Tuesday, February 17, 2009

a music lesson

learn how to play one instrument well

don't study universally applicable principles
don't work too hard

play

know what you're holding
know it's strengths and it's limits
feel it in your hands
pay attention to your embouchure
listen to the sounds it makes as you move your hands and blow your insides into it

sing if you don't use your mouth

become an instrument
know your strengths and your limits
don't think about what you're doing
think about what it is doing to you

feel the tempo in your chest
rhythm is important

you don't have to reinvent the wheel
don't take notes
don't be scared

music is an emotion
you hear with your ears
and listen to with your everything

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