Music is my laboratory. It's where the theory meets practice.
The power of every brain is far greater than you realize.
Neurologist. Researcher. Author. Musician.
Inquire about speakingMost of us underestimate what we're capable of—and what others are capable of—because we've been taught the wrong things about how learning works.
Speaking
I talk to organizations about human capability—what actually limits it, what expands it, and why most of us have been getting the answer wrong.
The talk weaves together science and live musical performance—ideas and artistry in conversation. The music isn't separate from the message. It's the message made audible.
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Anyone Can Play Music
Musical ability is a skill, not a gift. The brain mechanisms that support it remain available across the lifespan.
The Genius and the Impostor
Intelligence, like musical skill, is constructed through learning. It's not a fixed quantity you're born with.
Music
Everything I say about learning and the brain gets tested here—in performance, in teaching, in helping adults learn things they'd given up on.
The Brainjo method applies what we know about neuroplasticity to adult music learning. Thousands of people worldwide have used it to discover they were wrong about what they could learn.
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When you understand how learning actually works, what you're capable of changes. I've seen it happen thousands of times.
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