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Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse: The Science of Sleep for Musicians
May 10, 2026
43m 05s
Paul Baxter: Why Bad Habits Keep Coming Back (And a Faster Way to Change Them)
Apr 7, 2026
35m 10s
Micah Killion: The One Thing Artist-Level Musicians Do Differently in the Practice Room
Mar 8, 2026
1h 01m 06s
How to Start a Performance with More Accuracy (Without the Onstage Warm-Up)
Jan 18, 2026
7m 55s
When You Can’t Get Yourself to Start Practicing, Try This
Jan 11, 2026
7m 57s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/10/26 | Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse: The Science of Sleep for Musicians✨ | sleepmemory consolidation+5 | Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse | University of Pittsburgh | — | sleepmusicians+6 | — | 43m 05s | |
| 4/7/26 | Paul Baxter: Why Bad Habits Keep Coming Back (And a Faster Way to Change Them)✨ | bad habitsperformance anxiety+3 | Paul Baxter | — | — | bad habitsperformance+3 | — | 35m 10s | |
| 3/8/26 | Micah Killion: The One Thing Artist-Level Musicians Do Differently in the Practice Room✨ | practice techniquesmusician improvement+3 | Micah Killion | Montclair State UniversityUnited States Air Force Band+2 | — | practice roommusician practice+3 | — | 1h 01m 06s | |
| 1/18/26 | How to Start a Performance with More Accuracy (Without the Onstage Warm-Up)✨ | performance accuracystage presence+3 | — | — | — | performanceaccuracy+5 | — | 7m 55s | |
| 1/11/26 | When You Can’t Get Yourself to Start Practicing, Try This✨ | motivationpractice techniques+3 | — | — | — | practicemotivation+5 | — | 7m 57s | |
| 12/28/25 | The Central Strategy Expert Musicians Use to Practice Difficult Passages✨ | practice techniquesmusical performance+3 | — | — | — | practicemusicians+5 | — | 9m 26s | |
| 12/21/25 | How a Small Change in Self-Talk Could Improve Performance Under Pressure✨ | self-talkperformance+3 | — | — | — | self-talkperformance improvement+3 | — | 8m 26s | |
| 12/14/25 | A Learning Method That Outperformed Traditional Practice✨ | constraints-led approachmusic practice+3 | — | The New York TimesLA Dodgers | — | constraints-led approachmusic practice+4 | — | 9m 58s | |
| 12/7/25 | How Much Perfectionism Do You Really Need to Succeed?✨ | perfectionismperformance anxiety+3 | — | — | — | perfectionismperformance anxiety+3 | — | 8m 16s | |
| 11/30/25 | Pallavi Mahidhara: On Practicing for Flexibility, Not Perfection✨ | performancepracticing+3 | Pallavi Mahidhara | — | — | performancepracticing+5 | — | 48m 29s | |
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| 11/23/25 | What Happened When Musicians Slept 90 Minutes More✨ | sleepmusic performance+3 | — | athletessleep consultants+1 | — | sleepmusic performance+4 | — | 6m 14s | |
| 11/16/25 | Why Being Too Quick to Offer Feedback Could Inhibit Learning | I remember a lesson many years ago, when my teacher told me that her job was to teach me how to teach myself. So that I would one day no longer need a teacher. I couldn’t have been more than 9 or 10 at the time, so the notion of me teaching myself was hard to fathom. It was difficult enough to just play in tune, never mind come up with my own bowings and fingerings, or making decisions about phrasing and all the musical details and nuances involved. Of course, she was right. One day I wouldn’... | 7m 46s | ||||||
| 11/9/25 | Fewer Repetitions….But More Rapid Progress? | Whether we’re baking a cake, driving to a new restaurant, or putting together a puzzle, we can usually get to the goal more efficiently and effectively if we have a clear idea what the destination looks like. I think we all know that the same is true for learning a new piece of music too - but often, this is not actually what our practice looks like. While we might have a pretty good idea what we don’t want something to sound like, our approach to practicing suggests that we are typically muc... | 7m 56s | ||||||
| 11/2/25 | Ida Kavafian: Habits That Separate Good Musicians from Great Ones | This episode with violinist Ida Kavafian is packed with key points about effective practice, plus fascinating nerdy details about bowing and fingering principles, references to specific passages in the Sibelius concerto, Schubert Fantasy, Beethoven’s Kreutzer sonata, a clever hack for playing fifths in tune, and so much more. And if you’re not a string player, don’t worry - many of the principles are equally applicable to other instruments too. Get all the nerdy details and learn how to level... | 57m 59s | ||||||
| 10/26/25 | Can Memorizing Music Make You a More Expressive Performer? | One of the arguments often made for why we should memorize music, is that performing from memory facilitates more expressive performances. But is that really true? There's not a lot of direct data that speaks to this question, but there are some clues here and there, suggesting that the answer might be a little more nuanced than a simple yes or no. Get all the nerdy details right here: Can Memorizing Music Make You a More Expressive Performer? A course on how to develop “bulletproof” me... | 10m 03s | ||||||
| 10/19/25 | Two Approaches to Memorization (Beware: One Could Leave You Stranded!) | Memory can often feel like a mysterious, unknowable phenomenon. Something that happens magically by itself at times, with great effort at others, and sometimes deceives us by abandoning us suddenly when we need it most! We’ve worked on unpacking various aspects of memory over the last couple weeks - with Jane Ginsborg two episodes here and why pianists can have more difficulty than other musicians here. And today, we’ll be looking at the pros and cons of the two different types of memory that... | 9m 49s | ||||||
| 10/12/25 | A Hidden Reason You Forget Music on Stage | Mistakes on stage are never fun, but missing a note here or there, or playing out of tune is over and done with pretty quick. Having a memory slip on stage is a whole other level of discomfort. 😳 It’s one of the things that makes many musicians most anxious about performing. Researchers have taught us a ton in the last couple decades about how the best memorizers memorize music. And so I thought it’d be worth taking a look at various aspects of memory in the next couple weeks. Today, we’ll ... | 8m 40s | ||||||
| 10/5/25 | Jane Ginsborg: On Building Stronger and More Reliable Musical Memory | Talk to anyone who has ever performed from memory, and you’ll probably get a story of a time when their memory failed them. For instance, I remember a time, perhaps in elementary school, when I got lost in a piece on stage, and rather than stopping and looking over the pianist’s shoulder to see where I was, just started making stuff up, until I could figure out where I was. It wasn’t a very fun experience for me, but I think it actually freaked the pianist out even more. 😆 One of the problems... | 56m 05s | ||||||
| 9/28/25 | How to Use Focus Cues to Play More Freely on Stage | A pianist once told me the last thing their teacher said at their final lesson after years of study: “Now forget everything I ever told you.” Not exactly the parting wisdom you’d expect, right? But hidden in that odd-sounding advice is an important mental shift that could help you play with more freedom and confidence under pressure. Get all the nerdy details in today's episode. Or, get the text version with references, links, and other details right here: How to Use Focus Cues to Play More F... | 5m 26s | ||||||
| 9/21/25 | Is There Hope for the Most Anxious Performers? | One of the questions that I'm often asked, is the question of whether performance psychology can be helpful to those whose performance anxiety is a little more severe than most. Well, a 2023 study looked at that exact question actually. And it even gives us some insight into which specific mental skills or strategies might be most helpful to work on in cases like this. Get all the nerdy details in today's episode. Or, get the text version with references, links, and other details right here:... | 11m 00s | ||||||
| 9/14/25 | How to Get Your Mind in the Right Place Before Going On Stage | Staying in a good mental and emotional state before performances is critical to playing up to our abilities when it counts. And we're probably going to be less likely to shy away from performance opportunities too, if we have more control over how we feel in the leadup to auditions and concerts. But how does one do this? What can we do in the hours and minutes before a performance to get into a good headspace? Get all the nerdy details here: How to Get Your Mind in the Right Place Before Goin... | 8m 42s | ||||||
| 9/7/25 | Graham Fitch: On Playful Practice and Muscle Memory You Can Trust | When you think of practicing your instrument, what are some of the first words that come to mind? Are the words “fun” or “playful” anywhere on your list? 🤣 For most of my life, practicing felt an awful lot like memorizing my multiplication tables. A lot of mind-numbing repetition, and not much fun. We know that mindless drudgery doesn’t make for very effective learning, of course - but what is the alternative? What might more playful practice actually look like? Enter today’s guest, Graham Fi... | 54m 59s | ||||||
| 8/31/25 | Does Aiming for Perfection Actually Hurt Performance? | Ever worry that excellent performance might not be “good enough?” And maybe you've assumed that aiming for perfection is a safer bet? You’re not alone, for what it's worth! But it's always interesting to get some actual data on this sort of thing, so a team of researchers conducted a series of studies to see if striving for perfection had benefits beyond aiming for excellence. The results might surprise you. Get all the nerdy details: Does Aiming for Perfection Actually Hurt Performance... | 9m 17s | ||||||
| 8/24/25 | Could Performance Anxiety Be Causing Students to Quit? | There are a lot of reasons why someone might decide to quit music at some point along the way. But could performance anxiety be one of them? Indeed, performance anxiety can feel pretty uncomfortable! And it’s one thing if we still sound pretty good on stage regardless, and have a positive experience of performing overall. But when we get nervous and sound like just a shell of ourselves in performance, it could make us wonder why we keep putting ourselves up there... So I was intrigued by a 20... | 9m 11s | ||||||
| 8/17/25 | Worried About a Performance? 4 Reasons Why (And How to Stop) | Worrying is never much fun, but it’s especially not fun in the leadup to a performance or audition. And even more so when we get stuck in a “worry loop” and can’t seem to get ourselves out of it. It’s a little like the time my family visited Paris when I was a kid, and my dad got stuck in the roundabout around the Arc de Triomphe. I don’t know how long we drove around and around, but I do know that I fell asleep at some point, and when I woke up, we were still looping around. 🤣🥲 So what cause... | 9m 06s | ||||||
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