“Let go and accept the fact that you'll never really know what you're doing if you want to continue to learn and grow. It's getting over that fear, whatever is holding you back in that space and just surrendering to what is. Playing an active p

Harnessing "The Testing Effect"

Jul 3rd, 2023 34m 34s

Welcome to Episode 9 of the Music Mindset Podcast!When you hear "The Testing Effect" it may not sound very glamourous. But in this episode, we reframe testing by unpacking a phenomenon called "the testing effect". Instead of thinking of testing

The Three ''Instruments" of Piano Playing

Oct 15th, 2021 22m 13s

Welcome to Episode 8 of the Music Mindset Podcast!When you hear a musician mention "instrument" you may immediately think of their piano, violin or cello...but in this episode I want to share the most important instruments that we want to sharp

Discipline Being Freedom with Jen Shukuda

May 24th, 2021 25m 49s

"Music lessons and piano are a tool that exposes who we are. We have an ownership to use this effectively in drawing out the most important life principles in our students and that the daily habits that we draw out through this process will lay

5 Signs your Need to 'Keep it Fun' may be Taking the JOY out of Learning an Instrument

Oct 26th, 2020 23m 14s

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Music Mindset Podcast!Anytime we have new students joining our programs, we always like to ask them one very simple question: "Why do you want to learn a musical instrument?"Each answer might be as unique as each ind

The Most Important Thing You DON'T Know About Practicing

Jul 2nd, 2020 24m 42s

In this episode...Welcome to episode 5 of the Music Mindset Podcast!Today I am talking about a topic that I am MOST passionate about. You might think it must be a certain composer, a style of music, or performing...those things are all passions

Measuring Methods of Musical Training

May 28th, 2020 18m 50s

In this episode...Welcome to episode 4 of the Music Mindset Podcast!In this episode...We are helping to clarify how you can measure a method of musical training. Whether your reality is that you are learning through an app, self-taught, or have

5 Mistakes SMART People Make when Starting Music Lessons

May 14th, 2020 29m 47s

In this episode...In our first two episodes, we dug deep into mindset and exploring how and why we learn. Today we are discussing some more practical matters as I share 5 Mistakes that I see very SMART people make when they begin music lessons.

Limiting Beliefs - The TRUTH About Short Term Commitments

May 7th, 2020 22m 15s

Welcome to episode 2 of the Music Mindset Podcast!As we move forward into our next episode we are talking all about Internal Limiting Beliefs. Like the Elephant tied to the Tiny stake with the tiny rope, our beliefs are POWERFUL when it comes t

Finding CLARITY in Music Lessons

May 1st, 2020 22m 40s

"A lack of clarity can put the brakes on any journey to success" Welcome to our very first episode of the Music Mindset Podcast!Clarity is so important when you are working towards ANY goal, but especially when it comes to deciding you’re going

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