Re: [Harp-L] practice harps/accelerated learning

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 11/2/2007 3:11:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kenneth.d@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Very  importantly, though I'm playing freely and trying to play new ideas 
when  I'm playing for other people or recording devices, it's never as free 
as  my practice sessions, where I could care less if I make mistakes, or  
rather WELCOME mistakes to see if they contain any new  ideas. 


"I could care less if I make mistakes, or rather WELCOME mistakes to see if  
they contain any new ideas" is exactly my performance attitude and it is very  
liberating. "Performance anxiety" is totally eliminated. In your case, you 
may  want your "practice" mode to morph more into your standard "performance" 
mode. 
 
This can work either way.
 
So, in a round about way, what I am describing is making practice become  
performance/performance become practice. Important point is to eliminate a  
divisiveness (I guess I'm always looking to be a divisiveness buster) and make  
them both the same thing.
 
The Iceman



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