Re: [Harp-L] bored with the blues

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 13, 2015, at 4:59 PM, Ron Burton wrote:

> Speaking of practice....which I have been loathe to do more than an hour at a time.

IF..one were to practice 44 minutes a day, BUT do it earnestly, that would do it. Why 44 minutes? Well, anything over 45 minutes and you're just practicing. 
No, lol, seriously, it has to be REAL practice. No monkeying around. And it has to be daily..not 2 1/2 hours every 4 days. 

smo-joe

> .even with a crap-load of fake books (lead sheets) and over 60 back tracks (I wore out three karoke disks over the past ten years),  I just watched a movie entitled WHIPLASH.  It's all about the music at a progressive school for the exceptional musician.   The story centers around a young drummer.  If we all practiced like that guy...whoa...ð Too bad there wasn't a harp player in the whole flick.  You want to get energized...give it a look.
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> Ron Burton
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>>> On May 12, 2015, at 10:51 AM, jim.alciere@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>>> No offense to anyone, but I think what people call talent is actually an
>>> inate ability to practice without getting bored.
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>> There is no substitute for practice to be sure. But greatness is a combination of drive, talent, and practice. But practice alone only goes so far. Iâve been trying to teach myself guitar. I practice a couple hours a night, nearly every night and have done so for the last year and half to two years. Letâs just say my progress is on the slow side. Iâm sure Iâm the exception to the rule. Like Iâm the only guy Chris Michalek couldnât teach to over blow with his âpatented" straw technique. I can play the blues with all the bends and I can play chromatic but OBs nope. Guitar, barely. Practice doesnât seem to help. Well, maybe Iâm not practicing the right stuff?
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>> Bob Cohen
>> Writer, Internet Consultant, Teacher
>> w: bobjcohen.com
>> t: #itsabobworld
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