What is the single toughest thing you have had to face as a musician?


A total blackout in performance? Feeling unprepared or lost in your musician's life? Not learning or advancing despite practising, practising and practising very hard?

I hear you. I've been through all those and more!

When is the last time you dared to take an objective look at your musician's life? Your habits of thinking and practising have led you to this point. Happy with it? Or feeling there's something missing and preventing you reaching further?

There is a path to the other side - your own, designed and emotional journey to master your musical life. Discovering your personal way is the path that leads to musical fulfillment. Reaching your goals and success are a side product from this journey.

If you don't have time now to become who you desire to be, when do you will? Let me help you discover your next step towards finding your voice in music.

Define one goal, build one action, feel new clarity.

1. Book a free 15 minute zoom coaching session

We'll catch up briefly on Zoom. Want a single idea to a musical phrase? Or help solving a bigger obstacle in your process? Let's figure out together a small plan for you.

2. Download the musician's life circle -pdf

Raise awareness of your musical life's current state. See what new directions there could be to explore.

3. Send me a 1-minute clip of your playing

I can figure out often with a short listen what could help you out. Send me a 1-minute YouTube video/audio clip to listen through. Let's search clarity for your musical output and overcome obstacles.

The way I can help you out

Planning your overall picture

You need to know how to shape different areas of your musician's life. Your employers are always looking for the most versatile musician out there. Make sure you know how to develop your musicians' skills in many different ways to feel you are doing things right.
  • planning your way: build long-term dreams into short-term goals
  • discover your strenghts & weaknesses to work more focused
  • build more self-awareness, inner motivation and commitment

To help you build skills

After realizing what you should work on you need structure and tools. Harvesting knowledge to skills is power. Your power lies in the every day work. Working deep delivers you this value that people notice. Building you the inner confidence you want.
  • feedback on your objective & subjective elements: intonation, rhythm, tempo, articulation, phrasing, colouring, variability, tone
  • tailoring specific tools based on feedback & your needs
  • help you to transform knowledge into skills = build up your "value" & versatility and make your voice count!

Understand your daily musician's work.

When you want to learn new you need clear structures. I want to make sure that you as the avid learner can immediately start working. Guaranteeing you get always a basic framework set in.

1. Realize

Figure out your current state, possibilities and future goals.

2. Discover

Find the idea(s) of the new level(s) of skills in your musicianship you want to reach next.

3. Work deep

Master new ways of thinking and learning to your musical ideas and needs.

4. Ingrain

Your voice in music gets more clear. You have built more versatility into your skills.  New motivation stems from success.

Join me for your first,  free timpani lesson!

The Expressive Musician Academy will open soon! To get a next step on your journey, have a look at YouTube. I will present you my past PASIC 2020 timpani masterclass for FREE! Remember to take your free handout PDF along!

The music world needs your voice!

The music industry does not need copies of existing musicians. What they want is versatile and expressive musicians. A musician that is adaptable but has a unique voice. You?

To be both versatile and expressive you need fundamental skills in your daily life. In and outside the practise room. Refining fundamental skills lead to better feelings and results in life.

Knowing your values makes sure you spend time with the right things. You have time to practise and for other things as well. Having a set and deliberate way of practising will result in gaining skills.

Gaining skills will give you a better chance in results. More expression will come along as skills build up. Changes happen. Winning an audition. Getting into the college/university you wish. Nailing that performance. Staying healthier and knowing your limits better. Mastering skills that you before thought was out-of-reach.

And in the end of the day, being more expressive as your habit is of continuous refinement. You aim for excellence, not perfection. And most of all, you live a musical life and enjoy it.

1. Turn around every stone and reach out for all opportunities
2. Fall in love with learning to build your trust to your process
3. Play and live your heart out - your voice will be noticed
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