Elicit from another musician their strategy for choosing what to practice each day. Make sure that you have a detailed sequence and make sure that it is a very different strategy from yours (if it isn't, choose someone else). Use their strategy for … [Read more...]
Hacking Your Musical Strategies Day 3: Learning Strategies
Access a learning state fully. Remember a specific time when you were a virtual learning machine. What can you tell about your learning strategy? How do you know when it is time to learn something new? What internal steps do you take to ensure that … [Read more...]
What Are Submodalities?
The Building Blocks of Experience Today we're stepping out of our boxes. We're going to experience some things you wouldn't think had anything to do with your self-concept. I'm going to make it abundantly clear just how important this information is … [Read more...]
Hacking Your Musical Strategies Day 2: Motivation Strategies
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...]
Hacking Your Musical Strategies Day 1: Decision Strategies
While practicing your instrument today, notice your decision strategy for choosing what you are going to practice. Slow the decision process way down and write down each step of your strategy. Identify the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic components … [Read more...]
How To Hack Your Self Concept With NLP
The Structure of Subjective Experience Remember in The Matrix when Neo downloads Kung Fu into his brain? Wouldn't it be great if life was really like that? What if I told you that there is a technology that allows you to "download" skills with … [Read more...]
The term “Music Hack” deserves some explanation…
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...]
Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 07-30-06
Topics covered: Absolute Pitch University, NLP, modeling, hot seats, music hacks, life hacks, much more... Download: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 07-30-06 … [Read more...]
Music Hacks Podcast 07-30-06
Topics covered: Absolute Pitch University, NLP, modeling, hot seats, music hacks, life hacks, much more. Download: Music Hacks Podcast 07-30-06 … [Read more...]
Turbocharge Your Practicing
A practice schedule is an important part of your musical development. My sax teacher, Nathan Davis, used to tell me, "Go without practicing one day, and you know. Go without practicing two days, your friends will know. Go without three days, and … [Read more...]