Entries from July 2009 ↓

Interview with Meredith Ryan Packer after Carnegie Hall concert.

Recently I was in contact with Dr. Dean FH Macy – CEO of New England Talent, Ltd. Having taught some big names such as Barbara Streisand, Dr. Macy has some interesting and very useful views on how to become a better performer!

He recently shared with me the transcript of a radio interiew with the then 13 year old Meredith Ryan Packer, after her Carnegie Hall concert. The interviewer Paul Harvey asked, “As you were preparing for the recital how did you feel?”

#1 BEST SELLING new release!

Performing in The Zone is now the #1 BEST SELLING new release over the past 30 days from publisher CreateSpace!

Performing in The Zone now on amapedia.com

Performing in The Zone is now listed on amapedia.com :)

http://amapedia.amazon.com/view/performing+in+the+zone/id=1032113

New record – Performing in The Zone #34 on amazon.com rankings!

Recently, Performing in The Zone reached #34 in its category on amazon.com

Violin Lessons HQ

Here is a very informative site by Eric Hill for violin students, and parents of violin students:

http://violinlessonshq.com

Performing in The Zone now listed on the ISBN database

The ISBN database is a website which contains records on the majority of published books in the world. “Performing in The Zone” is now a part of that database!

http://isbndb.com/d/book/performing_in_the_zone.html

Performing in The Zone – available on target.com

“Performing in The Zone” can now be ordered at target.com

http://www.target.com/Performing-Zone-Unleash-performing-potential/dp/1442110996/sr=1-1/qid=1247757726/ref=sr_1_1/187-1607500-3071104?ie=UTF8&search-alias=tgt-books&frombrowse=0&index=books&rh=k%3Aperforming%20in%20the%20zone&page=1

And is still of course available directly from amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442110996

Bibliography for Performing in The Zone

Many years of work went into researching Performing in The Zone, which results in a rather substantial Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading list! Here is that list, directly from Performing in The Zone.

Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading

Books and articles:

Aaron, Stephen
Stage fright
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1986.

Alcantara, Pedro de.
Indirect Procedures –
A Musicians Guide to the Alexander Technique
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997.

Alexander, F.M.
Bedre Brug af Sig Selv
(The Use of the Self)
Aarhus: Novis Publications, 1995.
(London: Victor Gollancz, 1985)

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Ranked #69 in amazon category!

On the 14th of July, “Performing in The Zone” made it to the top 100 books in the category: Health, Mind and Body => Self help => Success :)

Giorgio Grossi on stress

Recently I was on a train trip from the west coast of Sweden to the east coast, and came across a very interesting article about stress in Kupé magazine – the Swedish railroad’s regular publication.

I’ve translated the article into English, as Giorgio’s comments on stress are extremely interesting to all people – but especially to us as performers.

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