Cory Barger

How to Practice Happier

Arts EN ↓ 7 episodes

Practice isn't about learning your instrument-- it's about YOU learning your instrument. When you take a philosophical look at the ideas you're bringing with you to the practice space, everything can change.

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Cory Barger

Episodes

How to Practice Happier: Episode 7: The Rite of Spring 16.07.2024 25:32

Welcome to How to Practice Happier, a podcast to help you think differently about practice and your artistic process: because practice isn't about making music, it's about YOU making music. The context of your life and your thoughts and experiences matters, and when we go on stage we bring all of that along with us. In this episode, come with me as I play the solo from the Rite of Spring for the...

How to Practice Happier: Episode 6: As within, so without 19.06.2024 12:44

Welcome to How to Practice Happier, a podcast to help you think differently about practice and your artistic process: because practice isn't about making music, it's about YOU making music. The context of your life and your thoughts and experiences matters, and when we go on stage we bring all of that along with us. In this week's episode, I'm talking about how the bad things we believe about ou...

How to Practice Happier: Episode 5: Recurring existential ennui 14.06.2024 12:01

Welcome to How to Practice Happier, a podcast to help you think differently about practice and your artistic process: because practice isn't about making music, it's about YOU making music. The context of your life and your thoughts and experiences matters, and when we go on stage we bring all of that along with us. This week on the podcast, I'm talking about how I cope with my quarterly existen...

How to Practice Happier: Episode 4: Coping with a chaotic week in the orchestra 07.06.2024 16:06

Welcome to How to Practice Happier, a podcast to help you think differently about practice and your artistic process: because practice isn't about making music, it's about YOU making music. The context of your life and your thoughts and experiences matters, and when we go on stage we bring all of that along with us. This week on the podcast, I'm talking about an odd week in the life of an orches...

How to Practice Happier: Episode 3: Grief and Tchaik 4 31.05.2024 21:36

Welcome to How to Practice Happier, a podcast to help you think differently about practice and your artistic process: because practice isn't about making music, it's about YOU making music. The context of your life and your thoughts and experiences matters, and when we go on stage we bring all of that along with us. In this episode, I'm talking about my experience playing Tchaik 4 during a diffi...

How to Practice Happier: Episode 2: Some thoughts on audition preparation 24.05.2024 21:36

Welcome to How to Practice Happier, a podcast to help you think differently about practice and your artistic process: because practice isn't about making music, it's about YOU making music. The context of your life and your thoughts and experiences matters, and when we go on stage we bring all of that along with us. In this week's episode, I want us to think differently about how we prepare for au...

HtPH Episode 1: Scheherazade 15.05.2024 17:13

Welcome to How to Practice Happier– the podcast that helps you think differently about practice and your artistic process, because practice isn't about making music, it's about YOU making music. The context of your life and your thoughts and experiences matter, and when we go on stage, we bring all of that with us. In this first episode, I'm looking at some existential questions in the context of...