Nutrition for Musicians
Little Musicians
Posture, Facial Expression and Emotions
Hearing Loss- Myth or Reality
Everybody talks about how learning music is good for the brain development of the little ones but if (fortunately or unfortunately) the kid shows a prodigy potential the risk of injuring the mind and body goes up the roof if parents are not very careful. Continue reading
Hearing Loss- Myth or Reality
Posture, Facial Expression and Emotions
Hearing Loss- Myth or Reality
Musicians are consistently told that hearing loss is an inevitable profession related risk. Just hearing it over and over for 100s of times might predispose some musicians to end up losing their hearing. Continue Reading
Posture, Facial Expression and Emotions
Posture, Facial Expression and Emotions
Posture, Facial Expression and Emotions
It is scientifically proven that there is a positive correlation between our body posture, facial expressions and our emotional state. When Paul Ekman was studying which muscles are used to make an angry or sad face, he notice that along with mimicking the expressions he experienced the emotions. Continue reading
Nutrition for Musicians - Injuries
Health Techniques: The Art of Dodging an Injury
Health Techniques: The Art of Dodging an Injury
Health Techniques: The Art of Dodging an Injury
In my opinion, any musician’s brain is perceiving his/her instrument as a part of their body. And just like the brain pulls a hand away from a hot stove burner, it also pulls away the instrument from a potential injury. Continue reading
The Vocalists' Instrument
Health Techniques: The Art of Dodging an Injury
Health Techniques: The Art of Dodging an Injury
Unlike other artists, vocalists’ instrument is embedded in their body.
The good news about this is that maintaining and repairing your instrument is considerably less expensive and way easier than maintaining and repairing a Stradi. Continue Reading
Breathing: The sexiest Moment
Health Techniques: The Art of Dodging an Injury
Blow your Horn without Taking the Blow!
Not only is it sexy but also …
Proper deep breathing for musicians, dancers and vocalists is extremely important for their performance just as it is for athletes. Continue reading
Blow your Horn without Taking the Blow!
Blow your Horn without Taking the Blow!
Blow your Horn without Taking the Blow!
For wind instrument blowers, the secret word is PRESSURE! While blowing, vast increase of pressures in different areas in the head and respiratory system might cause serious injury on the long term. Continue Reading
Dancing your Lungs out!
Blow your Horn without Taking the Blow!
Dancing your Lungs out!
But for a dancer, the whole body is the instrument he or she uses to express their art. The health of lungs is extremely essential to the proper functioning of every single muscle, bone and joint. Continue reading
Losing the Spark!
Blow your Horn without Taking the Blow!
Dancing your Lungs out!
All artists know how important it is to keep the spark going. But sometimes it is not that easy. After all no one really knows where the spark comes from and where it disappears or when! Continue reading
Nutrition for Musicians - Stress
SLEEP: The silence between the notes
Post-Performance Depression - The Real reason and How to Prevent it
On you performance day .. Eat Like a Champion!!
Sleep for all humans is as important as the silence between the notes in music. Those full, half, quarter or eighth rests and where and when you put them, will determine how beautiful or stressing both your music and your life is.
On you performance day .. Eat Like a Champion!!
Post-Performance Depression - The Real reason and How to Prevent it
On you performance day .. Eat Like a Champion!!
Performing for a couple of hours or more requires superior cognitive functions and incredible body coordination. Add to this the energy required for moving all over the stage to interact with your band and the audience, dancing/moving along with your own playing and the emotional effect of the music on you. Your performance is almost a HIIT workout!!!
Post-Performance Depression - The Real reason and How to Prevent it
Post-Performance Depression - The Real reason and How to Prevent it
Post-Performance Depression - The Real reason and How to Prevent it
Panic attacks, anxiety, depression, moodiness, crying bouts, sadness, bad temper, fatigue, excessive sleeping, and lack of interest are all symptoms of post-performance depression (PPD). C
Stress Vs. Weight Gain/Loss
The comparative Advantage of Musicians
Post-Performance Depression - The Real reason and How to Prevent it
Whether you are stressing out about the gig next week, running away from a lion or lost in the desert, it is the same for your body. It will work on using the best option to make you survive longer.
Luckily for jungle people and UNFORTUNATELY for us, the body will decide between only 2 options depending on the individual’s environment. Continue reading
The Healthy Stress
The comparative Advantage of Musicians
The comparative Advantage of Musicians
Everybody loves trashing stress
(including me! Lol).
But our enemy is rather the imbalance. Continue reading
The comparative Advantage of Musicians
The comparative Advantage of Musicians
The comparative Advantage of Musicians
You can agree or disagree about the holistic reasons why music can be healing for the body, mind and soul. Continue reading