November 25 2010
Welcome to The Pianobabbler's Companion. Every Monday, the Pianobabbler writes his- as the Pianobabbler.com title puts it - Blog in the Life of a Musician. In The Pianobabbler's Companion I supplement the Monday post with some video, or audio or writing that unpacks, elaborates, enhances my Monday morceau.
Last Monday The Pianobabbler babbled about The Good Gigs Mean Nothing Without The Bad. The message: all artists have bad days, and should learn to see them as constructive opportunities to grow.
If the topic of artist paralysis through self-immolation interests you, then Kenny Werner's Effortless Mastery is a must read.
Werner is a well known jazz pianist. but he has managed to capture and analyze performance anxieties common to all artists. Werner offers no "cure". But his analysis provides the comfort of insight, and his strategies for dealing with the problem are broadly helpful.
You can get more information, and the book here.
Video of Werner delivering his Effortless Mastery talks at Banff are up at YouTube:
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