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Musicianship Mastery with David Lane — 184 episodes
Is This Music Learning Muscle Underdeveloped?
A Simple Change to Make Your Musical Goals More Likely to Succeed
This Might Surprise You About Good Practice
Learning from Failure as a Musician
5 Projects To Improve Your Musicianship
How High Can You Succeed as an Amateur Musician?
Remembering a Great Musical Mentor
The Non-Musical Traits That Get You Hired as a Musician
My Biggest Mistakes as a Former Music Student
Why You Need Urgency In Learning Your Technique
How to Find the Right Music Teacher for You
Practice: Get It a LOT Better NOW
You'll Never Be a Good Musician Until You Embrace This
Latest Updates with Musicianship Mastery
Minimum Vocal Skills for the Non-Singer
Minimal Piano Skills for the Non-Pianist
If I Had to Start Now, How Would I Build a Music Career?
Stop Forgetting Music You Worked So Hard to Learn
How to Follow Other Musicians
How to Be an Effective Conductor
Perform Music Better and With a Rock-Solid Memory
How to Improve Your Internal Rhythm and Speed Up Tempo
How to Learn Music Faster and Better
Which of These 5 Types of Music Creators are You?
Debunking 10 Stereotypes About Musicians
Should You Major in Music?
Balancing Regimen and Creative Freedom as a Musician
Music is a Physical Skill and Must Be Practiced as Such
Learning New Music and Building Your Repertoire (with Annie Jeng)
How To Play As Well in Your Lesson as You Do in Practice
Are You Practicing Enough to Meet Your Musical Goals?
A Great Book for Musicians Who Want to Be Elite
Music Theory IV: Understanding Classical Music Since 1900
Music Theory III: Harmonic Construction and Larger Structures
Music Theory II: Harmonic Function and Basic Analysis
Music Theory I: The Basics
Music Theory: What It Is and Why You Should Study It
How to Organize a Week of Practice
How to Develop the Habit of Practicing
Improve Your Reps! Why Your Practice Isn't Leading to Better Progress
Lyadov or Stravinsky: How to Be Ready for Opportunity
Technique Through Repertoire (with Christopher Madden)
How to Hear Music While Reading the Score
What Happens as a Musician When You Start Saying No
Embracing the Art of Music (with Jennifer Rosenfeld)
Advanced Projects from Listening to Just One Piece
Why You're Not Making Progress on Your Instrument, and How to Fix It
Embracing Joy in Making Music (with Eric Branner)
What Musicianship Is and How to Develop It
Designing Your Musical Life for Success as a Working Musician
Succeeding in Music While Living With Chronic Illness (with Jastin Artis)
Building Your Staircase of Musical Goals
When Should You Prioritize Your Musical Technique?
The Craft of Music Composition (with Tony Steve)
How to Analyze Music Before Practicing
What's Your 5 Year Plan as a Musician?
Enjoying a Successful Music Career in Theme Parks (with Doug Minerd)
Switching from Finale to Dorico: My Early Journey
The Four Core Performance Skills: Integrating in Practice
How to Play Music Confidently in Public (with Michelle Wachter)
10 Encouragements for Music Students
20 Questions to Help You Get More Out of Listening to Music
Developing a Well Rounded Voice (with Thao Nguyen)
Musician Tools You Should Learn That Have Nothing to Do With Your Instrument
Practice: It's All About the Brain!
Wellness and Mindfulness for Musicians (with Lisa Joy Glassman)
Compose Music Like a Chef: The Secret to Originality
Dealing with FOMO as a Musician
Embracing Technology for Learning Music (with Sam Reti)
What I Got Wrong About Quarterly Goals
Getting Beyond the Sight Reading Mode
Developing Your Accompanying and Collaboration Skills (with Rachel Ehring)
Why You Should Memorize Everything
The Practice Pyramid: What Matters Most When Practicing Music
Championing New Music and Working Internationally (with Michael Hall)
Why You Should Go To Summer Music Camp
Why You Should Play in Band or Orchestra
When an Adult Beginner REALLY Commits (with Reid Harrison)
How Teaching Music Improved My Own Musicianship
"Not As Advanced As I Think I Should Be"
What's Holding Back Today's Young Students? - with Kinard Douthit
10 Ways to Make Real Progress as a Musician
Time to Get Serious as a Musician
The Musician Toolkit Episode 100 Celebration and Announcements
When and How to Pivot As a Musician
Be a Musician Who DOES, Not Just Plans
How to Make Sure You're Getting Benefits From Reading
Getting Started with a New Church Music Job
4 Types of Books Every Composer Should Own
Music Notation Apps in a Post-Finale World (with Jason Loffredo)
The Four Core Performance Skills for Beginning Students
Batching: A Way to Actually Get Things Done
How I Plan a Theatre Music Rehearsal
The Tools of Church Music Directing (with Bob Moore)
Revisiting the Importance of Talent in Music
The Four Core Performance Skills part 5 - Improvising
The Four Core Performance Skills part 4 - Transposing
The Four Core Performance Skills part 3 - Playing By Ear
The Four Core Performance Skills part 2 - Sight Reading
The Four Core Performance Skills part 1: An Overview of the Skills
Practice Success: The Power of the Subconscious Mind
Problem Solving in the Practice Room (with Dr. Larry Weng)
For Success in Anything, Develop This One Skill!
Coaching Theatre and Pop Vocals (with Bob Marks)
Never Forget Your Main Thing as a Musician | Ep79
Session Recording on Trumpet (with Paul Baron) | Ep78
More Review, Less New for Success | Ep77
The One Minute Practice Challenge | Ep76
Put Your Goals In Action! | Ep75
How to Improve Your Observation | Ep74
10 Favorite Jazz Albums (From Someone Who Didn't Always Like Jazz) | Ep73
How to Compose a Canon | Ep72
Creating Value as an Entrepreneurial Musician (with Brian Witkowski) | Ep71
Helpful and Harmful Practice Mindsets | Ep70
The Business Side of Private Teaching (with Andrea Miller) | Ep69
25 MORE Essential Classical Pieces You Should Know | Ep68
Instrument Spotlight: The French Horn (with Kate Warren) | Ep67
Music History Basics | Ep66
Learning Different Instruments (with Ronnal Ford) | Ep65
Adjusting Your Goals: Balancing Reality and Ambition | Ep64
Overcoming the Intermediate Plateau | Ep63
Improving Sight Reading by Touch (with David Holter) | Ep62
Building a Staircase to Success in Music | Ep61
A Better Way to Practice Slowly | Ep60
Goals, Motivation, and Organization (with Melissa Slocum) | Ep59
The Circle of 5ths and All It Reveals | Ep58
Physical Wellness for Musicians (with Angela McCuiston) | Ep57
Scales, Modes, and How to Use Them | Ep56
New Year’s Goals Part 2: 10 Musical Goals for 2024 | Ep55
3 Personal Favorite Pieces of Christmas Music | Ep54
New Year’s Goals Part 1: Letting Some Things Go | Ep53
8 Tips for Becoming a Better Teacher | Ep52
Composing for Television Series (with Sherri Chung) | Ep51
Two Mindset Skills to Transform Your Musicianship | Ep50
From Impossible to Inevitable - Get the Ball Rolling | Ep49
Producing an Album and Continuing Education (with Conner Cherland) | Ep48
Tactics for Memorizing Music | Ep47
5 X 5 Practicing for Consistently Accurate Performance | Ep46
The Myth of Self-Starting | Ep45
Conquering Finale...and Other Notation Programs (with Jason Loffredo) | Ep44
The Opportunity Chain | Ep43
Improvisation and Memorization (with Geoff Westley) | Ep42
10 Non-Musician Books Every Musician Should Read | Ep41
Designing a Website That Works (with Taylor Rossi) | Ep40
The Musician Examples You SHOULDN’T Follow | Ep39
Deciphering Written Rhythms (with David Krosner) | Ep38
Composing Your Own Practice Etudes | Ep37
Relocating as a Musician (with Robonzo) | Ep36
Accomplish More by Being Specific | Ep35
The Craft of Conducting (with Michelle Merrill) | Ep34
Self-Improvement Through Performance Review | Ep33
Collecting Instruments on a Budget (with Eric Perrotti) | Ep32
Music Theory Checklist | Ep31
Playing Guitar for Pixar and More (with Andrew Synowiec) | Ep30
What Apps Do Musicians Use? | Ep29
Composing for the Harp (with Danielle Kuntz) | Ep28
The Power of Quarterly Goals | Ep27
Basics of Studio Recording (with Liz May) | Ep26
Heavy Metal 101, Part 2 (with Eric Schwartz) | Ep25
Heavy Metal 101, Part 1 (with Eric Schwartz) | Ep24
30 Things I Would Tell Myself 30 Years Ago | Ep23
Composing the Music for Prehistoric Planet (with Anže Rozman and Kara Talve) | Ep22
The Reality of Tradeoffs | Ep21
The Empire Strikes Back: Greatest Score? (with Frank Lehman) | Ep20
The Residual Effects of Practice | Ep19
Instrument Spotlight: The Clarinet Family (with Kania Mills) | Ep18
25 Essential Classical Pieces to Know | Ep17
The Benefits of Score Study (with Andrew Callo) | Ep16
The Musician Toolkit: How This Became a Podcast | Ep15
The Basics of Singing (with Katie Muhlenkamp) | Ep14
Episode 13 - Listening Approach for Classical vs Non-Classical Music
Episode 12 - 10 Things Musicians Should Practice OTHER Than Music
Episode 11 - Sightreading Maverick (with Erica Sipes)
Episode 10 - What Good Practice Actually Looks Like
Episode 9 - What’s Keeping You from Being a GREAT Performing Musician?
Episode 8 - The Craft of John Williams (with Frank Lehman)
Episode 7 - The Overtone Series: What It Is and Why You Should Know It
Episode 6 - Jazz Piano 101 with Federico Pivetta
Episode 5 - Two Approaches to Learning Music
Episode 4 - Composing Music for Publication (with Bruce Tippette)
Episode 3 - Stop Using the ”T” Word!
Episode 2 - Practice Tip: One Problem at a Time
Episode 1 - The Musician Toolkit
Trailer:The Musician Toolkit with David Lane