“Productive Failure:” Why Early Floundering Leads to Better Learning
Does opting for short-term help from a teacher equate less long-term comprehension and problem-solving? Productive failure might hold a clue.
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How to Learn Better From Failures (and Successes Too)
It’s often easier said than done to learn from our mistakes and move on, but research shows with a certain mindset just how pivotal it can be.
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On Being a Music Fan: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
A personal meditation on music fandom, why fans need music and why the artist-fan relationship deserves responsible upkeep.
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How Do Experts Maximize Their Practice? 5 Lessons From Athletes
A summary of research conducted on athletes with deliberate practice routines, and the resulting differences between experts and amateurs.
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Research-Tested Practice Strategies That Will Help You Learn New Pieces Faster
A handy analysis of recent studies suggesting learning “how to practice” can actually help your music practice become more efficient.
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Do We Really Sound as Terrible as We Think We Do on Stage?
Is there a self-evaluation bias when it comes to performing or is there really a difference between how our voice sounds to us and to others?
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How Emotion Affects Learning — and Why That’s Great for Musicians
A brief look at the ways in which leaning into the emotionality of music whether joyful or sad, can help us learn and retain new information.
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The Zeigarnik Effect — and What the Heck It Has to Do With Music
Learn what a behavioral pattern discovered in the 1920s can do to help you stick to your To-Do list and achieve your goals…
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Exploring Tonal Hierarchies in Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”
In his ongoing attempts to seek out the answers to why we like the music we like, Hunter Farris has uncovered a melodic hierarchy via Whitney Houston.
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What Makes a Song “Catchy?”
This article looks at some of the psychological explanations around why songs are considered catchy and how they get stuck in our heads.
