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Entries Tagged 'General info' ↓
Just Play Naturally
August 15th, 2009 — General info, Theory, techniques
Interview with Meredith Ryan Packer after Carnegie Hall concert.
July 30th, 2009 — General info, Inspiration, techniques
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!
July 25th, 2009 — General info, News
Performing in The Zone is now the #1 BEST SELLING new release over the past 30 days from publisher CreateSpace!
New record – Performing in The Zone #34 on amazon.com rankings!
July 20th, 2009 — General info, Interesting sites, News
Recently, Performing in The Zone reached #34 in its category on amazon.com
Performing in The Zone now listed on the ISBN database
July 17th, 2009 — General info
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!
Performing in The Zone – available on target.com
July 16th, 2009 — General info
“Performing in The Zone” can now be ordered at target.com
And is still of course available directly from amazon.com
Bibliography for Performing in The Zone
July 15th, 2009 — General info
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)
Ranked #69 in amazon category!
July 15th, 2009 — General info, News
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
July 13th, 2009 — General info
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.
Amazon rank #708!
July 11th, 2009 — General info
Of the literally hundreds of thousands of titles on amazon.com, right now, “Performing in The Zone” is ranked #708 among ALL books! Rankings are updated hourly.
Check it out!
