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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

Top Peak Performance Articles for 2006

December 22, 2006 By Graham English

It seems that greatness was on my mind a lot in 2006. I wondered about how to become great. I was inspired by people who already are great. And I did my best to overcome the challenges that are on the path to greatness. So here are my top peak … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: greatness, peak performance

Glenn Gould Playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations

November 28, 2006 By Graham English

This video is a magnificent example of musical peak performance. It's possible that Glenn Gould had Asperger syndrome, a disorder related to autism. He really makes Johann Sebastian Bach come alive! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Video Tagged With: autistic savants, classical music, Google, peak performance, videos

Do You Make These Mistakes When Learning New Skills?

October 9, 2006 By Graham English

Dr. Kurt Fischer (Harvard Graduate School of Education) explains in his dynamic skill theory that we all develop through stages of development while learning new skills. These stages also mimic the developmental levels we go through from infant to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: abstract, adult learning, development, education, Harvard, Kurt Fischer, learning, peak performance, skill theory, skills

Absolute Pitch Power Lesson 2 Update/Improvement

September 23, 2006 By Graham English

I've espoused the virtues of accelerated learning techniques and I'm on record as saying that every other absolute pitch ear training course out there could be drastically improved if they only "got it." And while I don't like to go "off topic" in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, absolute pitch ear training, Absolute Pitch Power, Absolute Pitch Power 2.5, accelerated learning, binaural beats, brain, brainwave entrainment, breathing, Ear Training, hypnosis, isochronic tones, meditation, mind, musicianship, peak performance, perfect pitch, relaxation, Stephen Pierce, updates

Absolute Pitch University Launched

July 25, 2006 By Graham English

Sometimes, all it takes is a little hands-on mentoring to take you over the top... APU is an Absolute Pitch Master Mind (a coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, Absolute Pitch University, coaching, Ear Training, EarTrainingHacks, learning, Master Mind, mentoring, MusicHacks, peak performance, perfect pitch

West Wing Eulogy: Bartlett For America

May 14, 2006 By Graham English

Today's a sad day for me. My favorite show of all time is ending. Trust me when I say that I'm not a TV addict. I didn't own a TV for many years. But The West Wing changed all that. Why I love The West Wing: Peak Performance. In my quest to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Opinion, Prose Tagged With: Art, challenge, humor, intelligence, peak performance, Politics, TV, values, vocabulary, worldcentric, writing

Guitarist Tricks of the Trade

March 17, 2006 By Graham English

From Tricks of the Trade: Most gigs involve playing multiple sets, e.g., you go on at 9, play til 9:45, and go back on at 10. If the audience sees you looking at your watch, though, they will assume that you are bored. So wear your watch so that the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: guitar, peak performance, tricks

How To Be An Expert

March 5, 2006 By Graham English

From: How to be an expert The only thing standing between you-as-amateur and you-as-expert is dedication. All that talk about prodigies? We could all be prodigies (or nearly so) if we just put in the time and focused. At least that's what the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, Absolute Pitch Power, brain, challenge, deliberate practice, expertise, flow, genius, MusicHacks, passion, peak performance, performance, Practice, Psychology

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