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“I Can Do That” Syndrome

June 2, 2008 By Graham English

You're listening to a piece of music and it sounds so simple and easy that you say to yourself, "I can do that." But can you really? And if you can, how come you haven't yet? Taking a first person perspective of someone else's perspective can be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: commitment, experience, expertise, focus, goals, mind, perspective, perspectives, Psychology, specialization, wisdom, work

How To Rescue Your Time And Get Your Life Back

June 1, 2008 By Graham English

A couple weeks ago I wrote about the time required to become an expert songwriter. That advice could have been just as well for any craft, not just songwriting. And the number of hours that I referenced, 5,000, was arbitrary. There is no magic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose, Technology Tagged With: advice, applications, apps, creativity, expertise, experts, goals, GTD, keywords, measurement, metrics, Practice, productivity, research, Songwriting, tagging, tags, time tracking, time-management, War of Art

GTD: Integrating Remind, iCal, GCal, Quicksilver

April 13, 2008 By Graham English

A Unix program called Remind is one of the greatest tools for keeping your goals and projects on track. Where calendars like iCal and Google Calendar come up short, Remind fills in the gaps. For example, iCal alarms can remind you of an event … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose, Technology Tagged With: alarms, Apple, AppleScript, calendar, coding, GCal, Geek Tool, goals, Google, GTD, iCal, iPhone, LifeHacks, Mac, Quicksilver, Remind, scripting, Spanning Sync, Unix

Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 08-20-07

August 20, 2007 By Graham English

Topics covered: The pleasure of finding things out, Richard Feynman, Dr. Kurt Fischer, dynamic skill theory, developmental levels, adult learning, ear training, and much more... Download: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 08-20-07 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast, Audio, Music Education Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, abstract, adult learning, development, discovery, Ear Training, education, goals, Harvard, Kurt Fischer, learning, learning absolute pitch, motivation, peak performance, perfect pitch, Practice, relative pitch, Richard Feynman, skill theory, skills, values, wonder

Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 04-27-07

April 27, 2007 By Graham English

Topics covered: Learning absolute pitch, your motives, absolute pitch disinformation, motivation to learn absolute pitch, and more. Download: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 04-27-07 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast, Audio, Music Education Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, aural acuity, Ear Training, goals, learning, learning absolute pitch, motivation, motives, perfect pitch, Practice, relative pitch

The Path To Musical Excellence: Setting Clear Outcomes

January 9, 2007 By Graham English

Now that you have your musical strengths and weaknesses written down in a place that you will see everyday, it's time to plan what to do with these lists. Two Frames For the best results in doing any kind of goal setting or personal change … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: goals, GTD, MusicHacks, peak performance, productivity

The Path To Musical Excellence: Deliberate Practice

January 3, 2007 By Graham English

In this series, I'll do my best to help you understand what it takes to be an excellent musician and give you as many techniques as I can to take you to the top. You're about to see two sides of me. One side is called tough love. That side of me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: expertise, goals, Language, MusicHacks, peak performance, Practice

Develop A Dream List

September 18, 2006 By Graham English

Write down everything you would like to have in your life and work sometime in the future, as if your goals were guaranteed. If married, sit down with your spouse and create this list. You could pose the question, "What would we do, how would we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: dreams, goals, lists, ToDo

Discover the Power of Mental Rehearsal

August 16, 2006 By Graham English

Have you ever created the perfect melody or song in a dream? Or maybe you composed a complete symphony or an amazing solo? Imagine that you could create those "perfect dream moments" anytime you want. Imagine there is a process so powerful that you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: Albert Einstein, athletes, breathing, composing, exercises, goals, HowTo, mental rehearsal, Mozart, Nicholas Tesla, NLP, NLP techniques, personal growth, problem solving, right brain, subconscious, Swoosh, visualization, visualizing

The term “Music Hack” deserves some explanation…

August 2, 2006 By Graham English

Lately, I've been excited about a new type of musical mini-model that I call a "Music Hack." But first, I need to explain what modeling is. Long ago, during the peak of the Human Potential Movement, the mind technology "Neuro-Linguistic Programming" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, coaching, David Allen, goals, hot seats, LifeHacks, modeling, music psychology, MusicHacks, musicianship, NLP, perfect pitch, teleseminars

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