Last weekend, I got to chat with Angela and Jen from the Tuned & Strong podcast (video below). We got into some great topics, including:

• What I do with Effortless Musician

• 3:05 - what is Timani?

• 5:05 - why a physiotherapist couldn’t help me with my physical problems

• 7:10 - what is effortless musicianship?

• 8:30 - what is the “trust gap” and why is it crucial for musicians?

• 12:15 - why your inner critic emerges the better you get

• 15:10 - what happened in Angela’s first Timani lesson

• 16:50 - why so many musicians throw themselves under the bus by trying to relax

• 20:35 - how fascia can help musicians play and sing more efficiently

• 23:10 - how I practice

• 25:28 - another way to think about “muscle memory”

• 29:05 - what’s so empowering about learning playing-related anatomy and why talking about how things should feel isn’t concrete enough

• 31:50 - interoception and why working with your body doesn’t mean you’ll always have to always focus on your body when you’re performing

• 37:53 - why practicing is like playing Minesweeper and why it’s so hard to keep progressing the better you get

• 42:17 - the importance of doing things wrong

• 43:45 - how I use Timani when coaching musicians to overcome performance anxiety

• 50:50 - why I don’t believe in talent and how modern lifestyle is affecting your performance without you even knowing it