Monday, May 15, 2023

health and wellbeing of the artist (project week 1)

General wellbeing practices (yoga, meditation), adjusted for artist.

- To gain a competitive edge. As a musician you are always going to be formally and informally put against your peers. 


Alexander technique

What are your habits? what do you do when you sit down, tighten neck? what about when you sit down to play piano? bring guitar to you, bring pen to you. 

Relationship between head, neck, body.  Letting go, but there's direction happening. Composer: be in a position where you don't adjust to the desk. Avoid adjusting after the fact. Looking down at a desk/phone/laptop, places 65lb of pressure on your neck. 

Imagine head is going up as you sit. Breathing from opposite hip to shoulder, open breathing

Mountain pose, parallel feet open hips. 

Raising shoulders

Yoga

Pre-concert routine ? Practice routine? Try yoga before a show... or before composing

Hypnosis

Subconscious reprogramming. 

Close eyes, see clear blue sky, hear waves, 'i will be calm, confident when I reach 1, then count waves from 8 to 1. 

Self Talk

Mental rehearsal/visualisation

Artist reaction to stress: has to be perfect or just don't try. But perfect is a dirty word, think ideal instead. 

Thinking in a different way about ideal quality rather than the best violin concerto since Beethoven. Just get it into what you do, imagine yourself composing, what does it feel like, you might imagine yourself being stuck in an idea, so go back and think of it corrected. Try to be as vivid as you can. 

Progressive step could be i'm terrified to play in front of this person, but i'm going to do it. 

Centring - looking down instead of looking up/around

instant gratification monkey


at some point you can stop seeking criticism, as a professional you can say i don't want to hear any critiques. 


Dopamine Detox - instantly feel more alert and focused!! Just try not going on phone for a day or two. 




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