{"id":2,"date":"2012-03-02T21:04:48","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T02:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robertkelleyphd.com\/home\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-04-08T15:37:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T19:37:51","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/robertkelleyphd.com\/home\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border: none;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 10px\">Make your performances memorable<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 10px\">Amass an astonishingly vast repertoire<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 0px; margin-left: 10px\">The practice room can be fun again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/robertkelleyphd.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/RB5_3452-8X10-e1762901934255.jpg?fit=152%2C160&ssl=1' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-160wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-160 photo ' height='160' width='160'\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Greetings! I&#8217;m Dr. Robert Kelley, and I&#8217;ve been helping musicians refine their music-making for more than a decade. Do you play perfectly in the practice room, but fall apart on stage? Does the traditional way of learning music bore you? Do you play well, but never seem to impress the audience? There is a better way. I can show you how.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for my newsletter to receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strategies for faster music learning<\/li>\n<li>Tools to help you set goals, plan, and practice more effectively<\/li>\n<li>Principles for developing unique but authentic interpretations<\/li>\n<li>Advanced rehearsal techniques to enhance your concentration skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"font-size: 0.67em; color: gray;\">As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases made through this site.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Make your performances memorable Amass an astonishingly vast repertoire The practice room can be fun again Greetings! 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