Juilliard graduate helping dedicated adult pianists who love challenging repertoire practice less while learning more.
๐น ๐ฌ your inner critic has a comment section
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โ ๐ Watch my reaction to this and similar comments. Here's the thing. You've got a voice like that too. Same voice. Same job. My answer to it is always the same and you're welcome to borrow it. Screw Perfect. Just Make Music! ๐ผ One small practice experiment Next time that voice starts up mid-practice, don't argue with it. Just say the motto. Out loud, even if you feel ridiculous. "Screw perfect. Just make music." Then play the next phrase anyway. The voice doesn't go away. You just stop handing it your approval. Apparently "horrible technique" has a waitlist now. ๐ |
Lisa Spector, Piano Ninja
Juilliard graduate helping dedicated adult pianists who love challenging repertoire practice less while learning more.
We just wrapped up our annual Beyond the Keys piano retreat and I sent every pianist home with six new cards to put on their piano rack. One idea on each. Play On! ๐นStart Where It Breaks โ๏ธ๐ฅBack Up Just Enough ๐ Name It When You Play It ๐Record Today, Listen Tomorrow ๐ฅTake a Break ๐งโ๏ธ Four days of workshops, performances and conversation. And this is what I wanted them to leave with. Not a notebook full of ideas theyโd never reread. Six decisions small enough to fit on a piano rack. None of...
Members of the Piano Ninja Tricksters Club are flying in from across the country for our annual Beyond The Keys piano retreat here in Monterey, California. A group of adult pianists, a lot of piano talk, and some unusual experiments. Let's just say this is not your typical adult piano camp. There's even a piano movie night. ๐ฟ (If we get to it. For the last two years, we've talked right through it. ๐คทโ๏ธ) But the moment I keep thinking about is Friday night. That's when they'll walk into a room...
I'm wearing a back brace while a compression fracture heals, with strict orders not to lift more than 5 pounds. And I was about to fly from California to Toronto. โ๏ธI'm a lifelong over-packer. ๐งณ ๐งณ Carry-on only was a stretch. Carry-on I wasn't allowed to lift? ๐คฆโ๏ธ The trip was for Stu McLaren's 10-year celebration of The Membership Experience. Stu is my membership mentor and I've been meeting with him and his fabulous team for 5 years on Zoom! Before I knew Stu, my first attempt at a...