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Bryan Sutton is one of the best flatpickers alive, and like most great players, he'll tell you the guitar just came naturally to him. In this follow-up to my conversation with Bryan, I dig into what's really behind the making of a "natural," and what it means for you.

Links:

• Pre-order The Genius and the Impostor (out August 25): https://GeniusAndImpostor.com
• The full interview with Bryan Sutton: https://youtu.be/mF0MSRkrriM?si=oNmQxHoMon-UaRKT
• Instagram: @brainjojosh
• More at performanceneurology.institute

Bryan Sutton is a three-time Grammy winner and one of the most-recorded session guitarists in Nashville, with credits from Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift to Dolly Parton and Doc Watson. Yet, he's driven home from sessions convinced he'd never work in the town again.

In this conversation we get into how he built his playing growing up immersed in the mountain music of Western North Carolina, why performing under pressure is a completely separate skill from playing well, and the mental shift he uses to get out of his own way.

Links:

• Pre-order The Genius and the Impostor: GeniusAndImpostor.com
• Take the Pressure Profile: PerformanceNeurology.institute/pressure-profile
• Bryan Sutton at ArtistWorks: ArtistWorks.com/Bryan-Sutton
• Bryan on Instagram: @bryansutton28
• Josh on Instagram: @brainjojosh