How to Stop Thinking and Play Your Best Instead - Kenny Werner's Effortless Mastery Method

Kenny Werner is a prolific pianist and educator, well-known for his unique methodology designed to help you stop getting stuck in your head and instead make pure, honest music to your highest potential. In this episode, we discuss his Effortless Mastery methodology and dive into the first steps to removing your musical insecurities. We also dive into his new book Becoming the Instrument and how his methodology extends even beyond music to have a positive impact on daily life. Kenny's New Book - 'Becoming The Instrument' (I receive a small commission when you purchase using this link): https://amzn.to/3LB9Va9 Kenny's Original Book - 'Effortless Mastery' (I receive a small commission when you purchase using this link): https://amzn.to/3wH0Kj5 Full Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Y6t7yZGUdGF08iiiyZesT?si=c6a1f4985a8f4bd7 Full Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jazz-lab/id1626336997 Kenny's Courses and Email List: Reach out to "[email protected]" for more info! Kenny's techniques work not only for jazz pianists, but also other instrumentalists. In this episode, we discuss not only jazz improvisation, but also composition, music listening, and how these techniques apply to daily life. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:58 Podcast! 1:24 Kenny's New Book 2:25 What is Effortless Mastery? 4:37 How to Reprogram Your Mind 5:32 Sonic Narcissism 6:23 Summary So Far 8:03 Becoming The Instrument 9:27 What Is Success? 10:57 Effortless Composition 14:15 Every Note Is Beautiful 16:47 Kenny's Courses 18:40 Exercise 0 - FIRST STEP 23:19 Exercise 1 - SECOND STEP 26:43 Is Following Your Fingers Bad? 28:52 How to LISTEN Effortlessly 32:53 Final Info and Links