The method I have devaloped over the yers I call now “Total Tuning” and here is a short introductory text about it.

“Total Tuning Method” quite simply brings body-mind-voice-instrument in tune, creating a unified and powerful whole. Using my combined knowledge of intonation, breath, and body-work, wind players can turbocharge their game, get closer to finding their true voice, all while having some fun along the journey. The Method has developed during the last  3 decades of playing, teaching and researching and I am now happy to share it in earnest. 

My main fields of research and passion include harmonics and intonation, mind-body connections, overtone singing, ear training, endurance sport, breath-work, and of course performance itself. What is unique about the Total Tuning Method is the way in which these vast intersecting fields are combined into a unified whole with direct practical applications for wind players of all levels and genres- applications that not only improve the music making but also general well-being. The downstream benefits of the method are many. 

The scientific advancements in breath and body work in the field of endurance sport are in my estimate a few decades ahead of what we are taught in music schools and with this course I aim to correct that and bust some common myths along the way, especially with regard to the bio-mechanical, bio-chemical, and bio-rhythmical elements of the breath- the core pillar of the work and the base on which strong musicianship and functional movement  can best be built. 

Specifically students and curious souls can come away form this course with clear and easily workable answers to questions like: 

-how can I best find my true voice on my instrument?

-how can I best intonate in any given situation? 

-what’s the best way to breathe in any given situation?

-how can I turbo-charge my focus and self-regulate my nervous system ? 

-how can I minimise and even leave behind stage fright and nerves? 

-how can I simply improve faster and level-up my playing? 

-how can I use drone playing to deepen my musicianship? 

-how can I best achieve flow state in my music and life? 

-how can I best bring it all together? 

Watch this space for more…