It looked like a lot of fun and since they were using two-handed tag instead of tackling one another, it was also fairly safe.I appreciated their resourcefulness and took this memory with me on my walk home.Event #2: Fifteen Minutes A DayA fellow sax teacher emailed me about his new goal of practicing 15 minutes per day…. The more you do it, the more ideas are generated.In the next issue of Musician’s Motivator, due out on July 9, 2009, I will report on what happens over these these next two weeks as I continue a daily practice of Morning Notes.Have you experimented with a new musical practice recently?
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Drawing Out Your Innate Musical Genius
That’s another way of saying you are hearing dynamics, rhythm, pitch, and tempo.Now that your ears are awake, move on to Natural Drumming and Singing With Machines to explore rhythm and pitch in a bit more detail.Natural DrummingIn this bit of musical play, listen for sounds in your environment that have rhythm…. Sometimes just by reading the titles in my list, the songs start playing in my mind and a smile brightens my face.It’s A Good Day by Peggy Lee, Something’s Coming from West Side Story, That’s How Young I Feel from Mame, and Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein — these are just a few from the twenty in my BTB playlist.When doing this exercise, you will find yourself pulling out CDs or making selections from iTunes and listening to one or two tunes.