Here’s Hadero’s short talk about finding inspirational sounds in the most ordinary places. She hints at the creative kind of practice mentioned in the last blog post, and covered more deeply in The Practice of Practice and Practice Like This: Songwriting as practice. It’s a particularly powerful form of practice because you own what you’re doing, it’s exploratory, and best of all, it’s fun and can make time fly.
Month: October 2015
Play With Yourself: How to Get Better With Multi-tracking
One of the revelations I discovered while researching The Practice of Practice was that some musicians–like Erin McKeown who turned me on to the strategy–use composition and multi-tracking, or looping, to improve. Trumpet Wizard Adam Rapa breaks down why using multi-tracking is so good for your practice from a blog post over at the fantastic 21st…
Frustrated With Practice? Listen Boston Brass’s Lance LaDuke’s Talk
Watch, listen and learn. Lance LaDuke talks about overcoming frustration with practice, what to focus on in practice, and how to think about (and do) practice.
How to Succeed In Music Without Really Trying (TRUTH!)
Brilliant (true) observation from Tone Deaf Comics.
Free Kindle Edition of “Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music” (Oct. 1-5)
Free Kindle Edition: Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music (October 1-5, 2015)
The Practice of Practice 