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Five Auditory Illusions

February 23, 2008 By Graham English

I've talked about the Shepard Tone before but NewScientist has just posted five great auditory illusions. The virtual barber shop is fun! You'll need headphones. I remember experiencing something like this at Disney World as a kid. Phantom … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: audio illusions, Ear Training, illusions, Music Theory, MusicHacks, Shepard tone

Absolute Pitch University Begins October 15th

October 8, 2007 By Graham English

Mark your calendars. 12 weeks of intense "Music Hacking" begins on October 15th. Visit Absolute Pitch University for all the details. But you must do it fast because seats are strictly limited. Sometimes, all it takes is a little hands-on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Seminars Tagged With: Absolute Pitch University, Ear Training, modeling, music, MusicHacks, NLP, TeleClinics, teleseminars, TeleSeries

Audio Illusions: Shepard Tone

October 8, 2007 By Graham English

So far, hundreds of Diggers are getting their mind's blown over the Shepard tone audio Illusion. I have to agree. Listen to what I mean. When the video is done playing, replay it to hear the exact same audio seem to continually rise in pitch. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Video Tagged With: audio illusions, Digg, illusions, MusicHacks, Shepard tone, videos

Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies For Your iPhone

July 23, 2007 By Graham English

In an attempt to hack their creativity and artistic output, Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt created a deck of cards they called the Oblique Strategies. Whenever they came up against a creative dilemma--and especially while under a moment of pressure or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Music Education, Prose Tagged With: composing strategies, creative process, creativity, CreativityHacks, flow, GTD, hacks, inspiration, iPhone, music hacks, MusicHacks, oblique strategies, peak performance, PerformanceHacks, problem solving, productivity, SongwritingHacks, strategies

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 Music Hacks for 2006

December 20, 2006 By Graham English

I use the term "music hack" to refer to slick solutions to common musicianship problems. Some of them relate to making music and some of them relate to performing. But they all deal with how you think. So here's the top Music Hack of 2006. There … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: MusicHacks

It’s Not Just The Notes You Play That Matters…

October 25, 2006 By Graham English

...but the person who plays the music. You do a lot of work on your instrument technique, your knowledge of music theory, and your craft of music composition. Do you also have a plan to improve you, the musician? Take two musicians and give them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: energy, feelings, focus, listener response, Music Theory, MusicHacks, PerformanceHacks

Hacking Your Musical Strategies Day 5: Composing Strategies

October 10, 2006 By Graham English

Find another musician or composer -- and with their permission -- elicit the strategy they use to choose what to compose or the strategy they are using to compose a current piece of music. Use their strategy to decide what you are going to compose or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: composing, composing strategies, exercises, hacks, LifeHacks, MusicHacks, NLP, strategies

Hacking Your Musical Strategies Day 4: Comparing Strategies

October 9, 2006 By Graham English

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...]

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

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