HeyJaredBrainjo Bites: The Art & Science of Molding a Musical Mind
From the author of the bestselling book The Laws of Brainjo comes a podcast that continues to explore the art and science of molding a musical mind.
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Your Inner Critic Is Not Reality (opens the original)
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Banjo player Bennett Sullivan was sure he'd ruined a Broadway show with one flubbed intro, and the research on how audiences actually hear our mistakes explains why almost nobody noticed. Links: Order the book The Genius and the Impostor at GeniusAndImpostor.com The full interview with Bennett Sulivan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4lvyXS6ek8 Instagram: @brainjojosh Theme Music composed by Julienne Ellen ( @julienneellencomposes )
He Played Broadway And The Opry But Still Felt Like a Fraud (opens the original)
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Bennett Sullivan has played banjo on Broadway, at the Grand Ole Opry, and on the Poker Face soundtrack. By any measure, he belongs on any stage. And for years, he couldn't convince himself of it. In this episode, Bennett is honest about the gap between what he's accomplished and how it's felt from the inside: the comparison that made him great and got in his way at the same time, the night on Broadway he was sure he'd ruined the show, and the shift that finally let him get out of his own way, wh
It Started With a Banjo: The story that changed my life (opens the original)
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To get the "Genius Toolkit," head to GeniusAndImpostor.com .
The Making Of A "Natural" (Bryan Sutton) (opens the original)
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Bryan Sutton is one of the best flatpickers alive, and like most great players, he'll tell you the guitar just came naturally to him. In this follow-up to my conversation with Bryan, I dig into what's really behind the making of a "natural," and what it means for you. Links: Pre-order The Genius and the Impostor (out August 25): https://GeniusAndImpostor.com The full interview with Bryan Sutton: https://youtu.be/mF0MSRkrriM?si=oNmQxHoMon-UaRKT Instagram: @brainjojosh More at performanceneurology
How 3x Grammy Winner Bryan Sutton Gets Out of His Own Way (opens the original)
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Bryan Sutton is a three-time Grammy winner and one of the most-recorded session guitarists in Nashville, with credits from Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift to Dolly Parton and Doc Watson. Yet, he's driven home from sessions convinced he'd never work in the town again. In this conversation we get into how he built his playing growing up immersed in the mountain music of Western North Carolina, why performing under pressure is a completely separate skill from playing well, and the mental shift he use
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