"Is it too late?" A Chat with Performance Psychologist Noa Kageyama

In my interview with performance psychologist, Noa Kageyama, we learn what he meant at age 2 when he said "oa wike mugas"; what it was like to studying with Mr. Suzuki himself in Japan as a little kid, how inconsistency in his performances lead to his study of “performance psychology” at Juilliard; how performers can believe that performing poorly means we ‘suck’ as people; what he learned from daydreaming about winning the Lotto; the difference between the ‘critic’ versus the ‘coach’ his surprising reasons for starting his blog; why he’d tell his younger self to play more soccer; and how he answers the question “is it too late?”

Learn more about the stuff we talk about!

Noa's awesome blog: https://bulletproofmusician.com

Noa teaches at the Juilliard School: https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/kageyama-noa

The Suzuki Method: https://suzukiassociation.org/about/suzuki-method/

Noa got a double degree at Oberlin: https://www.oberlin.edu

Don Greene, Ph.d, Performance Mastery Trainer : http://dongreene.com/live/

Seymour Bernstein, pianist and pedagogue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhtIcP6AdHo

Ethan Hawke and his film about Seymour Bernstein: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/12/ethan-hawke-seymour-bernstein-documentary-interview

This is Your Brain on Jazz: Researchers Use MRI to Study Spontaneity, Creativity: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/this_is_your_brain_on_jazz_researchers_use_mri_to_study_spontaneity_creativity

Seth Godin: https://seths.blog

Alexander Technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Technique

Hidden Brain: The Edge Effect, https://www.npr.org/2018/07/02/625426015/the-edge-effect

Ivan Galamian, legendary violin teacher of Itzhak Perlman among many others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Galamian

Louis Persinger, legendary violin teacher of Yehudi Menuhin, among many others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Persinger