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1,000-Hour/5,000-Hour Model For Songwriting Success

May 20, 2008 By Graham English

The concept is this: To be a good, competent songwriter, it will take 1,000 hours of practice. If you want to be a great songwriter, it will take 5,000 hours. Winners are made, not born. So forget about talent. Talent is a gift for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: deliberate practice, expertise, inspiration, motivation, peak performance, Practice, Songwriting, talent

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

Filtering Experience Through Neuro-Logical Levels

March 29, 2007 By Graham English

How to make intimate connections with yourself and others. Neuro-Logical Levels are considered to be a Meta-Program in NLP. Specifically, these neuro-logical levels are categories of experience. In integral terms, I would consider them to be a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: behavior, beliefs, capabilities, communication, Ecology, environment, experience, filters, hierarchy, holarchy, holons, HowTo, identity, influence, integral theory, Language, LifeHacks, lines, Meta-Programs, motivation, Neuro-Logical Levels, NLP, principles, types, typology, values

Hacking Your Musical Strategies Day 2: Motivation Strategies

October 7, 2006 By Graham English

Elicit your motivational strategy for dong something that's not necessarily fun, like practicing scales. Next, elicit your motivational strategy for doing something you love, like jamming with your friends. Are these strategies the same or different? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: exercises, GTD, hacks, LifeHacks, motivation, motivation strategies, MusicHacks, NLP, Practicing, strategies

Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 09-29-06

September 29, 2006 By Graham English

Topics covered: Songwriting for busy people, capturing song ideas, GTD (Getting Things Done), organization, productivity, iTunes, GarageBand, Logic Pro, inspiration, motivation, tagging, mood markings, songwriting techniques, review, Hit Song Cheat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast, Music Education Tagged With: GarageBand, GTD, hit song cheat sheet, Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast, inspiration, iTunes, Logic Pro, mood markings, motivation, organization, productivity, song ideas, Songwriting, songwriting techniques, songwriting tips, tagging, tags

The Greatest Hypnotic Influence Secret Ever Revealed!

August 21, 2006 By Graham English

What if you could install a button in your prospect that whenever you pressed it, it would trigger any behavior or emotion you want? Then you'll want to master the art of anchoring! Let's say you have a meeting with a prospect. During this meeting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: anchoring, Ari Galper, behavior, communication, emotions, HowTo, hypnosis, Hypnotic Influence, influence, Language, motivation, NLP, persuasion, prospecting, relationships, sales, states, tools, Unlock The Game

Make Money Easily Leave Your Prospect’s Hands

August 10, 2006 By Graham English

People travel through many states of mind throughout any given day. We may feel tired when we wake up, refreshed after a shower, energized after our morning coffee, and bored during a company meeting. Most people go through life letting the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: Business, communication, emotions, HowTo, hypnosis, Hypnotic Influence, influence, Language, mental states, money, motivation, NLP, NLP exercises, persuasion, relationships, states, submodalities, tools

How To Make People Do What THEY Want

August 9, 2006 By Graham English

A lot of what I'll be revealing to you is about the psychology that motivates people to do things. If you're in business, one of your primary objectives is to motivate people to see the value in your services and... ...give you their money. To … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: Business, communication, HowTo, hypnosis, Hypnotic Influence, influence, Language, Map of the World, money, motivation, NLP, persuasion, relationships, subjective experience, submodalities, tools, Unlock The Game

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