Free Audiobook: How to Read Music
Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music is now in audiobook format!
If you’re new to Audible, you can listen to the book for free.
How to Get Better at What You Love
Loved hearing about how Demosthenes practiced in this talk by Eduardo Briceño.
Many musicians–especially school musicians who perform only once every few months–need almost the opposite approach from what Eduardo emphasizes at the beginning of this talk.
17 Practice Tips
These tips come from violinist and teacher Michael O’Gieblyn. Lots of gems in here.
Love Music? Watch This Now: Soundbreaking.
Superb. Not about practice directly, but you can learn a lot by watching. All about recording sounds. Clips below. Check out full episodes here.
Play Leads to Innovation. How Much of Your Practice Is Play?
Play is always a part of invention. Find what intrigues you and mystifies you and leaves you gobsmacked and play with it. Today I was once again blown away by Clifford Brown’s solo in “What’s New” (around the 3:00 mark) and it’s now in my practice lineup. Can’t wait to play with it and figure…
Dave Grohl’s Guide to Kick A**
Dave Grohl needs no introduction. Even if you know him, you really should watch Sound City, a great documentary about a legendary music studio. In the doc you’ll see a bit of Grohl, but lots and lots of other superb musicians, too. Video below the tips.
