Performance enhancement
6 essays on performance enhancement.
- July 25, 2026Your High Notes Aren’t “Up There”
Singers brace before a high note ever arrives — the neck cranes, the throat closes, and the note feels hard. Here’s what a two-second pause, and a little bit of nothing, can do about it.
- July 15, 2026The Tension That Starts Before You Play
The trigger for a musician’s tension often fires before you play a single note — sometimes it’s just a thought. Here’s how to find your “critical moment” and interrupt the pattern at its source.
- July 6, 2026Stop Holding Your Breath When You Play
If you play an instrument, there’s a good chance you hold your breath at the hard parts — and the usual fix (take a deep breath) doesn’t work. Here’s what actually does.
- January 10, 2022A List of 20+ Surprising Benefits of Releasing Excess Muscle Tension for Musicians
Muscle tension affects everything we care about as musicians. Do you want effortless technique? Let go of tension. Do you want a resonant, haunting sound? Let go of tension. Do you want…
- May 13, 2021Develop Your Musical Intuition for More Powerful Performances & Life
The Soul Force Music Deep Dive conversations are about how to give inspiring & powerful performances (musical performances that have "Soul Force"), how that connects to the role of musicianship in an…
- August 1, 2019My Story in the Alexander Technique
The Six Pillars of Soulforce Performance Arts Hello all! I'm starting to write a book on Alexander Technique for strings players. The working title is "Your Body Is Your Instrument: Sound Better,…