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Chelsea Tanner
Mar 26, 20225 min read
5 Reasons Practicing Your Instrument More Won't Change Your Mindset
We are taught that if we practice enough, and prepare enough that we will feel prepared. I used to log the hours, do whatever I was...
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Chelsea Tanner
Feb 23, 20224 min read
How to Change Your Mindset With Your Phone
How to Change Your Mindset With Your Phone
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Chelsea Tanner
Jan 30, 20225 min read
How to Trust Yourself
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to trust yourself. I have had a roller-coaster relationship with this concept, personally....
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Chelsea Tanner
Jan 27, 20222 min read
Effort vs. Pace
Let’s talk about effort. Everyone says, “practice smarter not harder.” They also say, “there’s always someone working harder than you.”...
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Chelsea Tanner
Jan 11, 20213 min read
Perfectionism Revisited
In the process of not writing blogs to be "perfect," I'm going to write about the same topic over a year after I wrote about it in a...
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Chelsea Tanner
Dec 29, 20202 min read
Contemplate, Create, Let it go.
I was listening to Elizabeth Gilbert’s podcast Magic Lessons which ended in 2016 (truly, unfortunately). I have listened to exactly one...
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 24, 20203 min read
What I Learned as a Musician Because 2020 Happened
I know this has been a year that is different from any other. I know there has been so much loss: lives, jobs, normalcy, and everything...
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Chelsea Tanner
Nov 10, 20203 min read
What drove me to apply to and prepare for 75 auditions/competitions/jobs in the past ten years.
I used to get really annoyed when people would talk about auditions I didn’t advance in or competitions I didn’t win as a “learning...
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Chelsea Tanner
Oct 6, 20205 min read
5 Advantages to Online Music Lessons
This year music education was turned upside down (as was the world) leaving music teachers to find new and innovative ways to teach...
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Chelsea Tanner
Sep 15, 20206 min read
5 Questions to Empower Yourself in the Practice Room
I read a lot of books about self-development. And one thing that I see over and over again is they tell you to ask yourself good...
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Chelsea Tanner
Sep 2, 20209 min read
10 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Going to Music School
Music school is a unique experience. Managing a jam-packed schedule, juggling multiple instruments, singing in front of an entire class,...
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Chelsea Tanner
May 22, 20204 min read
Building vs. Fixing
In the past few years I have become much more cognizant of the language we use around practicing and performing. One that I hear all the...
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Chelsea Tanner
Feb 13, 20203 min read
Result Entitlement
I have been thinking recently about how much work this profession really entails. Thousands of hours of practicing, limited jobs (many of...
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Chelsea Tanner
Jan 23, 20203 min read
Practice Room Frustration
Many of my students get frustrated all the time because of things they can’t do yet (don’t we all). I have been there countless times...
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Chelsea Tanner
Jan 14, 20203 min read
Why Your Thoughts Matter
Why our thoughts truly control everything.
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Chelsea Tanner
Dec 8, 20192 min read
Why "good enough" shouldn't be in your vocabulary.
Reflecting back on my many years of lessons I realize how my mental state changed over time. For a frame of reference, I am a...
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Chelsea Tanner
Oct 27, 20194 min read
The Illusion of Perfect Practice
How many articles have you read about practicing? I have read countless articles in flute magazines and blogs about the most effective...
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Chelsea Tanner
Oct 14, 20194 min read
Your Breath is Everything
I found this quote by Jean-Pierre Rampal recently: “Breathe into the flute, don’t blow in it.” This spoke to me for a number of reasons....
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Chelsea Tanner
Oct 5, 20194 min read
The Perfect Plan
In the flute world I know a lot of us struggle with being perfectionism. We are told we need to play perfectly in a lesson or in an...
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Chelsea Tanner
Sep 27, 20193 min read
Autopilot v. Adrenaline: The practice paradox.
Does your best playing tend to translate from your practice room to your lesson? How about a performance? I’ve struggled with this a lot...
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