Dear Readers,
following a few technical problems in India I was deprive of a proper internet connection and experienced problems accessing the blog. I’m sorry for the inconvenience and hope to deliver your much-sought posts starting today.
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It’s concert time. Your playing the piece, it’s kind of going well, and you’re so focused and concentrating, that you’re too busy to actually hear yourself playing.
Been there, done that.
Playing freely is a major skill that stage artists will need to acquire. You have to learn to listen to yourself, as if you are part of the audience. This is a very abstract concept, and not all musicians will agree, but there are a few techniques you should experiment with.
Concentrate on your breathing: Coordinate your breathing with the piece. I believe that respiration is strongly linked with our connection to …read more
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Today I want to share a small tid-bit with you – about your brain.
We discussed “Musical Ruts” recently on TGM, and I wanted to show you how they form in the first place.
When accumalating new information, initially, your brain processes them fast, as it’s new and hot. But as you gain more knowledge of a problem, your brain is confronted with these problems, creating confusion and difficulties. This slows down your learning dramatically, and sometimes lets you think you’ve even worsened.
Understand that learning music can occur in spikes. New circumstances or experiences will suddenly jolt you up if you’ve had …read more
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Remember how important it is to keep a practice diary. Following that, if you have a Mac, and happen to play electric guitar, catch an adapter cable and get yourself GuitarLog.
This application allows you to record your practice sessions, manage them, compare, and work with a metronome.
I love this app. Especially the ability to manage instruments lets you keep track of which instrument you used for which take. Sometimes you forget how you got that super-solo sounding so cool, that’s when GuitarLog can help.
It also creates statistics, and you can practically throw any kind of media at it to manage …read more
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