20 years of musicaL Listening. This episode is a celebration and look back and what that first journal entry gave birth to. It is a reflection on what has changed and what is different about what I believe musicaListening to be and where I think it can take us.

If you are struggling to get where you want to be, if you are feeling block about being a musician and achieving that next level of achievement then I invite you to try this on. I invite you to consider it and try it out. Why? After 20 years there are many things that I believe more than ever. The 2 decades since I first wrote this down has only strengthened my resolve. Yes I have updated some of my opinions and come to the middle, a more "centrist" view as I say in the episode but on the whole I believe in musicaL Listening more than ever. I believe that for many of us wanting to play at a higher level, make music at a deeper level and become the musician we know is inside us, that music is the key. Not "music" in the philosophical existence way but music in the deeply personal and emotional way that drive us, that energizes us like rocket fuel and keeps us coming back to the practice room time and time again.

To see a picture of that entry where I first wrote down "musicaListening" on October 18th, 2006 you can check that out here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K9nA-Df33AwPjQbVKRQPtgYBY9iAivcC/view?usp=sharing

To see the youTube video I mention go here and check out the rest of the channel for some interviews and other videos on musicaListening. https://youtu.be/fvA6tzd7J1Q

Lastly while you are watching that video I would invite you to ponder one excerpt very carefully and deeply. Alexander Markov is one of the greatest violinist of our time, famous for playing the Paganini Caprice's, some of the most difficult music of our time. He is in the video saying "When I play more musically I am more technically accurate" If someone like him is saying this, why aren't the rest of us doing something about it?

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🎶Is there a good time, a better time to start being musical? When are we "off" the hook from learning the "technique"? Is it always the same balance that is balancing that scale or does it ebb and flow depending on where we are in the journey? I sit down with Amit Peled international Soloist and teacher at Peabody conservatory to tackle this and other questions when it comes to listening as professionals.
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📚 Beethoven’s Letters
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📚 Musicophilia by Dr. Oliver Sacks. A wonderful book see the link for the review on this channel https://youtu.be/WTclIjEYuI8
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🎶 This episode dives into the idea that a sound contains many parts, that there are different aspects to a musical note and certain parts attract certain listeners. We all hear differently and one of the chief reasons for that is that there are so many different things to hear in just one single note, a single sound. Why don't we know more about this and more importantly why don't we do more to incorporate what we do know into our pedagogical practices in music programs.

🎧 Play The Piano Puzzler! - https://www.yourclassical.org/podcast/piano-puzzler

🎶 Thank you for listening and please leave us a rating and review. It helps so much! And thanks in advance!

🎧 I took the liberty of copying the google search in here for you. The one that was in my mind is Blackbird Studios in Nashville TN. Very Famous Place be sure and find a picture

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