Musical practice constantly exposes us: concerts, lessons, auditions, exams, competitions, and external judgment.
Along that path, experiences such as performance anxiety, frustration, constant comparison with other musicians, or a feeling of being stuck often appear.
These aspects, however, are usually left outside formal training spaces. Musical education focuses mostly on technique, repertoire, and performance, but rarely offers tools to work with what happens inside.
Not because it is unimportant, but because historically it has not been a central topic within institutions.
Mental Notes exists to give space to that inner dimension of making music, which, when unheard, often shows up as discomfort, blockage or suffering.
This space may be for you if you are a musician and feel that something in your way of making music does not quite settle.
Not necessarily because of a lack of technique, study, or discipline, but because some things do not get resolved simply by practicing more.
Sometimes questions like these appear:
“When I play, I feel bad”
“I practice a lot, but I know it won’t work in front of an audience”
“I constantly compare myself to other musicians”
“I feel stuck in my career”
“I don’t know how to sustain myself financially through music”
If any of these sentences feel familiar, this might be a good place to pause and look at that more calmly.
Not to force solutions, but to better understand what place music occupies in your life today.
If this resonates, write to meTo accompany, in this context, does not mean to correct or push. It means creating a space where what you are experiencing can be looked at with time, without judgment and without urgency.