This content was created by The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song. This content was uploaded by The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song. This is a YouTube trailer (title: "Official Trailer ✅: Season 4 Finale feat. Dr. Jon Skidmore - Performance Psychologist") published June 10, 2024. The excerpt is a short interview-style promo for The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song promoting a Season 4 finale episode featuring performance psychologist Dr. John/Jon Skidmore. Speakers discuss stage fright/performance anxiety, the importance of developing mental skills for performers and music educators, and the pressures facing performing artists. The clip announces a YouTube premiere on June 11 at 8 PM Eastern (with simultaneous audio on podcast platforms) and includes calls to subscribe and follow The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song.
Stage fright is not our enemy. It is not the number one enemy. It's a skill deficit. And we need the physical skills like the relaxation strategies. We also need the mental skills to manage that as well.
To wrap up Season 4 and show our appreciation to our listeners, we are bringing back a remarkable guest, Dr. John Skidmore, the renowned performance psychologist. Many of you might remember him from our very first episode back in September 2020.
The world of performing arts has always been a very competitive arena, but what I'm seeing is the pressure and the social media pressures, the, uh, in some cases, the fewer opportunities to perform, to make a living in this arena is creating an inordinate amount of stress and pressure that in some ways is for too many, not certainly not for everybody, but it's crushing their talent. It really seems to be having a negative impact in the talent because they can't make it good enough. They can't make it big enough. They can't seem to succeed with it. The other thing I've noticed, which has been really an interesting surprise for me, is I've referred to it as performance dread. I've been talking to a lot of people that just like, I dread this, this love-hate relationship with performing. When we develop a craft, whether it's with the piano, with surgery, playing chess, whatever our craft is, we will spend a tremendous amount of time, energy, resource to develop that. There is no question about that. And one of the things that we assume is that our mental ability, our mental skills will just kind of come along the way and we'll just be able to kind of somehow have what we need to do this. And it's so common as I talk with people, when we talk about where did you get a solid understanding of the sense of stage fright, performance anxiety, Most people go, I think that somebody mentioned that in a masterclass like 5 years ago. And so really, it's the idea of developing the mental skills to support the expression of our musical craft, our musical skills. And it makes the journey so much more enjoyable. Your voice is ready. Your song is ready. Are you ready?
Join us tomorrow, June 11th, at 8 PM Eastern for the premiere of an inspiring episode on The Piano Pod's YouTube channel featuring Dr. John Skidmore. Discover the captivating world of performance psychology and delve into profound discussions on the importance of mental skills training for musicians, understanding the cause of performance anxiety, the correct definition of mindset from the perspective of brain science and psychology, and learning strategies for music educators to help their students play expressively in the flow. The audio version of this exciting conversation will be available simultaneously on your preferred podcasting platforms alongside the YouTube premiere. Hit that subscribe button, spread the word, and don't forget to follow The Piano Pod with Yukimi Song on social media. The links are in the description. Catch you tomorrow.
