How To Practice Music

Fiddling with life and learning with the occasional dad joke thrown in…

 

 

The Ant and The Grasshopper

In Aesop’s most well-known fable, a grasshopper plays the fiddle in the summer while the ant works to store up food for the future. When winter comes, the grasshopper begs for food and the ant refuses. The original message was “Idleness brings want” which gave the ant the moral high ground. But later interpretations portrayed … Continued

Social Music

Traveling through Ireland I’ve come around to a more primal and pure way of doing music. Making music here is a social activity. This is probably so obvious to people here that they don’t even think about it. Instead of being on a stage in front of an audience, the audience is on the stage, … Continued

Don’t Break The Chain

  Jerry Seinfeld is credited with a great productivity tip (though he claims to not remember talking about it). He felt that to be a great comedian, you had to write every day. His technique will be useful for you as you learn: Buy a wall calendar and hang it on the wall where you … Continued

Make Music Now

Even if you are an absolute beginner, you can make music right now. Even if you are playing a single note it can sound like music. Always return to a good sound. As an absolute beginner your first goal is to just create a single good sound. Of course it won’t be perfect right away, … Continued