I'm having the same problems. My first public venue was at a nursing home. The pressure is low because not all the audience is awake. The few that are alert enough to really listen will appreciate...
I'm having the same problems. My first public venue was at a nursing home. The pressure is low because not all the audience is awake. The few that are alert enough to really listen will appreciate...
Mastery on a single instrument is not my goal. I get more pleasure if I focus on achievable short term goals. The process of playing music is my immediate goal; Here/Now, as in "oh, this is a very...
A nice one I'm working on. Don't have it perfect yet, but I decided not to stress about it.
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Very nice tune. Can you provide a link to sheet music?
opps... never mind. I found it at TheSession
I'm working on accurate technique, and have no business playing fast yet. While I have learned some songs that are meant to be played fast, there is always the 'but' that limits my feeling of...
I'm interested in learning how our brains work, and there is a lot of interesting new science. This TED talk introduces a new study investigating the different parts of the brain that are involved...
I think this is quite special.
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I had a real mouthy young Arab that liked to create noise. He would bang on feed tubs rhythmically, and would pull on stretched high tensile wire repeatedly to make it twang. So one day I brought...
I was telling my Mom about all the great help I've been getting from this forum, and how I'm focused on getting a better mandolin when I sell some stuff. The sound bites available on the internet...
I recently read a really good book,Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, by Daniel H. Pink. Might be germane to those pondering issues about being paid money for art.
He points out...
The whole thread has me a bit worried. I've never thought about proper picking patterns. It's a totally unconscious thing for me. I tried to be aware of the pattern of picking for a few tunes, and...