Why Anyone Can (and should!) Play Music

At long last, my book, Anyone Can Play Music, is now available in print, digital, and audio formats!

As you probably know, I consider lifelong learning to be the essential foundation of long term brain health and fitness.

Learning is what provides the stimulus for our brain tissue to grow and repair itself, keeping it in optimal working condition.

And the more brain tissue we stimulate, the better. Which is why complex, real world skills - like playing a musical instrument - are the best sorts of brain fitness activities.

In essence, stimulating brain change is both how we keep our brain young and how we learn anything new.

It may sound simple, but it's not easy.

Far more people have given up on learning a musical instrument than have stuck with it over the long haul. This isn't because they lacked talent.

Rather, it’s because they lacked a learning path that achieved consistent results and sustained their motivation.

Which means understanding how to learn, i.e. to stimulate brain change, is essential for us to reap the many rewards of complex skills.

This is the ultimate aim of Anyone Can Play Music. It's about molding a musical mind, but it's ultimately about how to mold your brain to achieve whatever it is you dream of learning.

And in this latest episode of the Better Brain Fitness podcast, Tommy Wood interviewed me about the book.

If you're interested in learning more about the origins of the book and diving deeper into the science of brain change, click below to check out the podcast episode now (and grab a copy of the book, too!).