Articles (full chronological archive) How Did a Scientist Become Principal Timpanist of the MET Orchestra? April 26, 2017January 3, 2021 “I LOVE YOU!” should sound different from “and NOW YOU DIE!” May 5, 2017October 20, 2020 Science vs. Music: the CAGEMATCH June 14, 2017September 22, 2021 Why did MUSIC win the “cagematch”? June 27, 2017September 22, 2021 Well-Documented Failure August 4, 2017September 22, 2021 What’s It Like Starting at the Met Opera? September 3, 2017January 3, 2021 A Process for Everyone: Teachers, Freelancers, and Big-Job Auditioners October 18, 2017September 22, 2021 I Don’t Care How Good You Are — I Care About the Trajectory You’re Willing to Set November 13, 2017January 3, 2021 The Deliberate Practice Book Club November 27, 2017July 1, 2020 Practice Between Comfort and Panic February 6, 2018July 1, 2020 Practicing Without Feedback is Like Bowling Through a Curtain March 19, 2018July 1, 2020 Unless Your Phone Is in Airplane Mode, You Are Practicing like a Nazgûl April 18, 2018July 1, 2020 The Diminishing Returns of Practicing on Empty May 30, 2018June 8, 2021 No One Gets There on Their Own October 15, 2018July 1, 2020 Two Questions That Help Answer “Are You Intrinsically Motivated?” January 20, 2019July 1, 2020 Enhanced Perception — A Superpower of Deliberate Practice February 17, 2019July 1, 2020 Knowledge is Power…but a FRAMEWORK is Better March 31, 2019July 1, 2020 I’m Never Completely Satisfied With My Own Playing…As It Should Be October 27, 2019July 1, 2020 Deliberate Practice is a Riddle — And Here’s the Answer February 2, 2020July 1, 2020 Art Has Always Been Political June 18, 2020December 30, 2020 Honoring Anders Ericsson (1947-2020) June 28, 2020December 30, 2020 The Most Teachable Era In Human History For The Necessity of Expertise July 19, 2020August 29, 2021 Blogging in Exile: Ramping Up for a Performance of Beethoven 9 After Nine Months Without Access to Timpani December 30, 2020May 14, 2021 Today Begins Pandemic Year Two March 12, 2021September 13, 2021 Why Is the Pandemic So Confusing Right Now? Overturned Mental Representations September 13, 2021September 19, 2021
A Process for Everyone: Teachers, Freelancers, and Big-Job Auditioners October 18, 2017September 22, 2021
I Don’t Care How Good You Are — I Care About the Trajectory You’re Willing to Set November 13, 2017January 3, 2021
Blogging in Exile: Ramping Up for a Performance of Beethoven 9 After Nine Months Without Access to Timpani December 30, 2020May 14, 2021
Why Is the Pandemic So Confusing Right Now? Overturned Mental Representations September 13, 2021September 19, 2021
