Podcasts about bulletproof musician

Performance psychologist Noa Kageyama (NY License #19280) is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the Cleveland Institute of Music. A conservatory-trained violinist with degrees from Oberlin and Juilliard before completing a Ph.D. in counseling psychology at Indiana University, Noa now specializes in working with performing artists, teaching them how to utilize sport psychology principles and more consistently perform up to their full abilities under pressure.He has conducted workshops for institutions ranging from Northwestern University, New England Conservatory, Peabody, Eastman, Curtis, McGill University, and the U.S. Armed Forces School of Music, to programs such as the Starling-Delay Symposium, The Perlman Music Program, and the National Orchestral Institute, and for organizations like the Music Teachers' National Association, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Sphinx Organization, the Performing Arts Medicine Association, and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.Noa's work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, CNN, Slate, TED-Ed, Musical America, Strings Magazine, Strad, and Lifehacker. He has taught over 8000 musicians, educators, and learners through his online courses, and authors The Bulletproof Musician - a performance psychology blog and podcast which reaches over 45,000 subscribers every week.www.bulletproofmusician.com

The wonderful Dr Molly Gebrian is sticking around for part two of her chat with Alexa on the science of learning and practising, this week telling us all about practice habits, the memory, mental practice and much more. She highlights the importance of mental practice, shares resources, and talks about her upcoming book and career transition to focus on research translation for musicians. Tune in for valuable insights on optimising practice habits. KEY TAKEAWAYS Students can improve practice by focusing on quality over quantity. Molly  advises against ineffective methods like the "treasure hunt" and "start over and try again" approaches, which reinforce mistakes. Instead, students should use mental practice, understand brain processes, and take breaks. Teachers should model effective techniques and help students set small, achievable goals.  Incorporating mental practice with physical practice yields better results than either alone. Mental practice involves vividly imagining a task, enhancing understanding and skill execution. It helps develop detailed mental representations, improving brain efficiency and physical performance. Effective mental practice should focus on aspects like rhythm, pitch, and sensations, engaging the same brain areas as physical practice.  Teachers can enhance learning for musicians by accommodating individual differences in learning styles and practice habits. Molly advises modelling effective techniques and explaining brain processes to avoid ineffective methods. Teachers should help students set specific, achievable goals, break tasks into manageable parts, and incorporate mental practice.  Flexibility and personalised feedback are crucial to support students' unique needs and foster effective practice habits. BEST MOMENTS  "Telling students to practise more is not helpful because it doesn't tell you what to do." "Your brain doesn't know right from wrong. It doesn't know if you did it well or you didn't do well. It just knows which pathways are being used." "Taking breaks will actually make me more efficient at something"   EPISODE RESOURCES Guest Website: www.mollygebrian.com Social Media: Dr. Molly Gebrian - YouTube Relevant Links & Mentions:  (Podcast) Singing Teachers Talk: Ep. 164 Music and the Brain: The Science of Learning & Practice with Dr Molly Gebrian Part One (Book) Teaching Singing to Children and Young Adults by Dr Jenevora Williams (Book) Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician's Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing by Dr Molly Gebrian  Noa Kageyama's Bulletproof Musician: https://bulletproofmusician.com/ Sarah Niblack's Spark Practice: https://www.sparkpractice.com/ (Book) Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks  BAST Book A Call ABOUT THE GUEST  Dr. Molly Gebrian is a professional violist and scholar with a background in cognitive neuroscience. Her area of expertise is applying the research on learning and memory to practicing and performing music. She also investigates the intersections between music and language. As a performer, she prioritizes the works of living composers and those who have traditionally been excluded from the culture of classical music. She holds degrees in both music and neuroscience from Oberlin College and Conservatory, New England Conservatory of Music, and Rice University. Previously, she was the viola professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the University of Arizona. After a decade of teaching viola at the collegiate level, she will join the faculty at New England Conservatory of Music in Fall 2024 to teach courses on the science of practicing. ABOUT THE PODCAST BAST Training is here to help singers gain the knowledge, skills and understanding required to be a great singing teacher. We can help you whether you are getting started or just have some knowledge gaps to fill through our courses and educational events. basttraining.com Updates from BAST Training

Noa Kageyama's (MM, PhD) blog Bulletproof Musician has been essential reading for a lot of us since it began. It was such a treat to sit down and chat with Noa about how he got started, studying with Shinichi Suzuki, challenging the Gladwellification of performance psychology data, and so much more. Find his blog here: https://bulletproofmusician.com/start-here/ You can enroll in courses (live cohorts and asynchronous learning) here: https://bulletproofmusician.com/courses/

It's all in your mind. No, I don't mean you're going crazy.  I'm sure you've come across the well-worn statement that 90% of performance, whether in sports or music or any similar pursuit, is mental. The idea, of course, is that your mental preparation, your mindset and your focus all are major factors in the success of your performance. Even if the actual percentage may be hard to pin down, the idea is undoubtedly true. Our minds are powerful contributors to our success or our failure. Just look at the number of books and blogs devoted to this concept, from the iconic book The Inner Game of Tennis to Noa Kageyama's insightful blog The Bulletproof Musician. (By the way, I've linked to both of those resources in the show notes for you.) Today, however, I don't want to dive into performance psychology. I want to deal with something much more practical, something you probably have heard about and wondered how to implement: mental practice. What is mental practice? Basically, it's practice you do away from the harp. It's very practical if you are on vacation or even just away for a weekend and you don't want to lose ground while you're away. It's terrific for testing your memorization of a piece or for focusing your mind before a performance. It's also great for helping you learn your music, without the distraction of actually playing. Maybe that's a new concept to you, thinking of your playing as a distraction from your music-making, but I invite you to consider it. How much more could you learn about what is on the page, about the meaning of the notes or the expression of a piece, if you didn't have to worry about which finger goes where?  Maybe you've heard about mental practice but have no idea how to get started. I hope to change that for you today. If you've been trying mental practice but you're not sure you're doing it right or getting the most from your practice away from the harp, you're going to discover some very practical ways to do this kind of work. And I can promise you, you're going to find out just how big an impact mental practice can have on your speed of learning and on your retention. That's two huge wins right there. Links to things I think you might be interested in that were mentioned in the podcast episode:  Register here to work with a Harp Mastery® Certified Coach this session. The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey The Bulletproof Musician blog Related resource Three Times When Not Practicing is NOT an Option blog post Harpmastery.com Get involved in the show! Send your questions and suggestions for future podcast episodes to me at podcast@harpmastery.com LINKS NOT WORKING FOR YOU? FInd all the show resources here: https://www.harpmastery.com/blog/Episode-119  

Thanks for reading 320: Performance Anxiety – Helping Students Cope with the Bulletproof Musician (Replay) from TopMusic.co. Most piano teachers encourage their students to perform as regularly as possible, but how many of us give our students strategies for coping with performance anxiety? In this replay episode with Dr Noa Kageyama aka the Bulletproof Musician, find out why teaching performing skills should be a part of your piano teaching. We've all seen ... 320: Performance Anxiety – Helping Students Cope with the Bulletproof Musician (Replay) The post 320: Performance Anxiety – Helping Students Cope with the Bulletproof Musician (Replay) appeared first on TopMusic.co - Your Integrated Music Teaching Hub.

If you are/were a music student or have taken an audition in the past 12 years, you know our guest, Noa Kageyama! Through his blog “The Bulletproof Musician” and more recently his podcast of the same name, Noa has made the field of performance psychology digestible and accessible for musicians. He tells us about his musical upbringing, what led him away from being a performer and how his removal from the performing world has given him a unique perspective. Noa shares the most surprising developments in the field of performance psychology and how we can all incorporate these concepts to make ourselves feel more confident in our musical skin! **If you enjoyed this episode, please consider rating and writing a quick review for our podcast! 20% off at arialights.com, plus FREE shipping! Use the code ‘VIOLACENTRIC'. Good through December 15, 202210% discount on The ArcRest! Just mention the code “VIOLACENTRIC” at checkout!www.thearcrest.comWe have a Patreon site! Support us and get perks and bonus content!www.patreon.com/violacentricMentioned in this episode:Noa's website: https://bulletproofmusician.com/The Bulletproof Musician blogOnline coursesOne-on-one coaching************************Our website: www.violacentric.com, for merch, joining our email list, and contacting us with stories and feedback!Episode edited by: Liz O'Hara Stahr and Alex KruchoskiViolaCentric Theme by: JP Wogaman, www.wogamusic.comOur Sponsors:Aria Lights: www.arialights.comThe Arc Rest: www.thearcrest.comPotter Violins: www.potterviolins.comAria Lights is offering you our listeners, an exclusive deal that cannot be beat. Use code VIOLACENTRIC at arialights.com to get 20% off and free shipping on anything they sell through December 15. Treat yourself or your favorite musician to the best professional stand on the market!arialights.comSupport the show

David Juncos is a clinical psychologist, author and performance coach who specialises in music performance anxiety. His treatment approach includes the use of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and he has presented his research on this subject on an international scale. He is a faculty member at the Voice Study Centre and his book, Act for Musicians: A Guide for Using Acceptance and Commitment Training to Enhance Performance, Overcome Performance Anxiety and Improve Well-being, is available for purchase now. KEY TAKEAWAYS David is a musician at heart and in his work as a psychologist naturally gravitated towards musicians – this led to his interest in the area of music performance anxiety (MPA). When you have social anxiety, you have a fear of doing things in front of others. When you combine that fear with other symptoms that are highly distressing, you have a disorder. The disorder is not just the presence of symptoms but the presence of symptoms plus distress over having symptoms. People with performance anxiety experience many different symptoms including: physiological arousal symptoms such as tachycardia and shortness of breath; cognitive symptoms, so what your mind is doing when anxious; and behavioural symptoms. Behavioural symptoms cover avoidant or anxious behaviours such as not making eye contact during a performance or positioning yourself further away from the audience. ACT is part of a wave of newer behavioural psychotherapies that have become popular in the last 20 or 30 years. ACT encourages people to learn to coexist with anxious thoughts rather than try to eliminate them. The aim is to create a neutral relationship with anxiety so that you're not in an adversarial tug-of-war role with yourself and your anxiety.  BEST MOMENTS  ‘There was a lack of good methodological rigour in how these psychotherapies were being studied in the lab' ‘What your mind is doing when anxious is worrying about making a mistake and worrying about the implications and making it' ‘Being female unfortunately makes you more likely to have MPA'   EPISODE RESOURCES   BAST Training   Guest Website: actformusicians.com hptherapy.com http://www.hptherapy.com/OurPsychotherapists.en.html#DavidJ Social Media: Research Gate: researchgate.net/profile/David-Juncos-2 Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-juncos-psy-d-b688a53b/ Relevant Links & Mentions: Voice Study Centre: voicestudycentre.com Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep 76. Mental Health Training for Performing Arts Workers with Raffaella Covino: https://linktr.ee/basttraining?utm_source Applause for Thought: applauseforthought.com The work of Diana Kenny The Psychology of Music Performance Anxiety by Diana Kenny Mental Health First Aid England: https://mhfaengland.org/ Voice Geek Facebook Forum Noa Kageyama & The Bulletproof Musician: https://bulletproofmusician.com/ org   ABOUT THE GUEST   David G. Juncos, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist, author and performance coach based in Philadelphia, PA. He earned his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from La Salle University in 2015. He has over 17 years' experience in treating a variety of clinical problems, including anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders. He specialises in the treatment of music performance anxiety (MPA) and has presented internationally on his research in using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to treat MPA and enhance music performance. He is on faculty with the Voice Study Centre, a UK-based provider of postgraduate study in Voice Pedagogy and Performance Coaching for Performing Artists. There he provides lectures and tutorials on MPA, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, achieving peak performance, and statistics/research design, and he trains music teachers in ACT coaching to help them manage students' MPA and other performance-related problems. He recently co-authored his first book, entitled ACT for Musicians: A Guide for Using Acceptance and Commitment Training to Enhance Performance, Overcome Performance Anxiety, and Improve Well-Being. Lastly, he is an amateur songwriter and has performed both as a solo artist and in bands throughout the Philadelphia area as a vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist. NOW AVAILABLE: To learn more about David's book ACT for Musicians,  an evidence-based guide for using Acceptance & Commitment Training to enhance performance skills, overcome performance anxiety, and improve overall well-being, go here: https://www.universal-publishers.com/book.php?method=ISBN&book=1627343814 See David's latest publication here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.830230/full   ABOUT THE PODCAST   BAST Training is here to help singers gain the knowledge, skills and understanding required to be a great singing teacher. We can help you whether you are getting started or just have some knowledge gaps to fill through our courses and educational events. Website: basttraining.com Get updates to your inbox: Click here for updates from BAST Training Link to presenter's bios: basttraining.com/singing-teachers-talk-podcast-bios  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This season we are kicking off our first interview episode with Noa Kageyama! Noa shared with us his journey into performance psychology for musicians, how performance psychology can benefit musicians, and what it looks like to work with him.  Noa Kageyama bio: Performance psychologist Noa Kageyama is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and is a performance coach for the New World Symphony in Miami, FL. A conservatory-trained violinist with degrees from Oberlin and Juilliard before pursuing a Ph.D. in psychology at Indiana University, Noa now specializes in working with performing artists, teaching them how to utilize sport psychology principles and more consistently perform up to their full abilities under pressure. He has conducted workshops at institutions ranging from Northwestern University, New England Conservatory, Peabody, Eastman, Curtis, McGill University, and the U.S. Armed Forces School of Music, to programs such as the Starling-Delay Symposium, The Perlman Music Program, and the National Orchestral Institute, and for organizations like the Music Teachers' National Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.  Noa's work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Musical America, Strings Magazine, Strad, and Lifehacker. He maintains a private coaching practice and online mental skills courses, and authors a performance psychology blog and podcast called The Bulletproof Musician. The Bulletproof Musician  Show Notes: Oberlin Conservatory of Music Juilliard  New World Symphony  Don Greene Deliberate Practice Model Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown  The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey  Performance Success by Don Greene 10 Minute Toughness by Jason Selk 

The Cello Sherpa Podcast Host, Joel Dallow, interviews Noa Kageyama, who is a Performance Psychologist on faculty at The Juilliard School and the New World Symphony. They talk about his journey from a violinist to becoming one of the leading experts in the field of performance psychology. Noa also shares about the work he does with musicians and educators to help manage performance anxiety through extensive training and exercises focused on how to help you perform at your best under pressure.  For more information on Noa Kageyama and the groundbreaking work that he does, visit https://bulletproofmusician.comHere is a link to The Bulletproof Musician Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bulletproof-musician/id1402378177Here is the link to the blog Noa spoke about on the podcast: https://bulletproofmusician.com/how-to-make-performance-anxiety-an-asset-instead-of-a-liability/If you are looking for in person/virtual cello lessons, or orchestral repertoire audition coachings, check out www.theCelloSherpa.comFollow us on twitter and instagram @theCello Sherpa

Synopsis: Musicians are constantly told to go practice. But what does that really mean? We're not always shown how to practice. There are methods and techniques for practicing that will help you achieve your goals. Links: Transcript (PDF) Tonal Diversions Website podcast@tonaldiversions.com “I Can't Play That Run Yet” by Lori Archer Sutherland (PDF download) Bulletproof Musician by Noa Kageyama The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music From the Heart by Madeline Bruser (Amazon Affiliate) Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most by Hendrie Weisinger (Amazon Affiliate) Practicing Sucks, But It Doesn't Have To! Surviving Music Lessons by Phyllis Sdoia-Satz and Barry Satz (Amazon Affiliate)

A conversation with musicians' performance psychologist Noa Kageyama. Noa is a founder of Bulletproof musician platform where you can find a lot of interesting material about practice hacks and mental skills to help you reach your highest level of performance. He is currently working at the Julliard School in New York and I am so happy that I had a chance to talk with Noa and to find out how to improve my piano practice and to literally save time and become a better performer. Join us and find out about certain skills to become a more effective learner. Noa - Bulletproof musician Be part of openARTed - patreon.com/monikamasanauskaiteEpisode music - M. Ravel - "Ondine" performed by M.MašanauskaitėCheck more info about the host Monika Mašanauskaitėwww.monikapianiste.com/https://www.instagram.com/masanauskaitemonika/https://www.facebook.com/MonikaPianiste/Listen on YoutubeIf you have any comments or enquiries, drop me a line at openartedpodcast@gmail.com or monikapianiste@gmail.com  

Joe chats with performance psychologist Noa Kageyama about his musical journey starting with training with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki as a young musician to learning how to practice as a teenager and getting his undergraduate degree from Juilliard. He shares what studying with an olympic sports psychologist taught him about navigating performance anxiety and the insight that prompted him to learn the secrets of peak performance while getting his Doctorate in Psychology. Ultimately, whether standing on a stage at Lincoln Center, or in a classroom in front of the next generation of world class musicians, Noa shares insights about effective practice, the building blocks of confidence and so much more to inspire us on our journey as lifelong learners. Who is Noa? Performance psychologist Noa Kageyama is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and is a performance coach for the New World Symphony in Miami, FL. A conservatory-trained violinist with degrees from Oberlin and Juilliard before pursuing a Ph.D. in psychology at Indiana University, Noa now specializes in working with performing artists, teaching them how to utilize sport psychology principles and more consistently perform up to their full abilities under pressure. He has conducted workshops at institutions ranging from Northwestern University, New England Conservatory, Peabody, Eastman, Curtis, McGill University, and the U.S. Armed Forces School of Music, to programs such as the Starling-Delay Symposium, The Perlman Music Program, and the National Orchestral Institute, and for organizations like the Music Teachers' National Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Noa's work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, Musical America, Strings Magazine, Strad, and Lifehacker. He maintains a private coaching practice and online mental skills courses, and authors a performance psychology blog and podcast called The Bulletproof Musician. website: bulletproofmusician.com facebook: facebook.com/bulletproofmusician instagram: @bulletproofmusician Upcoming projects: I've begun offering live classes for music professionals and educators as well as for amateurs and lifelong learners. More info at: bulletproofmusician.com/courses Noa's (current) favorite quote: E.E. Cummings — 'It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.' Notes: Anders Ericsson on Larry King: on the science of expertise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gn3f8sEb8Y Dr. Suzuki https://suzukiassociation.org/about/suzuki-method/shinichi-suzuki/ Julliard https://www.juilliard.edu/ Sports Psychology https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-sports-psychology-2794906 Daily Writing Practice (don't break the chain/atomic habits) https://jamesclear.com/stop-procrastinating-seinfeld-strategy Sports Psychology for Dummies https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8318638-sports-psychology-for-dummies Grit-Angela Duckworth https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance?language=en

Our sponsor: Houghton Hornswww.houghtonhorns.comUse code "REX" for $19 entry to Rex Richardson's "Inside the Practice Room"!Hitz Academy - Inside the Practice Room with Rex RichardsonAndrew Hitz has appeared as a soloist, clinician and speaker in over 40 states and 30 countries including Japan, Brazil, Russia and Singapore. He is probably best known for the 14 years he spent touring the world as the tuba player and co-owner of Boston Brass. Andrew has also performed with the National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Utah Symphony, Kennedy Center Honors Orchestra, U.S. Army Field Band, U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, Imani Winds, T’Ang Quartet, Dallas Brass, Alarm Will Sound, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Lin Manuel Miranda, Renée Fleming, Trey Anastasio, Steve Gadd, Medeski, Martin & Wood and as a soloist with the U.S. Army Blues and the Marine Band of Mexico.As an Educational Ambassador for Jupiter Band Instruments, Andrew appears all over the world as both a teacher and performer. He has presented at over 20 state music educator conferences and taught master classes at some of the finest music schools in the world including Juilliard, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore. Andrew has also spoken about the music business and entrepreneurship at many colleges and universities including Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon and the University of South Carolina, where he appeared as a thought leader specializing in marketing and social media at David Cutler's The Savvy Musician In Action Retreat.Andrew hosts two podcasts through his latest venture, Pedal Note Media, a digital media company founded with former Boston Brass colleague Lance LaDuke. Pedal Note Media provides products and programs to educate, entertain and inspire music teachers, players and fans. "The Brass Junkies" is a podcast interviewing the best brass players in the world on everything from the serious to the ridiculous, just like the music business. Previous guests have included Joe Alessi, Carol Jantsch and Marty Hackleman. The other is "The Entrepreneurial Musician" which features interviews with some of the most successful people in the music business. Previous guests on TEM have included David Cutler of The Savvy Musician, Ranaan Meyer of Time for Three and Noa Kageyama of The Bulletproof Musician.Andrew is also the author of "A Band Director's Guide To Everything Tuba: A Collection of Interviews with the Experts" which features interviews with Sam Pilafian, Pat Sheridan, Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser and others. The second volume, "A Band Director's Guide to Everything Trombone: A Collection of Interviews with the Experts", features interviews with Joe Alessi, Harry Watters, Ralph Sauer and others and is available now.Andrew is proud to serve on the Board of Directors for the Mockingbird Foundation, a non-profit organization which has awarded over $1.8 million in grants to help bring music education to underserved populations.Andrew is a graduate of Northwestern University. He studied with Rex Martin and was the Graduate Teaching Assistant for Sam Pilafian at Arizona State University.Andrew lives in the Washington, DC area with his son Nicholas, his dog Izabella, and his wife Tiffany, who he thinks is the best band director in the country. He is an avid sports fan, loves history, and has seen the band Phish in concert 20Support the show (https://thatsnotspit.com/support/)

Today’s guest, Noa Kageyama, got an early start as a violinist studying with none other than THE Dr. Suzuki - founder of the Suzuki method. Everything was on track for his performance career when he took a class at Juilliard that exposed him to sports performance psychology and the trajectory of his career shifted. Today Noa’s sharing the startup story of his blog, The Bulletproof Musician. He talks about how he thought he had run out of content ideas after the first month of writing, but has managed to keep finding interesting things to share more than 10 years later. Today the blog has expanded into a variety of work and now serves as his primary source of income. A full transcript and resources from this episode can be found at MusicStudioStartup.com/episode078.

Subscribe to the podcast here! Noa Kageyama, Bulletproof MusicianNoa teaches at the Juilliard SchoolThe Suzuki MethodNoa got a double degree at OberlinDon Greene, Ph.d, Performance Mastery TrainerSeymour Bernstein, pianist and pedagogueEthan Hawke and his film about Seymour BernsteinThis is Your Brain on Jazz: Researchers Use MRI to Study Spontaneity, CreativitySeth GodinAlexander TechniqueHidden Brain: The Edge EffectIvan Galamian, legendary violin teacher of Itzhak Perlman among many othersLouis Persinger, legendary violin teacher of Yehudi Menuhin, among many others

Jason Haaheim’s path to his current position as principal timpanist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra is unconventional and inspiring.  He didn’t go to music school, instead of getting a PhD and working for 10 years as an engineer and researcher for a Chicago-based nanotechnology startup.   Through the principles of deliberate practice, Jason set out on a long journey of continual improvement in his playing, ultimately winning an audition for his current position.   We dig into a ton of topics, like our shared time spent freelancing in Chicago, discovering deliberate practice, the groundbreaking work of Anders Ericsson and his impact on Jason, realities of life in the MET Orchestra, the two fascinating podcasts he did on The Bulletproof Musician, and much more.   Enjoy, and be sure to check out Jason’s website for more great content on deliberate practice and information about his next upcoming Deliberate Practice Bootcamp Online!   Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle!

Subscribe to the podcast here! Blair McMillenBlair's YouTube channel2:12 - Blair talks about how he got started, going to Interlochen, and then Oberlin.4:59 - Blair's struggles with a "debilitating fear of performance" and how he learned to manage this anxiety and stage fright. How beta blockers helped him deal with his "preoccupation with playing perfectly."Noa Kageyama, The Bulletproof Musician13:08 - How Blair helps his own students deal with performance anxiety and stage fright.14:36 - How talking about "uncomfortable things and awkward truths" was "taboo" when Blair was in school. The "hero worship" of teachers in music school who seemed to have "perfect lives." "Students want to know their teachers aren't perfect human beings."16:30 - How a broad liberal arts education helped Blair discover his interest in music of the 1950's, 60's and 70's and opened the door to contemporary music for him.Tim Weiss, Oberlin College and Conservatory21:08 - Blair talks about his years at The Juilliard School, going from a broad range school to a conservatory's narrower focus.23:44 - Blair and I talk about life after graduating from Juilliard.26:05 - How the advent of the Internet changed the perception of entrepreneurship and self-promotion in classical music. The need to change the classical music paradigm.29:08 - How the "old guard" mentality about achieving a career in classical music gives very little agency to the performer.31:20 - How COVID has affected performers and how the pandemic may push us to be more creative and resilient.32:42 - Blair's love of learning music that has little or no "performance history" and how this liberated his interest in contemporary music.34:22 - How music students today are interested in expanding past the idea of classical music as Eurocentric. "A life in music will not be a recital-oriented, soloist-oriented life."37:07 - How the attitudes towards contemporary music and teaching have changed.38:02 - The pandemic and the importance of "trying things you're not good at." "It's okay to have doubts and it's okay to try other things for a while....It's okay to be vulnerable."42:34 - "I so wish that classical music could be more about the process than the product."45:49 - Why being a part-time, semi-professional musician can be a healthy option. "It's okay to be part-time, it's okay to let it go for a while." "Try not to base your own self-worth on what other people think about you."47:50 - Why open conversation about the realities of a musician's life is important. "It's okay to not have a clear vision of what your life is going to look like as a musician." "Doubt about the future, for better or worse, is part of the 'crazy life' of a musician."

C-Suite Network Chairman Jeffrey interviewed two first-class experts, Dr. Michael Gervais, High-Performance Psychologist, and Co-Founder of Compete to Create, and Dr. Noa Kageyama, Performance Psychologist, Bulletproof Musician, and Faculty at The Juilliard School for a recent C-Suite Network Digital Discussion. They shared specific strategies and mindsets that we can all use -- on the playing field, in the orchestra pit, and in the c-suite boardroom -- to persevere through adversity and achieve peak status. Theresa Rose is a badass businesswoman and an energizing, inspiring force of nature who is passionate about helping others shine their brilliance. Theresa is a thought leader to the C-Suite, award-winning author of five books including Mindful Performance: How to Powerfully Impact Profitability, Productivity, and Purpose, energizing speaker and facilitator, content crystallization coach, practical mindfulness expert, hilarious standup comedian, and all-around great gal. She won Most Enthusiastic in 2nd grade and Most Valuable Cheerleader in Junior High, so you know she comes by her contagious energy honestly. Visit her at TheresaRose.com or @TheresaRosePresents for more mojo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks for reading TC187: Noa Kageyama and Rob Knopper on Maximizing Results with Online Lessons from Top Music Co. Are you a piano teacher and tech newbie trying to figure out how to maximize your results with online lessons? In this episode, I’m sharing audio from a webinar I conducted with Dr Noa Kageyama A.K.A. The Bulletproof Musician and Rob Knopper from the MET Opera Orchestra.  You’ll get heaps of ideas to help you […] The post TC187: Noa Kageyama and Rob Knopper on Maximizing Results with Online Lessons appeared first on Top Music Co - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.

Today we have the distinct pleasure of talking with Noa Kageyama, whose website and podcast The Bulletproof Musician is known as the leading source for the most up-to-date research-based insights and strategies for practice and performance in music. He tackles topics like deliberate practice, accelerated learning, stage fright, and recovering from mistakes, and does so not only as a musician himself but as an expert in the fields of music and sports psychology.   Noa started in music as a toddler and went on to study at Julliard - but as you’ll learn in this conversation, that seemingly straight-line path to professional musician success suddenly paused at that point and took a fascinating new direction which led to Noa’s success today as a respected expert in the psychology of performance in music.   In this conversation we talk about:   • The connection between “practice mode” and “performance mode”. • What you should be thinking about during a performance. • The third area alongside practice and performing where Noa gained new insights that transformed his enjoyment of his musical life.   The team here at Musical U, we are all massive fans of The Bulletproof Musician and we’re often resharing Noa’s articles and episodes, so we’ve been really looking forward to having him join us here on the podcast and it lived up to all expectations.   There are a ton of potential mindset breakthroughs waiting for you in this episode - enjoy! And don’t forget we love to hear from you at musicalitypodcast.com/hello any time you particularly enjoy an episode or have thoughts to share. So do let me know what you thought of this one, at muscialitypodcast.com/hello   Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS   Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 132   Links and Resources • The Bulletproof Musician • TED Talk: How I climbed a 3,000-foot vertical cliff - without ropes, by Alex Honnold • TED Talk: The transformative power of classical music, with Benjamin Zander • Full interview with Shawn Johnson on Freakonomics • This Is Your Brain on Music, by Daniel Levitin • Interview with Mark Kosower, principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra • ”Beyond Practicing” course   Enjoying the show? Please consider rating and reviewing it! Click here to rate and review

On this week's episode Christine and Abby answer a question about creating community and announce our book club book for the fall.  Get your copy at your local library or here: How to Talk So Kids Can Learn . If you want to send us your comments about the book you can email us at BeyondtheMusicLesson@gmail.com.  Show Notes Kela's Website | Facebook | Instagram and Twitter  Buffalo Philharmonic website Buffalo Suzuki Strings website Bulletproof Musician article on practice  If you are enjoying the show, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts. This helps our show reach more people! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram

In this BONUS TRACK interview with performance psychologist, Noa Kageyama, listen to Noa “coach” me in my post-interview performance evaluation! In this super meta moment, we have a 'behind the scenes' chat and engage in CANDID conversation about our interview - unedited! Hear what happens when we forget about the mic and just talk. Learn more about the stuff we talk about! Seth Godin: https://seths.blog Dax Shepard: https://armchairexpertpod.com Noa's interview with David Kim, concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra: https://bulletproofmusician.com/david-kim-on-letting-go-and-being-yourself/ The Simpsons: http://www.simpsonsworld.com Ira Glass: https://transom.org/2004/ira-glass/ Itzhak Perlman, violinist: http://www.itzhakperlman.com Pinchas Zukerman, violinist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinchas_Zukerman Brad Stevens, professional basketball coach: https://youtu.be/nIbL3N8OU-E

In my interview with performance psychologist, Noa Kageyama, we learn what he meant at age 2 when he said "oa wike mugas"; what it was like to studying with Mr. Suzuki himself in Japan as a little kid, how inconsistency in his performances lead to his study of “performance psychology” at Juilliard; how performers can believe that performing poorly means we ‘suck’ as people; what he learned from daydreaming about winning the Lotto; the difference between the ‘critic’ versus the ‘coach’ his surprising reasons for starting his blog; why he’d tell his younger self to play more soccer; and how he answers the question “is it too late?” Learn more about the stuff we talk about! Noa's awesome blog: https://bulletproofmusician.com Noa teaches at the Juilliard School: https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/kageyama-noa The Suzuki Method: https://suzukiassociation.org/about/suzuki-method/ Noa got a double degree at Oberlin: https://www.oberlin.edu Don Greene, Ph.d, Performance Mastery Trainer : http://dongreene.com/live/ Seymour Bernstein, pianist and pedagogue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhtIcP6AdHo Ethan Hawke and his film about Seymour Bernstein: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/12/ethan-hawke-seymour-bernstein-documentary-interview This is Your Brain on Jazz: Researchers Use MRI to Study Spontaneity, Creativity: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/this_is_your_brain_on_jazz_researchers_use_mri_to_study_spontaneity_creativity Seth Godin: https://seths.blog Alexander Technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Technique Hidden Brain: The Edge Effect, https://www.npr.org/2018/07/02/625426015/the-edge-effect Ivan Galamian, legendary violin teacher of Itzhak Perlman among many others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Galamian Louis Persinger, legendary violin teacher of Yehudi Menuhin, among many others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Persinger

Noa Kageyama is an Ohio State fan. Noa talks to Kai about growing up in Ohio and starting the violin at an early age, and how he fell into the world of performance psychology. He also shares the story of how he started his performance psychology blog "The Bulletproof Musician," trends and characteristics he sees in musicians and athletes today, and the role technology has had in his development as a psychologist and a citizen.  

TEM118: Rob Knopper of the Metropolitan Opera and Auditionhacker on the many remaining blue oceans in the music business, time management and how Auditionhacker developed from a personal method to a product Rob Knopper is a percussionist with the Metropolitan Opera and is the founder of Auditionhacker. ***** Want to make more money in the music business? Contact TEM Coaching for your free consultation today to see if we are a good fit. Find out more at: http://www.andrewhitz.com/coaching ***** What You'll Learn in TEM118: How observing fans at Yes and King Crimson concerts informs how he interacts with the customers on his website Why he ignored everything else and focused solely on audition prep before winning the job with the Met How rewarding it was after winning his gig to give himself permission to pursue the other passions in his life that he had been putting off How getting involved with the Met Orchestra Musician's website and social media channels showed him it really wasn't that hard A recording project he completed that was a textbook example of finding a blue ocean, harnessing passion and the principle of scarcity The incredibly honest writings he did about his successes and failures with auditions that really resonated with his customer base Why it is so important to identify exactly who you are writing or speaking to when producing content (and why it is awfully easy when that person is you) The incredible number of blue oceans there still are in music since we have far fewer specialists than a profession like the medical one How Auditionhacker went from a personal method to a product as the result of a demonstrated need by potential customers How he came to partner with Noa Kageyama of The Bulletproof Musician on an online course How Rob is able to manage his time efficiently and keep his playing at a world class level while maintaining so many entrepreneurial pursuits Links: Rob's website Auditionhacker TEM101: Noa Kageyama of The Bulletproof Musician The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss Teachable ConvertKit Evernote Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at: http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes Don't miss the debut of the TEM Newsletter! Sign up to receive a free copy of 7 Lessons Learned from the First 100 Episodes of TEM. 1. Help me get to my goal of $50 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast. 2. Help me get to my goal of 75 ratings at iTunes by leaving a rating and review. Follow TEM on Instagram and Twitter and Facebook And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM. Produced by Andrew Hitz for Pedal Note Media

In this episode, we get the chance to talk with Noa Kageyama, a performance psychologist at the Juilliard School in New York. He is a former violinist turned psychologist who also writes one of music educations top blogs, The Bulletproof Musician. Enjoy this fascinating talk on practice and performance!

TEM107: Seth Hanes on how to get guest appearances on podcasts and blogs, getting a self-published book to number one on three different Amazon lists and why strategy should always dictate tactics (and not the other way around) Seth Hanes returns to TEM to tell us all about how he got his book, Break Into the Scene, to #1 on three different Amazon lists. What You'll Learn: The importance of having specific goals when marketing and of having a feedback loop to verify whether what you were doing was productive Why strategy should always dictate tactics and not the other way around Why the first step should always be identifying a specific problem your product or service will solve for people How Seth built an email list (including the hard part - getting the first 100 subscribers!) and how he used it to help launch the book The importance of validating an idea or product early in the process to make sure anyone will buy it How he was able to get booked as a guest on 10 podcasts and write 10 guest blog posts in conjunction with the book launch Gary Vaynerchuk's advice on how to launch a book (which is really easy for anyone to do for no money at all and applies to anything, not just a book) Why he writes in his own voice in spite of the occasional critic Why the key to marketing yourself as a musician is pushing past the discomfort Links: "Break Into the Scene" Seth's blog post on launching his book Seth's email musiciansguidetohustling.com Aaron Campbell's Young Musician's Guide Podcast TEM 41: Don't Start with Logistics (TEM Short) TEM 101: Noa Kageyama of The Bulletproof Musician on the Rule of Thirds, Building a Huge Email List and What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Performance Psychology Jason Heath's Contrabass Conversations Rob Knopper's auditionhacker Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at: http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes Don't miss the debut of the TEM Newsletter! Sign up to receive a free copy of 7 Lessons I Learned from the First 100 Episodes of TEM. 1. Help me get to my goal of $50 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast. 2. Help me get to my goal of 50 ratings at iTunes (I'm really close!) by leaving a rating and review. Follow TEM on Instagram and Twitter and Facebook And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM. Produced by Joey Santillo for Pedal Note Media

This TEM Short is in response to my conversation with The Bulletproof Musician's Noa Kageyama in TEM 101 where he spoke about the power of embracing the process. "(Music) was a craft that I needed to work on every day to get better at and even now in other things I do, I'm always really kind of geeked out most about the process of getting better at something, sometimes even more than the activity or the craft itself. I think engaging in this continual improvement process is what really intrigues me." —Noa Kageyama of The Bulletproof Musician Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at: http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes 1. Help me get to my goal of $50 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast. 2. Help me get to my goal of 50 ratings at iTunes by leaving a rating and review. And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM. Produced by Joey Santillo

TEM 101: Noa Kageyama of the Bulletproof Musician on the Rule of Thirds, Building a Huge Email List and What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Performance Psychology Noa Kageyama of The Juilliard School and The Bulletproof Musician talks about being a musical entrepreneur and what we can learn from performance psychology. What You'll Learn: The details of Noa's fascinating journey through the music journey which included moving to Japan at a young age for six months to study with Dr. Shinichi Suzuki How his desire to get out of orchestra at Oberlin led him to getting a double major in psychology How he built such a great (and popular) website How a friend challenged him to question whether he was approaching his music as a hobby or a profession The importance of promoting yourself in a way that feels good to you and his advice on how to get comfortable promoting yourself How his website and all of his online offerings have morphed over time Noa's advice on getting comfortable with marketing yourself How the Rule of Thirds keeps you focused on the people ready to hear your message How long his average blog post takes to create What as entrepreneurs we can learn from performance psychology How he has built an email list of over 32,000 people The advice Noa would give to a musical entrepreneur who is looking to branch out from "just" teaching or performing Favorite Quotes: "(Music) was a craft that I needed to work on every day to get better at and even now in other things I do, I'm always really kind of geeked out most about the process of getting better at something, sometimes even more than the activity or the craft itself. I think engaging in this continual improvement process is what really intrigues me." "You have to find a way to market that feels right to you, that feels good to you. Like you're doing a service, not trying to take people's money away from them and cheat them in some way." "The world doesn't become a better place by you hiding what it is that you can contribute." "If you're not interested in promoting yourself, stay in your $#@%ing basement." (—Ben Folds) Links: Noa's Bulletproof Musician Blog Seth Godin's Blog  Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuk  TEM 63: The Number One Trap for Artists (TEM Short)  The War of Art by Steven Pressfield The Marshmellow Challenge The Lean Startup by Eric Ries $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau Just Start by Leonard A. Schlesinger Marketing Secrets of the Grateful Dead by David Meerman Scott Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at: http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes 1. Help me get to my goal of $50 per episode on Patreon by pledging as little as $1 per episode to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast. 2. Help me get to my goal of 50 ratings at iTunes (I'm really close!) by leaving a rating and review. Follow TEM on Instagram and Twitter and Facebook And finally, a huge thank you to Parker Mouthpieces for providing the hosting for TEM. Produced by Joey Santillo for Pedal Note Media  

The first-ever Audition Breakthrough Summit will start on March 15, 2017.   I sat down with event organizer Will Timmons of mockauditions.com to chat about all the details. Join former podcast guest and National Symphony bassist Ira Gold, Dr. Noa Kageyama of The Bulletproof Musician, Colin Williams of the New York Philharmonic, and several others for this unique and powerful event. We have a special code for Contrabass Conversations listeners for this event.  If you enter 'contrabass20' at checkout, you will receive $20 off any pass you purchase. I'm also thrilled to be a presenter on this esteemed panel.  I'll be presenting lessons I learned from interviewing over 25 audition winners for my Winning the Audition book. More about the Audition Breakthrough Summit: Many times you may run into a wall when it comes to your audition taking. What keeps you from playing your best? Could it be fear, anxiety, lack of preparation, not trusting yourself? There is a long list of things that contribute to a less-than-optimal performance and every person has a unique set of issues to work through. We all need to be able to perform our best in any given situation. It’s time to get rid of those issues and allow ourselves the chance we deserve at winning our next audition. That is why the Audition Breakthrough Summit was created. In this summit, we will focus on improving our MINDSET, STRATEGY, and FLOW. These three components are essential for achieving your audition goals. Each session will relate to at least one of these components, giving you the tools you need to excel and achieve your goals. Remember to enter 'contrabass20' at checkout and receive $20 off any pass you purchase!

Dr. Noa Kageyama is a concert violinist who did his studies at Julliard School of Music, but he is also a psychologist and the author of a prominent music blog called “The Bulletproof Musician.” Noa uses both his background in music and in psychology (especially in conversation with sports psychology) to work with musicians to […] The post CGC 034 : Noa Kageyama and the Bulletproof Musician first appeared on Classical Guitar Corner.

Thanks for reading TTTV021: Performance Anxiety: Helping Students Cope – the Bulletproof Musician from Top Music Co. Performance anxiety Most piano teachers encourage their students to perform as regularly as possible, but how many of us give our students strategies for coping with performance anxiety? We’ve all seen students who were perfectly prepared for a recital or exam, simply crumble on the day. It wasn’t a lack of ability, or drive, but simply […] The post TTTV021: Performance Anxiety: Helping Students Cope – the Bulletproof Musician appeared first on Top Music Co - Supporting Creative Music Teaching.