Tags: Music practice
Playing with Silence: The Value of the Rest. Part 2.
“Don’t play what’s there; play what’s not there.” -Miles Davis In part one of this series I touched on the importance of focusing attention the resting places in music. READ MORE
The “HOW” vs. the “WHAT”. Remembering What Matters in Music
Like most musicians and songwriters, I’ve chased after ghosts: grasped at that far-off, elusive thing that all my heroes seemed to have. How the hell do they do it!? Naturally,READ MORE
The Trouble With Music Appreciation
“The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead.” Igor Stravinsky
Playing with Silence: The Value of the Rest (Part 1)
“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” – Aldous Huxley Musicians love to talk about how the silences in a piece are just as importantREAD MORE