Tal Wilkenfeld

Yeah, I just grew up in an environment that was focused on academia. And I fell in love with guitar and really just wanted the focus to be that. So my limit was 30 minutes a day for, I don't even remember how many times a week.

No. And so I just learned how to visualize the fretboard in my head and I'd practice all day in my head. It's kind of like, you know, the Queen's Gambit, the TV show with Anya Taylor-Joy and she just like sees it on the ceiling. I used to do that with the fretboard. Yeah, just practice. And I actually recommend it to every musician because...

No. And so I just learned how to visualize the fretboard in my head and I'd practice all day in my head. It's kind of like, you know, the Queen's Gambit, the TV show with Anya Taylor-Joy and she just like sees it on the ceiling. I used to do that with the fretboard. Yeah, just practice. And I actually recommend it to every musician because...

No. And so I just learned how to visualize the fretboard in my head and I'd practice all day in my head. It's kind of like, you know, the Queen's Gambit, the TV show with Anya Taylor-Joy and she just like sees it on the ceiling. I used to do that with the fretboard. Yeah, just practice. And I actually recommend it to every musician because...

If you're just practicing here, you don't know what is more dominant necessarily. Is it this or is it your motor skills? If you just take that away and do it here, you know you've got it. So I'm glad that that happened and that I learned how to do that.

If you're just practicing here, you don't know what is more dominant necessarily. Is it this or is it your motor skills? If you just take that away and do it here, you know you've got it. So I'm glad that that happened and that I learned how to do that.

If you're just practicing here, you don't know what is more dominant necessarily. Is it this or is it your motor skills? If you just take that away and do it here, you know you've got it. So I'm glad that that happened and that I learned how to do that.

And in terms of like learning fast, because like I had to like learn how to, well, I had to try to absorb a lot of information in a short amount of time when I did have the instrument. I kind of would like do things in bursts, like even in that half an hour, I would just go like play for a couple of minutes and then I'd stop for like a minute.

And in terms of like learning fast, because like I had to like learn how to, well, I had to try to absorb a lot of information in a short amount of time when I did have the instrument. I kind of would like do things in bursts, like even in that half an hour, I would just go like play for a couple of minutes and then I'd stop for like a minute.

And in terms of like learning fast, because like I had to like learn how to, well, I had to try to absorb a lot of information in a short amount of time when I did have the instrument. I kind of would like do things in bursts, like even in that half an hour, I would just go like play for a couple of minutes and then I'd stop for like a minute.

And then I'd do it again, and I noticed there was a huge difference between the first time and the second time, whereas if I just kept repeating stuff, it would be much slower.

And then I'd do it again, and I noticed there was a huge difference between the first time and the second time, whereas if I just kept repeating stuff, it would be much slower.

And then I'd do it again, and I noticed there was a huge difference between the first time and the second time, whereas if I just kept repeating stuff, it would be much slower.

Just hang out.

Just hang out.

Just hang out.

Yeah, it's like my brain was telling me, just chill out for a sec. That's enough information. Let me take a second to integrate that. That's at least what it felt like to me. And the most hilarious thing happened a couple months ago. I know you're friends with Andrew Huberman. Mm-hmm. So he put out some clip, which was a part of one of his podcasts, about learning.

Yeah, it's like my brain was telling me, just chill out for a sec. That's enough information. Let me take a second to integrate that. That's at least what it felt like to me. And the most hilarious thing happened a couple months ago. I know you're friends with Andrew Huberman. Mm-hmm. So he put out some clip, which was a part of one of his podcasts, about learning.

Yeah, it's like my brain was telling me, just chill out for a sec. That's enough information. Let me take a second to integrate that. That's at least what it felt like to me. And the most hilarious thing happened a couple months ago. I know you're friends with Andrew Huberman. Mm-hmm. So he put out some clip, which was a part of one of his podcasts, about learning.

And he said that there was some research done on learning fast and that if you practice something for a minute or so and then you let your brain rest for 30 seconds or a minute, that in that 30 seconds or a minute, your brain – does the repetition 20 to 30 times faster and in reverse. And I was like, whoa, that's so cool because that's what I used to do when I was a kid.