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Molto Music Practice Tip of the Week: How to turn what you Can't do into what you Can do. Specific strategies for tackling the most challenging music you're learning. http://davidmotto.com/tough-stuff/

Practice Tip of the Week: Performance Rituals. How to create and use performance rituals to get you into the zone, keep calm, and stay focused. This is one of the most powerful strategies for creating success! http://davidmotto.com/feel-calm-stay-focused/

Practice Tip of the Week: 3 Things to Watch for at Concerts (How to Learn from Live Performances). Some practicing happens outside of the practice room! http://davidmotto.com/learning-from-live-performances/

Practice Tip of the Week: 32 Strategies to Make Time for Music EVERY Day. http://davidmotto.com/making-time-for-music-update/

My Practice Tip of the Week: Five Questions that Keep You Honest. Honesty is essential for effective performance preparation! http://davidmotto.com/5-questions-that-keep-you-honest/

Practice Tip of the Week: Keeping the balance between learning music you love vs. music you have to learn. Either type of music can be valuable - and playing only what you love can limit you. http://davidmotto.com/music-you-love-vs-music-you-have-to-/

#Visualization is one of the most important tools musicians can use to help us achieve our #goals. Here is an incredible collection of Winter Olympic athletes describing their visualizations as they go into competition. Wow! https://www.nytimes.com/vid/olympic-athletes-visualize-wins

My Practice Tip of the Week: Know What NOT to Do. Sometimes it's just as important knowing how to avoid common mistakes as it is to know the best strategies. Here are 5 things NOT to do in the practice room. http://davidmotto.com/know-what-not-to-do/

9 Ways Watching the Grammy Telecast Offers Valuable Lessons for Musicians. There's a lot to take away from this year's broadcast from Madison Square Garden. http://davidmotto.com/2018-grammy-telecast/

Want to get great at something? Hire a coach! Here's a fantastic TED talk on the importance of receiving outside feedback from an expert - no matter what your current level is. Super important for musicians!! https://www.ted.com//atul_gawande_want_to_get_great_at_som

Performing artists cannot self assess their runthroughs without seeing themselves from the outside. Shoot video! And, every day, use a mirror in your practice studio. My Practice Tip of the Week gives strategies for using that mirror successfully. http://davidmotto.com/practice-in-front-of-a-mirror/

My Practice Tip of the Week deals with one of the most cursed skills among musicians: #sightreading. The good news: there is one specific strategy that helps everyone with their music reading. http://davidmotto.com/the-secret-to-sightreading/

My Practice Tip of the Week includes one of my favorite strategies for making time for things that are important to you. Makes you rethink how you use your time! http://davidmotto.com/practice-first/