by Angela Beeching | Nov 16, 2020 | Mindset for Musicians
What about you? As a musician, do you ever have the kind of dream where you’re unprepared? Not the kind where you walk out on stage to play a concerto and find you prepared the wrong one. (That actually happened to pianist Maria João Pires!). And not the kind...
by Angela Beeching | Oct 26, 2020 | Mindset for Musicians
Last week I wrote about a client I called “David” and the issue of scarcity thinking, a mindset problem that most musicians experience yet fail to address. But now, in this pandemic season of uncertainty, Scarcity Thinking is the other virus we need to...
by Angela Beeching | Oct 19, 2020 | Mindset for Musicians
My client David, an accomplished pianist, came to me because he wanted to learn how to book higher-profile performances—both solo recitals and concerto opportunities. As a musician does this sound like you? David had been booking his own concerts for about 3 years and...
by Angela Beeching | Oct 12, 2020 | Mindset for Musicians
With all the uncertainty in the news and worry over the future of live performances, there’s widespread pent up tension and fear. Nerves are frayed and relationships are strained. So it’s high time we dealt with the biggest inner challenge you face. Is...
by Angela Beeching | Sep 27, 2020 | Mindset for Musicians, Peak Performance
The truth is that the skill musicians need most now is . . . Courage Between the pandemic, the economy, the social justice outrages—and the uncertain future for the performing arts—we’re living in a fear-based culture. Anxiety is running rampant throughout...
by Angela Beeching | Sep 6, 2020 | Mindset for Musicians, Peak Performance
What does it take? As a musician, what fuels your best work? You probably heard the sad news that the world lost the talented actor / director Chadwick Boseman to cancer a week ago. The star of the groundbreaking film “Black Panther,” Boseman was just 43...
