Practice Session Tips

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In recent months I’ve been practicing a lot.  My father and I have spent a lot of time talking about Arnold Schultz and his techniques and concepts and some of it has resonated very strongly with me. As I work on it, and as I record every practice session and listen to it, I continue [...]

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The Difference Between Playing and Emoting: Thoughts From Mike Pope

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As musicians, we’ve all been listening to music we love for a long time. I used to sit and listen to Weather Report, or Pat Metheny, or Chick Corea for hours on end, all the while painting a sort of subjective picture of the music. In my mind I’d formulate images of what the players [...]

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Ear-Hand Coordination

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It’s possible that many of the people reading this have found themselves in a position where they’ve had to play a song that they’ve never heard without the benefit of a chart. When I was 15 years old, I used to stay out until all hours of the night (yes… ALL hours) playing in a [...]

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