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09-07-2022 06:45 AM
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Love your new guitar, C!
Marinero
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Originally Posted by Marinero
This thing eats gigs for breakfast ;-)
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I never practice, I just play stuff... many times, it has to be said.
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Originally Posted by ragman1
Musicians who went to music schools had to take lessons and pass exams ... systematic practise is for all life.
Ear training, technical exercises and playing in front of an audience-it is just a drop in the sea.
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Maybe the question should be asked why
to practice and not how to practice?
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Originally Posted by kris
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You mention watching paint drying...
I always think of this; Pebber Brown (guitar teacher of Buckethead!) practice & delightful rant video.
Last edited by pauln; 09-09-2022 at 01:47 AM.
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If someone thinks he will play jazz without practicing, he is cheating himself.The poor listener must listen to the questionable quality of the product.
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Originally Posted by kris
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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I often wonder what is it like?
Some practise for hours and do not progress, while others practise less and make progress ...
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Originally Posted by kris
You are an experienced musician with untold hours of practice and performance. And, I've always thought of musicians, like us, as mountain climbers whose goal is to reach the summit but rather, in reality, we move from one plateau to the next. There is no question that there are individual human differences but that's a function of our ego which, at times, can be very counter-productive to growth. Whenever I hit a plateau in the past, I take some time away from my instrument and do something else as a diversion. In a former life as a "working musician"(that's funny!), I practiced two hours in the morning, two hours in the afternoon, and gigged 6 nights a week: 9-12 p.m. I also was studying arranging/composition at the Chicago Conservatory of Music. I hit severe burnout and aside from our nightly gigs, I didn't play my sax for over two weeks. Then, one day, I unpacked my horn and blew scales/chords/inversions all afternoon. It was like an epiphany. I was back.
Marinero
Grant Green, What is This Thing
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