Peak Performance for Musicians
Overcome Music Performance Anxiety with Mental Game Strategies
Yesterday is history, tomorrow's a mystery, and today's a GIFT—that's why we call it the PRESENT! You, no doubt, have heard this saying. With the holiday approaching, I thought that this quote was particularly appropriate. It certainly does not have to be a holiday for this saying to have significance for performers. How many times have you caught yourself worrying about performing … [Read more...]
If you have read or heard of the 2008 New York Times bestseller, My Stroke of Insight, you know Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor’s story—a Harvard brain scientist experiencing her own stroke and then, living to tell about it. Yes, she survived, but the left side of her brain did not. That meant that all her language, scientific training, and memories of her past life were gone. After a period of … [Read more...]