injury prevention, music practice, voice care, wellness

“Nearly all musicians’ injuries are preventable.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 230 Whenever school years or music festivals begin, music students dive into intense practice schedules. But those fresh starts come with high risks of injury. The Dangers of Overuse...
The Sustainability Triangle

The Sustainability Triangle

by Gerald Klickstein | May 20, 2013 | creative process, Entrepreneurship, music careers, wellness

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” -Victor Hugo The Musician’s Way, p. 5 All of us musicians feel something within us that cannot remain silent. But to forge lasting, full-time music careers, we have...
5 Causes of Musicians’ Injuries

5 Causes of Musicians’ Injuries

by Gerald Klickstein | Jul 23, 2012 | injury prevention, The Musician's Way, voice care, wellness

“I continued to play with a sore arm with the rationalization that I could play through the pain and that the discomfort would just miraculously go away as I got into better shape as a cellist. But the pain didn’t go away. It got worse.” –Janet Horvath, cellist The...
Becoming a Confident Performer

Becoming a Confident Performer

by Gerald Klickstein | Jan 23, 2012 | music performance, performance anxiety, wellness

“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 my previous post, “The 3 Roots of Performance...
Can Focal Dystonia Be Prevented?

Can Focal Dystonia Be Prevented?

by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 25, 2011 | injury prevention, wellness

“Begin slowly and increase gradually any unaccustomed use of the hands.” –Michael Charness, MD The Musician’s Way, p. 237 Guitarists Billy McLaughlin and Liona Boyd, pianists Leon Fleischer and Gary Graffman – all are musicians whose careers were upended by the...
Taking Breaks

Taking Breaks

by Gerald Klickstein | Jul 17, 2011 | injury prevention, music practice, voice care, wellness

“Breaks are as vital to musicians as they are to athletes.” –The Musician’s Way, p. 75 If you’re like me, you typically become absorbed during practice sessions, so much so that it often doesn’t seem that breaks would be necessary. But even when we feel mentally...
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