During our honeymoon in Japan in January, a three-week trip of a lifetime that included Tokyo, Kyoto and the northern island of Hokkaido, Sarathi and I were surprised to see so many people wearing medical masks. Admittedly, we initially found it somewhat disconcerting. We could never have imagined, of ...
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“Fire the Critic (And hire a Self-Coach)” is one piece of advice in Noa Kageyama’s excellent Bulletproof Musician course – which I recently took at Juilliard’s evening division. When you’re trying to get in the ‘zone’ and play freely, the last thing you need is a pesky little voice in ...
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