Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Great post over at Scienceblogs.com by Dave Munger titled "Musicians have better memory -- not just for music, but words and pictures too"
As musicians, we are constantly training ourselves to memorize. We spend hours upon hours memorizing music, and using mnemonic cues such as melodies, song form, harmony, music notation, ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
I've often thought much about efficiency when practicing music. I used to park myself in a practice room from dawn until midnight back at NEC and even before then. I would break my practice routines down into 15 minute increments, and have it all laid out on a schedule. Practice ...
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Saturday, September 8th, 2007
I am sure that a moment like this:
was part of the inspiration that led to this:
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Luciano Pavarotti, one of the greatest tenors of all time, is dead at 71.
I never had much of an appreciation for Pavarotti until one day back at NEC when a friend of mine played three recordings of the same section from a Puccini opera. The difference in tone, control, phrasing, ...
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Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Bill Harrison posted this tidbit over at Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog about frustration playing with shitty musicians, and I could not agree more with this. It really sucks to be stuck in an orchestra gig with the one guy that insists on playing too loud and too fast. It's ...
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