Comments on: Practice http://lowquality.net/2006/practice/ I'm just a guy who's into stuff. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Justin http://lowquality.net/2006/practice/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Justin Thu, 11 May 2006 20:51:25 +0000 http://low-quality.net/practice/#comment-430 Brett: I thought about how much time we wasted watching Sherlock Holmes and Bob Schott while we were at Berklee as I wrote this article. I know you disagree that we wasted that time. nelumbo: I had posted a notice about my forthcoming lesson and for some reason my site crashed and I had to get my host to reload a backup that must have been imaged just prior to my notice. The next lesson will involve a discussion of blues forms (but not necessarily blues <em>styles</em> and some of the basic tools (arpeggios, scales) needed to understand the broader topics I will discuss. This way I can offer something to the beginners and to the slightly more advanced player simultaneously. It will be cool I promise. I think ear training is a universal skill that can be developed even when you do not have the bass in your hands. I may discuss this in the future, but I think it will end up being more like a rant than a lesson. Feel free to contact me directly if you want to talk more about ear training. Brett: I thought about how much time we wasted watching Sherlock Holmes and Bob Schott while we were at Berklee as I wrote this article. I know you disagree that we wasted that time.

nelumbo: I had posted a notice about my forthcoming lesson and for some reason my site crashed and I had to get my host to reload a backup that must have been imaged just prior to my notice. The next lesson will involve a discussion of blues forms (but not necessarily blues styles and some of the basic tools (arpeggios, scales) needed to understand the broader topics I will discuss. This way I can offer something to the beginners and to the slightly more advanced player simultaneously. It will be cool I promise. I think ear training is a universal skill that can be developed even when you do not have the bass in your hands. I may discuss this in the future, but I think it will end up being more like a rant than a lesson. Feel free to contact me directly if you want to talk more about ear training.

]]> By: nelumbo http://lowquality.net/2006/practice/comment-page-1/#comment-422 nelumbo Fri, 05 May 2006 14:48:32 +0000 http://low-quality.net/practice/#comment-422 Thanks for the advice. I know that 15 minutes a day would be better than 1 hr a week, but it's hard to change bad habits. I would love it if you had a lesson later on about ear training. I definitely need the most work here. I am classically trained in music so I could sight-read all day, but I have difficulty picking up anything by ear. Thanks for the advice. I know that 15 minutes a day would be better than 1 hr a week, but it’s hard to change bad habits.

I would love it if you had a lesson later on about ear training. I definitely need the most work here. I am classically trained in music so I could sight-read all day, but I have difficulty picking up anything by ear.

]]> By: Brett Miller http://lowquality.net/2006/practice/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Brett Miller Thu, 04 May 2006 17:48:21 +0000 http://low-quality.net/practice/#comment-420 That's a bunch of crap Justin, music is about looking cool. That’s a bunch of crap Justin, music is about looking cool.

]]> By: Justin http://lowquality.net/2006/practice/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Justin Mon, 01 May 2006 15:17:27 +0000 http://low-quality.net/practice/#comment-415 That's part of the plan, Drew. When I get around to the next lesson (maybe this weekend) I will do just that, That’s part of the plan, Drew. When I get around to the next lesson (maybe this weekend) I will do just that,

]]> By: drew http://lowquality.net/2006/practice/comment-page-1/#comment-414 drew Mon, 01 May 2006 02:03:56 +0000 http://low-quality.net/practice/#comment-414 i beg of you to sign up for Evoca and commit some of these lessons (maybe some scales or licks or even the instruction) at which point you could embed the player into the post and then folks could download them as MP3s and get a full lesson from you. perhaps it could be a new way to make some dough???!!! drew. i beg of you to sign up for Evoca and commit some of these lessons (maybe some scales or licks or even the instruction) at which point you could embed the player into the post and then folks could download them as MP3s and get a full lesson from you.

perhaps it could be a new way to make some dough???!!!

drew.

]]> By: Justin http://lowquality.net/2006/practice/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Justin Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:42:23 +0000 http://low-quality.net/practice/#comment-412 Ryan Hale is a first class jerk. Ryan Hale is a first class jerk.

]]> By: ryan http://lowquality.net/2006/practice/comment-page-1/#comment-411 ryan Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:07:11 +0000 http://low-quality.net/practice/#comment-411 i didn't learn anything. i didn’t learn anything.

]]> By: bastom http://lowquality.net/2006/practice/comment-page-1/#comment-410 bastom Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:37:24 +0000 http://low-quality.net/practice/#comment-410 This is Nice, Justin, defenatly something i will follow. I have to admid, lately i have blogged more every day then i had the bass in my hands. But i remember when i started - I did most of the above. I started realy soon in a band - actualy i played with them before i owned my bass - but we all just started back then - it was an awesome experience and for more then a year, we just played the same covers over and over. It was my best lessons i got - not only in playing - but for most - in playing in a band. Today, (and 4 bands later) i still play with the same drummer - and i cannot deny it - i know better drummers (technical) then him - but he's always gonna be THE drummer i can play best with. I never was able to read notes until a few months ago (but still not very good at it). I only started musicschool september (last year) and am still learning a lot. I havent used the notes to play my bass yet - only on the uprightbass (witch i also started playing in september). I still dont know what a scale is (after 5years playing music, being in over more then 10 bands, and gigged over more then 30times)... i hope to discover that soon.. i think i can realy fast - but i'll just wait a little. I have to say - (this might be the wrong way - but it did help me) i learned a lot from the internet and from tabs (tablatures). I even use(d) this great program guitarpro - to play along with - its awesome to learn new covers. Of course, i don't forget to lissen to the original album too now and then. I started going to musicschool last year, because i felt like i wasnt learning new stuff anymore - like i came to my own limit of teaching myself somehow. I'm still not sure if the upright bass was the right choise - i'm having a hard time playing it - but guess thats what learning means. The bad part is - i hardly play it between my classes - resulting in only practicing an hour before i have to go to school... That made me wonder.. if summerholiday starts - will i ever touch this big-heavy-thingy that just sits there in that dark corner of my room? Wouldn't i better chose to play bass-guitar at school? I play in two bands - and pick it up more regular (not every day - but i could)....... Anyway - thnx for a great start - on, i guess, many to follow basslessons - that i sure will check out! This is Nice, Justin, defenatly something i will follow. I have to admid, lately i have blogged more every day then i had the bass in my hands. But i remember when i started - I did most of the above. I started realy soon in a band - actualy i played with them before i owned my bass - but we all just started back then - it was an awesome experience and for more then a year, we just played the same covers over and over. It was my best lessons i got - not only in playing - but for most - in playing in a band. Today, (and 4 bands later) i still play with the same drummer - and i cannot deny it - i know better drummers (technical) then him - but he’s always gonna be THE drummer i can play best with.
I never was able to read notes until a few months ago (but still not very good at it). I only started musicschool september (last year) and am still learning a lot. I havent used the notes to play my bass yet - only on the uprightbass (witch i also started playing in september). I still dont know what a scale is (after 5years playing music, being in over more then 10 bands, and gigged over more then 30times)… i hope to discover that soon.. i think i can realy fast - but i’ll just wait a little. I have to say - (this might be the wrong way - but it did help me) i learned a lot from the internet and from tabs (tablatures). I even use(d) this great program guitarpro - to play along with - its awesome to learn new covers. Of course, i don’t forget to lissen to the original album too now and then.
I started going to musicschool last year, because i felt like i wasnt learning new stuff anymore - like i came to my own limit of teaching myself somehow. I’m still not sure if the upright bass was the right choise - i’m having a hard time playing it - but guess thats what learning means. The bad part is - i hardly play it between my classes - resulting in only practicing an hour before i have to go to school… That made me wonder.. if summerholiday starts - will i ever touch this big-heavy-thingy that just sits there in that dark corner of my room? Wouldn’t i better chose to play bass-guitar at school? I play in two bands - and pick it up more regular (not every day - but i could)…….

Anyway - thnx for a great start - on, i guess, many to follow basslessons - that i sure will check out!

]]> By: Justin http://lowquality.net/2006/practice/comment-page-1/#comment-409 Justin Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:01:58 +0000 http://low-quality.net/practice/#comment-409 Sometimes the best advice to help musicians is simply based on common sense, which as we have discussed before, is not always that common a sense among musicians! I think that artists, understandably, invest much, emotionally, in their craft and often this can lead to taking our shortcomings as musicians too personally, which in turn leads to us feel as though we are personally inadequate and not having fun doing the only thing some of us have fun doing... playing music! This in turn makes us miserable self-hating bastards... but then we start blogs that make attempts at overcoming all of that nonsense. :) I think most of my musician friends can benefit from taking a break from the endless obsession about their playing and just do it for the sake of the process. We we start out we are not immediately consumed with how much we suck and don't know anything. For some reason, when we start to get good we start to see the glass as half-empty and all we can think of is all of the players who are so much better than us. Just remember how awesome the E-string sounded when we were just getting started and didn't know any better! I'd glady flush my Berklee education down the toilet to be able to experience that joy again. So, my last bit about "Enjoying The Process" is really the main idea of the piece. Be honest with yourself, but have a good time and suck every drop of joy out of the learning process. Sometimes the best advice to help musicians is simply based on common sense, which as we have discussed before, is not always that common a sense among musicians! I think that artists, understandably, invest much, emotionally, in their craft and often this can lead to taking our shortcomings as musicians too personally, which in turn leads to us feel as though we are personally inadequate and not having fun doing the only thing some of us have fun doing… playing music! This in turn makes us miserable self-hating bastards… but then we start blogs that make attempts at overcoming all of that nonsense. :)

I think most of my musician friends can benefit from taking a break from the endless obsession about their playing and just do it for the sake of the process. We we start out we are not immediately consumed with how much we suck and don’t know anything. For some reason, when we start to get good we start to see the glass as half-empty and all we can think of is all of the players who are so much better than us.

Just remember how awesome the E-string sounded when we were just getting started and didn’t know any better! I’d glady flush my Berklee education down the toilet to be able to experience that joy again.

So, my last bit about “Enjoying The Process” is really the main idea of the piece. Be honest with yourself, but have a good time and suck every drop of joy out of the learning process.

]]> By: Alex http://lowquality.net/2006/practice/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Alex Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:22:01 +0000 http://low-quality.net/practice/#comment-408 Justin, great tips and a great start to a series of lessons I'm eagerly anticipating. I have horrible practice habits that I developed once I stopped majoring in music, the main horrible practice habit being not practicing! This introdution piece should help me bring more structure into my practice routine, or should I say, it should help me reestablish the practice routine that I used to follow dilligently. Good stuff! Justin, great tips and a great start to a series of lessons I’m eagerly anticipating. I have horrible practice habits that I developed once I stopped majoring in music, the main horrible practice habit being not practicing! This introdution piece should help me bring more structure into my practice routine, or should I say, it should help me reestablish the practice routine that I used to follow dilligently. Good stuff!

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