• Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RSS
  • Newsletter
  • Downloads
  • About
    • Reviews
    • FAQ
    • Workshops
    • About
  • Contact
  • Shop
MusiciansWay.com
  • Home
    • Blog
    • Newsletter
    • Workshops
    • About
    • Reviews
    • Shop
    • Contact
    • Home
  • Practice
    • Downloads
    • For Instrumentalists
    • For Singers
    • Workshops
    • Practice
  • Performance
  • Wellness
  • Creativity
  • Music Careers
  • Workshops
  • Blog
Select Page
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...
Harnessing On-Stage Energy

Harnessing On-Stage Energy

by Gerald Klickstein | Jan 8, 2020 | music performance, music practice, performance anxiety

“It’s not about playing well by being comfortable and wiping out nervous energy. It’s about finding the right channel for all that energy” -Don Greene, sports psychologist The Musician’s Way, p. 184 We’ve all felt that adrenaline-fueled...
Crafting Confidence

Crafting Confidence

by Gerald Klickstein | Dec 18, 2018 | music performance, performance anxiety

“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 Musicians who grapple with performance nerves typically hear plenty of clichéd...
The 5 Main Types of Performance Errors and How to Handle Them

The 5 Main Types of Performance Errors and How to Handle Them

by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 26, 2018 | music performance, music practice

“You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 196 In Chapter 10 of The Musician’s Way, I emphasize that musicians should view errors not as shameful failures but as neutral information. Having such a healthy...
Managing Mistakes

Managing Mistakes

by Gerald Klickstein | Jun 17, 2018 | music performance, music practice, performance anxiety

“It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.” -Ornette Coleman, saxophonist & composer The Musician’s Way, p. 190 In the discovery phase of practice, all of us make errors as we try out interpretive and technical...
« Older Entries

Recent Posts

  • Building New Audiences
  • Winter 2023 Musician’s Way Newsletter
  • The Power of Mental plus Physical Practice
  • Thinking and Feeling While Performing
  • Fall 2022 Musicians Way Newsletter

Categories

Archives

Navigation

  • Home
    • Blog
    • Newsletter
    • Workshops
    • About
    • Reviews
    • Shop
    • Contact
    • Home
  • Practice
    • Downloads
    • For Instrumentalists
    • For Singers
    • Workshops
    • Practice
  • Performance
  • Wellness
  • Creativity
  • Music Careers
  • Workshops
  • Blog
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Workshops
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Verified and Secured Site Seal
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RSS
All content © 2009-2023 by Gerald Klickstein | As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.