At a recent bass camp I co-taught at, a student shared her frustration with me. She had been playing for a while but felt that
“May I have a large container of coffee?” This handy mnemonic never made it to my German speaking classroom back in high school, but it
A Tough Place to be It can strike without warning or creep up slowly over time- this feeling of being in a lull with our
Learn in Your Sleep or: Put Your Bass Under Your Pillow for Maximum Practice Effect. Wait, what? In this article I talk about the magic
Learning Channels Ever played a piece over and over and it still failed to “stick”? No matter how often you repeat it, when you return
It’s a no-brainer, you practice, then you take a break, right? True, but, even that process of taking breaks can be improved upon and hence
I recently wrote on Feedback Loops, and I got a few questions on it. So I wanted to go a bit deeper on the topic,
The Right Questions at the Right Time… When a student is interested in working with me, I send them an in depth questionnaire. Why do
Help Being Accountable? A question I just got in: I read that one of the reasons you created the 20 unit program was to help
Always on the hunt for the biggest pay-off for your practicing time… I am taking on an important and often overlooked aspect in this Talking Technique