Musicianship Mastery with David Lane

By David Lane

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Do you want to be a great musician? A well-rounded musician? Maybe you’re already a good musician, and you want to take that next step. To do that, you need to be able to sight-read well, play by ear, compose or improvise, understand the art of practice, and be versatile in many other ways. Musicianship Mastery (formerly known as The Musician Toolkit) explores these tools, how to improve them, and how you can apply them to a variety of gigs and musical careers whether you’re a professional musician or a committed artist who makes your income outside of music. Join us on a quest to improve your musicianship and to make you the most well-rounded musician you can be!

Episode Date
My Biggest Mistakes as a Former Music Student
Jul 20, 2026
Why You Need Urgency In Learning Your Technique
Jul 13, 2026
How to Find the Right Music Teacher for You
Jul 06, 2026
Practice: Get It a LOT Better NOW
Jun 29, 2026
You'll Never Be a Good Musician Until You Embrace This
Jun 22, 2026
Latest Updates with Musicianship Mastery
Jun 15, 2026
Minimum Vocal Skills for the Non-Singer
Jun 08, 2026
Minimal Piano Skills for the Non-Pianist
Jun 01, 2026
If I Had to Start Now, How Would I Build a Music Career?
May 25, 2026
Stop Forgetting Music You Worked So Hard to Learn
May 18, 2026
How to Follow Other Musicians
May 11, 2026
How to Be an Effective Conductor
May 04, 2026
Perform Music Better and With a Rock-Solid Memory
Apr 27, 2026
How to Improve Your Internal Rhythm and Speed Up Tempo
Apr 20, 2026
How to Learn Music Faster and Better
Apr 13, 2026
Which of These 5 Types of Music Creators are You?
Apr 06, 2026
Debunking 10 Stereotypes About Musicians
Mar 30, 2026
Should You Major in Music?
Mar 23, 2026
Balancing Regimen and Creative Freedom as a Musician
Mar 16, 2026
Music is a Physical Skill and Must Be Practiced as Such
Mar 09, 2026
Learning New Music and Building Your Repertoire (with Annie Jeng)
Mar 02, 2026
How To Play As Well in Your Lesson as You Do in Practice
Feb 23, 2026
Are You Practicing Enough to Meet Your Musical Goals?
Feb 16, 2026
A Great Book for Musicians Who Want to Be Elite
Feb 09, 2026
Music Theory IV: Understanding Classical Music Since 1900
Feb 02, 2026
Music Theory III: Harmonic Construction and Larger Structures
Jan 26, 2026
Music Theory II: Harmonic Function and Basic Analysis
Jan 19, 2026
Music Theory I: The Basics
Jan 12, 2026
Music Theory: What It Is and Why You Should Study It
Jan 05, 2026
How to Organize a Week of Practice
Dec 29, 2025
How to Develop the Habit of Practicing
Dec 22, 2025
Improve Your Reps! Why Your Practice Isn't Leading to Better Progress
Dec 15, 2025
Lyadov or Stravinsky: How to Be Ready for Opportunity
Dec 08, 2025
Technique Through Repertoire (with Christopher Madden)
Dec 01, 2025
How to Hear Music While Reading the Score
Nov 24, 2025
What Happens as a Musician When You Start Saying No
Nov 17, 2025
Embracing the Art of Music (with Jennifer Rosenfeld)
Nov 10, 2025
Advanced Projects from Listening to Just One Piece
Nov 03, 2025
Why You're Not Making Progress on Your Instrument, and How to Fix It
Oct 27, 2025
Embracing Joy in Making Music (with Eric Branner)
Oct 20, 2025
What Musicianship Is and How to Develop It
Oct 13, 2025
Designing Your Musical Life for Success as a Working Musician
Oct 06, 2025
Succeeding in Music While Living With Chronic Illness (with Jastin Artis)
Sep 29, 2025
Building Your Staircase of Musical Goals
Sep 22, 2025
When Should You Prioritize Your Musical Technique?
Sep 15, 2025
The Craft of Music Composition (with Tony Steve)
Sep 08, 2025
How to Analyze Music Before Practicing
Sep 01, 2025
What's Your 5 Year Plan as a Musician?
Aug 25, 2025
Enjoying a Successful Music Career in Theme Parks (with Doug Minerd)
Aug 18, 2025
Switching from Finale to Dorico: My Early Journey
Aug 11, 2025
The Four Core Performance Skills: Integrating in Practice
Aug 04, 2025
How to Play Music Confidently in Public (with Michelle Wachter)
Jul 28, 2025
10 Encouragements for Music Students
Jul 21, 2025
20 Questions to Help You Get More Out of Listening to Music
Jul 14, 2025
Developing a Well Rounded Voice (with Thao Nguyen)
Jul 07, 2025
Musician Tools You Should Learn That Have Nothing to Do With Your Instrument
Jun 30, 2025
Practice: It's All About the Brain!
Jun 23, 2025
Wellness and Mindfulness for Musicians (with Lisa Joy Glassman)
Jun 16, 2025
Compose Music Like a Chef: The Secret to Originality
Jun 09, 2025
Dealing with FOMO as a Musician
Jun 02, 2025
Embracing Technology for Learning Music (with Sam Reti)
May 26, 2025
What I Got Wrong About Quarterly Goals
May 19, 2025
Getting Beyond the Sight Reading Mode
May 12, 2025
Developing Your Accompanying and Collaboration Skills (with Rachel Ehring)
May 05, 2025
Why You Should Memorize Everything
Apr 28, 2025
The Practice Pyramid: What Matters Most When Practicing Music
Apr 21, 2025
Championing New Music and Working Internationally (with Michael Hall)
Apr 14, 2025
Why You Should Go To Summer Music Camp
Apr 07, 2025
Why You Should Play in Band or Orchestra
Mar 31, 2025
When an Adult Beginner REALLY Commits (with Reid Harrison)
Mar 24, 2025
How Teaching Music Improved My Own Musicianship
Mar 17, 2025
"Not As Advanced As I Think I Should Be"
Mar 10, 2025
What's Holding Back Today's Young Students? - with Kinard Douthit
Feb 24, 2025
10 Ways to Make Real Progress as a Musician
Feb 10, 2025
Time to Get Serious as a Musician
Jan 06, 2025
The Musician Toolkit Episode 100 Celebration and Announcements
Nov 11, 2024
When and How to Pivot As a Musician
Nov 04, 2024
Be a Musician Who DOES, Not Just Plans
Oct 28, 2024
How to Make Sure You're Getting Benefits From Reading
Oct 21, 2024
Getting Started with a New Church Music Job
Oct 14, 2024
4 Types of Books Every Composer Should Own
Oct 07, 2024
Music Notation Apps in a Post-Finale World (with Jason Loffredo)
Sep 30, 2024
The Four Core Performance Skills for Beginning Students
Sep 23, 2024
Batching: A Way to Actually Get Things Done
Sep 16, 2024
How I Plan a Theatre Music Rehearsal
Sep 09, 2024
The Tools of Church Music Directing (with Bob Moore)
Sep 02, 2024
Revisiting the Importance of Talent in Music
Aug 26, 2024
The Four Core Performance Skills part 5 - Improvising
Aug 19, 2024
The Four Core Performance Skills part 4 - Transposing
Aug 12, 2024
The Four Core Performance Skills part 3 - Playing By Ear
Aug 05, 2024
The Four Core Performance Skills part 2 - Sight Reading
Jul 29, 2024
The Four Core Performance Skills part 1: An Overview of the Skills
Jul 22, 2024
Practice Success: The Power of the Subconscious Mind
Jul 15, 2024
Problem Solving in the Practice Room (with Dr. Larry Weng)
Jul 08, 2024
For Success in Anything, Develop This One Skill!
Jul 01, 2024
Coaching Theatre and Pop Vocals (with Bob Marks)
Jun 24, 2024
Never Forget Your Main Thing as a Musician | Ep79
Jun 17, 2024
Session Recording on Trumpet (with Paul Baron) | Ep78
Jun 10, 2024
More Review, Less New for Success | Ep77
Jun 03, 2024
The One Minute Practice Challenge | Ep76
May 27, 2024
Put Your Goals In Action! | Ep75
May 20, 2024
How to Improve Your Observation | Ep74
May 13, 2024
10 Favorite Jazz Albums (From Someone Who Didn't Always Like Jazz) | Ep73
May 06, 2024
How to Compose a Canon | Ep72
Apr 29, 2024
Creating Value as an Entrepreneurial Musician (with Brian Witkowski) | Ep71
Apr 22, 2024
Helpful and Harmful Practice Mindsets | Ep70
Apr 15, 2024
The Business Side of Private Teaching (with Andrea Miller) | Ep69
Apr 08, 2024
25 MORE Essential Classical Pieces You Should Know | Ep68
Apr 01, 2024
Instrument Spotlight: The French Horn (with Kate Warren) | Ep67
Mar 25, 2024
Music History Basics | Ep66
Mar 18, 2024
Learning Different Instruments (with Ronnal Ford) | Ep65
Mar 11, 2024
Adjusting Your Goals: Balancing Reality and Ambition | Ep64
Mar 04, 2024
Overcoming the Intermediate Plateau | Ep63
Feb 26, 2024
Improving Sight Reading by Touch (with David Holter) | Ep62
Feb 19, 2024
Building a Staircase to Success in Music | Ep61
Feb 12, 2024
A Better Way to Practice Slowly | Ep60
Feb 05, 2024
Goals, Motivation, and Organization (with Melissa Slocum) | Ep59
Jan 29, 2024
The Circle of 5ths and All It Reveals | Ep58
Jan 22, 2024
Physical Wellness for Musicians (with Angela McCuiston) | Ep57
Jan 15, 2024
Scales, Modes, and How to Use Them | Ep56
Jan 08, 2024
New Year’s Goals Part 2: 10 Musical Goals for 2024 | Ep55
Jan 01, 2024
3 Personal Favorite Pieces of Christmas Music | Ep54
Dec 25, 2023
New Year’s Goals Part 1: Letting Some Things Go | Ep53
Dec 18, 2023
8 Tips for Becoming a Better Teacher | Ep52
Dec 11, 2023
Composing for Television Series (with Sherri Chung) | Ep51
Dec 04, 2023
Two Mindset Skills to Transform Your Musicianship | Ep50
Nov 27, 2023
From Impossible to Inevitable - Get the Ball Rolling | Ep49
Nov 20, 2023
Producing an Album and Continuing Education (with Conner Cherland) | Ep48
Nov 13, 2023
Tactics for Memorizing Music | Ep47
Nov 06, 2023
5 X 5 Practicing for Consistently Accurate Performance | Ep46
Oct 30, 2023
The Myth of Self-Starting | Ep45
Oct 23, 2023
Conquering Finale...and Other Notation Programs (with Jason Loffredo) | Ep44
Oct 16, 2023
The Opportunity Chain | Ep43
Oct 09, 2023
Improvisation and Memorization (with Geoff Westley) | Ep42
Oct 02, 2023
10 Non-Musician Books Every Musician Should Read | Ep41
Sep 25, 2023
Designing a Website That Works (with Taylor Rossi) | Ep40
Sep 18, 2023
The Musician Examples You SHOULDN’T Follow | Ep39
Sep 11, 2023
Deciphering Written Rhythms (with David Krosner) | Ep38
Sep 04, 2023
Composing Your Own Practice Etudes | Ep37
Aug 28, 2023
Relocating as a Musician (with Robonzo) | Ep36
Aug 21, 2023
Accomplish More by Being Specific | Ep35
Aug 14, 2023
The Craft of Conducting (with Michelle Merrill) | Ep34
Aug 07, 2023
Self-Improvement Through Performance Review | Ep33
Jul 31, 2023
Collecting Instruments on a Budget (with Eric Perrotti) | Ep32
Jul 24, 2023
Music Theory Checklist | Ep31
Jul 17, 2023
Playing Guitar for Pixar and More (with Andrew Synowiec) | Ep30
Jul 10, 2023
What Apps Do Musicians Use? | Ep29
Jul 03, 2023
Composing for the Harp (with Danielle Kuntz) | Ep28
Jun 26, 2023
The Power of Quarterly Goals | Ep27
Jun 19, 2023
Basics of Studio Recording (with Liz May) | Ep26
Jun 12, 2023
Heavy Metal 101, Part 2 (with Eric Schwartz) | Ep25
Jun 05, 2023
Heavy Metal 101, Part 1 (with Eric Schwartz) | Ep24
May 29, 2023
30 Things I Would Tell Myself 30 Years Ago | Ep23
May 22, 2023
Composing the Music for Prehistoric Planet (with Anže Rozman and Kara Talve) | Ep22
May 15, 2023
The Reality of Tradeoffs | Ep21
May 08, 2023
The Empire Strikes Back: Greatest Score? (with Frank Lehman) | Ep20
May 04, 2023
The Residual Effects of Practice | Ep19
May 01, 2023
Instrument Spotlight: The Clarinet Family (with Kania Mills) | Ep18
Apr 24, 2023
25 Essential Classical Pieces to Know | Ep17
Apr 17, 2023
The Benefits of Score Study (with Andrew Callo) | Ep16
Apr 10, 2023
The Musician Toolkit: How This Became a Podcast | Ep15
Apr 03, 2023
The Basics of Singing (with Katie Muhlenkamp) | Ep14
Mar 27, 2023
Episode 13 - Listening Approach for Classical vs Non-Classical Music
Mar 20, 2023
Episode 12 - 10 Things Musicians Should Practice OTHER Than Music
Mar 13, 2023
Episode 11 - Sightreading Maverick (with Erica Sipes)
Mar 06, 2023
Episode 10 - What Good Practice Actually Looks Like
Feb 27, 2023
Episode 9 - What’s Keeping You from Being a GREAT Performing Musician?
Feb 20, 2023
Episode 8 - The Craft of John Williams (with Frank Lehman)
Feb 13, 2023
Episode 7 - The Overtone Series: What It Is and Why You Should Know It
Feb 06, 2023
Episode 6 - Jazz Piano 101 with Federico Pivetta
Jan 30, 2023
Episode 5 - Two Approaches to Learning Music
Jan 27, 2023
Episode 4 - Composing Music for Publication (with Bruce Tippette)
Jan 23, 2023
Episode 3 - Stop Using the ”T” Word!
Jan 16, 2023
Episode 2 - Practice Tip: One Problem at a Time
Jan 09, 2023
Episode 1 - The Musician Toolkit
Jan 02, 2023
Trailer:The Musician Toolkit with David Lane
Dec 26, 2022